Good Morning Australia
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Good Morning Australia (or GMA), was a two-hour long weekday television chat show broadcast on Network Ten from 1993-2005. The show was hosted by Bert Newton.
History
Before Bert Newton took the reigns of GMA in 1994, Good Morning Australia was a breakfast television programm broadcast by Ten News. It debuted in March, 1981 with Gordon Elliott and Sue Kellaway co-hosting. Kellaway departed shortly after the program began and was replaced by Kerri-Anne Kennerly, who stayed with the program until the end of 1991 when she was replaced by Joy Smithers and later Sandra Sully. The male co-host position was filled by Tim Webster, Mike Gibson, Terry Willessee, Mike Hammond and Ron Wilson. The program was cancelled at the end of 1993. Bert Newton's chat show began under the title The Morning Show, it adopted the title GMA in 1993. The program aired its final episode on 16th December, 2005 after Newton defected to Channel Nine. 9am with David and Kim replaced GMA.Format
Good Morning Australia was a chat show that mixed celebrity interviews with advertorials. The advertorials were for products from home-shopping companies such as Danoz Direct and Global Shop Direct, and featured the popular presenter, Moira McLean. John Foreman was the form musical director for GMA until 2004 when he was replaced by Mark Amato.Regulars
The show had many regulars:
- Iain Hewitson (cooking)
- Axle Whitehead
- Lauren Newton
- Patti Newton
- Tonia Todman (craft)
- Angela Bishop (celebrity gossip)
- Paul Bongiorno (politics)
- Jane Edmanson
- Karen Moregold
- Elizabeth Chong
- Gabriel Gate
- Nikki Webster
Fill-in Hosts
Bert Newton fell ill in June, 2005 and was unable to host his program for the first time in fourteen years. Newton was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital late on Wednesday after developing viral pneumonia. Newton had been working tirelessly on Mel Brooks musical The Producers in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. While Newton was ill several hosts filled in for him, they included:
- Rove McManus (Friday)
- Daniel MacPherson (Monday)
- Mark Holden (Tuesday)
- Stephen Quartermain (Wednesday)
- Gretel Killeen (Thursday)
See also
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