Today and
Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as
The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the
Nine Network each morning since 1982. In 2007, the show celebrated its 25th Anniversary with outside broadcasts in five different Australian cities in one week.
On weekdays the programme airs after
Nine's Early Morning News, and runs from 5.30am through to 9am. On weekends,
Weekend Today runs from 7am to 9am on Saturdays and 7am to 10am on Sundays.
History
Officially launched as
The National Today Show,
Today is Australia's longest running morning breakfast news program.
The original hosts,
Steve Liebmann and
Sue Kellaway, spent four years together before Liebmann left to the present the evening news for
Network Ten in
Sydney. Former
60 Minutes reporter
George Negus took over the male presenting role. After four years, Liebmann returned to the Nine Network, hosting
Today with
Liz Hayes and
Tracy Grimshaw. However, in December 2004, 60-year-old Liebmann suffered a mild heart attack, prompting him to retire from the stresses of breakfast...
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