James Hewitt is back in the news. Princess Diana's former lover is making headlines again because he's had to deny once more that he is Prince Harry's real father. Many have alleged that the redheaded royal and Princess Di's old flame share a resemblance, but Hewitt has denied the rumors for years, also noting that he met the late royal when her younger son was already a toddler. While appearing on Sunday Night, Hewitt was asked matter-of-factly, "Are you Harry's father?" "No, I'm not," he declared. "Why does that keep getting repeated?" interviewer Melissa Doyle asked him. "Sells papers," he retorted. "It's...
- 3/13/2017
- E! Online
The boss of Seven’s Sunrise has suggested that rival show Today is behind the times by allowing its A-team of hosts to take an extended summer break.
Sunrise – which kept familiar faces on screen throughout the non-ratings period has been trouncing Today in the ratings.
Sunrise Ep Michael Pell’s comments followed new Today Ep Neil Breen almost admitting defeat by telling today’s Sydney Confidential that “Seven have played it well” in keeping Melissa Doyle and David Koch on air. Doyle stayed on until Christmas and Koch returned immediately afterwards.
“(Doyle and) Koch have done the hard yards over summer while Channel 9 has made the decision to let Karl (Stefanovic) and Lisa (Wilkinson) have a break,” he said. “I’ve been on the job five weeks and in that time Karl hasn’t been on air at all.”
Pell would not directly comment on what Breen has to...
Sunrise – which kept familiar faces on screen throughout the non-ratings period has been trouncing Today in the ratings.
Sunrise Ep Michael Pell’s comments followed new Today Ep Neil Breen almost admitting defeat by telling today’s Sydney Confidential that “Seven have played it well” in keeping Melissa Doyle and David Koch on air. Doyle stayed on until Christmas and Koch returned immediately afterwards.
“(Doyle and) Koch have done the hard yards over summer while Channel 9 has made the decision to let Karl (Stefanovic) and Lisa (Wilkinson) have a break,” he said. “I’ve been on the job five weeks and in that time Karl hasn’t been on air at all.”
Pell would not directly comment on what Breen has to...
- 1/11/2013
- by Marcus Casey
- Encore Magazine
Nine's Today breakfast team
In the battle for the breakfast viewer, Nine’s Today recorded a rare win over Seven’s Sunrise yesterday.
Today, fronted by Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson, rated 364,000, while Sunrise’s David Koch and Melissa Doyle rated 343,000.
The two shows were 27th and 29th respectively in Monday’s top 50 shows. Ten’s Breakfast, which did not feature in the top 50, rated with just 38,000.
Across the five city metro markets, Today won in Sydney and Melbourne while Sunrise won in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Ten’s Breakfast rated 38,000.
Seven had better luck in the evening where a two and a half hour live version of The X Factor was the top show for Monday.
The first of the live performances with twelve live acts to get through, the show was scheduled to run from 7.30-9.30pm, but ran over.
While OzTam reports a rating of 1.588m, the...
In the battle for the breakfast viewer, Nine’s Today recorded a rare win over Seven’s Sunrise yesterday.
Today, fronted by Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson, rated 364,000, while Sunrise’s David Koch and Melissa Doyle rated 343,000.
The two shows were 27th and 29th respectively in Monday’s top 50 shows. Ten’s Breakfast, which did not feature in the top 50, rated with just 38,000.
Across the five city metro markets, Today won in Sydney and Melbourne while Sunrise won in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Ten’s Breakfast rated 38,000.
Seven had better luck in the evening where a two and a half hour live version of The X Factor was the top show for Monday.
The first of the live performances with twelve live acts to get through, the show was scheduled to run from 7.30-9.30pm, but ran over.
While OzTam reports a rating of 1.588m, the...
- 9/18/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Melissa Doyle has hit back at reports that she is quitting Sunrise. The Australian television personality, who presents the morning TV show alongside David Koch, was rumoured to be planning an exit from the series this year, but has insisted that she is happy in her role. As Sunrise celebrates its 10-year anniversary this week, Doyle told The Daily Telegraph: "I'm here, I'm not leaving, I never ever ever ever said I was and I still love it. I'm 42, I'm not going to be there forever but at the moment I love it. "I was saddened people would think I wanted out when I don't, and I love it. If one (more)...
- 2/29/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
From the advertising dollars to the ratings rivalry – television’s earliest timeslot is big business. Brooke Hemphill sets her alarm and goes on set to find out the perfect recipe for making breakfast TV.
It’s after midnight on a Thursday evening in Sydney’s Cbd. The streets are largely deserted as the final day of the working week looms. While the nine to five set are safely tucked up in bed, in the heart of the city, Seven’s Martin Place studio is quiet, although never sleeping. Several journalists staff the newsroom on the first level and one flight of stairs above, two producers work the overnight shift for Seven’s market-leading breakfast program, Sunrise. Soon they will be joined by line producer David ‘Dougie’ Walters who is about to begin his day.
At a time when hospitality workers and university students contemplate calling it a night, Walters is at his desk.
It’s after midnight on a Thursday evening in Sydney’s Cbd. The streets are largely deserted as the final day of the working week looms. While the nine to five set are safely tucked up in bed, in the heart of the city, Seven’s Martin Place studio is quiet, although never sleeping. Several journalists staff the newsroom on the first level and one flight of stairs above, two producers work the overnight shift for Seven’s market-leading breakfast program, Sunrise. Soon they will be joined by line producer David ‘Dougie’ Walters who is about to begin his day.
At a time when hospitality workers and university students contemplate calling it a night, Walters is at his desk.
- 2/22/2012
- by Brooke Hemphill
- Encore Magazine
Carrie Bickmore is rumoured to be in the running for a new daytime TV role. The Australian television personality, who currently hosts weeknight comedy current affairs panel show The Project alongside Charlie Pickering and Dave Hughes, is believed to be the top contender to host Channel Ten's new morning chatshow Breakfast. According to The Daily Telegraph, Bickmore would join former colleague Dr Andrew Rochford and New Zealand TV star Paul Henry on the series. Broadcasters such as Magdalena Rose and Sarah Murdoch were recently linked to the coveted role, and Melissa Doyle was even rumoured to be quitting her job on (more)...
- 11/17/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Sunrise, Today Tonight and The Morning Show are having an overhaul of presenters, according to reports. Various sources have claimed that Melissa Doyle is ready to leave her hosting role on Sunrise to move to current affairs show Today Tonight, while Today Tonight's current host Matthew White has been tipped to present Sunrise with Kylie Gillies. Gillies currently fronts The Morning Show with Larry Emdur, but Samantha Armytage is rumoured to be taking over her role. David Koch is also believed to be in the running for a primetime hosting job next year. Sunrise producer Tim Davies wrote on his Twitter (more)...
- 10/24/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Melissa Doyle has decided to quit her job at Sunrise, according to reports. The Australian television personality, who has been host of the Seven Network's breakfast show for the past ten years, has allegedly showed interest in an evening TV career after becoming tired of her early morning starts. A Seven insider told The Sunday Telegraph: "Breakfast's a hard gig and Mel's looking at other options." Doyle re-signed a contract with the TV network last month for a rumoured $$700,000 (£460,000) per year, but had been working "off-contract" for seven months previously, during which time she was apparently "shopped around" to other stations by her agent James Erskine. > Melissa Doyle: 'I'm not perfect'
> Melissa Doyle opens up about emotional breakdown A rival television insider said: "We (more)...
> Melissa Doyle opens up about emotional breakdown A rival television insider said: "We (more)...
- 9/5/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Karl Stefanovic and Melissa Doyle's possible replacements on Australian breakfast television have been named. Stefanovic, who hosts the Today show alongside Lisa Wilkinson, and Sunrise presenter Melissa Doyle are both believed to be leaving their positions by the end of this year and now reports are circulating as to who will step into their shoes. According to The Daily Telegraph, Doyle's potential successors include Sunrise newsreader Natalie Barr, Dancing with the Stars contestant Samantha Armytage and 10 Years Younger host Sonia Kruger. Possible presenters for Stefanovic's vacated role are allegedly Today Tonight (more)...
- 7/27/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Melissa Doyle has signed a new TV deal, it has been reported. The Australian breakfast television host, who presents Channel Seven show Sunrise alongside David Koch, has allegedly signed a two-year contract worth $$700,000 (£460,000) a year, making her one of TV's highest paid women. Doyle's manager James Erskine denied rumours that he has tried to get Doyle a job with the Nine Network, telling the Herald Sun: "I haven't shopped her around. Did I receive another offer from another network? Yes, but Mel wanted to stay with Sunrise. "They were my marching orders. We have been negotiating with Seven for some time and we have been going back and forth looking at the opportunities available for Mel post-Sunrise." Rival TV presenter Kylie Gillies is believed to be on $$400,000 (£260,000) a year, Today (more)...
- 6/15/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
The Sunrise team are poised to go on location to New York. The Seven Network's breakfast programme, which is hosted by Melissa Doyle and David Koch, lost in the viewer rating figures to rival show Today last week for the first time this year. According to the Herald Sun, television bosses have decide that the show needs a shake-up and are sending the whole crew over to the Us to shoot two episodes in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center studios, where America's Today show is filmed. An industry insider said: "It will be one of several locations on the same international broadcast trip but the biggest the show has ever done." TV executives at Lisa Wilkinson and Karl Stefanovic's Today show on Channel Nine said that they are all "very happy and encouraged" by their audience gains, but said that they have (more)...
- 6/14/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Hugh Jackman and Jennifer Hawkins are the celebrities most Australians would like to have an extra-marital affair with, reveals a study.Infidelity website, AshleyMadison.com, surveyed more than 10,000 married men and women from across the country to find out which celebrity they would be willing to cheat on their spouse with, reports News.com.au.Among the list of their favorites includes country TV star Melissa Doyle, with 7 per cent of male votes and the Today Show.s entertainment editor, Richard Wilkins, with 9 per cent of female votes.
- 4/23/2011
- Filmicafe
Melissa Doyle has insisted that she is not perfect. The Australian television star, who is best known as the host for morning show Sunrise, said that despite what people think, she is "no different" to any other busy mum. Doyle told New Idea magazine: "You see me for three hours when I'm on the ball, I'm fully made up and wearing lovely clothes. You don't see the crazy pants at 5 o'clock when the kids are having a tantrum. "I am no different to any working mother. I get (more)...
- 3/10/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Kylie Gillies and Melissa Doyle have denied being jealous of Larry Emdur. Morning Show presenter Emdur, who co-hosts with Gillies, was believed to have enraged the two female TV stars after he signed a new deal worth $$800,000 (£500,000) with Channel Seven to continue working for them. Despite Gillies and Doyle having much smaller salaries than Emdur, a representative from the Seven Network (more)...
- 2/8/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Actress Portia de Rossi has come under fire from a top TV host in her native Australia after allegedly refusing to be interviewed by male journalists while promoting her new book Down Under. The former "Ally McBeal", who is married to comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, is currently on a promotional tour for her memoirs, "Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain". The book chronicles her battles with anorexia and her sexuality.
But the star has caused controversy in Australia after reportedly insisting that no men interview her. David Koch, the host of hit morning show "Sunrise", reveals he was furious when the actress' team asked for his co-host, Melissa Doyle, to chat to the star via satellite from Los Angeles - accusing the actress of "discrimination".
He tells the Sydney Morning Herald, "If a male said I don't want to be interviewed by a woman, there would be a massive outcry of discrimination.
But the star has caused controversy in Australia after reportedly insisting that no men interview her. David Koch, the host of hit morning show "Sunrise", reveals he was furious when the actress' team asked for his co-host, Melissa Doyle, to chat to the star via satellite from Los Angeles - accusing the actress of "discrimination".
He tells the Sydney Morning Herald, "If a male said I don't want to be interviewed by a woman, there would be a massive outcry of discrimination.
- 11/18/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Actress Portia De Rossi has come under fire from a top TV host in her native Australia after allegedly refusing to be interviewed by male journalists while promoting her new book Down Under.
The former Ally McBeal, who is married to comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, is currently on a promotional tour for her memoirs, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain. The book chronicles her battles with anorexia and her sexuality.
But the star has caused controversy in Australia after reportedly insisting that no men interview her.
David Koch, the host of hit morning show Sunrise, reveals he was furious when the actress' team asked for his co-host, Melissa Doyle, to chat to the star via satellite from Los Angeles - accusing the actress of "discrimination".
He tells the Sydney Morning Herald, "If a male said I don't want to be interviewed by a woman, there would be a massive outcry of discrimination.
"Obviously she has got issues and I feel quite sorry for her... I admire what she and Ellen have done for community tolerance and inclusiveness. But it is a real contradiction for what she stands for, which really surprises me. Maybe she is uncomfortable with men, but she plays opposite male leads."
De Rossi has also reportedly turned down the chance to chat to male radio double-act Hamish Blake and Andy Lee on their hit show.
The former Ally McBeal, who is married to comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, is currently on a promotional tour for her memoirs, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain. The book chronicles her battles with anorexia and her sexuality.
But the star has caused controversy in Australia after reportedly insisting that no men interview her.
David Koch, the host of hit morning show Sunrise, reveals he was furious when the actress' team asked for his co-host, Melissa Doyle, to chat to the star via satellite from Los Angeles - accusing the actress of "discrimination".
He tells the Sydney Morning Herald, "If a male said I don't want to be interviewed by a woman, there would be a massive outcry of discrimination.
"Obviously she has got issues and I feel quite sorry for her... I admire what she and Ellen have done for community tolerance and inclusiveness. But it is a real contradiction for what she stands for, which really surprises me. Maybe she is uncomfortable with men, but she plays opposite male leads."
De Rossi has also reportedly turned down the chance to chat to male radio double-act Hamish Blake and Andy Lee on their hit show.
- 11/18/2010
- WENN
Melissa Doyle has revealed that she was "elated" when her father survived cancer. The Australian Sunrise presenter, who recently revealed that she had a breakdown nearly two years ago, said that she "celebrated" with dad Robert when he had successful surgery to remove a tumour from his kidneys. Doyle told The Australian Women's Weekly magazine: "I was just numb. Elated, ecstatic, but exhausted. And oddly enough, (more)...
- 10/8/2010
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Melissa Doyle has revealed that she had a "total breakdown" in 2008. The Australian television star, who caused controversy when she disappeared from her Sunrise morning television role for six weeks with no explanation, said that she was given time off work after she emotionally "fell apart". Doyle told The Australian Women's Weekly magazine: "[I had] a total breakdown. I just completely fell (more)...
- 10/6/2010
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Natalie Barr has not been replaced as Sunrise's understudy presenter. The Australian morning show's newsreader usually steps in to co-present with David Koch when host Melissa Doyle goes on holiday but was believed to have been usurped this time by TV star Samantha Armytage. Channel Seven has now explained that Barr was away too and therefore could not fulfil the role. A spokesperson (more)...
- 5/14/2010
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
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