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Today Show Aus Refresh

Channel 9's Today Show has a shake up (January 2019)

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UB
UBox
The Australian version of The Today Show has refreshed (again). A couple of weeks ago they announced that Karl Stefanovic wouldn't be returning to the show and announced a new lune up of Georgie Gardner, Deborah Knight and Tom Steinfort. Public reception wasn't great with Sylvia Jefferies and Tim Gilbert being axed despite being popular. It means the show's line up has completely changed since a year ago when Lisa Wilkinson was dropped.

The new show and graphics launched today (or is it tomorrow?!) with the show coming from the US open potentially leaving the studio for a refresh. The studio has been the same layout since the 2012 refresh with a slight spruce up and a new desk a couple of years ago.

Anyway that's enough context, here is the new opener with some disgusting wipes:



Notably the same theme tune.

Some more of the graphics can be seen in this video:



I don't know why they insist on keeping the 9 logo in such an awkward place!

Would be interested to know what you all think!
BR
Brekkie
Presenting from a makeshift set not the best way to relaunch a show but get why with it being their first year at the tennis why they wanted too, even though giving the team an extra couple of weeks to get things right off screen then relaunching on their

8 days later

FA
fanoftv
Any update on the new look and set?
UB
UBox
fanoftv posted:
Any update on the new look and set?

They're still coming from Melbourne so I imagine it'll be next week before we see any new set.
FA
fanoftv
UBox posted:
fanoftv posted:
Any update on the new look and set?

They're still coming from Melbourne so I imagine it'll be next week before we see any new set.


I didn't realise thank you for the update.
UB
UBox
Unfortunately no new set despite them being at the AUS Open for a fortnight. They've installed a new desk with a screen front (10/10 for creativity there) and the background has changed slightly on the video walls. Seems like a wasted opportunity to update what is effectively a 7 year old set when it's been out of use for 2 weeks.




EDIT - Sorry that I have to quote tweets when discussing this stuff. 9 seem to geoblock their whole website so watching TODAY is now very difficult in the UK. If any of our Australian members have any better screenshots then I would appreciate them being posted 👍🏼
WA
watchingtv
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These are from our Aussie counterpart, Media Spy, and are not my own.
JO
Joe
It’s a dark set, isn’t it?
RK
Rkolsen
Joe posted:
It’s a dark set, isn’t it?

That or they don’t see the point in lighting up areas that aren’t used/seen often.

8 days later

TO
Towielad
UBox posted:
Unfortunately no new set despite them being at the AUS Open for a fortnight. They've installed a new desk with a screen front (10/10 for creativity there) and the background has changed slightly on the video walls. Seems like a wasted opportunity to update what is effectively a 7 year old set when it's been out of use for 2 weeks.




EDIT - Sorry that I have to quote tweets when discussing this stuff. 9 seem to geoblock their whole website so watching TODAY is now very difficult in the UK. If any of our Australian members have any better screenshots then I would appreciate them being posted 👍🏼



With the dropping viewer numbers in Australia I would have thought that they could do with all the viewers they can get!
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watchingtv
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162 days later

UB
UBox
Yet another refresh to the opener this morning:

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