Former breakfast television program in Australia
Good Morning Australia
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Also known as
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- The Morning Show
(1992)
- GMA with Bert Newton
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Genre
| Talk show
Variety show
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Presented by
| Bert Newton
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Country of origin
| Australia
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 14
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No.
of episodes
| 3,213
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Production locations
| Melbourne
,
Victoria
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Running time
| 120?150 mins (inc. ads)
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Network
| Network Ten
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Release
| 20 January 1992
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1992-01-20
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16 December 2005
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2005-12-16
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Good Morning Australia
(or
GMA
), also known as
GMA with Bert Newton
, originally titled
The Morning Show
, was an Australian
breakfast television
variety program on
Network Ten
hosted by
Bert Newton
between 20 January 1992 and 16 December 2005 featuring regular segments and celebrity guests
[1]
The program aired from 9:00
am to 11:00
am or 11:30
am. The show was a lead in to the
11:30 News
.
Program history
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The show debuted on Network Ten on 20 January 1992 with the title
The Morning Show
, changing its name the following year from 1 February 1993 to
Good Morning Australia
(aka
GMA
and
GMA with Bert Newton
) after the
breakfast news program
with the same name on the same network ended. The original
GMA
had aired between 1981 and December 1992.
The Morning Show
had replaced the long running Sydney based Til-Ten which was presented by Joan McInnes.
GMA
was Australia's first national morning talk program, unchallenged ratings wise until October 2002, when the
Nine Network
launched
Mornings with Kerri-Anne
.
For most of 1992, the program was produced in Melbourne from Ten's Nunawading Studios but later that year, production of the show moved to level 4 at Network Ten's
South Yarra
studios.
The show featured numerous guests in each episode, often singers and actors. Regular segments included cooking, crafts, gardening, movie reviews and parenting. There was a segment called "In Bed with Bert", where four of his regulars answer questions that Newton reads. The questions were sent from viewers at home.
Often the off-camera crew acted as the studio audience. Starting in 2005 the public could view the taping on Fridays.
Bert Newton's sign off at the end of each program was:
"We'll see you tomorrow
[or ‘Monday’ on Friday's show]
morning at 9:00".
Originally the program was live-to-air on Mondays and Tuesdays, and live-to-tape on Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays. From mid-2004 onwards, the show became live-to-air five days a week to compete with
Mornings with Kerri Anne
.
In October 2005, Network Ten announced that
GMA
would be cancelled at the end of the year after a fourteen-year run. Following this announcement and after months of speculation, Bert Newton decided to leave Ten and return to the
Nine Network
.
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[3]
The final live edition of
Good Morning Australia
aired Friday 16 December 2005, and included guest appearances by former
GMA
regular
Susie Elelman
and showbiz legend
Maria Venuti
. The following week,
GMA
switched to summer mode, with the summer show airing from 19 December 2005. The summer series of
Good Morning Australia
ended on 27 January 2006, a week before the premiere of
9am with David and Kim
.
John Foreman, musical director on GMA
Musical direction
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John Foreman
was the program's musical director from the program's inception in 1992
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for
GMA
until his retirement in 2004, when Mark Amato was appointed as his replacement for the final two years.
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Musicians, entertainers and singers
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Some of the musicians that have performed on the show include:
Regular segment contributors
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The program had many regular contributors to various topical segments.
Robert Mascara
, the floor manager and assistant director for the programme's entire run, appeared as "Belvedere", the official food taste tester during the cooking segments.
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Celebrity chefs
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Cast Regulars
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Shannon Watts joined
GMA
in May 2005 replacing
Ed Phillips
who went on to host
Temptation
for the
Nine Network
. Shannon was soon put out in the field hosting segments from the
AFL Grand Final
, the
Australian Grand Prix
and the
Gold Coast Indy 300
. Not long after, Shannon was appointed as an advertorial presenter on
GMA
. Shannon did over 160 episodes of
Good Morning Australia
. Shannon stayed with
GMA
until the show's end and went on to be a reporter on the replacement show
9am with David & Kim
.
Fill-in presenters
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A number of people have filled in for Bert Newton as presenter over the years when he was either ill or on leave. The people that have filled in for him include:
Advertorials
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The show featured a number of advertorial presenters
The advertorials were for products from various local and international direct selling companies
Danoz Direct
,
Guthy Renker
and
Global Shop Direct
.
Related shows
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Prior to Newton's tenure as host of
GMA
Network Ten in Melbourne ran a similar program titled
Good Morning Melbourne
hosted by Roy Hampson and Annette Allison During Hampson's tenure. The program had a number of different titles, such as
The Roy Hampson Show
and
Roundabout
.
Successor
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Network Ten successor to
GMA
was
9am with David & Kim
, hosted by musician
David Reyne
and journalist/news anchor
Kim Watkins
, which had a similar format, however 9am was not filmed in front of the live studio audience.
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See also
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References
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- ^
Back to Bert
, Brian Courtis,
The Age
, 30 May 2002. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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Bert Newton says future unclear
,
The Age
, 28 October 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^
Goodbye Australia
,
The Sydney Morning Herald
, 27 October 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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On the Couch with John Foreman
,
Arts Review
, 16 December 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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About Mark
, Mark Amato website. Accessed 30 April 2017.
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Where are they now?: Belvedere from Good Morning Australia
,
news.com.au
, 21 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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Todman took on the dual role of presenting both the cooking segment and the craft segment.
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About Us: Here's Moira
Archived
15 February 2017 at the
Wayback Machine
, Here's Moira website. Accessed 30 April 2017.
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Film & TV Tutors: Susie Elelman
Archived
28 February 2017 at the
Wayback Machine
, Screenwise website. Accessed 30 April 2017.
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Speaker Profile: Marianne van Dorslar
, Saxton website. Accessed 30 April 2017.
- ^
Ten pins daytime hopes on 9am
, Robert Fidgeon,
Herald Sun
via
Vogue Australia
website, 12 January 2006. Accessed 30 April 2017.
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