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''Today'' is an Australian breakfast television program, currently hosted by Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson. It has been broadcast live on the Nine Network since 1982. The program airs after ''Nine News: Early Edition'' and runs from 5.30am to 9:15am before ''Mornings''. == History == Officially launched as ''The National Today Show'',〔(National Today Show ) – National Film and Sound Archive, 7 November 2007〕 ''Today'' is Australia's longest running morning breakfast news program.〔(Longest Breakfast Program ) – Commonwealth Bank, 31 August 2007.〕 The show premiered on 28 June 1982 and celebrated 25 years of broadcasting in 2007. The original hosts, Steve Liebmann and Sue Kellaway, spent four years together before Steve Liebmann left to present the evening news for Network Ten in Sydney. Former ''60 Minutes'' reporter George Negus took over the male presenting role. After four years, Steve Liebmann returned to the Nine Network, hosting Today with Liz Hayes and Tracy Grimshaw. However, in December 2004, Steve Liebmann suffered a mild heart attack,〔(Liebmann Heart Attack ) – Heart Research, 10 May 2005〕 prompting him to retire from breakfast television. In 2005, ''National Nine News'' reporter Karl Stefanovic replaced Steve Liebmann as co-host. Tracy Grimshaw left Today at the end of 2005 to replace Ray Martin as host of ''A Current Affair''. While it had been widely speculated in the Australian press that ''Seven News'' presenter Chris Bath would co-host Today with Karl Stefanovic from January 2006, the position instead went to former ''Ten News'' presenter Jessica Rowe. Jessica Rowe had mixed beginnings as the co-host of ''Today'' with some viewers and commentators attacking her because of her dress-sense and her apparent over-happiness, citing her constant nervous laughter. Following her court case against Network Ten, Rowe was subjected to comments from the media and viewers that she should be sacked and was not right for the role of ''Today''. Rowe's replacements while on maternity leave were Sarah Murdoch and Kellie Sloane, who both saw a significant increases in ratings. They both presented until Rowe's departure from the show, when the Nine Network released a press statement on 5 May 2007 saying that Rowe had left the Nine Network to "take up other opportunities for her career". In May 2007, former co-host of ''Weekend Sunrise'', Lisa Wilkinson, took over the female co-hosting duties. 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「Today (Australian TV program)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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