Weekend Today (Australian TV series)
| Weekend Today | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Today on Saturday Today on Sunday Today: Weekend Edition |
| Genre | Breakfast News Program |
| Presented by | Tom Steinfort Deborah Knight |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 526 (as of 27 April 2014) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Mark Calvert |
| Location(s) | Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nine Network |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 1 February 2009 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by |
Sunday Sunday Morning News |
| Related shows |
Today Today Extra |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Weekend Today is an Australian breakfast television program, currently hosted by Tom Steinfort and Deborah Knight. The program has been broadcast live by the Nine Network since 2009 and airs after children's programming and runs from 7am to 10am on Saturdays and Sundays.
In January 2009, David Gyngell, chief executive of the Nine Network and John Westacott, former head of news and current affairs announced that Today would begin broadcasting on Sunday mornings. The program entitled, Today on Sunday, competes in the same timeslot as the Seven Network's Weekend Sunrise, which dominates Sunday morning television nationally, except in Melbourne. The show launched on 1 February 2009 and the original team consisted of Cameron Williams and Leila McKinnon with the news presented by Amber Sherlock and the sport was presented by Tim Gilbert on Saturday and Michael Slater on Sunday.
On 2 May 2009, after the launch of Today on Sunday, the Nine Network announced through a surprise edition that Today on Saturday would return. The program incorporates the same presenting team as the Sunday edition, being the first Australian breakfast news program to broadcast seven days a week. Due to the launch of the Saturday version of the program, the Nine Network renamed the programs as Today: Weekend Edition. David Gyngell said the launch of the Weekend editions were a part of the Nine Network's plans to strengthen its news and current affairs department and return viewers to its once leading service. In July 2009, Today: Weekend Edition was rebranded as Weekend Today.
In September 2012, Weekend Today was extended to 3 hours on Saturday mornings.
In September 2014, Deborah Knight permanently replaced Leila McKinnon as co-host of the show; following Leila McKinnon's move to the News Department.
In February 2016, Cameron Williams announced his resignation from the Nine Network. Peter Stefanvoic took over as co-host.
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