Channel Ten set to launch brand new breakfast show

Channel Ten is set to replace the first half-hour of Studio Ten with a news breakfast show, reports TV Blackbox on Wednesday.

According to the online publication, Ten staffers were told of the shuffle on Wednesday with the program running from 8am to 8.30am weekdays. 

Studio Ten will revert back to its original start time of 8.30am, with the new show effectively shaving 30 minutes from the show.

Lachlan Kennedy will host from the Sydney Studio Monday to Wednesday and Natasha Exelby will host from Melbourne on Thursday and Fridays.

According to TV Blackbox, the new show’s format will be a news bulletin and it will be produced by the same crew behind Studio Ten. 

The new show will feature live crosses, interviews, sport and weather segments. 

Channel 10’s last attempt at a breakfast program, Wake Up, was axed in 2014 after just six months on the air.

It was launched in November 2013 in a bid to compete with Channel Seven’s Sunrise and Channel Nine’s Today show.

There were three hosts: Natasha Exelby, James Mathison and Natarsha Belling.

However, just 16 days after the launch, Exelby was cut from the panel after it was decided the show’s chemistry was not working.    

The show struggled to attract viewers, averaging 30,000 to 40,000 per day – about a tenth of the viewers tuning into Nine and Seven.

While Wake Up was cancelled, Studio Ten survived and is still on air, albeit with a dramatically different format.

In 2020, the show’s panel was dropped in favour of a two-anchor format hosted by Sarah Harris and Tristan MacManus.