ITV presenter Lorraine Kelly is dealing with enormous modifications to her morning present as it’s set to be lower in half and run for under 30 weeks of the yr as she appeared to make some extent to bosses
Lorraine Kelly appeared to make a pointed dig at her ITV present bosses amid an enormous wave of modifications. The TV presenter has fronted her self-titled present for years, however is dealing with main cuts within the new yr.
It means Lorraine will probably be slashed in half from January, operating for simply half an hour as an alternative of the total 60 minutes and can air for simply 30 weeks of the yr. The information would come as an enormous blow to Lorraine, who first rose to fame in 1988.
She was the Scotland correspondent at TV-AM and have become one of many solely presenters to maneuver over to GMTV in 1992. Lorraine has been a mainstay on morning TV since.
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However, the massive shakeup means her studio will even be on the transfer as it is going to now be a part of Loose Women and This Morning in a shared constructing in Covent Garden. The three exhibits will probably be produced by only one staff, and comes as ITV are set to scrap greater than 220 jobs.
Amid the modifications, it appears Lorraine is eager to shout about her present’s success. She proved she continues to be an enormous hit with viewers as she celebrated her scores.
Lorraine took to Instagram to put up a listing of all the best rated exhibits on ITV on Friday. She had a peak of 784,000 households that tuned in to look at her.
In what appeared like an try to flag the information to her bosses, Lorraine wrote: “Ahem – yesterday’s present in @itv high ten. Thanks to @fern_bennett @vejk100 and all my high @lorraine staff and crew #topten #topteam #love #household #pleased #stillkickingass.”
On Friday, Lorraine’s long-time editor, Victoria Kennedy, introduced she’s leaving her position amid the community’s enormous funds cuts after eight years. Announcing the information on LinkedIn, the editor instructed her followers that her time with Lorraine is coming to an finish.
She wrote: “September is at all times an essential month for us on Lorraine – the launch of a brand new season as we go into my favorite time of the yr to make this present.
“This yr is bittersweet as will probably be my final one as Editor. So I’m delighted to see that our September new season BARB scores are the best they have been in three years — and with 37 million video views throughout social final month, we’re beginning the season on a excessive.”
She added that she needed to point out some “gratitude” for the staff she’s labored with for near a decade. “This is a bit of gratitude put up to my unimaginable staff who rise up at 3am every morning and fake they’re by no means drained, who greet each visitor with a smile, change operating orders at a second’s discover as information breaks, ship me concepts on the weekends and, most significantly, care deeply about what our viewers need to see at 9am stay each single weekday.”
“Making stay daytime telly is relentless and exhausting, however additionally it is a magical privilege to be in folks’s dwelling rooms as they begin their day,” she continued.
Managing Director at ITV Studios Daytime Emma Gormley beforehand defined: “As we work in direction of extra leading edge and environment friendly methods to supply Daytime exhibits in 2026. This transfer to The H Club studio gives state-of-the-art expertise that we will use throughout our programmes to create exhibits which are distinctive – with a feel and look which are acquainted to and beloved by our viewers.
“In a time of transformation for the whole trade, I need to thank all our Daytime groups for his or her dedication and talent in producing high-quality, compelling stay exhibits every single day all through this era.”
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