On Monday’s instalment of Good Morning Britain, ITV viewers saw a change of presenters.
Good Morning Britain viewers were all saying the same thing after the programme saw a slightly different presenting line-up.
Usually, ITV viewers are brought the latest headlines by Susanna Reid and one of her regular male co-hosts, either Ed Balls or Richard Madeley.
However, on Bank Holiday Monday, people tuned in to see Ranvir Singh and Robert Rinder fronting the show.
Although the hosting duo received mixed reactions from viewers, it was the weather prester change which sparked joy with people watching.
Standing in for the regular weather star, Laura Tobin, was Des Coleman. Des has been a stand in on Good Morning Britain over the years and viewers were thrilled by the shake-up.
Taking to X (formally Twitter), one person commented: “We like Des [sic] and he should always fill in for Laura when she’s away doing whatever she does. Always a pleasure to see him.”
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Another wrote: “Love Des so cheerful.” Praising Des, someone else said: “And that people is how the weather should be presented.”
One viewer shared: “Ah, a professional weather person! [sic] GMB hasn’t finally taken the hint?” Chiming in, another said: “Please keep #descoleman on GMB. He is fantastic.”
In agreement, one commented: “How lovely to have a stand-in for Laura who is clear and eloquent. A real pleasure to see @DESCOLEMAN on. Please get him on more.”
Des was standing in for regular weather star Laura Tobin(Image: ITV)
The presenting shake-up comes after ITV recently announced a string of major changes that are expected next year. Good Morning Britain will be extended an extra 30 minutes, running from 6:00am-9:30am.
Lorraine’s show has been cut by half an hour, airing 9:30am-10:00am, with the show running for 30 weeks of the year. When Lorraine isn’t on, Good Morning Britain will run for an extra half an hour.
Similarly, Loose Women will also run on a seasonal basis for 30 weeks of the year and will continue to air for their regular hour slot of 12:30pm-1:30pm.
Loose Women is set to get a shakeup of its schedule from next year(Image: ITV)
ITV’s Managing Director Kevin Lygo said: “I recognise that our plans will have an impact on staff off screen in our Daytime production teams, and we will work with ITV Studios and ITN as they manage these changes to produce the shows differently from next year, and support them through this transition.
“Daytime has been a core element of ITV’s schedule for over 40 years, and these changes will set ITV up to continue to bring viewers award-winning news, views and discussion as we enter our eighth decade.”
Good Morning Britain is available to watch on ITVX.