The Morning Show (TV program)
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The Morning Show is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n morning talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....

 that premiered on the Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...

 on 18 June 2007. The show airs between 9am and 11:30am weekdays and follows Seven's breakfast news program Sunrise
Sunrise (TV program)
Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network. On weekdays the programme follows Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am.-History:...

, with both programs closely interlinked.

The show's format is similar to Sunrise
Sunrise (TV program)
Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network. On weekdays the programme follows Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am.-History:...

, and consists of a mix of news, entertainment and information along with audience interaction through email, SMS and talkback. The show also features live and pre-recorded advertorial
Advertorial
An advertorial is an advertisement in the form of an editorial. The term "advertorial" is a portmanteau of "advertisement" and "editorial." Merriam-Webster dates the origin of the word to 1946....

s similar to those featured in rival shows Kerri-Anne and The Circle
The Circle (TV program)
-Music from The Circle:Music from The Circle is a compilation album featuring 38 songs chosen by the hosts of The Circle. The album includes a special song recorded by hosts Denise Drysdale, Chrissie Swan, Yumi Stynes and Gorgi Coghlan titled "Circle Song"...

. The show is produced by the same team as Sunrise
Sunrise (TV program)
Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network. On weekdays the programme follows Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am.-History:...

and broadcast live at the same Martin Place studio.

When the show first started out there was a fixed music theme used regularly throughout the show. In 2010, the theme was scrapped, with more popular recent music being used nowadays as bumpers.

Presenters

Presenter Role Tenure
Kylie Gillies
Kylie Gillies
Kylie Gillies is a television presenter for the Seven Network based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She currently co-hosts The Morning Show with Larry Emdur.-Career:...

 
Co-Host 2007-
Larry Emdur
Larry Emdur
Larry Emdur is an Australian television personality. He is currently co-hosting Saturday's Weekend Sunrise alongside Samantha Armytage....

 
Co-Host 2007-
Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.Sanders is currently the presenter of Seven Morning News and she also presents hourly Seven News updates through The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur.-Career:...

 
News 2007-
Glenn Wheeler
Glenn Wheeler
Glenn Wheeler is an Australian radio and television presenter who lives in the Sutherland Shire in Sydney, Australia.After working in sales and marketing for many years, doing MC work on the side, Wheeler joined Sydney radio station 2GB in 2005 as the weekend midnight to dawn presenter program...

 
Infomercials 2007-
Karen Ledbury Infomercials 2009-

Fill-in Presenters

  • Samantha Armytage
    Samantha Armytage
    Samantha Armytage is an Australian journalist and television news presenter.Armytage is currently presenter of Seven 4.30 News , and co-host of Weekend Sunrise and she is also a regular fill-in presenter for various Seven Network programs.-Early life:Armytage grew up on a historic property, called...

  • Rebecca Maddern
    Rebecca Maddern
    Rebecca Maddern is an Australian journalist, news reporter and presenter.Maddern is currently a reporter for Seven News and fill-in presenter on a number of Seven Network programs including Seven News Melbourne, Seven Morning News, Seven 4.30 News, Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise, The Morning Show and...

  • Mark Beretta
    Mark Beretta
    Mark Beretta is an Australian media personality. He is known by the common nickname of Beretts.-Early life and career:Beretta was born in Geelong, Victoria on 16 June 1966. He was educated at St. Joseph's College...

  • Tom Williams

2007-2009

The show begins with a live cross from the Sunrise team in Martin Place to Larry and Kylie inside the studio. They begin by asking the daily question, which is the question they want viewers to email in their responses. The first segment also contains the "Clip of the Day", and one or two live crosses or interviews regarding the news stories of the day.

Musical performances take place at roughly 9:50am. Guests can be of a smaller profile than those that appear on Sunrise. Unsigned artists are also encouraged to send in a demo CD for the potential opportunity to perform.

Each day at around 10am, in a similar style to Sunrise's 'All-Stars' segment, two commentators are featured as part of 'The Jury' on The Morning Show.
  • Monday: journalist John Mangos and commentator Suzanne Mostyn
  • Tuesday: radio announcer and comedian Amanda Keller
    Amanda Keller
    Amanda Rose Keller is an Australian journalist, radio presenter, and media personality.-Education:Keller went to Carlingford High School, and then went on to study media and communications at Charles Sturt University as a contemporary of Andrew Denton...

     and radio announcer Brendon 'Jonesy' Jones
  • Wednesday: radio announcer Chris Smith and journalist Helen McCabe
  • Thursday: radio announcer Adam Spencer
    Adam Spencer
    Adam Barrington Spencer is an Australian radio presenter, comedian, and media personality. He first came to fame when he won his round of the comedic talent search Raw Comedy in the mid-1990s...

     and journalist Kate Cox
  • Friday: actress Lynne McGranger
    Lynne McGranger
    Lynne McGranger is an Australian actress best known for her role as Irene Roberts on soap opera Home and Away. She is the second-longest serving cast member as she joined in 1992 in the show at the moment, taking over from Jacqui Phillips.-Life and career:McGranger was originally a primary school...

     and comedian Tom Gleeson


A regular segment follows at 10:20am. On Mondays, senior citizens Vince & Betty visit the studio to give out "life advice" to viewers that have called in. On Thursdays, "Beat The Stylist" takes place, where viewers are given the chance to compete against a fashion stylist at dressing models for a certain occasion. Media personalities act as judges to decide the winner. On Friday's Anna Musson gives her opinion on all things related to "Modern Manners." Jo Lamble
Jo Lamble
Jo Lamble is an Australian clinical psychologist. She is also a mother to a son and daughter.She works in private practice in Crows Nest, treating couples and individuals with a wide range of problems, from relationships to motherhood and a whole gamut of psychological problems...

 also regularly joins Kylie & Larry on the couch with one or more of the viewers for a one-on-one personal counselling session. The Segment is called "The Counselling Couch".

An international cross to a celebrity gossip correspondent follows at 10:30 am. The show finishes with Larry & Kylie saying goodbye outside in the plaza.

Generally, eight advertorials are shown throughout the show.

2010

The Morning Show changed some of its regular segments in 2010, although most content is similar to previous content.

The show still begins with a live cross from the Sunrise team in Martin Place to Larry and Kylie inside the studio, and the pair talk about the biggest news stories that morning, with guests in the studio and/or on satellite link. The 'daily question' and 'clip of the day' segments were both scrapped, although clips and viewer emails are still shown on occasion during the broadcast.

'The Jury' segment still airs at about 10am, however some panelists have changed:
  • Monday: Jason Hodges (Better Homes and Gardens) and commentator Suzanne Mostyn
  • Tuesday: radio announcer and comedian Adam Spencer
    Adam Spencer
    Adam Barrington Spencer is an Australian radio presenter, comedian, and media personality. He first came to fame when he won his round of the comedic talent search Raw Comedy in the mid-1990s...

     and radio presenter Sami Lukis
    Sami Lukis
    Sami Lukis is an Australian television and radio personality. She appeared on the Nine Network as the weather girl on Today, and for Network Ten on the children's educational program Totally Wild...

  • Wednesday: radio announcer Mike Goldman
    Mike Goldman
    Mike Goldman is an Australian television and radio host, probably best known for his various roles in Big Brother Australia series.-Television:...

     and journalist Helen McCabe
  • Thursday: varies
  • Friday: actress Lynne McGranger
    Lynne McGranger
    Lynne McGranger is an Australian actress best known for her role as Irene Roberts on soap opera Home and Away. She is the second-longest serving cast member as she joined in 1992 in the show at the moment, taking over from Jacqui Phillips.-Life and career:McGranger was originally a primary school...

     and comedian Tom Gleeson


Vince & Betty no longer appear, and segments 'Beat The Stylist', 'Modern Manners', 'The Counselling Couch' and 'Psychic Challenge' all occur occasionally. At approximately 10:40 am, Celebrity gossip is discussed with a studio or satellite correspondent, usually affiliated with an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n newspaper. Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.Sanders is currently the presenter of Seven Morning News and she also presents hourly Seven News updates through The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur.-Career:...

 continues to present news updates at 9:30 am and 10:30 am. The show finishes with Larry & Kylie saying goodbye in the plaza.

Regular correspondents on the show include Seven News
Seven News
Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...

US correspondents Mike Amor
Mike Amor
Mike Amor is the United States Correspondent for Seven News.Mike Amor is one of Australia’s most experienced TV correspondents and is currentlyU.S...

 and Angela Cox, Hollyscoop's Diana Madison and X17's Tomm Taylor. Eight advertorials are still shown throughout the show.

On October 13, 2010, for the first time since the show first went to air in 2007, The Morning Show did not air on a weekday during the ratings season, due to Sunrise covering the ongoing 2010 Copiapó mining accident
2010 Copiapó mining accident
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began in the afternoon of Thursday, 5 August 2010 as a significant cave-in at the troubled 121-year-old San José copper–gold mine. The mine is located deep in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest and harshest...

.

During September to November, finalists from the second season of The X Factor
The X Factor (Australia season 2)
The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent. The 2010 season premiered on 30 August 2010 and was won by Altiyan Childs on 22 November 2010. Ronan Keating emerged as the winning mentor of the series...

 have also performed.

2011

The Morning Show changed some of its regular segments in 2011 - Flashback Friday and Store Wars being the most popular.

The show begins with a live cross from the Sunrise team in Martin Place to Larry and Kylie inside the studio, and the pair talk about the biggest news stories that morning, with guests in the studio and/or on satellite link. The 'daily question' and 'clip of the day' segments were both scrapped, although clips and viewer emails are still shown on occasion during the broadcast.

The program celebrated it's 4th birthday with a big OB with live acts, viewer audience and regular guests at Star City. Brian McFadden and Damien Leith both appeared.

'The Jury' segment still airs at about 10am, with varied panelists each day.

'Beat The Stylist', 'Modern Manners' and 'Psychic Challenge' segments all occur occasionally. At approximately 10:40 am, Celebrity gossip is discussed with a studio or satellite correspondent, usually affiliated with an Australian newspaper. Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders
Ann Sanders is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.Sanders is currently the presenter of Seven Morning News and she also presents hourly Seven News updates through The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur.-Career:...

 continues to present news updates at 9:30 am and 10:30 am. The show finishes with Larry & Kylie saying goodbye either in the studio or out in the plaza.

In March 2011, it was announced that Larry Emdur
Larry Emdur
Larry Emdur is an Australian television personality. He is currently co-hosting Saturday's Weekend Sunrise alongside Samantha Armytage....

 would earn a reported $800,000 per year for his work on The Morning Show. This came after the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

 pursued Larry to join the network, he refused and in turn the Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...

 gave Larry a substantial pay raise.

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