Andrew O’Keefe’s shock arrest earlier this year cast a dark cloud over Channel Seven’s prized game show, The Chase, while his swift removal as host left a mountain of uncertainty over the show’s future. Thankfully, and much to the delight of fans, TV veteran Larry Emdur was promptly brought in, in a bid to salvage the series. But while The Morning Show anchor, 56, is breathing new life into the show, there is one person who won’t be tuning in to see him in action – Grant Denyer!
As Samantha Armytage exits Sunrise with fanfare after eight years, Channel Seven has quietly cut ties with another of its longtime breakfast TV personalities.
Daily Mail Australia can reveal the network last week ended its legal war with weekend sports presenter and It s Academic host Simon Reeve.
It is understood Reeve - who spent 35 of his 59 years on screen with Seven - reached a confidential settlement with Seven following mediation at the Federal Court.
The deal followed an ugly eight month saga after the network suddenly axed Reeve in May, with the presenter suing last September.
The court previously heard Reeve claimed he was owed at least $500,000 in employee entitlements but Seven insisted he was owed nothing, as he was a contractor at the time.
The coronavirus didn t just claim the lives of hundreds of Australians in 2020. It was also blamed for killing off the careers of some of the nation s best-known television personalities, although in reality the industry correction was a long time coming. Melissa Doyle left Seven. Natasha Belling is no longer on Ten. While the Seven and Ten networks cut the most on-air talent from its books, all free-to-air broadcasters reduced staffing numbers as redundancies were rolled out around the nation to help offset plummeting television revenue. It followed the decision by the commercial networks to move away from expensive in-house production.