Lorraine and This Morning axed from ITV in huge schedule shake up
ITV is set for a huge shake-up as This Morning and Lorraine are scrapped.
It comes amid huge changes to the channel’s TV schedule this week.
The Sun previously reported how Good Morning Britain will be extended for an extra 25 minutes, running until 925am on Friday to accommodate for the UK General Election results coverage.
Now we can confirm how Lorraine – which is usually fronted by Lorraine Kelly and airs at 9am – as well as This Morning will be scrapped.
Instead, Julie Etchingham will front a special show and lead the political segment as the results from the ballot boxes roll in.
Meanwhile, Ed Balls, 57, and Susanna Reid, 53, will take the helm of GMB’s extended episode.
We previously told how the weekday show will play its part with “up-to-the-minute election news and insights.”
GMB – which ordinarily runs a three-hour show – will be extended for an extra 25 minutes, until 9:25am.
An ITV spokesperson revealed the plans and said: “The studio will host the best, brightest, most outspoken and listened to political policy makers and commentators in the country.
“This includes leading political punditry pairing Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire, former PM Boris Johnson’s communications chief Guto Harri, Labour veteran Harriet Harman, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng and newly enobled Labour peer Ayesha Hazarika.
“They will all join as guests as the show continues to cover up-to-the-minute election news and insights through to 9.25am.”
They added: “ITV will remain on air from 9.25am with Julie Etchingham leading the coverage.
“Will Rishi Sunak stay in Number 10 or will Keir Starmer arrive for the first time? Who will be moving into ministerial offices?
“Dramatic political questions are likely to be answered during the live coverage on Day 2.”
We previously told how Ed will be pulling a double shift as the former shadow chancellor lends his expertise to the coverage.
During the Thursday evening slot, he will be joined by his Political Currency podcast co-host and former Conservative chancellor George Osborne as well as former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for Election 2024 Live: The Results airing on ITV1.
The programme itself will be anchored by Tom Bradby, who is a familiar face to ITV viewers after fronting previous election nights in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rolled the dice on a summer election, making his announcement on May 22.
Voters will go to the polls on Thursday, July 4.
Meanwhile, ITV daytime has been subject to a huge shake up recently courtesy of the ongoing Euros football tournament.
