Lorraine Kelly’s morning present is ready to be taken off the air subsequent month.
The programme might be paused for a full week subsequent month as a part of a wider ITV schedule shake-up.
The disruption impacts ITV’s weekday daytime line-up to make approach for stay protection of the Cheltenham Festival, which runs from Monday, March 9 to Friday, March 13.
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The Gorbals-born star’s present and Loose Women might be quickly changed as a part of the modifications.
ITV will lengthen Good Morning Britain to a four-hour broadcast, operating from 6am to 10am.
This lengthened version will take over Lorraine’s standard slot, whereas This Morning, hosted by Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley, will stay in its common 10am to 12.30pm window.
ITV Racing protection will then start at 12.30pm every day all through the competition week.
The newest schedule modifications comply with an overhaul of ITV’s daytime programming which got here into impact final month following finances cuts and the lack of greater than 200 behind-the-scenes jobs.
It was introduced in May final 12 months that Good Morning Britain can be prolonged by half an hour so the present now airs weekdays from 6am and till 9.30am.
This adjustment led to Lorraine being shortened to a 30-minute slot from 9.30am to 10am.
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This Morning continues to air in its standard slot, whereas Loose Women stays at 12.30pm however is now broadcast for under 30 weeks of the 12 months.
Kevin Lygo, ITV’s managing director of media and leisure, mentioned: “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 as generating savings which will allow us to reinvest across the programme budget in other genres.
“These modifications additionally permit us to consolidate our information operations and develop our nationwide, worldwide and regional information output and to construct upon our proud historical past of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers want correct, unbiased information protection greater than ever.”
