Today (Australia)
| Today | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Today Show |
| Genre | Breakfast News Program |
| Presented by | |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 33 |
| No. of episodes | 8,012 (as of 30 May 2014) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Mark Calvert |
| Location(s) | Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Running time | 210 minutes (3.5 hours) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nine Network |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 28 June 1982 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Weekend Today Today Extra |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
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 9:00am before Today Extra.
Officially launched as The National Today Show,Today is Australia's longest running morning breakfast news program. 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, 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.
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