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[Mike]

Well, TODAY certainly suprised EVERYONE this morning by launching "Today on Saturday" This Morning. It will run from 7am-9am EVERY Saturday with the Kids shows Pushed Back.

Leila Introduced it as a "surprise"edition of TODAY

[cartman]

Mike, on May 2 2009, 5:05pm, said:

Well, TODAY certainly suprised EVERYONE this morning by launching "Today on Saturday" This Morning. It will run from 7am-9am EVERY Saturday with the Kids shows Pushed Back.

How long will it be now before we see Weekend Sunrise on Saturday's too? We all know Boland can't stand not to be doing something that Nine's doing when it comes to morning television.

[trisreed]

It was only a matter of time...

[Spiral Media]

but STW did not run it I dont think, and my contacts know nothing of this!!

[Kevin]

Spiral Media, on May 3 2009, 1:52am, said:

but STW did not run it I dont think, and my contacts know nothing of this!!

If STW take the TCN feed, how would they have not aired it? I don't remember STW having local programming on Saturday mornings (do they?)

[Spiral Media]

nah, but they can get a playout .

but they ran it live - dropping Go Diego & Dora (6 & 6.30)..

OK, so now I know what's going on too...(Nine obviously pulled this stunt so I (and many others) couldn't spoil it!!) but here we go;

STW's adaptations to the new lineup:
- They'll be taking the full hour of morning news, but dropping Entertainment Tonight for Alive & Cooking at 3pm,
- The late repeat of the 6pm bulletin will stay in at 11.30, with Nine's Late News to follow it at Midnight (that's Monday - Wednesday),
- Thursday there will be no network late news, just the 6pm repeat at 11.15 between the footy shows,
- Friday will only have the 6pm repeat after the 2nd movie (around Half Midnight)
- Today On Saturday (although running live from 5am - 7am last week), will be on the standard 2 hour delay following the network.

Network wise:
- There will still be a 1min 30 (2mins on the weekend) late news update around 2250, in a break of the 10.30 program...most likely now promoting the stories coming up.
- Millionaire Hot Seat will return for a second season once season 1's 4 weeks end. (solidifying the afternoon lineup)


Very interesting times ahead for Nine News...lets hope.

[cartman]

Did you really need to post this in 3 threads?

[Spiral Media]

yes...and no. It's the first time in about 4 years I've spammed a forum

[cartman]

Today Tonight reports that Nine Network Today Show host Karl Stefanovic was apparently pissed on-air the morning after Sunday night's Logie Awards.

[Kevin]

cartman, on May 6 2009, 8:24am, said:

Today Tonight reports that Nine Network Today Show host Karl Stefanovic was apparently pissed on-air the morning after Sunday night's Logie Awards.

I read that on one of the news sites earlier

Must be one of Nine's new tactics to get viewers over... plenty of drunks there

[cartman]

Kevin, on May 6 2009, 8:27pm, said:

Must be one of Nine's new tactics to get viewers over... plenty of drunks there

It does seem to me from watching the grabs in TT's report that he is drunk. He's actually appears to be a better host drunk anyway so perhaps Nine should get him on the juice every morning before going on-air!!

[cartman]

[aamslfc]

God that was embarrassing

[cartman]

A massive screw up on WIN's part this morning. They continued to air the Today Show on a 2-hour delay into Perth after the news of Michael Jackson's death broke. Up until just after 8am WST (2 hours after the news broke) there was no coverage at all on Today in Perth while on the east coast Today were live with rolling coverage until Midday. Considering Today aired until Midday EST they really had no excuse to not go live. The program would have still aired into Perth for it's complete 5.30-9am timeslot and then some, up until 10am WST.

These caps were taken at exactly the same time from STW and TCN. There is a rather big difference between broadcasting there are "reports that Jackson has died" and "Michael Jackson dead".

[button pusher]

cartman, on 26 June 2009 - 10:08 PM, said:

A massive screw up on WIN's part this morning.

And we are surprised?
Rhetorical.

It's just too much effort for them to do something at such short notice as their sytems are so inflexible.

[cartman]

button pusher, on 26 June 2009 - 11:23 PM, said:

And we are surprised?

Not really, it is WIN after all. It's just really not good enough though... They stayed on a 2-hour delay for 4 hours after the news broke when there was a live feed of the Today Show available from TCN right up until 10am WST.

[Smacca]

button pusher, on 26 June 2009 - 11:23 PM, said:

And we are surprised?
Rhetorical.

It's just too much effort for them to do something at such short notice as their sytems are so inflexible.

Well actually, I am surprised. WIN are usually quick to change schedules with regular programming (like shows being bumped, news being extended or sports coverage being brought forward). WIN WA usually take advantage of the 2 hour delay and air sports earlier, even before it reaches NEW10 or STW9. Why this isn't adhered to with breaking news coverage is beyond me. Seven got it right, didn't they?

[cartman]

WIN aside, the new Today set is quite nice. It's much better than the 'doll house' set they had previously, anyway. The only thing I don't like is that it looks rather small and cozy compared to the last set. I quite like how they also use it for national bulletins by simply adjusting the lighting and changing the plasma gfx and logo on the front of the desk. It's a good use of space having a set that can adapt to different looks for different programs.

[Smacca]

cartman, on 27 June 2009 - 05:56 PM, said:

WIN aside, the new Today set is quite nice. It's much better than the 'doll house' set they had previously, anyway. The only thing I don't like is that it looks rather small and cozy compared to the last set. I quite like how they also use it for national bulletins by simply adjusting the lighting and changing the plasma gfx and logo on the front of the desk. It's a good use of space having a set that can adapt to different looks for different programs.

Yeah it's not too bad now. I wasn't a fan of the huge screen at first, but after a while you get used to it.

Nice attempt too, cart, but not quite the same.

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[cartman]

Smacca, on 27 June 2009 - 06:32 PM, said:

Nice attempt too, cart, but not quite the same.

Damn!!