Good Morning Australia (TV program)
| Good Morning Australia | |
|---|---|
| Also known as |
The Morning Show (1992) GMA with Bert Newton |
| Genre | Talk show |
| Presented by | Bert Newton |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 14 |
| No. of episodes | 3,213 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Running time | 120-150 mins (inc. ads) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Network Ten |
| Picture format |
4:3 PAL (1992-2000) 16:9 576i (SDTV) (2001-2005) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original run | 20 January 1992 – 16 December 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Til Ten (1989 – 1991) |
| Followed by | 9am with David & Kim (2006 – 2009) |
Good Morning Australia (or GMA) was a morning Australia TV program hosted by Bert Newton on Network Ten.
The program began on 20 January 1992 with the title The Morning Show, changing its name on 1 February 1993 to Good Morning Australia, after the breakfast news program with the same name on the same network had been cancelled a few months earlier. The Newton program aired its final episode on 16 December 2005 as Newton moved to the Nine Network.
GMA was Australia's first national morning television talk program, unchallenged until 2002 when the Nine Network launched Kerri-Anne.
Regulars
The show featured a number of info-mercial presenters, including Moira McLean, Susie Elelman and Marianne van Dorslar.
John Foreman was the musical director for GMA until 2004, when Mark Amato succeeded him. Robert Mascara appeared as 'Belvedere' the official taste tester and was also the show's Floor Manager for its entire run.
The show had many regular contributors to various topical segments:
| Patti Newton | Wife of Bert Newton |
| Penny Cook | Presenter |
| Iain Hewitson | Cooking |
| Elizabeth Chong | Cooking |
| Ken James | Cooking |
| Dorinda Hafner | Cooking |
| Gabriel Gaté | Cooking |
| Tonia Todman | Crafts |
| John-Michael Howson | Celebrity & Hollywood Gossip |
| Nicky Buckley | Parenting |
| Paul Bongiorno | Politics |
| Julie Summerfield | Pets |
| Jemma Gawned | Beauty |
| Virginia Hey | Beauty |
| Colette Mann | Gadgets |
| Ann-Maree Biggar | Gadgets & DVD Reviews |
| Val Jellay | Movie Reviews |
| Shane Bourne | DVD Reviews |
| Axle Whitehead | Music Reviews |
| Robert Mascara | Belvedere |
| Bruce Mansfield | Collectibles |
| Philip Brady | Nostalgia |
| Yves Hernot | Antiques valuation & Art |
Shannon Watts joined GMA in 2004 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 Grand Prix and the Gold Coast Indycar Grand Prix. Shannon did over 160 episodes on 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.
Related shows
The program's former title The Morning Show was adopted by a rival show on the Seven Network.
The successor to GMA was 9am with David & Kim, which had a similar format. Prior to Bert Newton's era, Ten Melbourne ran a similar show Good Morning Melbourne, hosted by Roy Hampson and Annette Allison. During Hampson's long run, the program had a number of different titles, such as The Roy Hampson Show and Roundabout.
See also
- List of longest-running Australian television series
- List of Australian television series
- 9am with David & Kim
- Elizabeth Chong's Tiny Delights