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. The show airs between 9:00 am and 11:30 am weekdays and follows the
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's breakfast news program ''
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'', with both programs closely interlinked. 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

The show premiered on the Nine Network on 6 February 2012 as Mornings and features interviews, live music performances and segments on cooking, lifestyle, fashion and beauty, entertainment and a wide range of other topics. ''Mornings'' replaced the long-running breakfast show''
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.'' In January 2015, Nine relaunched ''Mornings'' with a new set and logo.
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and
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filled in for
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whilst she was on maternity leave. Kingston presented on Monday and Gardner presented from Tuesday to Friday. They presented until Kruger returned on Monday 27 April. On 5 May 2015, ''Mornings'' was extended to 11.30am. As a result, ''Nine's Morning News'' was moved to 11.30am. In January 2016, Nine announced that ''Mornings'' would be rebranded as ''Today Extra'' to become an extension of the network's
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''Today'' The show was moved to the ''Today'' studio, while keeping its focus on light entertainment and news updates. In January 2019, Campbell was announced the new host of ''
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''. He continued to host the program on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with Richard Wilkins joining the show as co-host on Thursday and Friday. Campbell remained in the position until December 2019, it was announced that in 2020 David will host ''
Today Extra ''Today Extra'' is an Australian morning talk show, with an infotainment base, hosted by David Campbell and Sylvia Jeffreys. The show airs between 9:00 am and 11:30 am weekdays and follows the Nine Network's breakfast news program '' ...
'' full time with Wilkins replacing him on ''Weekend Today'' In November 2019, Kruger announced her resignation from the Nine Network, with her last show on Friday 15 November. In December 2019, it was announced that Kruger's temporary replacement Sylvia Jeffreys will replace Kruger permanently upon her return from maternity leave in 2020. It was also announced that Campbell will return to hosting the show each weekday, with Wilkins moving to hosting ''Weekend Today''. On 9 March 2020, actress
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appeared on the show in a segment hosted by David Campbell and
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, who was filling in for Sylvia Jeffreys on maternity leave. Three days later, she was diagnosed with
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. As a result, the Nine Network ordered all program personnel who come into contact with Wilson, including Campbell and Russell, enter isolation. All employees were tested, and were confirmed as to not have contracted the illness.


Hosts


Former hosts


Fill-in presenters

Current presenters who have been fill-in hosts or co-hosts of ''Today Extra'' in recent times include
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 ...
,
Belinda Russell Belinda Russell (born ca. 1978 in Biloela, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian television newsreader, weather presenter and journalist. Russell currently presents the weather on ''Nine News Sydney'' on Friday and Saturday, co-host of ''Wee ...
,
Brooke Boney Brooke Boney () is an Australian journalist and television presenter of Aboriginal Gamilaroi descent. She is an entertainment reporter on the Nine Network's breakfast program ''Today.'' Early life and education Boney was born around 1987 in ...
, Richard Wilkins, Jayne Azzopardi, Lara Vella, Charles Croucher, Tim Davies and Tom Tilley.


Regular segments


Ratings

The first episode of ''Mornings'' attracted 104,000, trailing '' The Morning Show,'' which attracted 166,000 viewers. However, in October 2012, ''Mornings'' beat ''The Morning Show'' for the first time since its launch. On 19 March 2016, six weeks after the relaunch to ''Today Extra'', the program won the week against ''The Morning Show''. This included a victory in Perth, which for many years has been Nine's weakest market ratings-wise. It was the first time ''The Morning Show'' lost a week in its nine-year history.


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