Good Morning Australia (1992–2005)
| 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) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Network Ten |
| Picture format |
4:3 PAL (1992-2000) 16:9 576i (SDTV) (2001-2005) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) (2003-2005) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 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), also known as GMA With Bert Newton, was a popular long running morning Australia morning television program hosted by Bert Newton on Network Ten.[1] The program typically featured interviews with celebrities, live music, lifestyle segments and paid advertorials.
Program synopsis
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 Nine.[2][3]
GMA was Australia's first national morning television talk program, unchallenged until 2002 when the Nine Network launched Kerri-Anne.
The show featured a number of advertorial presenters, including Moira McLean,[4] Susie Elelman[5] and Marianne van Dorslar.[6]
Musical direction
John Foreman was the program's musical director from the program's inception in 1992[7] for GMA until 2004, when Mark Amato succeeded him.[8]
Regular segment contributors
The show had many regular contributors to various topical segments. Robert Mascara the series floor manager and assistant director for the program's entire run appeared as Belvedere, the official food taste tester during the cooking segments.[9]
| Patti Newton | Various segments |
| 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.[10] 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
References
- ↑ Back to Bert, Brian Courtis, The Age, 30 May 2002. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ About Us: Here's Moira, Here's Moira website. Accessed 30 April 2017.
- ↑ Film & TV Tutors: Susie Elelman, Screewise website. Accessed 30 April 2017.
- ↑ Speaker Profile: Marianne van Dorslar, Saxton website. Accessed 30 April 2017.
- ↑ On the Couch with John Foreman, Arts Review, 16 December 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ↑ About Mark, Mark Amato website. Accessed 30 April 2017.
- ↑ Where are they now?: Belvedere from Good Morning Australia, news.com.au, 21 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ↑ Ten pins daytime hopes on 9am, Robert Fidgeon, Herald Sun via Vogue Australia website, 12 January 2006. Accessed 30 April 2017.