Nine’s breakfast explain overtakes Sunrise in ratings battle,it’s all change at Crikey and Perth’s lord mayor issues breathtaking barbIt’s been a very slow burn but Channel Nine’s nowadays has finally overtaken Seven’s Sunrise as the most celebrated breakfast explain on commercial television. For more than a decade nowadays has lagged behind Sunrise despite the popularity of co-hosts Karl Stefanovic, who won a Gold Logie in 2011, or Lisa Wilkinson. Sunrise even had a boost in its ratings when Samantha Armytage replaced long-serving host Melissa Doyle in 2013. On weekly average audience,nowadays has beaten Sunrise every week since this year’s official ratings started on 7 February. Could it be that the bad smell left from the Kristin Davis sketch has lingered? final month Armytage and her Sunrise crew David Koch, Natalie Barr and Edwina Bartholomew ambushed the actress with an arranged reading of a scene from Sex and the City despite her being on the explain to talk about her work with the UNHCR. Related: The Weekly Beast: ABC TV presenter wades into Sunrise skit row Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com