GMB and This Morning will both be extended by half an hour in major shake-up of ITV's daytime schedule after Jeremy Kyle Show was axed

  • Viewers will see more of Piers, Susanna, Hollie and Phillip from January 6 2020
  • Jeremy Kyle was canned after Steven Dymond, 63, was found dead after show
  • Gap was filled by Judge Rinder - but ITV bosses to extend GMB and This Morning 
  • GMB will run from 6am until 9am and This Morning from 10.30am to 12.30pm

By MARTIN ROBINSON, CHIEF REPORTER

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Good Morning Britain and this morning will both be extended by 30 minutes from next year after Jeremy Kyle's show was axed.

Viewers will be seeing more of Piers Morgan, Susanna Reid, Phillip Schofield and Hollie Willoughby on ITV 1 from January 6.

The shake-up to the ITV morning schedule came following the death of Jeremy Kyle guest Steven Dymond, 63, who was found dead after failing failed a love-cheat lie detector test.  

ITV viewers will be seeing an extra half an hour of Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid from next year because Good Morning Britain will be longer from January

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning, which will now run for two hours

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning, which will now run for two hours

The show was then axed by the broadcaster earlier this year and since then Judge Rinder has been airing in the 9.25am to 10am time slot temporarily. 

Jeremy Kyle was taken off air in May following the death of guest Steve Dymond who failed a lie detector test

Jeremy Kyle was taken off air in May following the death of guest Steve Dymond who failed a lie detector test

But from January 6 Good Morning Britain, regularly hosted by Susanna Reid and Piers Morgan, will now air for an extra half an hour, from 6am until 9am, pushing back Lorraine, which will now move from 8.30am to 9am.

This Morning, which currently runs from 10.30 to 12.30, will run for an extra 30 minutes.

The long-running daytime show, hosted by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, will now start after Lorraine at 10am, finishing at 12.30pm.

Loose Women will remain in its 12.30pm to 1.30pm position, meaning ITV's morning schedule will be fully live.

Kyle's tabloid talk show was cancelled after 14 years on air following the death of participant Steve Dymond a week after he recorded an episode.

Antiques show Dickinson's Real Deal initially replaced The Jeremy Kyle Show when it was first pulled in May, before it was replaced by Rinder's programme.

Kevin Lygo, ITV director of television, said: 'Live television is at the core of what ITV does and what we bring to viewers.

Cancelled: In November MPs said the vulnerability of participants on The Jeremy Kyle Show was being 'exploited' for the 'purpose of entertainment' in a report. The host is pictured on his show in January

Presenter Jeremy Kyle (pictured here on his show in January) has been asked to appear before MPs but has not done so

'Our new schedule presents the opportunity to engage with our audience throughout the first part of each day, with some of the most well-known shows on television, in a way that no other channel does.'

Emma Gormley, managing director ITV Daytime, which produces all of the shows, said: 'The ITV daytime teams consist of the very best on-screen and off-screen talent in the business, enabling us to set the agenda from early morning until the afternoon, as we pass the baton from show to show.

'We can't wait to bring our audiences an even greater abundance of personalities, surprises, warmth and humour and a bigger and better schedule for 2020.'

 

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