''9am with David & Kim'' is an

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n morning show which premiered on Monday 30 January 2006 on

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. It aired live from 9am - 11am weekdays, and was hosted by musician and former '' Getaway'' reporter

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and former ''

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'' presenter and journalist

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. Fill in presenters have included

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, Kathryn Robinson, Stephen Quartermain and music mogul Ian Dickson. David Nicholas Reyne

The program replaced long time morning program '' Good Morning Australia'' with

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, which finished in late 2005, after

returned to the

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. Sandy Paterson was the

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of the program. Throughout its run the show had struggled behind competing programs '' The Morning Show'' and ''

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'', averaging around 50,000 viewers an episode.

Demise

In August 2009, Reyne announced that he will be leaving 9am at the end of the year, after 4 years with the show and Ten. On 7 December 2009 Watkins also confirmed she had also quit the show, with Ten programmer David Mott announcing a brand new concept for the timeslot next year. It is unclear whether Watkins has left the network altogether. The final ever show aired on Friday 11 December 2009 due to a strong competition with Seven's '' The Morning Show''. 9am Summertime concluded on 5 February 2010. The following week after the demise the 9am website was removed. On 16 January 2010, it was announced '' The Circle'' would be the replacement show, which started on 9 February 10am-12pm following the new time slot for the '' Ten Morning News'' hour 9am-10am.http://ten.com.au//media/The_Circle_media_release.pdf

Segments

''9am'' included a mix of lifestyle, cooking and interview segments along with

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. The advertorials were for products from home-shopping companies such as Danoz Direct and Global Shop Direct, and were mostly presented by Marianne van Dorslar & Ann-Maree Biggar. Regular segments and their hosts included: # Family Matters: Dr John Irvine # Your Garden: David Kirkpatrick # Fashion, style, beauty and home: Dhav Naidu # Health and Fitness:

and Craig Harper # Entertainment:

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# Your Pets: Dr Julie Summerfield # Your Health: Dr David Spencer # Music: Ian Dickson # Cooking: Chef Arianne Spratt # Your Place:

# Lifestyle Travel: Shannon Watts At the start of the program

read the news headlines, and at 10.15am ''

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'' presenter

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presents a news update. At the end of each show, Reyne used his trademark sign-off - using a different adjective in place of "nice" as in "Have a nice day" (for example, "Have a colossal day").

Celebrity fill-ins

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(Monday 25 May 2009) *

Nia Vardalos Antonia Eugenia Vardalos (born September 24, 1962) is a Canadian actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She is best known for starring in and writing the romantic comedy film ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' (2002), which garnered her nominati ...

(Friday 10 July 2009) *

Frank Woodley Frank Woodley (born Frank Wood; 29 February 1968) is an Australian comedian, author and musician who is best known for his work alongside Colin Lane as part of the comedic duo Lano and Woodley. The two first performed together for almost 20 year ...

(Friday 23 October 2009)

9am Summertime

Over summer Ann-Maree Biggar presented a pre-recorded show of highlights throughout the year. Although the program was pre-recorded the advertorials shown were live.

Notes

# This includes 30 "Summertime" episodes which ran from 18 December 2006 to 26 January 2007.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:9am With David And Kim 2006 Australian television series debuts 2009 Australian television series endings Australian variety television shows Duos English-language television shows Network 10 original programming Television shows set in Melbourne