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That's a really interesting question. It's difficult to answer but arguably at the start of Daybreak it had a completely different feel to GMTV (new colours, new studio design, new presenters etc.) which prehaps didn't attract the viewers as was hoped. All these were changed as the show went on with the colours changing from purple to yellow and then orange, studio design changing and various different presenters and by the end made it seem far more like a new version of GMTV.
Good Morning Britain, allthough more similar to GMTV in areas such as the colours used and some of the presenters, it really is quite different in that there is far more of a heavy focus on news. It could be argued that it is this, along with clips and discussions from the show being featured heavily on social media and the views of a rather outspoken Piers Morgan appearing in the national press that has helped the programme to gain coverage and viewers.
My take on your original question would be that if GMB was launched and run in exactly the same way as it is today following GMTV it may have kept loyal viewers of GMTV on board through the presenter line up while attracting new ones through the increased focus on news and discussions and would therefore probably not have been a flop. That said I think that ITV have learnt quite a lot from the failings of Daybreak and this has helped them to make Good Morning Britain the programme it is today so it is difficult to say for sure in reality because many factors would be very different.
Does anybody think that IF GMB launched when GMTV ended it would have been a success or would it have been a flop like daybreak because of the sudden change?
That's a really interesting question. It's difficult to answer but arguably at the start of Daybreak it had a completely different feel to GMTV (new colours, new studio design, new presenters etc.) which prehaps didn't attract the viewers as was hoped. All these were changed as the show went on with the colours changing from purple to yellow and then orange, studio design changing and various different presenters and by the end made it seem far more like a new version of GMTV.
Good Morning Britain, allthough more similar to GMTV in areas such as the colours used and some of the presenters, it really is quite different in that there is far more of a heavy focus on news. It could be argued that it is this, along with clips and discussions from the show being featured heavily on social media and the views of a rather outspoken Piers Morgan appearing in the national press that has helped the programme to gain coverage and viewers.
My take on your original question would be that if GMB was launched and run in exactly the same way as it is today following GMTV it may have kept loyal viewers of GMTV on board through the presenter line up while attracting new ones through the increased focus on news and discussions and would therefore probably not have been a flop. That said I think that ITV have learnt quite a lot from the failings of Daybreak and this has helped them to make Good Morning Britain the programme it is today so it is difficult to say for sure in reality because many factors would be very different.
