Yeah Dickie is not a great host on Weekend Today, regardless of who he’s paired with.
David Campbell seems like a logical replacement who would work and maybe someone like Tim Davies could work too but then the pool becomes incredibly shallow. Tom Steinfort, Charles Croucher, Mark Burrows ().
Another option for a Weekend Today co-host with Mel (if she was to be appointed to that role, which is a big if…), is to lure over Matt Doran from Seven. They worked well together when paired on The Latest on Channel 7 earlier in the year.
Matt Doran’s girlfriend Kendall Bora is the EP of Weekend Today.
Either that or its because of the Static Footy Players Panels they have now instead of the screens on the Soft Set.
As a total guess if they remove the NRL panels so the Soft Set is visible for Today, they would have to turn the screens/lighting on (if the screens still exist) for somewhere they probably aren’t going to use throughout the show at all.
I could be completely wrong but just my thoughts :).
The screen on the desk looks terrible on screen.
It’s the same on Sports Sunday.
Would honestly prefer the old desk (or even the one they use in Studio 23, bit hard with Today Extra afterwards).
Another one - Joel Dry (Seven) and Jess Millward (Nine). Sometimes when Joel is on Sunrise deputizing for Bianca Stone, he and Millward can sometimes end up covering the same story for their respective breakfast shows.