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''Breakfast'' was an Australian breakfast television program which aired live on Network Ten on weekdays, as well as a weekly highlights program on Saturday at 11:00am. It had a format consisting of news, sport and weather updates every half hour from 6:00am to 8:00am with a mixture of debate, current affairs and regular segments in between. The show originally ran from 6:00am–9:00am on weekdays preceding ''The Circle'' before being shortened to a two-and-a-half hour show, as part of the ''Mornings on Ten'' lineup. The presenting line-up consisted of Paul Henry and Kathryn Robinson, along with broadcast meteorologist Magdalena Roze who presented weather updates, while News & Sport updates were presented by various Network Ten journalists. Before being made redundant at Ten, Deborah Knightparticipated in Breakfast's audition. However,current Today newsreader Wendy Kingston was offered the permanent position but had to declined as she was pregnant. The show differed from other breakfast shows by being mostly unscripted, replacing Ten's previous line-up of ''Ten Early News'' and children's programming including ''Toasted TV'', ''Totally Wild'', ''Scope'' and ''Wurrawhy''.〔 This is not Network Ten's first foray into the breakfast program market, with the network airing Australia's first breakfast program, ''Good Morning Australia'', from 1981 to 1992. Although the show was originally planned for a 27 February 2012 starting date, due to the political crisis ''Breakfast'' began on 23 February 2012. During the 2012 Summer Olympics, and following the axing of ''The Circle'', ''Breakfast'' adjusted its format.〔()〕 However, on 12 November 2012, it was announced that Breakfast would broadcast its 202nd and final show on 30 November 2012. ==History== It was announced on 17 August 2011 that Network Ten would launch a new breakfast program to take on ''Today'' and ''Sunrise'', which take in $100 million in advertising revenue a year, compared to Ten's current $3 million. It was also announced that the program would be modelled around Ten's current affairs/comedy program ''The Project'' with Andrew Rochford as one of the presenters.〔 In the months to follow, it was announced that the other presenters would include Paul Henry, Kathryn Robinson, Magdalena Roze and Reuben Mourad. It was initially speculated that ''Breakfast'' would launch on 16 January 2012, the date that ''The Circle'' debuted in the 9am timeslot, however that date was later pushed back to March 2012 due to the fact that a third co-host was at the time yet to be found. The launch date was then set to be 27 February 2012, two weeks after the ratings season began. However, on 22 February 2012, Network Ten announced the show would launch early on Thursday 23 February 2012 due to a political crisis.〔 ''Breakfasts first broadcast was extended until around 10:20am. Paul Henry opened the first ''Breakfast'' with these words: ''"It is Thursday the 23rd February and it is game on"''. He was referring to the leadership showdown dominating the headlines at the time, as well as Ten's ambitious move to enter into the crowded Breakfast TV market.〔〔 On 15 August 2012, Ten announced the following Saturday it would launch a highlights program titled ''The Breakfast Week'' to air Saturdays from 11am-12pm On 12 November 2012, it was announced that Breakfast would end on 30 November 2012. The axing was part of the network's wider budget cuts which saw more than 100 staff lose their jobs from various Ten News roles. A newspaper said other staff at the network resented Henry, claiming many wouldn't look at him when he walked in the room, and were planning to boycott the Christmas party. Despite the show's axing, Ten has shown interest in developing a new breakfast program of a similar style to launch sometime in 2013.〔 It will be fronted by a brand new hosting team. Former ''Sunrise'' producer Adam Boland has been signed to produce the new program. Notable guests to have appeared on the show once, or on a number of occasions include: Tony Abbott (Federal Opposition Leader), John Alexander (Former tennis player and politician), Carrie Bickmore ''(Co host of The Project''), Lara Bingle (Model and television presenter), Julie Bishop (politician), Bob Brown (retired politician), George Calombaris (Celebrity chef), Julia Gillard (Prime Minister), Tom Hafey (AFL legend), Colin Lane (Comedian), Nicole Livingstone (Former olympic swimmer), Hamish Macdonald, Shaun Micallef, Gerry Harvey, Sarah Murdoch, Charlie Pickering (Comedian), Matt Preston (food critic), Kate Ritchie (actor and television presenter), John Robertson (NSW opposition leader), Hugh Sheridan (actor and television presenter), Chris Anderson (NRL legend) and Merrick Watts (radio comedian). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Breakfast (Australian TV program)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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