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Breakfast television (UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia) or Morning show (U.S.) is a type of news and entertainment television program, broadcast live in the morning (typically between 6:00am and 10:00am). Often hosted by a small 'team' of male and female hosts, morning shows typically target the combined demographic of people getting ready for work and school, and stay-at-home adults and parents. The world's first breakfast television programme on national television was Today on the US network NBC which began broadcasting on January 14, 1952. Many other channels around the world followed NBC's lead.

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Format and style

Breakfast television programs normally feature regular news briefs and information reports on business and the stock market, and weather and commuter travel (traffic in North American usage)—particularly in the 'early half', when the bulk of the workforce demographic is still home. Later in the program, programming will shift to more homemaker-oriented entertainment programming, to reflect a dominantly female demographic. The time in between information segments is normally filled with discussions of major news stories, reviews of the day's papers, and 'entertainment news'—news regarding media celebrities. Morning show hosts are typically regarded as media personalities, and are likewise often regarded as celebrities.

Despite these programmes often being produced by news organisations, their style is geared toward popularity and demographic appeal. Traditionally they are fronted by two presenters (one male, one female) on a sofa surrounded by a warmly coloured (but not overwhelming) set.[citation needed]

History

The first breakfast television programme was actually a local production in Philadelphia, "Three To Get Ready", broadcast by WPTZ there from 1950 until 1952. One of its hosts was comedian Ernie Kovacs. Although "Three To Get Ready" (named after WPTZ's frequency of Channel 3) was mostly entertainment-oriented, the programme did feature some news and weather segments. Its success prompted NBC to look at doing something similar on a national basis.

The world's first breakfast television programme on network television was Today on the US network NBC which began broadcasting on January 14, 1952. Many other channels around the world followed NBC's lead.

In the UK, after a six-week trial-run on the regional ITV station Yorkshire Television, the Independent Broadcasting Authority considered breakfast television so important that it created an entire franchise for it, the only national ITV franchise except for news provider ITN. This franchise was awarded to TV-am. However, delays to TV-am's launch meant that the BBC were able to launch their own programme, Breakfast Time on January 17, 1983. TV-am, with Daybreak and Good Morning Britain being its flagship programmes, launched just two weeks later on February 1, 1983. TV-am found it hard to survive at first, due to a format that was starchy and formal compared to the BBC's more relaxed magazine-style and to a reliance on advertising income from a timeslot where people were not accustomed to watching television. However, it eventually flourished only to lose its licence from 1993 onwards, to GMTV who outbid them.

Today, breakfast television is an established part of many people's lives and a popular way to start the day.

Morning television shows

The following is a list of breakfast television programmes, past and present, ordered by country:

Argentina

  • Mañaneras (América)
  • Telenueve al Amanecer (Channel Nine)
  • AM, Antes Del Mediodía (Telefe)
  • Buenos Días, América (América 24)
  • Mañanas Argentinas (C5N)
  • De 7 a 10 (Todo Noticias)
  • Andando (Channel Eight - Córdoba)
  • El Show de la Mañana (Channel Twelve - Córdoba)
  • Bien Temprano (Channel Five - Rosario/Channel Thirteen - Santa Fe)
  • Todo lo que Pasa (Channel Thirteen - Santa Fe)

Australia

Current

Past

Austria

  • Café Puls (PULS 4, simulcast on ProSieben Austria and Sat.1 Österreich since 2005)

Azerbaijan

Brazil

Canada

Chile

and other regional morning shows.

Colombia

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

  • Guten Morgen Deutschland (RTL, ?-1994)
  • Morgenmagazin (ARD/ZDF, since 1992)
  • Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen (Sat.1, since 1987, started as Guten Morgen mit Sat.1 and renamed later Deutschland heute morgen)

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

  • Zúúber (skífan TV and FM957 ; 2004-????)

Indonesia

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Malta

  • Bonġu (TVM)
  • La Qomna, Qomna (NET)
  • ONE Breakfast (ONE)

Mexico

The Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

  • Frokost-TV (NRK1) (1983 - 1993 (only saturdays), 2001, 2003-2008)
  • Morgennytt (NRK1 (from 2008 also NRK2)) (1999-2001, 2008-present)
  • God morgen, Norge! (TV 2) (1994-present)

Pakistan

Panama

  • TVN Noticias AM (TVN)
  • Debate Abierto' (RPC)
  • Telemetro Reporta Matutino (Telemetro)
  • Tu Mañana (Telemetro)
  • Telediario Matutino (TVO)
  • A Gusto (TVO)

Philippines

Peru

Poland

  • TVP1 (Kawa czy herbata?)
  • TVP2 (Pytanie na śniadanie)
  • TVN (Dzień Dobry TVN)
  • TVN24 (Poranek TVN24)
  • Puls (Puls o poranku)

TVP INFO (Poranek TVP INFO)

Portugal

Russia

Current

  • Good Morning (Channel 1, 1986-, called "TV-morning" before 1996)
  • Good Morning, Russia (Rossiya)
  • Mood (TV Center, 1997-)
  • Today Morning (NTV)

Past

  • Good Morning, Moscow (MTK, 1991-1997, closed because of MTK channel refurbishment (now "3 kanal"), replaced by Mood breakfast show)

Serbia

Singapore

  • Good Morning Singapore / 早安您好 (Channel 8)
  • Primetime Morning (Channel NewsAsia and simulcasted on Channel 5 and TVMobile)

Spain

Sri Lanka

  • Good Morning Sri Lanka (Channel One MTV)

Slovakia

Current

Past

  • Raňajojky (TV JOJ), dicontinued, on august 2009 will launch new project in cooperation with Funradio

Sweden

  • Nyhetsmorgon (TV4)
  • Gomorron Sverige (SVT)
  • VAKNA! med The Voice (Kanal 5)

Thailand

  • TV3 - เรื่องเล่าเช้านี้ rueng lao chao ni (launched 2003, 6:00-8:30)
  • TV5 - สยามเช้านี้ sa yam chao ni (launched 2006, 6:00-7:00)
  • CH7 - เช้านี้ที่หมอชิต chao ni ti mo chit (launched 2009, 5:30-7:00)
  • MCOT - เช้าข่าวข้น คนข่าวเช้า chao khao khon khon khao chao (launched 2009, 7:00-8:00)
  • NBT - ข่าวภาคเช้า khao phak chao (launched 2009, 6:00-8:0)
  • Thai PBS - ข่าวเช้า khao chao (launched 2008, 6:00-7:00)

Trinidad and Tobago

United Kingdom

Current

Past

United States

U.S. morning television shows
Networks
ABC Good Morning America
CBS The Early Show
NBC Today
RTV Daytime
Cable
BBC World News Today
C-SPAN Washington Journal
CNBC Squawk Box
Squawk on the Street
CNN American Morning
ESPN2 Mike and Mike
FNC Fox & Friends
America's Newsroom
FBN Fox Business Morning
Imus in the Morning
The Opening Bell
HLN Morning Express
MSNBC Morning Joe
Morning Meeting
TWC Wake Up With Al
Your Weather Today
Spanish Networks
Uni ¡Despierta América!
Tel Cada Día
Syndication
The Daily Buzz
Live with Regis and Kelly

Venezuela

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