Good Morning Australia (1992–2005)

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Good Morning Australia
Also known as 'The Morning Show (1992)
GMA with Bert Newton'
Genre Talk show
Presented by Bert Newton
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 14
No. of episodes 3,213
Production
Production location(s) Melbourne, Victoria
Running time 120-150 mins (inc. ads)
Release
Original network Network Ten
Picture format 4:3 PAL (1992-2000)
16:9 576i (SDTV) (2001-2005)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 20 January 1992 –
16 December 2005
Chronology
Preceded by Til Ten (1989 – 1991)
Followed by 9am with David & Kim (2006 – 2009)

Good Morning Australia (or GMA) , also known as Good Morning Australia or GMA With Bert Newton, was a popular long running morning Australia TV program hosted by Bert Newton on Network Ten, that featured interviews with celebrities and live musical performances

Program synopsis

The program began on 20 January 1992 with the title The Morning Show, changing its name on 1 February 1993 to Good Morning Australia, after the breakfast news program with the same name on the same network had been cancelled a few months earlier. The Newton program aired its final episode on 16 December 2005 as Newton moved to the Nine Network.

GMA was Australia's first national morning television talk program[citation needed], unchallenged until 2002 when the Nine Network launched Kerri-Anne.

Presenters

The show featured a number of info-mercial presenters, including Moira McLean, Susie Elelman and Marianne van Dorslar.

Musical direction

John Foreman was the program's musical director from the program's inception in 1992 for GMA until 2004, when Mark Amato succeeded him.

Regular segment contributors

The show had many regular contributors to various topical segments:Robert Mascara the series floor manager and assistant director for the program's entire run appeared as Belvedere, the official food taste tester during the cooking segments.

Patti Newton Wife of Bert Newton
Penny Cook Presenter
Iain Hewitson Cooking
Elizabeth Chong Cooking
Ken James Cooking
Dorinda Hafner Cooking
Gabriel Gaté Cooking
Tonia Todman Crafts
John-Michael Howson Celebrity & Hollywood Gossip
Nicky Buckley Parenting
Paul Bongiorno Politics
Julie Summerfield Pets
Jemma Gawned Beauty
Virginia Hey Beauty
Colette Mann Gadgets
Ann-Maree Biggar Gadgets & DVD Reviews
Val Jellay Movie Reviews
Shane Bourne DVD Reviews
Axle Whitehead Music Reviews
Robert Mascara Belvedere
Bruce Mansfield Collectibles
Philip Brady Nostalgia
Yves Hernot Antiques valuation & Art

Shannon Watts joined GMA in 2004 replacing Ed Phillips who went on to host Temptation for the Nine Network. Shannon was soon put out in the field hosting segments from the AFL Grand final, The Grand Prix and the Gold Coast Indycar Grand Prix. Shannon did over 160 episodes on Good Morning Australia. Shannon stayed with GMA until the show's end and went on to be a reporter on the replacement show 9am with David & Kim.

Related shows

The program's former title The Morning Show was adopted by a rival show on the Seven Network.

The successor to GMA was 9am with David & Kim, which had a similar format. Prior to Bert Newton's era, Ten Melbourne ran a similar show Good Morning Melbourne, hosted by Roy Hampson and Annette Allison. During Hampson's long run, the program had a number of different titles, such as The Roy Hampson Show and Roundabout.

See also

External links

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