Lorraine’s ITV present reduce to half-hour as job cuts loom
Lorraine Kelly’s morning present on ITV will likely be reduce from an hour to half-hour as greater than 220 jobs throughout the station’s daytime output are anticipated to be reduce, the broadcaster has introduced.
From January 2026, Good Morning Britain (GMB) will likely be prolonged by half an hour to fill the hole, working from 06:00 to 09.30 each day.
Lorraine, which at present runs for nearly your complete yr, will now solely air for 30 weeks out of 52, with GMB prolonged by half-hour throughout the weeks Lorraine shouldn’t be on air, till 10:00.
The 220 job cuts are anticipated to be made throughout daytime reveals GMB, Lorraine, This Morning, and Unfastened Girls.
Leisure outlet Deadline reviews ITV’s daytime employees at present quantities to about 450 staff in whole.
Unfastened Girls will stay in its present slot – 12:30 to 13:30 each day – however once more, will now be reduce to 30 weeks of the yr.
This Morning, hosted by Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, is to stay in its 10:00 – 12:30 slot on weekdays throughout the yr.
Kevin Lygo, managing director of ITV’s media and leisure division, stated: “Daytime is a very necessary a part of what we do, and these scheduling and manufacturing modifications will allow us to proceed to ship a schedule offering viewers with the information, debate and dialogue they love from the presenters they know and belief, in addition to producing financial savings which can enable us to reinvest throughout the programme funds in different genres.
“These modifications additionally enable us to consolidate our information operations and broaden 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.”
ITV Studios, which produces the channel’s daytime reveals, is consulting with its daytime groups a few proposal that might see its three editorially distinct reveals – Lorraine, This Morning and Unfastened Girls – produced by one workforce sharing assets and operations from 2026.
GMB will transfer throughout from ITV Studios to ITV Information at ITN, bringing all its nationwide information gathering into one hub.
Scottish presenter Kelly has fronted Lorraine since 2010. Ranvir Singh and Christine Lampard current the present when Kelly is off.
In February, ITV introduced that soaps Coronation Road and Emmerdale would see their content material reduce by an hour per week between them from subsequent yr.
Prior to now few years, there was a downturn in promoting income, a part of a funding squeeze all through the TV business.
