Deborah Knight replaces Karl Stefanovic as Today Show co-host on Nine
Nine’s breakfast television staple Today will now be fronted by two women with Deborah Knight joining existing co-host Georgie Gardner from 14 January, filling the void left by Karl Stefanovic.
Former co-host of Weekend Today and 60 Minutes reporter Tom Steinfort will replace Sylvia Jeffries as the program’s newsreader.
The shake-up comes as Nine looks to reinvigorate Today in 2019 after a series of unfortunate events including the sudden departure of Lisa Wilkinson following a breakdown in contract negotiations, declining ratings, the exit of the program’s EP and the recent ousting of Stefanovic.
Channel 9. The entire industry is laughing it’s head off at you. Just wipe off 2019/2020/2021 however long it is chop the ones (management) who is making these decisions. Everything about this line up is so bad.
@Dave, is that you Karl?
Both are [edited under Mumbrella’s comment moderation policy] Boring females that have the personality of a biscuit. Hello ch 7 or ch 10.
Outside of the walls of 9, what makes any of them respected journalists?
I wonder if it had been announced as an all-male line-up whether the remarks would have been so dismissive?
Male or female. – makes no difference, the point still stands.
Georgie and Deborah are too much alike. Every great team is a combo of ying and yang. Georgie and Deb is a double dose of king.
The comments would be the same if they’d kept Karl and replaced Georgie and partnered Karl with another ‘naughty boy’.
I would love to know what Tim Gilbert did wrong? Honest, what did he do wrong. I honestly can not see this working. I hate, hate ch7 Breakfast, putting it nicely. But I will just have to watch another Chanel.
What could be more boring than watching a bottle of Chanel? Or has Col been drinking it?
How disappointing, no more breakfast TV for my family after years of watching Karl and the team.
Big mistake Chanel 9.
Too boring. Deb Knight isn’t right for that job, just too dull… Find another Karl channel nine.
Wow…..Sylvia Jeffries gets dropped just for marrying a Stefanovic ? That’s really poor form 9!
Surprised by the vitriol above.. I don’t mind it.. don’t particularly like either current or next sports presenter, but the show could def benefit from more ross greenwood and chris uhlmann.. with some new blood in entertainment reporting welcome too!
Deb Knight is very talented. I think Georgie has been a little stale and is too north shore for the viewers they need to attract but she might loosen up a bit. Tom is a terrible presenter but decent reporter. Tony is just a play to attract the Melbourne audience. He’s well known there.
it is something different give them a go it may work or it may not channel 9 can only try