The gap between the viewing figures for Good Morning Britain and BBC Breakfast was some 406,000 at the beginning of June, by the end of the month the gap widened by over 50% to 666,000. Who will Piers blame for the terrible performance? ", "Piers Morgan: 'Let me clarify' GMB host clears up 'confusion' amid huge change", "Good Morning Britain new format sees Piers Morgan on 30-minutes later than usual", "Susanna Reid: 'People come up and say, "How on earth do you deal with Piers Morgan? [21][22], On 25 March 2016, a fire occurred in an ITV production office, causing the presenters and crew to evacuate shortly before the programme went on air. In fact, Piers vowed to overtake BBC Breakfast in the bitter ratings. I was hired to give very strong, honestly held opinions, which I did. [14], Reid, Shephard and Hawkins all presented four days a week, with Fletcher presenting every day. Goodbye GMB - not immediately, perhaps, but after six months or so of tweaking desks, running . Good Morning Britains ratings look a lot different a year after Piers Morgan sensationally quit. Susanna was live from Downing Street for the Prime Minister's first interview for five years on Good Morning Britain, which peaked with close to a 30% share of viewers during the interview.. Its just the kind of shake-up the industry needs. Data collected from extensive surveys and snap polls about or relating to Good Morning Britain. Sign up to get it sent straight to your inbox and don't forget to join our Watch This Facebook Group for daily TV recommendations and discussions with other readers. On 6 January 2020, ITV Daytime announced that Good Morning Britain would be broadcast for an additional half an hour, with a new finishing time of 9:00 am, due to the cancellation of The Jeremy Kyle Show. Wednesdays show had a peak audience of just 660,000 - butaveraged just 440,000. Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan took great delight in news about the show's viewing figures, Sign up for free to get the latest North East news and updates delivered straight to your inbox. He and Susanna were fast friends, often praised for their chemistry with the latter once explaining that the connection between them was 'instant.'. 'ITV has accepted this decision and has nothing further to add.'. From 4 May 2020, Morgan was absent from the programme all week, displaying Coronavirus symptoms. Reid continued to make appearances on the programme via video link, and returned to the studio on 31 March. "Monday's show, presented by Piers . Susanna Reid was awarded Newscaster of the Year. Something went wrong, please try again later. On the same day Piers admitted tension between him and Susanna Reid, he took to Twitter to reveal that "Good Morning Britain had its highest ever ratings" on Monday as he thanked people for watching. Meet Eamonn Holmes GB News Breakfast co-presenter, Do not sell or share my personal information. Moving on from his past success, and today's departure from GMB, Piers remains a highly popular MailOnlinecolumnist in both the UK and US. Not if the viewing figures don't even hit Daybreak's level and trail the BBC by growing margins. Updated: 10:26, 4 Jun 2021 PIERS Morgan's final week on Good Morning Britain saw viewing figures hit an all time high of 1.8million people tuning in. A standby tape was played as a substitute for the first 30 minutes of the programme and Dinner Date was then shown for the remainder of Good Morning Britain's airtime.[23]. When Piers Morgan joined Good Morning Britain in November 2015, the ITV breakfast show was still struggling to outshine itspredecessor. On 20 March 2017, a new look was launched featuring an updated logo, music and graphics. Stuart Earl took over as director following Erron's departure in 2021. Morgan joined the presenting team following a successful five-episode stint that April, and helpedrocket the ITV show to its 'highest ever' viewing figures - which saw an audience of 1.65million people tune in last Monday. #LongWalkToFreedomOfSpeech., To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web Apprentice pair facing the sack after romping at show's 17m mansion, Brand new Disney show fails to premiere leaving fans furious, Love Island's Olivia Hawkins breaks silence as she returns to the UK, EastEnders Natalie Cassidy shares rare picture of her lookalike daughter Joanie, 6, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. [34][35] The episode was later taken down from the ITV Hub on the day it aired, although ITV claimed it was removed for "a totally unrelated reason". On 3 February 2021, Morgan and Reid hosted a special edition of the programme in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore who died the day before from a battle with pneumonia and COVID-19. 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[38] From April 2020, however, Kelly hosted the final hour on her own, with regular input from health editor Hilary Jones.[39]. Morgan has claimed that hes been asked to return to the show, which was hosted on Tuesday by Adil Ray and Ranvir Singh. Its the one-year anniversary since the TV presenter notoriously stormed off the GMB set following a heated confrontation with weatherman Alex Beresford over Meghan Markle. Maybe 500 or more BBC news jobs look doomed in the latest round of cuts. Peak audience day P***s walked (9th Mar 2021): 1.95m. He also won the US Celebrity Apprentice in 2007, which featured former US President Donald Trump. In a teaser for the daily series, the 56-year-old said: A year ago today, I was forced to leave a job that I loved at the peak of its success for having the audacity to express an honestly held opinion. Taking to Twitter today (November 5), Piers boasted: "BREAKING: So, @GMB averaged 1.16m viewers & 27% audience share pts yesterday. When Reid was absent, Hawkins took her place and was in turn, substituted by Kate Garraway or Ranvir Singh. Piers Morgan today quit Good Morning Britain after six-year stint on ITV show . Start your Independent Premium subscription today. ", Related: GMB's Piers Morgan calls BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker a "snivelling sycophant" in furious Twitter spat, However, Dan fired back with a brief reply as he noted: "Well done but we weren't actually on yesterday.". Ratings had hit a record high at 1.9m viewers the day before he quit over the backlash to his comments about Meghan Markle. He then shared an official statement from ITV which read: "Good Morning Britain achieved its highest-ever share of viewing yesterday with a record 28.5% share. He replaced television and radio host Larry Kingin the network's evening line-up with his show Piers Morgan Live, which began in January 2011 before ending its run due to falling ratings in March 2014. He told The Sun: I have no doubt I could take the ratings back to where I left them but the doubt is, would anyone be allowed to do it that way again? Can Susanna and her hyperactive squad oust old Bill up in Salford from his No 1 morning slot? Top programmes report The top 50 programmes on TV based on the size of their total viewing audience over the week (including live, VOSDAL, time-shifted and total audience viewing figures). [58], Good Morning Britain was nominated in the 2016 TV Choice Awards for the Best Daytime TV Programme but failed to win. Piers joined GMB, which succeeded Daybreak as ITV's flagship breakfast programme, a year after it was launched in 2014. The programme features a variety of news, interviews, politics, sport, entertainment, competitions and weather as well as local news bulletins delivered by the ITV regions. [2] They share the same cameras and gallery. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Yesterdays Good Morning Britain: Peak 910,000., Piers reacted by replying with an embarrassed emoji, while one follower commented: Never watched it since the day he left, he made the show what it was!, Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 9, 2022. ", "10 reasons why GMB makes breakfast better", "Victoria Derbyshire and Good Morning Britain pick up PinkNews Awards", "Here are all the National TV Awards 2019 nominees", "Piers Morgan isn't taking Baftas loss well as GMB misses out", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Good_Morning_Britain_(2014_TV_programme)&oldid=1135604204, Breakfast television in the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 25 January 2023, at 18:31. The trouble with tabloid fame is that it only builds you up to let you down. Janelle Mone will steal your heart. Keep up the good work and the only journalists not afraid to hold this government to account," but another tweeted: "You do realise the only reason your viewing figures have gone up is because more people are at home". GMB Today was a temporary replacement for Lorraine whilst on its summer break. If youve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page wed love to hear from you. Primary duties: CEOs are top executives at businesses who direct the overall vision and strategic direction of a company. Digital Spy participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. 'Yes, he drives me nuts, but he also makes me laugh - and when the chips are down, and there's a big news story breaking or we're doing a controversial interview with a politician, I trust him.'. It was also announced that ITV's daytime shows (Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women) would be moving to studio space at BBC Studioworks' Television Centre, previously used by the BBC before moving in March 2013. 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Photograph: David Fisher/Rex Features, he trouble with tabloid fame is that it only builds you up to let you down. But in the end I was asked to apologise for a genuinely held opinion.. The BBC show was indeed off air due to the rolling US election coverage, though Piers wasn't quite willing to eat humble pie in his response. [14][15], Between 13 June and 11 July, the show reported on the 2014 FIFA World Cup, with Fletcher presenting highlights and reactions live from Brazil. [62], On 18 June 2019, the programme won The Golden Nymph for Best Live Breaking News at the 59th Monte-Carlo Television Festival.[63]. But Good Morning Britain, which has a presenting . Mental health charity Mind called his comments concerning and disappointing. In February 2017, it was announced that The London Studios, where Good Morning Britain is broadcast, would be closed for some years beginning in 2018 as ITV decided to go through with demolishing the building and having it rebuilt. 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Parents need to know that Hidden Figures is based on the inspiring true story of three brilliant African American women who worked at NASA in the 1950s and '60s as "human computers" -- making calculations and contributions that helped launch the manned spaceflight program.Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer), Mary Jackson (Janelle Mone), and Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson) were engineers . As a duo, Eamonn and Ruth have been part of the This Morning presenting team for the last 15 years and we thank Eamonn for all of his hard work and contribution to the show. Acknowledging the anniversary of his viral TV moment, Piers said earlier: A year ago today, I went for a little stroll and in the words of Edith Piaf, je ne regrette rien! It's not impossible dream. 5. The controversial presenter had made repeated criticisms of Markle, but sparked thousands of Ofcom complaints when he said he didnt believe a word of Markle saying shed be left with suicidal thoughts during her time as a royal. "We're going to surprise people by showing them that a great incumbent broadcaster can be the country's digital pioneer nothing less than the most inventive place in news," vowed James Harding, head of news and commissioner-in-chief, the other day. Despite no longer being a part of Good. and helped rocket the ITV show to its 'highest ever' viewing figures - which saw an audience of 1.65million people . MORE : Who is Isabel Webster? The broadcaster shared its ratings for Wednesday 18 March, revealing that two of its daytime shows, Loose . (Always assuming, that is, that the licence fee system itself can endure, as even Labour now glooms). I was hired to give very strong, honestly held opinions, which I did. Good Morning Britain shares of viewing remains up since January 2021, averaging a 22.7 per cent share which is 0.7 per cent more than the show's share in 2020, and 1.9 per cent more than in. [47][48] James Delingpole explains his reasoning. [52], On 20 December 2021, ITV confirmed that the programme will go on hiatus after the Christmas period as a result of rapid increase in the COVID-19 cases.[53]. Shephard and Garraway presented the majority of the programme from the studio in London, while Morgan presented parts of the show live from Davos, Switzerland. Good Morning Britain is losing more viewers this morning after the official launch of new news channel GB News. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Good Morning Britain has been having a very good year so far.. However, at the same time, the straight-talking host began presenting the hugely successful chat show Piers Morgan's Life Stories. The last programme from The London Studios was broadcast on 13 April 2018. Breakfast With Eamonn And Isabel airs on weekdays from 6am to 9.30am. It debuted on 28 April 2014 and is broadcast live every weekday from 6:00am to 9:00am across the United Kingdom. [42][43] Morgan and Reid returned on Tuesday 1 September. [10][11][12], A programme of the same name aired as part of TV-am between 1983 and 1992 each weekday morning between 7:00 am and 9:00 am, along with a Saturday morning edition.[13]. [19][20], On 22 March 2016, the show was extended to 10:30 am to cover the breaking news of the Brussels bombings, meaning that sister show Lorraine and The Jeremy Kyle Show were cancelled. But yesterday's show saw the average. The list is sorted with the most strongly correlated things at the top. The two main presenters start at 6am (previously 6:30) and present the main story and then the day's newsreader (who used to present solely from 6 to 6.30am) presents the rest of the day's news. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. What happened to Spencer Matthews brother Michael and was he found? 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The top eight channels by views as of last Friday read as follows: BBC Breakfast: 1.4 million Good Morning Britain: 574,000 Channel 4 News: 323,000 BBC Newsnight: 288,000 BBCNews 9am: 226,000. He is now looking forward to launching his new show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, on TalkTV this spring. We're keen to hear your feedback on them, their content, how you . Ruth remains an important part of ITV Daytime both as a continuing member of the This Morning family and as an anchor presenter on Loose Women.. Good Morning Britain competes with BBC Breakfast in the early morning TV timeslot. Piers began a career in television long before departing the Mirror, but reinvented himself as a CNN presenter in the US where he already had a significant following due to his work on America's Got Talent. mdi-tag-outline BBC Breakfast Good Morning Britain . He then shared an official statement from ITV which read: "Good Morning Britain achieved its highest-ever share of viewing yesterday with a record 28.5% share. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. The former This Morning host was joined by co-host Isabel Webster for the first episode of the channels programme titled Breakfast With Eamonn And Isabel. Eamonn Holmes is settling into life at GB News after joining the channel recently, and he's now appeared to mock Good Morning Britain viewing figures on social media. Morgan stepped down from his role as GMB co-host following a row over his remarks about Markle. MORE : Why did Eamonn Holmes leave This Morning for GB News? On 8 July 2020, Morgan and Reid announced they would be taking an extended break of six weeks over the summer, with Shephard, Ray, Hawkins, Singh and Garraway (who had been absent from the show due to her husband Derek Draper being admitted to intensive care with COVID-19)[40][41] presenting in their place. Meet Eamonn Holmes GB News Breakfast co-presenter, Gogglebox star Ellie Warner reveals babys gender in adorable moment with sister Izzis young children, Dame Mary Berry announced as first celeb on The Traitors Comic Relief special, ITV News makes huge error mistaking late journalist Derek Jameson for Ken Bruce, Strictly Come Dancing bosses line-up Loose Womens Sophie Morgan to make history as first wheelchair-using contestant, Spencer Matthews gives update after confusion over last-minute delay as Finding Michael fails to premiere. Yesterday Piers admitted he's "sad" the breakfast show's ratings have plummeted since he left. By However, others were quick to throw GMB a bone and noted that it was a major news event on this day last year with the aftermath of Meghan and Prince Harrys interview with Oprah Winfrey. "To give you an idea of my mental state, let me put it this way: if a weather presenter were to . BroadcastNow reports that Good Morning Britain 's viewing figures peaked at 2.2m just after 8am on Tuesday, with an average 35.3 per cent share of the audience across its three hours - well over a reported average of 850,000 viewers (25.3 per cent) over the four weeks prior. Presenters Piers Morgan and Ben Shephard were both nominated for the Best Presenter award at the 2019, 2020 and 2021 National Television Awards,[61] however both failed to make the shortlist in '19 & '20. Well this shouldnt happen in any democracy supposedly built on the principles of free speech and freedom of expression. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He was replaced by stand in director Stuart Earl. If youve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page wed love to hear from you. I also want it to annoy all the right people. In 2019, they received two BAFTA nominations for Best News Coverage for their knife crime interview and Thomas Markle exclusive interview, but failed to win. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Piers Morgan has said he stands by his criticism of the Duchess of Sussex as ITV's Good Morning Britain aired for the first time since his departure. On March 1, the ITV show achieved its highest-ever share of viewers at a record 28.5 per cent. Never say never.. Dan Walker and Piers Morgan have a long history of rivalry in the breakfast TV stakes, often concerning the size of their ratings. Today the UK's television regulator Ofcom confirmed it would launch an investigation into the comments following a flurry of complaints - driven by a social media campaign against the former newspaper editor, who is MailOnline's editor-at-large.