GMTV (1993 - 2010)

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Ben is not a trained Journalist - he is a Presenter with a Dance Background - they should keep Andrew who although doesn't have a journalistic background, has learnt well on the job and has presented some of the best interviews on GMTV compared to Shepard's shouting at politicians and lightweight banter between Celebrities.
Eammon and Ruth will continue on This Morning on Fridays, with Ruth moving to two other days a week on Loose Woman. I hope they would also allow Holmes to give Editoral advice following his experience at Sunrise and would love if they ditched the sofa for a proper desk and multi presentation studio instead of just the sofa.

Kate Thornton is an entertainment journalist having worked for The Mirror and Smash Hits, so its quite a clever pairing, having Eamonn most likely leading on the serious stories and Kate leading on fluff. Then its similar to the Phil & Holly pairing which works quite well.

I think there is room to keep them all, its just that when it comes to cost cutting, the salaries for bringing in new presenters will on the whole be much less (remember most of the new faces are already on the ITV payroll). I imagine that Lorraine will continue to present 4 days a week, although I'd expect her show to move Tuesday-Friday whilst Ruth presents the same slot on a Monday. Eamonn & Kate T will most likely present 7-8.30am from Monday-Wednesday with Kate and Ben on Thursday/Friday.

Emma, Helen and Nina are all trained newscasters and I imagine Emma could take over the Newshour if it remains intact, with Nina or Helen reading the news and one of them providing relief for Emma whilst the other reads the news.

Andrew could become the main sports reporter which he already does on occasion.

Holmes would be mad to return to GMTV. It's a sinking ship whereas Sunrise has actually become a decent show and performs really well for Sky News.

Why are people suggesting bosses want to keep numerous presenters in work with confusing schedules? The whole reason they've sacked Penny and John as presenters is to cut the number of faces- it's too complicated and needlessly expensive for ITV.

This Mail story hasn't been confirmed by ITV. But I think it's fair to say there'll be far more presenters leaving GMTV than new ones arriving.

This will never happen but the next time the studio has a complete overhaul I'd love to see them use a set similar to Australia's Sunrise. I know this has been mentioned before but I thought I would share this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UumxS6P_Ei0

if you watch it from 4:00 it gives a good overview of the set. It's exactly what GMTV needs. If they are serious about making it more 'newsy' then it has the main anchor desk, and it also has the sofa or 'soft set' for other items. Please ITV listen to us, at the moment your boarding the Titanic!

All of this specualtion and we only have what the Daily Mail is printing as proof. If it were to be reported in more reputable publications aswell like Braodcast, then it may have more truth in it.

I think Nina and Ruth are merely stand ins for when Lorraine is off as they want consistency with their output, hence whey the have kept GMTv with Lorriane on air during the holidays.

Also I think its already clear that there is not going to be a separate presenting duo for the 6am hour as the format is changing and they want the same presenters to work from 6 until Lorraines slot.

Before the 2009 revamp we knew who the main faces of GMTV were (Ben & Fiona), but since then they've made us think there are 7 presenters on equal footing and thats obviously something they're aiming to get rid of. It doesn't mean they can't have other presenters presenting different slots, ones which may be much cheaper to employ. For example the Newshour with Emma Crosby would cost far less than with John & Penny.



and what source do you trust to say they want the same presenters from 6am-8.30am? Lets remember Daily Mail broke the news about Penny first.

Neither ITV or Eamonn have denied the reports- Eamonn has been inundated with tweets and hasn't replied to one of them.

I hope Eamonn returns, now there is new management the deal would sound quite luccrative foir him and would see him catapult back into the public eye. I remember that Garraway and Eamonn were always a friendly yet newsy pair. I know this forum curses the ground Kate G walks on but she really does have journalistic credibility and holds her own exceptionally well when conducting interviews unlike her other co-presenters (namely the today boys).

Ben is probably going to stay - housewifes love him apparently but Andrew? We will have to wait and see. And poor Emma Crosby. She is good, but yet the public don't seem to warm to her. I think she is great, but then she doesn't look as comfy on the sofa as Kate ( in a manner of speaking )

Furthermore, I dont think that Lorraine show should be presented by two presetners as suggested here (some have suggested Lorraine Mon-Thurs and Ruth Fri). Ruth did well today but i think they should either have Ruth and axe Lorriane or vice versa.

And Kate Thorton? Recently she has only been presenting entertainment shows so i am unsure whether or not her interviewing skills will be up to scratch. Luckily, she is a very warm and likeable person so should do fine if rumours are to be believed!

Kate G should be worried tho will all these young auto-cuties around her! (Emma, Kate..)

I think Emma is a good presenter but shes much more suited to serious news rather than GMTV. She just doesn't seem to have an engaging personality for GMTV. Thats why I think they should keep the Newshour going but have Emma present it on her own instead. Shes more than capable.

Anyhow I can't see GMTV getting rid of her after making a big deal at the end of 2008 about who the new female presenter would be.

GMTV will have to keep a number of faces at GMTV but what you will find is that they will become faces of ITV Daytime and ITV News and that the likes of Emma will stay onfrom time to time presenting the Lunchtime News.

So rather than having people who have big paypacks only on a three hour a day strand you will find only a few of them will have a big paypack (Eammon and Kate T) with the rest on smaller and all popping up on places like the News, Loose Woman and This Morning.

Is that speculation on your part or are you more 'in the know'? Sounds pretty feasible if true, a lot of GMTV/This Morning/Loose Women crossover currently happens.

What makes you say that?