Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby have led tributes to beloved This Morning guest Heather Bone who has tragically passed away from cancer aged 41.
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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorABC News will turn to an insider to lead its flagship morning program.Simone Swink, a longtime senior staffer at the show, has been named its senior producer, according to a memo sent to employees by Kim Godwin, president of ABC News Sunday.Swink takes a role which has been left vacant for months.
The show, a pillar of the economics of both ABC and it’s parent company, Walt Disney, was previously supervised by Michael Corn, who left abruptly earlier this year,
.Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby have led tributes to beloved This Morning guest Heather Bone who has tragically passed away from cancer aged 41.
Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby have led tributes to beloved This Morning guest Heather Bone who has tragically passed away from cancer aged 41.
Richard Madeley is now a favourite to become a permanent presenter on Good Morning Britain after bookmaker Coral moved his odds to 1-2. Richard has been a stand-in presenter on the show since 2017 and has become a regular occurrence after former presenter Piers Morgan quit the morning show back in March.
A staffer on Good Morning America has filed a new claim against ABC, contending that the network retaliated against her after she filed a formal complaint alleging that the show’s top producer sexually assaulted her.
Good Morning Britain weather correspondent Laura Tobin broke down in tears as she discussed the heartbreaking impact of climate change on Tuesday 14 September's show.The 39 year old travelled to Svalbard in the Arctic to present the weather, which is one of the places in the world that has been most affected by climate change. Laura travelled to the warming Arctic to present the weather and raise awareness of climate change.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen Trevor Noah takes to a new stage Monday evening and re-starts Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” after a hiatus, he may look around and wonder where some of his competitors have gone.In recent months, WarnerMedia decided to end its long-running “Conan” late-night program on TBS with Conan O’Brien.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“America Strong” has been a long-running segment on ABC’s “World News Tonight.” Now it has become an editorial initiative across the news division.ABC News expects to take the segment, which showcases Americans who confront and persevere against obstacles, often in small towns and less covered spaces, to more of its programming across September, with profiles of people helping one another against challenges brought on by the pandemic.“After a very difficult year
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSusan Zirinsky, the former CBS News chief and longtime leader of its “48 Hours,” is refashioning herself as a streaming-video maven.Zirinsky will lead the new See It Now Studios, a new production unit that will create news, documentary and unscripted programming for the Paramount Plus streaming-video hub, the CBS broadcast network and other networks owned by parent company ViacomCBS.
Van Scott is returning to ABC News as vice president of communications after a brief stint at Vice Media Group.
Last week, Piers Morgan took to Twitter to declare: "Do I get my job back?" after he was cleared by Ofcom following his comments about Meghan Markle on Good Morning Britain. And in his latest new! column, Peter Andre backs his friend Piers to get his job back and said he "wouldn't be surprised" if we saw him on GMB again.
Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid brought the breakfast vibes to work on Thursday as her viewers and co-hosts accused her of wearing a dressing gown. Susanna, 50, wore a pink silk wrap dress that caused a stir as viewers tweeted the programme to ask if she'd forgotten to get dressed for work.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCBS News wants to spread some of its venerable newsmagazine “Sunday Morning” to other days of the week.Starting September 7, the entire CBS morning schedule will be treated as a larger franchise, with weekdays and Saturdays featuring some of the in-depth and longform features for which the Sunday show — a TV-news institution — is best known.The weekday program, which features Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and new co-host Nate Burleson, will be retitled “CBS
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen she worked at CBS News as a senior executive, Kim Godwin was known to be eager to gain more control of a large news operation. Now that she’s arrived as president of ABC News, she has it — and a lot more.From the day she took the top role at the Walt Disney-backed news division, Godwin has been navigating tricky terrain.
The promotion comes just days after Swink’s predecessor, former “GMA” senior executive producer Michael Corn, was accused of sexual assault by two ABC producers. Corn had left ABC in April to become president of news for NexStar’s NewsNation and has denied all allegations.
Simone Swink has been named executive producer of Good Morning America.
Kim Godwin, the new president of ABC News, said that she wants an independent investigation of how the network handled reports of sexual assault allegations against a former top producer for Good Morning America, according to a report.
George Stephanopoulos on “GMA,” says the show’s then-senior executive producer Michael Corn sexually assaulted her after a work party when he was drunk, according to her Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit from Wednesday.The alleged incident happened in February 2015 when Crawford was in Los Angeles with the team covering the Academy Awards.Crawford claims that another former employee, Jill McClain, was also sexually assaulted by Corn in 2010 and 2011 and that after the women exchanged stories early