Yes, but that was made by TV-am, the original breakfast franchise holder. Don't make the mistake of crediting that to the modern ITV plc (i.e. the current breakfast franchise holder) or even its predecessors.

Remember that back then "ITV" simply (and only) referred to the network of independent franchisees, not a company. (*)

TV-am shares no connection or lineage with the modern ITV plc (or any other ITV network company). They ceased to have anything to do with TV when they lost their franchise, and the facilities were sold off to MTV. (**)

The present-day breakfast franchisee (now owned by ITV plc) isn't the descendant of TV-am, it's the descendant of their rival GMTV that took over the franchise in 1993.


In short, TV-am had nothing to do with the modern "ITV" in any sense.


(*) And even then, TV-am had little to do with the rest of the (otherwise regional) ITV network anyway. Unlike the regional franchisees, they didn't (IIRC) show material produced by other ITV companies nor produce material for them.

(**) Apparently they transformed drastically into a (now-dormant) gambling-related company, though I doubt that had much connection with its original incarnation beyond who owned it.

Yeah I realise that, but even the typography is near enough the same! It's pretty much the second incarnation of the Daybreak logo with a different shaped text box.

If that's the kind of thing they think will help their ratings rise, theyre badly mistaken. Awful segments like the above are why Itv's breakfast show trails so far behind BBC's. You cant expect viewers to take a show seriously with segments like the above.

In your dreams!!

I'm pretty sure there have been items about snoring on BBC Breakfast before.

Do you actually watch BBC Breakfast, it isn't wall to wall hard news anymore, the content after 35 past is usually stuff that wouldn't make it into the running order on Look North.

I only catch BBC Breakast between 6-8am, if I do. Not a huge breakfast tv viewer, more radio.

This is non-specific to GMB but more about Breakfast television as a whole. I figured given the name of the show, it might be inspired by Good Morning America, of course owned by Disney who once had a share in GMTV. I just wondered why no one has ever borrowed from American breakfast formats? So taking a Wright Stuff/Loose Women panel but without the studio audiences and phone ins and more news debate, interviews beyond a two person presenting team in a set that's supposed to look like they're squatting there.

I know C5 do News Talk Live, which I guess is what I'm getting at, but given that ITV Breakfast have done the same format under a different name, same presenters and a different shade of orange, you'd think they might look at the underline problem and try and do something different.

Well I'll just repeat what I predicted about the last Daybreak relaunch and then sit back and watch the car crash happen again.

We'll get a week or so of a more 'newsy' programme with new faces.

Viewing figures will drop a bit.

Production team will panic and re-introduce Richard Arnold, Dr Hilary, Ross King, Dan Wooton, The horrific fashion guy, ads every 5 mins, £1.50 a call competitions and wall-to-wall ITV show cross promotions.
And then within 12 months, Reid will be gone and it will all start over.

It's just the same rubbish production team trying to tart up the same rubbish programme. This time with a 'star' who is already universally disliked.

Best of luck with that then!

Given the state of her blotchy looking shins, you'd have thought Susanna Reid would have put on some tights before posing for promotion photos in that yellow dress.

It would be enough to put many off their breakfast!

These guys are everything that is wrong with the show, or at least the majority. ITV seem to think the viewers have bonded with them when it reality we only know their names through various petitions on forums like these to remove them from television. Richard Arnold is just cringey and worst of all, he knows it and continues to act like he's the be all and end all of the television industry. Dan Wooton just radiates smugness, with his "OH I SCHMOOZED WITH A Z-LIST FOR A SECOND. TAKE A SELFIE." and Marc whatever his name is acting like he's invited to London Fashion Week when he never looks like he follows fashion anyway (he's looked identical for the past 10 years)

They need professionals, not personalities (or preferably pro's with personalities) instead they go for people they can shove on All Star Family Fortunes. The show needs to stop basing itself on people - Adrian Chiles, Susannah Reid, Christine Bleakley, Eamon & Fiona - and get back to what matters (the news!)

Well, I can believe that it's possible- if not probable- that the American show inspired the naming of TV-am's original (i.e. 80s/early-90s) "Good Morning Britain".

OTOH, this reuse of the name smacks more of ITV plc executives trying to exploit nostalgia for the TV-am show and/or a desire to replicate its ratings success...

Mark Heyes? He looks like a meerkat in a blazer.

The One Show

Of course if BBC Breakfast did this, it would be of high quality snoring.

Oh of course. It would be a groundbreaking part of the show.

But hey Samuel, at least the logo proves they aren't just focusing on the presentation lol

Olly Mann has just said on his LBC Radio Show, that he received a voicemail message to say that his services would no longer be required for the Lorraine part of GMB - as the newspaper review would not be a feature on her show. So I'm guessing it'll be all cooking/ Fashion and entertainment.

itv dont help themselves, telling us its a new show. Its the same production team and most of the people on it are from daybreak.

Richard
Helen
Rav
Kate
Weather girl


Probably the horrific Ross King, all the reporters and commentators.

itv seem to think the only aspects of daybreak that were wrong was the name and Aled Jones. Wrong!

Daybreak are running a story about a little girl who is upset because shops have sold out of a Disney dress from the film Frozen.

Dear God.

Dunno about universally disliked.

Annoying, I would have said.

It's as if Daybreak has never gone away

The BBC's huge resources mean Breakfast's news coverage is far superior to anything ITV can muster. I thought ITN had taken over the Daybreak news service but it doesn't show on the screen. It was crazy for ITV to have a separate news operation for the breakfast franchise in any case.

Where do Helen, Ranvir and Kate fit in? There are 2 teams of 2 presenters already, and Lorraine doing her show 5 days a week.

No complaints from me that Laura will still be doing the weather, she's one of the few good things about Daybreak!

Oh god! Martin Lewis is still going to feature.

That is my opinion too,
Maybe Susanna will get a spin-off series on ITV when she is replaced in 6 months - "The rise and fall of Susanna Greed"

My OH absolutely loathes her, I had to listen to her moan about Susanna every Saturday night during SCD

Theyll still be repeating items..so what's on 6-7 will then be done again 7-8.30.