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News Breakfast is an Australian news breakfast television program. It is broadcast on ABC TV and ABC News channel from 6:00 am to 9:00 am AEST/AEDT on weekdays and is hosted by Michael Rowland and Bridget Brennan. The program is also streamed live on ABC iView and the Australia Network throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
| News Breakfast | |
|---|---|
 Logo used since 19th August 2024 | |
| Genre | Breakfast news program |
| Presented by | Michael Rowland Bridget Brennan |
| Theme music composer | Colin Kiddy |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Tyson Shine |
| Production locations | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Running time | 180 minutes (3 hours) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC Family (2008–2011) ABC News (2010–present) ABC TV (2011–present) |
| Release | 3 November 2008 – present |
History
editThe program commenced broadcasting on 3 November 2008 as ABC News Breakfast on ABC2, with hosts Virginia Trioli, Barrie Cassidy (Monday-Thursday) and Joe O'Brien (Friday), sport presenter Paul Kennedy and weather presenter Vanessa O'Hanlon.[1][2]
News Breakfast is currently hosted by Michael Rowland and Bridget Brennan and is broadcast on ABC TV and ABC News. They are joined by news presenter Emma Rebellato, sport presenter Charles Brice and weather presenter Nate Byrne. Tyson Shine is the program's executive producer.
In January 2009, O'Brien replaced Cassidy as a full-time co-host with Cassidy continuing to appear on the program providing political commentary.
In June 2010, Michael Rowland replaced O'Brien, who moved back to Sydney to present ABC News Mornings on ABC News 24.
In May 2011, the program moved to the ABC, with children's programming moving to ABC2 and ABC3.
In November 2011, it was announced that the ABC News Breakfast brand would expand to the weekend with Weekend Breakfast hosted by Andrew Geoghegan and Miriam Corowa.[3]
In January 2014, ABC News Breakfast had an extensive makeover, launching a larger new and improved set with three different individual presenting areas. The set includes a news desk, a newswall presenting area and a soft set with seating. The new set kept the existing couch that has been seen on air since the show's launch.
In April 2017, following the refresh of the ABC News brand, the show rebranded to News Breakfast.[4]
In May 2019, Trioli announced she will leave News Breakfast to replace Jon Faine as the Mornings presenter on ABC Radio Melbourne.[5]
In June 2019, the ABC announced that Lisa Millar would succeed Virginia Trioli, commencing on 19 August.[6] Trioli finished on the show on 16 August.[7]
In November 2023, the ABC announced that Bridget Brennan will join the show as news presenter and co-host the show one day per week whilst Lisa Millar works on other projects.[8][9]
In July 2024, Millar announced she will leave News Breakfast, to focus on other projects across the ABC. Her last show was on 23 August 2024.[10] Fill-in presenter Bridget Brennan has been announced as Millar's replacement.[11]
Format
editNews Breakfast covers the latest news, analysis, debate, finance, sport and weather. It draws upon the resources of ABC newsrooms and radio programs across Australia and the world.
The program is broadcast live on ABC in the states of New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania all-year round. It is broadcast on a 30-minute delay in South Australia (all-year) and the Northern Territory (wintertime). On wintertime, Queensland broadcasts the program live, while Western Australia airs the program on a two-hour delay.
During summer, when only some Australian states adopt daylight saving time, Queensland receives the program on a one-hour delay, a 90-minute delay in the Northern Territory and on a three-hour delay in Western Australia. Either way, the ABC News channel broadcasts the program live across Australia from 6:00 am AEST/AEDT.
Weekend Breakfast
editWeekend Breakfast is a mix of live breaking news and discussion, interviews with newsmakers and the weekend sport and weather hosted by Johanna Nicholson and Fauziah Ibrahim.[12] The show began on 4 February 2012 and airs from 7:00 am to 11:00 am on weekend mornings on the ABC News channel. It is simulcast on the ABC TV on Sunday mornings from 7:00 am to 9:00 am.
The Breakfast Couch
editThe Breakfast Couch is a highlights show which covers the best arts and entertainment chats from the previous week on News Breakfast. The show began on 12 August 2017.
Presenters and reporters
editNews Breakfast
edit| Presenter | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Rowland | Co-host | 2010–present |
| Bridget Brennan | Co-host | 2024–present |
| Emma Rebellato | News | 2024–present |
| Charles Brice | Sport | 2024–present |
| Nate Byrne | Weather | 2017–present |
Weekend Breakfast
edit| Presenter | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Johanna Nicholson | Co-host | 2019–present |
| Fauziah Ibrahim | Co-host | 2020–present |
| Jared Coote | Sport | 2019–present |
| Daniela Intili | Sport | 2019–present |
Fill-in presenters
editCurrent presenters who have been fill-in hosts or co-hosts of News Breakfast in recent times include James Glenday, David Speers, Ali Moore, Stephanie Ferrier, Catherine Murphy, Margaret Paul, Iskhandar Razak, Daniel Ziffer, Fauziah Ibrahim and Emma Rebellato.
Fill-in presenters for other roles:
- News: Emma Rebellato
- Sport: Catherine Murphy, Charles Brice, Emma Rebellato, Arianna Levy, and Tom Maddocks
- Weather: Stephanie Ferrier, Emma Rebellato and Danny Tran
Other presenters who have filled in presenting News Breakfast in the past include Jeremy Fernandez, Kumi Taguchi, Del Irani, Paul Kennedy, Emma Alberici, Hamish Macdonald, Bridget Brennan, Mary Gearin, Madeleine Morris, Zoe Daniel, John Barron, Georgie Tunny, Greg Jennett, Sara James, Beverley O'Connor, Tracee Hutchison, Frances Bell, Karina Carvalho, Melissa Clarke and Tamara Oudyn.
Former presenters
editNews Breakfast
edit| Presenter | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Barrie Cassidy | Co-host | 2008 |
| Joe O'Brien | Co-host | 2008–2010 |
| Virginia Trioli | Co-host | 2008–2019 |
| Lisa Millar | Co-host | 2019–2024 |
| Vanessa O'Hanlon | Weather | 2008–2016 |
| Paul Kennedy | Sport | 2008–2021 |
| Del Irani | Finance | 2015–2019 |
| Madeleine Morris | Finance | 2019–2023 |
| Tony Armstrong | Sport | 2021–2024 |
Weekend Breakfast
edit| Presenter | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Miriam Corowa | Co-host | 2012–2018 |
| Andrew Geoghegan | Co-host | 2012–2019 |
| Josh Szeps | Co-host | 2019 |
Regulars
editThe program features a number of regular segments and guests which appear each morning discussing the latest news and politics.
- Alice Zaslavsky – Food
- Barrie Cassidy – Politics
- Katherine Tulich – Entertainment
- Zan Rowe – "The Beat"
- Zak Hepburn – Films
References
edit- ^ Knox, David (3 October 2008). "Meet the new team for Breakfast". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ Rowland, Michael (4 November 2013). "Inside the absurd world of breakfast TV". ABC News. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ Knox, David (2 December 2011). "Ali Moore quits Lateline, host changes at 7:30 and News Breakfast". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ Knox, David (8 April 2017). "New-look ABC News ditches News 24". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ "Virginia Trioli to leave News Breakfast for major gig on ABC Radio Melbourne". ABC News. Melbourne. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Lisa Millar to take over from Virginia Trioli on ABC News Breakfast". ABC News. 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Lisa Millar announced as new host of ABC News Breakfast". 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Bridget Brennan joins News Breakfast | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ Laidlaw, Kyle (1 November 2023). "BRIDGET BRENNAN appointed to newsreader position on ABC NEWS BREAKAST". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Lisa Millar to farewell ABC News Breakfast". ABC News. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "'An important moment for my mob': Bridget Brennan to co-host ABC News Breakfast". ABC News. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "The Drum launches in prime-time; new roles for Patricia Karvelas and Josh Szeps; ABC NEWS channel unveils 2019 line-up". tv.press.abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
External links
edit- Official website
- "Meet the new team for Breakfast", TVTonight.com.au