Sunrise
Mel and Kochie are our friends. That’s what the ads on the back of buses tell us at the moment and that’s the way Sunrise producers want us to feel about their star presenting duo. It works. Many of us do feel that way.
Over at Nine, Today stole Sunrise’s set but they’ve never quite managed to poach Sunrise’s blend of down home folksiness and folksy down homeness. Karl Stefanovic went and transformed himself from sensible foreign correspondent to superblokerrific eccentric everydude, and that has largely worked. But it hasn’t worked as well as “The Sunrise Family”.
Mornings are family time. Mornings are nice time. Mornings are when your food is (mostly) not deep fried, your beverages are (hopefully) non-alcoholic and your kids are (slightly) better behaved. One thing mornings are definitely NOT is swearing time.
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Ant Sharwood says: Karl strikes the right chord
Mornings are busy at my place. Brekky, early Punch work with the laptop, school lunches to make, whingey kids, the double dropoff, you name it. As you can imagine, there’s not a lot of time for brekky telly. In fact, it’s banned.
So obviously, I’m hardly the best person to judge Karl Stefanovic. I don’t think I’ve ever actually watched more than five minutes of Today. But just as most people judge politicians on fleeting impressions, Karl has always impressed me when he’s flickered across my radar.
I like Karl. He’s homey without being dumb. He’s intelligent without being a know-it-all. Tough balance to strike, that.
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Septimus says:
What do you know, Karl’s an arse…who knew? Where’s the relative now? http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/logie-star-karl-stefanovic-really-raised-the-bar-on-flight-to-the-royal-wedding/story-e6frfmqi-1226049474047 Read more »
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Flat Battery says:
SSR, you said it in a way I never could have. Stefanovic is an embarrassment, plain and simple. Read more »
Commercial television’s breakfast programs aren’t for everyone. It’s not compulsory to watch and there are plenty of alternatives.
But the facts are that they connect with their viewers in a more powerful way than their traditional television news formats.
Stop. Don’t start commenting yet. Hear me out and then go your hardest… I’ve broad shoulders (and a sense of humour, check out the clip above).
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MsLiss says:
At home after the GFC and watching daytime TV for the first time ever I found myself flicking the channels and watching the ads in preference to the programs….... Kochie fits in well! But even by the standards of daytime TV something must be slipping. I’m please to say that… Read more »
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BP says:
David, you talk about breakfast television being a catalyst for engagement, interaction, connection, even enabling you to care for your viewers. In an optimistic mood I assume that is also why you open yourself up in this opinion forum, to exchange with your audience. So I am genuinely interested in… Read more »
Oops.
As many commenters have been pointing out in Tory’s piece this morning, Julia Gillard put in a shocker on Sunrise this morning. Watch the full 13 minutes above, if you can bear it.
For my money, shadow treasurer Joe Hockey wasn’t great either. His comment to the effect that contractors currently engaged in the BER and the NBN rollout should be immediately redeployed to flood rebuilding was opportunistic in the extreme. And by opportunistic, I mean sneaky. But that was just a taster. According to most observers, the PM was far, far worse.
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Liza says:
I can’t relate to her one bit, but idiot “Kochie” has always been transparent as a pathetic so-called “journalist” - I wouldn’t trust him with getting a pizza order correct. I still remember those hilarious ambo scenes at Beaconsfield when lives were at stake. Keep up the good work “Kochie”… Read more »
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Pinochio Meet Semaphore says:
I’m not certain that it is the worst. There have been many that were excruciating to witness. Imagine; The Australian Prime Minister reduced to a populist puppet way out of her depth. You can see the difference from the moment she got the gig to now. She’s aged 20 years… Read more »
Last week, for the first time in my eight years on Sunrise, I was specifically excluded by a guest from interviewing them because of my gender. Not that Hollywood star Portia De Rossi didn’t like me personally (which I could probably understand) but simply because I was a male.
It made me wonder just how far we’ve really progressed in terms of sexual equality and true inclusiveness. It also made me wonder what would have happened if a male had taken a similar stance and whether the response would have been just as muted.
I didn’t talk about it on Sunrise and we accepted the condition. But I tweeted my thoughts and received a huge response.
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JVB says:
Waaaahhhh! It’s reverse sexism! The world is full of men-only spaces. LITERAL boys’ clubs exist everywhere. If my partner wants to discuss his male-specific medical problems with his male doctor, of COURSE this is okay, and not sexism. *YAWN*. Read more »
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Edward James says:
@ Cynic you are right about marketing tool, its like influence peddling. There is no need for money to change hands. Davis Koch is on record parroting a print media attack handed to him in the Telegraph. No checking just parroted garbage promulgated in the News Limited Telegraph, lies and… Read more »
Watching Kevin Rudd struggling on morning television every Friday must be a particular form of torture for the Prime Minister’s advisers.
Over the past three weeks Rudd has been unable to answer questions asked live by viewers to Seven’s Sunrise program, and on two weeks has had to promise to come back seven days later with replies.
So much for the immediacy of television. The viewers would have been batter off sending him a letter.
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asproella says:
What kind of Prime Minister goes around begging the radio stations to have him on there, well Allan Jones said no Mr RUDD,EAT THAT ...Ray Haderly really ashamed of you,Rudd told you he wouldn’t have anything to do with you till you grew up and you had him on your… Read more »
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Alex Megas says:
So I suppose ironing a shirt on the Today show is more relevant in the scheme of things. I mean seriously, Tony Abbott accuses Garrett for industrial manslaughter - the same man who would not consider the plight of Bernie Banton and other victims and insults a dying man by… Read more »
I saw an advertisement last night for a lip gloss that not only offered more shine but “more nutrition.”
Now I like a good lip gloss as much as the next woman, but nutrition?
Admittedly the commercial was on during Packed to the Rafters, which from now on should be known as Packed with the Products, so deliberately are the labels on the beer bottles in the hands of the Rafter men at the kitchen table aimed at the camera.
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BG says:
Peter T….I’d love to know how you knew about the features of these brand new cars that you purchased - internet? magazines? TV ads? posters?.....and how did you do the research into the schools that your children attend? internet? word of mouth?........all advertising. Advertising is not simply an ad in… Read more »
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LashNessMonster says:
Fanks Leesa. Just thought of another possible application for thickening mascara. I should maybe stop thinking. Read more »
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