Melissa Doyle is ready for prime time (but what does it mean for Today Tonight?)

Tim Burrowes

June 20, 2013 10:49

It’s easy to be dismissive of TV presenters – particularly when they’re doing something as fluffy as morning television.

But today’s announcement of the departure of Mel Doyle from Sunrise is a reminder that it’s harder than it looks.

To get up at something like 4am, day-in and day-out, to be on top of things day after day, and to make it look like you enjoy it every day is hard.

Actually making middle Australia like you, is harder still.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.