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Weekend Today (Australian TV Program)
''Weekend Today'' is an Australian breakfast television program, currently hosted by Richard Wilkins and Belinda Russell. It has been broadcast live by the Nine Network since 2009 and airs after children's programming and runs from 7am to 10am on weekends. The show is broadcast from the Nine Network studios in North Sydney, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales. History In January 2009, David Gyngell, chief executive of the Nine Network and John Westacott, former head of news and current affairs announced that ''Today'' would begin broadcasting on Sunday mornings. The program entitled, ''Today on Sunday'', competes in the same timeslot as the Seven Network's ''Weekend Sunrise'', which dominates Sunday morning television nationally, except on the east coast. The show launched on 1 February 2009 and the original team consisted of Cameron Williams and Leila McKinnon with the news presented by Amber Sherlock and the sport was presented by Tim Gilbert o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakfast Television
Breakfast television (Europe, Canada, and Australia) or morning show (United States) is a type of news or infotainment television programme that broadcasts live in the morning (typically scheduled between 5:00 and 10:00a.m., or if it is a local programme, as early as 4:00a.m.). Often presented by a small team of hosts, these programmes are typically marketed towards the combined demography of people getting ready for work and school and stay-at-home adults and parents. The first – and longest-running – national breakfast/morning show on television is ''Today'', which set the tone for the genre and premiered on 14 January 1952 on NBC in the United States. For the next 70 years, ''Today'' was the number one morning program in the ratings for the vast majority of its run and since its start, many other television stations and television networks around the world have followed NBC's lead, copying that program's successful format. Format and style Breakfast television/mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gyngell
David Liam Barr Gyngell (born 1966), an Australian businessman, was the former Chief Executive Officer of Nine Entertainment Co. which owns a string of businesses including the Nine Network and Nine Radio. Gyngell was the CEO of the Nine Network before resigning in May 2005. After a period of declining ratings compared to Channel Seven, he returned to the job in September 2007, succeeding Eddie McGuire. In November 2013, he was appointed as the CEO of Nine Entertainment Co. He resigned as CEO in 2015, and was replaced by Hugh Marks. Personal life Gyngell is the son of Australian television pioneer Bruce Gyngell and the best man and former flatmate of James Packer, whom he first met at Cranbrook School, the former owner of the Nine Network. In 2004, he married journalist and presenter Leila McKinnon. Gyngell's second cousin is Kym Gyngell. In May 2014, Gyngell was involved in a public brawl with Packer at Bondi Beach Bondi Beach is a popular beach and the name of the surr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Stefanovic
Karl Stefanovic ( sr-Cyrl, Карл Стефановић; born 12 August 1974), also spelt Karl Stefanović, is an Australian television presenter and journalist for the Nine Network. Stefanovic is currently a co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast program ''Today'' and presents for ''60 Minutes''. Career Early life Stefanovic studied journalism at university, but after earning his degree could not secure a cadetship. At his father's suggestion, he auditioned for NIDA, but did not make the final cut despite making it through a few rounds of auditions. Although he was encouraged to re-apply for the following year, he took up a job offer from WIN Television in Rockhampton instead. In 1994, he began working for WIN in Rockhampton and Cairns as a cadet reporter. In 1996, Stefanovic took up a position with TVNZ as a reporter for '' One Network News'' in New Zealand. In 1998, Stefanovic returned to Australia with a job reporting and presenting for ''Ten News'' in Brisbane, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Campbell (singer)
David Joseph Campbell (born 6 August 1973) is an Australian singer and actor. He is the son of singer Jimmy Barnes.David Campbell duets with dad Jimmy Barnes, and marries news.com.au, 30 November 2008. Career Theatre career Campbell began working professionally in Australia in 1993, after extensive training in youth theatre, during which he won an Australia Day award for his contribution to youth stars. Campbell attracted attention in Sydney with his role in the hit Australian play ''Relative Merits''. In 1995 Campbell starred in the revival of Alex Harding's musical, '' |
Lisa Wilkinson
Lisa Wilkinson (born 19 December 1959) is an Australian television presenter and journalist. Wilkinson currently narrates '' Ambulance Australia'' and has previously co-hosted the Nine Network's breakfast television program, ''Today,'' with Karl Stefanovic (2007–2017), ''Weekend Sunrise'' on the Seven Network (2005–2007), and '' The Project'' on Network Ten (2018–2022). Career Magazines ''Dolly'' Wilkinson was born in Wollongong, but grew up in Campbelltown, in Sydney's Western Suburbs and attended Campbelltown High School (now Campbelltown Performing Arts High School). She began her career working for the magazine '' Dolly''. At age 21, she was offered the job as its editor. During her time there she became known for discovering young female talent, including a then-unknown Nicole Kidman. ''Cleo'' After tripling the magazine's circulation, she was personally approached by Kerry Packer to become editor of Australian Consolidated Press women's lifestyle magazine, ''Cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgie Gardner
Georgie Gardner (born 1 June 1970) is an Australian television and news presenter and journalist. Gardner is currently weekend presenter on ''Nine News Sydney.'' She has previously been a co-host and news presenter on the Nine Network's breakfast program ''Today''. Career Gardner joined the Nine Network in July 2002 to present weather on ''National Nine News'' in Sydney, and to host afternoon updates. In 2004, the Nine Network added a semi-national news bulletin at 4:30 pm, '' National Nine News Afternoon Edition'', for which Gardner was the original presenter. Gardner has worked at Network Ten as a reporter and presenter for ''Ten News''. Her most prominent national role came with the Seven Network as co-host of '' Seven News Sunrise'', which she presented with Mark Beretta before the program was changed from morning news to morning public affairs programming. She held this position for two years before acting as a fill-in presenter for ''Seven News'' and Sky News Australia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
60 Minutes (Australian TV Program)
''60 Minutes'' is an Australian version of the United States television newsmagazine show '' 60 Minutes,'' airing since 1979 on Sunday nights on the Nine Network. A New Zealand version uses segments of the show. The program is one of five inducted into Australia’s television Logie Hall of Fame. History The program was founded by veteran television producer Gerard Stone, who was appointed its inaugural executive producer in 1979 by media magnate Kerry Packer. Stone devised it to be an Australian version of CBS's US ''Sixty Minutes'' program and it featured well known reporters Ray Martin, Ian Leslie and George Negus. Its prominent early programs included a 1981 interview Negus conducted with UK leader Margaret Thatcher, during which the prime minister aggressively countered his questions. Negus asked Thatcher why people described her as ''pig-headed'' and the Prime Minister demanded he tell her who, when and where such comments were made. In 1982, Jana Wendt interview ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Knight
Deborah Knight (born 23 November 1972) is an Australian television and news presenter, radio host, and journalist. Knight is currently a radio presenter on 2GB and host of ''A Current Affair'' on Friday and Saturday. Previously she has been a co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast program ''Today'' and presented ''Nine News Sydney'' on Friday and Saturday. Career Knight studied at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales, where she earned a degree in journalism, graduating in 1993. She began her career in the media working for the radio station 2WG in Wagga Wagga and then moved to Mix 106.5 in Sydney before accepting a position with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Network 10 Later on, she moved to Network 10 and in 2001 was appointed the US correspondent on ''10 News First'', during which she covered major world events such as the September 11 attacks. Upon her return to Australia, she became co-host of the flagship Sydney bulletin in January 2006, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Tonight
TV Tonight is an Australian-based website which features reviews, news and programming information related to television in Australia as well as OzTAM ratings information. The site was started by television critic David Knox in 2007 after listeners of his radio programs asked him for information they had missed. Knox runs the site, publishing his interviews with Australian media actors, producers, directors and programmers. Knox regularly visits the sets of Australian television series and reviews television programs. Knox also served as television critic for Radio National's breakfast program from 2009 to 2015. Dan Barrett is now in this role. Knox has an advanced diploma in screenwriting and was the founding Artistic Director of Screenplay. TV Tonight is also referenced in Australian media, including ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and news.com.au, while Knox gives commentary for other media outlets including News Corp Australia, MediaWeek and ABC. The website began a campai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Slater
Michael Jonathon Slater (born 21 February 1970) is an Australian former professional cricketer and former television presenter. He played in 74 Test matches and 42 One Day Internationals for the Australia national cricket team. Early life Slater was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and lived in both Wagga and Junee for his childhood. His parents, PeterSlater and Apter (2005), p. ix. and Carole and two older siblings had emigrated from the north-eastern coast of England in 1966 to Launceston, Tasmania, Australia where his father taught high school agriculture and science. After three years, the family moved and his father became a teacher in agriculture at Wagga Wagga Agricultural College.Slater and Apter (2005), p. 9–10. Slater's mother left the family in 1983, when he was just 12 years old. He later wrote about the tough personal times that followed, that his education standards slipped after his mother left the family and sport became the "only thing ecould focus on p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Sherlock
Amber Simone Sherlock (née Higlett) is an Australian journalist, television news presenter and reporter. She currently presents the weather on ''Nine News Sydney'' and previously hosted the daily national one hour news bulletin ''Nine News Now''. Career Sherlock began her career at the Seven Network in Sydney and worked for the financial news service at the Commonwealth Bank before joining Network Ten for the Sydney Olympics. She then moved into finance journalism, taking a position in London for several years. She came back to Canberra as a host for a Network Ten current affairs program. Upon her return to Sydney, Sherlock went to work for Commonwealth Securities as a financial journalist, after which she took a position as a newsreader with Sky News Australia. Sherlock joined the Nine Network in 2007 to present the business segments for the ''Today'', '' Nine Morning News Hour'' and '' Nine Afternoon News''. She was the news presenter on ''Weekend Today'' and Monday news prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila McKinnon
Leila "Lennard" McKinnon (born 28 September 1972) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She is a reporter and fill in presenter for '' Nine News'' and ''A Current Affair''. She is currently co-hosting ''Australian Ninja Warrior'' and has previously been co-host of ''Weekend Today''. She subjected Corey Worthington to a weak interrogation in 2008. Personal life McKinnon was born in Iran to an English mother and a New Zealand father, while her father was working as service manager to the late Shah of Iran's fleet of vehicles. She grew up in Brisbane, where she attended MacGregor State High School. In 2012, McKinnon gave birth to her first child. McKinnon's second child was born in 2014. Career McKinnon began her career reporting part-time for ''The Sunday Telegraph'' in Brisbane, while finishing a journalism degree at Queensland University of Technology. In 1993 she accepted a cadetship at WIN Television in Rockhampton, Queensland, before moving to WIN's Cair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
