BREAKING NEWS: ITV officially announces hosts replacing Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley on This Morning – New Names that make viewers want to Switch Off!
ITV has announced the replacement presenters taking over from Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley over summer on This Morning.
The regular hosts will be taking their usual break, alongside Good Morning Britain ’s Susanna Reid and Lorraine Kelly, with a star-studded line-up pulled in to front the daytime programmes.
Alongside Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary, who normally host This Morning on Fridays, famous faces such as Emma Willis, Rylan Clark, Josie Gibson, Rochelle Humes, Joel Dommett, Craig Doyle, Sian Welby and Andi Peters will be presenting the show.
They’ll be joined by former Love Island star Olivia Attwood, who is making her This Morning presenting debut, as announced earlier this year.
A post on This Morning’s Instagram page read: “This summer, get ready for the best staycation ever! Holiday from home as some of our favourite faces come together to entertain you. From sofa to sun lounger, brighten up your mornings with our all-star lineup, this summer on This Morning.”
“Can’t wait,” Sian commented, while Alison replied: “Yay.”
Ben and Cat took over from Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning last year (Image: ITV)
One fan meanwhile said: “Bring on Team Summer,” as another wrote: “Great line ups.”
Two years after joining Loose Women as a panellist, Olivia revealed her move to This Morning, saying it was “very exciting”.
“It’s a huge honour, I’ve grown up watching this show, and being a part of the daytime team with Loose Women has been the best experience and this feels very natural,” she added.
Cat and former Good Morning Britain presenter Ben took over from Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield last year, after he stepped down following his “unwise but not illegal” affir with a y0unger empl0yee being revealed, and Holly left months later for her own personal reasons.
The announcement of This Morning’s summer presenting team comes after ITV announced a series of shake-ups to morning programming.
Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary usually present This Morning on Fridays (Image: ITV)
Lorraine will no longer be one hour long, and will only run from 9.30am to 10am, for 30 weeks of the year on a seasonal basis.
Instead, Good Morning Britain will air for three and a half hours, and four hours when Lorraine is no longer on.
Loose Women has also been cut to a 30-week schedule, like the one it operated on until 2016. The changes will begin from January 2026.
Kevin Lygo, Managing Director of ITV’s Media and Entertainment Division, said: “Daytime is a really important part of what we do, and these scheduling and production changes will enable us to continue to deliver a schedule providing viewers with the news, debate and discussion they love from the presenters they know and trust as well generating savings which will allow us to reinvest across the programme budget in other genres.
Olivia Attwood is joining the This Morning team (Image: ITV)
“These changes also allow us to consolidate our news operations and expand our national, international and regional news output and to build upon our proud history of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers need accurate, unbiased news coverage more than ever.”
This Morning will continue to air from 10am to 12.30pm, its usual weekday slot, but will be moving to a new studio in central London.
Lygo added: “I recognise that our plans will have an impact on staff off screen in our Daytime production teams, and we will work with ITV Studios and ITN as they manage these changes to produce the shows differently from next year, and support them through this transition.
“Daytime has been a core element of ITV’s schedule for over 40 years and these changes will set ITV up to continue to bring viewers award winning news, views and discussion as we enter our eighth decade.”
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