9am with David & Kim is an Australian morning show which premiered on Monday 30 January 2006 on Network Ten. It aired live from 9am - 11am weekdays, and was hosted by musician and former Getaway reporter David Reyne and former National Nine News presenter and journalist Kim Watkins. Fill in presenters have included Ann-Maree Biggar, Christi Malthouse, Corinne Grant, Kathryn Robinson, Stephen Quartermain and music mogul Ian Dickson.
| 9am with David & Kim | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 9am |
| Genre | Morning Show |
| Presented by | |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 938 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Running time | 120 minutes per episode (inc. commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Network Ten |
| Release | 30 January 2006 – 11 December 2009 |
The program replaced long time morning program Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton, which finished in late 2005, after Bert Newton returned to the Nine Network.[1] Sandy Paterson was the executive producer of the program.[2] Throughout its run the show had struggled behind competing programs The Morning Show and Mornings with Kerri-Anne, averaging around 50,000 viewers an episode.[3]
Demise
editIn August 2009, Reyne announced that he will be leaving 9am at the end of the year, after 4 years with the show and Ten. On 7 December 2009 Watkins also confirmed she had also quit the show, with Ten programmer David Mott announcing a brand new concept for the timeslot next year.[4] It is unclear whether Watkins has left the network altogether. The final ever show aired on Friday 11 December 2009 due to a strong competition with Seven's The Morning Show. 9am Summertime concluded on 5 February 2010. The following week after the demise the 9am website was removed.
On 16 January 2010, it was announced The Circle would be the replacement show, which started on 9 February 10am-12pm following the new time slot for the Ten Morning News hour 9am-10am.[5]
Segments
edit9am included a mix of lifestyle, cooking and interview segments along with advertorials. The advertorials were for products from home-shopping companies such as Danoz Direct and Global Shop Direct, and were mostly presented by Marianne van Dorslar & Ann-Maree Biggar.
Regular segments and their hosts included:
- Family Matters: John Irvine
- Your Garden: David Kirkpatrick
- Fashion, style, beauty and home: Dhav Naidu
- Health and Fitness: Christi Malthouse and Craig Harper
- Entertainment: Benjamin Hart
- Your Pets: Julie Summerfield
- Your Health: David Spencer
- Music: Ian Dickson
- Cooking: Chef Arianne Spratt
- Your Place: Ann-Maree Biggar
- Lifestyle Travel: Shannon Watts
At the start of the program Kim Watkins read the news headlines, and at 10.15am Ten News presenter Natarsha Belling presents a news update. At the end of each show, Reyne used his trademark sign-off - using a different adjective in place of "nice" as in "Have a nice day" (for example, "Have a colossal day").
Celebrity fill-ins
edit- Martin Short (Monday 25 May 2009)
- Nia Vardalos (Friday 10 July 2009)
- Frank Woodley (Friday 23 October 2009)
9am Summertime
editOver summer Ann-Maree Biggar presented a pre-recorded show of highlights throughout the year.
Although the program was pre-recorded the advertorials shown were live.[citation needed]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ This includes 30 "Summertime" episodes which ran from 18 December 2006 to 26 January 2007.
References
edit- ^ Leo, Jessica, "Couple of morning naturals", Herald Sun, 19 July 2006
- ^ "Network Ten Media Release: "TEN Announces 9am With David and Kim"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2007.
- ^ "Has Kim lost David AND her show?". eBroadcast. 20 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 April 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "Morning TV war set to heat up". TV Tonight. 6 December 2009.
- ^ http://ten.com.au//media/The_Circle_media_release.pdf[dead link]