Ten has pulled the plug on The Circle and cut Breakfast by half an hour. The gap left by The Circle will be mainly filled with Us content.
The Circle will end on Friday. Ten boss James Warburton said the decision was for financial reasons.
Breakfast launched in February but has struggled to find an audience against the much longer established Sunrise on Seven and Nine’s Today. It will now run from 6am to 8.30am rather than to 9am. Children’s show Wurrawhy will then air at 8.30am.
Axed: Gorgi Coghlan and Stynes
The Circle launched in February 2010. Original co-host Chrissie Swan departed late last year and the show was weakened after host Yumi Stynes faced a backlash in response to comments she made about war hero Ben Roberts-Smith. The Cricle runs behind Seven’s The Morning Show and Nine’s Mornings.
A spokesman for Ten said there would...
The Circle will end on Friday. Ten boss James Warburton said the decision was for financial reasons.
Breakfast launched in February but has struggled to find an audience against the much longer established Sunrise on Seven and Nine’s Today. It will now run from 6am to 8.30am rather than to 9am. Children’s show Wurrawhy will then air at 8.30am.
Axed: Gorgi Coghlan and Stynes
The Circle launched in February 2010. Original co-host Chrissie Swan departed late last year and the show was weakened after host Yumi Stynes faced a backlash in response to comments she made about war hero Ben Roberts-Smith. The Cricle runs behind Seven’s The Morning Show and Nine’s Mornings.
A spokesman for Ten said there would...
- 7/30/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
Harry Kewell has pulled out of an interview with The Circle following the controversy surrounding the show's host Yumi Stynes. Stynes caused outrage last week when she and George Negus mocked Victoria Cross medal recipient Ben Roberts-Smith. Despite a public apology, she has received "severe" social media threats and the show has been dumped by various sponsors. Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle, who recently crowned footballer Kewell 'Moomba King of Melbourne', told the Herald Sun that Kewell failed to appear at his scheduled interview to promote the Moomba parade on The Circle because of Stynes's comments. Doyle claimed: "He pulled (more)...
- 3/12/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
George Negus has been sacked by Telstra after his recent jibes aimed at a war hero. Negus and The Circle host Yumi Stynes caused controversy when they mocked Victoria Cross medal recipient Ben Roberts-Smith, joking about his intelligence and sexual abilities on the Channel Ten chatshow. Both stars later apologised for their comments, but Stynes has received death threats on social networking sites and Negus has now lost out on a corporate hosting gig with Telstra. The reporter was believed to be being paid $$25,000 (£17,000) to compere a Telstra conference in Melbourne later this month but has now been told that his services are no longer required. The company's spokesperson James Howe told the Sunday Herald Sun: "Based (more)...
- 3/12/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Channel Ten has spoken out for the first time since various sponsors decided to boycott its chatshow The Circle. Advertisers such as Jamaica Blue, Big4 Holiday Parks and Swisse Vitamins pulled their sponsorship after Yumi Stynes and George Negus mocked Australian war hero Ben Roberts-Smith on the show last week. A Ten statement published by the Herald Sun said: "We fully understand and respect the decision by some sponsors to stop their involvement with The Circle. Network Ten has publicly apologised to Ben Roberts-Smith for the inappropriate and unnecessary comments made on The Circle last week. "Yumi Stynes and George Negus (more)...
- 3/6/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
The Circle's sponsors have boycotted the Channel Ten series after last week's jibes about a war hero. The Australian chatshow's host Yumi Stynes caused controversy when she mocked the intelligence of Victoria Cross medal recipient Ben Roberts-Smith. Panellist George Negus also annoyed viewers by making jokes about the soldier's sexual ability. According to the Herald Sun, Swisse Vitamins were the first advertisers to pull out of its sponsorship of the show, followed by Big4 Holiday Parks. Now coffee company Jamaica Blue has followed suit. A spokesperson said: "After much deliberation, the Foodco Group - owner of the Jamaica Blue franchise brand - has opted to cease its sponsorship of The Circle, effective today. "As Foodco has previously stated, we do not - in (more)...
- 3/6/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
George Negus has revealed that war hero Ben Roberts-Smith is not upset "at all" about the recent jibes made about him on national television. TV presenter Negus and The Circle host Yumi Stynes were criticised for making fun of Roberts-Smith's intelligence and sexual prowess after he won the prestigious Victoria Cross medal for his military services in Afghanistan. The day after the controversy, Stynes apologised for her comments and now, Negus has revealed what was said in a telephone conversation between him and Roberts-Smith after the incident. Negus told The Project: "He didn't think it was malicious in any way, shape or form. He actually used the term himself when I spoke to him, 'I know you had your tongue in your cheek, basically I know you weren't having a crack.' (more)...
- 3/2/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Yumi Stynes has been forgiven by the war hero who she mocked on The Circle earlier this week. The Australian TV star caused outrage when she and George Negus made jibes about the intelligence and sexual abilities of Australian Victoria Cross medal recipient Ben Roberts-Smith on the Channel Ten chatshow, despite the fact that he had fought for their country in Afghanistan. Yesterday, Stynes apologised for her comments, saying: "I did not mean to offend anybody. I have total respect for the people that work in the defence forces. It made me feel sick actually. I think that most people know that I am good-hearted." > 'The Project' to air at 6pm in order to save Ten's viewer ratings After Stynes and Negus both also contacted him personally to say sorry, Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith has revealed that he was surprised at their comments, but understood (more)...
- 3/1/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
The Circle host Yumi Stynes has apologised for mocking a war hero on television. The Australian TV star caused outrage when she appeared to mock Australian Victoria Cross medal recipient Ben Roberts-Smith on the Channel Ten chatshow earlier this week. As viewers were shown a photograph of Roberts-Smith in a pool, Stynes said: "He's going to dive down to the bottom of the pool to see if his brain is there." Presenter George Negus then questioned whether the soldier was "up to it in the sack", while a voice off-camera described Roberts-Smith as "bloodthirsty". The Circle co-host Gorgi Coghlan countered that she found Roberts-Smith very attractive, adding: "He's fighting the Taliban, he's got it all in my opinion. I think he'd be highly intelligent, he looks like a wonderful father, a dad...'' (more)...
- 2/29/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
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