Channel 10 wants Samantha Armytage for new brekkie show
Just weeks after Channel Nine’s Lisa Wilkinson left the Today show and announced her move to Ten’s The Project, it seems another brekkie TV fixture may be preparing to defect to the now CBS-owned network.
According to the Daily Telegraph, the network’s new US owners are determined to assert their dominance in the coveted breakfast TV slot, with secret plans to create a big-budget show hosted by Sunrise star Samantha Armytage.
The new bosses reportedly have their eyes on Sam as a “natural” choice to attract Sunrise viewers across to the new show – something they hope they’ve accomplished in poaching Today’s Lisa Wilkinson.
And it might just work – Sam is earning just half of her co-host David Koch’s eye-watering $1 million salary, and her five-year contract is set to expire next year.
“All CBS want is Sam, they want a familiar face, someone who is already a fixture on morning television, and believe she’s the natural choice to lure viewers,” a source told the Daily Telegraph.
Upon being asked if Sam had been approached by Channel 10 or CBS, a spokesperson for Channel Seven simply said, “No comment”.
Tell us in the comments below, would you switch to a Channel 10 breakfast show if Sam Armytage was at the helm?
Image credit: Samantha Armytage/Instagram.