Good Morning Australia (1992 TV program)

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Good Morning Australia
Also known as
  • The Morning Show (1992)
  • GMA with Bert Newton
Genre Talk show
Variety show
Presented by Bert Newton
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons14
No. of episodes3,213
Production
Production locations Melbourne, Victoria
Running time120–150 mins (inc. ads)
Original release
Network Network Ten
Release20 January 1992 (1992-01-20) 
16 December 2005 (2005-12-16)
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Good Morning Australia (or GMA), also known as GMA with Bert Newton, originally titled The Morning Show, was an Australian breakfast television variety program on Network Ten hosted by Bert Newton between 20 January 1992 and 16 December 2005 featuring regular segments and celebrity guests [1]

Contents

The program aired from 9:00 am to 11:00 am or 11:30 am. The show was a lead in to the 11:30 News.

Program history

The show debuted on Network Ten on 20 January 1992 with the title The Morning Show, changing its name the following year from 1 February 1993 to Good Morning Australia (aka GMA and GMA with Bert Newton) after the breakfast news program with the same name on the same network ended. The original GMA had aired between 1981 and December 1992.

The Morning Show had replaced the long running Sydney based Til-Ten which was presented by Joan McInnes. GMA was Australia's first national morning talk program, unchallenged ratings wise until October 2002, when the Nine Network launched Mornings with Kerri-Anne .

For most of 1992, the program was produced in Melbourne from Ten's Nunawading Studios but later that year, production of the show moved to level 4 at Network Ten's South Yarra studios.

The show featured numerous guests in each episode, often singers and actors. Regular segments included cooking, crafts, gardening, movie reviews and parenting. There was a segment called "In Bed with Bert", where four of his regulars answer questions that Newton reads. The questions were sent from viewers at home.

Often the off-camera crew acted as the studio audience. Starting in 2005 the public could view the taping on Fridays.

Bert Newton's sign off at the end of each program was: "We'll see you tomorrow [or ‘Monday’ on Friday's show] morning at 9:00".

Originally the program was live-to-air on Mondays and Tuesdays, and live-to-tape on Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays. From mid-2004 onwards, the show became live-to-air five days a week to compete with Mornings with Kerri Anne.

In October 2005, Network Ten announced that GMA would be cancelled at the end of the year after a fourteen-year run. Following this announcement and after months of speculation, Bert Newton decided to leave Ten and return to the Nine Network. [2] [3]

The final live edition of Good Morning Australia aired Friday 16 December 2005, and included guest appearances by former GMA regular Susie Elelman and showbiz legend Maria Venuti. The following week, GMA switched to summer mode, with the summer show airing from 19 December 2005. The summer series of Good Morning Australia ended on 27 January 2006, a week before the premiere of 9am with David and Kim .

John Foreman, musical director on GMA John Foreman.jpg
John Foreman, musical director on GMA

Musical direction

John Foreman was the program's musical director from the program's inception in 1992 [4] for GMA until his retirement in 2004, when Mark Amato was appointed as his replacement for the final two years. [5]

Musicians, entertainers and singers

Some of the musicians that have performed on the show include:

Performers
The Seekers
Toni Lamond
Tina Arena
Guy Sebastian
Rhonda Burchmore
Abby Joyce
Carmen Hendricks
Anthony Callea
Reverend Funk and the Horns of Salvation
Cosima De Vito
Gloria Gaynor
Tommy Rando
Susie French
Melissa Langton
Mark Jones
Get O Roukes The Gear
Ricki-Lee Coulter
Jimmy Cupples
Richard Mortimer
Kate DeAraugo
Hayley Jensen
Matt Amy's Really Big Band
Shannon Noll
Joey Dee
Jerson Trinidad
Tina Cousins
Lucy Gale
Angela Librandi
Matt Hetherington
Kellie Wright
Tracy Kingman

Regular segment contributors

The program had many regular contributors to various topical segments. Robert Mascara, the floor manager and assistant director for the programme's entire run, appeared as "Belvedere", the official food taste tester during the cooking segments. [6]

Celebrity chefs

ChefsSpecialist cooking style
Elizabeth Chong Chinese cuisine
Iain Hewitson Various
Gabriel Gate French cuisine
Dorinda Hafner South African cuisine
Ken James
Tonia Todman (Note: [7] )

Cast Regulars

NameSegment
Patti Newton Various segments/singer
Lauren NewtonReporter
Paul Bongiorno Politics
John-Michael Howson Entertainment reporter
Phillip Brady Collectibles/nostalgia (milestones and tombstones)
Karen MoregoldAstrology
Jane EdmondsonGardening
Chyka Keebaugh Homemaking and styling
Tonia TodmanCrafts
Nicky Buckley Parenting
Julie SummerfieldPet care
Jemma Gawned Beauty
Virginia Hey Beauty
Colette Mann Gadgets
Ann-Maree Biggar Gadgets and DVD reviews
Val Jellay Movie reviews
Shane Bourne DVD reviews
Axle Whitehead Music reviews
Robert Mascara As Belvedere on-air personality/studio floor manager
Bruce Mansfield Collectibles
Yves HernotAntiques valuation and art

Shannon Watts joined GMA in May 2005 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 Australian Grand Prix and the Gold Coast Indy 300. Not long after, Shannon was appointed as an advertorial presenter on GMA. Shannon did over 160 episodes of 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 .

Fill-in presenters

A number of people have filled in for Bert Newton as presenter over the years when he was either ill or on leave. The people that have filled in for him include:

NameTenureNotability
Maggie Tabberer (AM)1998-1999 (various)Fashion editor/media personality
Kerri Anne Kennerley 1995 before Monday – FridayTV presenter, host of Midday and Mornings with Kerri-Anne
Rove McManus 2004– Friday 10 June 2005TV host/executive host of Rove Live
Daniel MacPherson Monday 13 June 2005Actor and Dancing with the Stars host
Mark Holden Tuesday 14 June 2005Musician and judge on Australian Idol
Stephen Quartermain Wednesday 15 June 2005Sports presenter of Ten News First Melbourne
Gretel Killeen Thursday 16 June 2005host of Big Brother

Advertorials

The show featured a number of advertorial presenters

NameTenureReference
Moira McLean 1992-2005, [8]
Susie Elelman 1993-1999 [9]
Ed Phillips 2000 – May 2005[ citation needed ],
Shannon WattsSeptember 2005 – December 2005)[ citation needed ]
Marianne van Dorslar199?–2005 [10]

The advertorials were for products from various local and international direct selling companies Danoz Direct, Guthy Renker and Global Shop Direct.

Prior to Newton's tenure as host of GMA Network Ten in Melbourne ran a similar program titled Good Morning Melbourne hosted by Roy Hampson and Annette Allison During Hampson's tenure. The program had a number of different titles, such as The Roy Hampson Show and Roundabout.

Successor

Network Ten successor to GMA was 9am with David & Kim , hosted by musician David Reyne and journalist/news anchor Kim Watkins, which had a similar format, however 9am was not filmed in front of the live studio audience. [11]

See also

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References

  1. Back to Bert, Brian Courtis, The Age , 30 May 2002. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. Bert Newton says future unclear, The Age , 28 October 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. Goodbye Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 October 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. On the Couch with John Foreman, Arts Review, 16 December 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  5. About Mark, Mark Amato website. Accessed 30 April 2017.
  6. Where are they now?: Belvedere from Good Morning Australia, news.com.au , 21 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  7. Todman took on the dual role of presenting both the cooking segment and the craft segment.
  8. About Us: Here's Moira Archived 15 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine , Here's Moira website. Accessed 30 April 2017.
  9. Film & TV Tutors: Susie Elelman Archived 28 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine , Screenwise website. Accessed 30 April 2017.
  10. Speaker Profile: Marianne van Dorslar, Saxton website. Accessed 30 April 2017.
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