Well, this sucks.
Channel Seven has just quietly shut down Mel Doyle‘s 7pm news bulletin – the gig she was given when she moved on from her role as host of Sunrise.
Mel will continue to host the 4pm news bulletin.
Last year, Mel told her loyal Sunrise fans she’d be leaving the show after 14 years with “great sadness”. At the time, she said she’d been offered a “great opportunity” which included the 4pm and 7pm news as well as coverage of big gigs like the royal visit.
A Channel Seven spokeswoman told The Daily Telegraph Sydney Confidential, “Melissa’s roles presenting Seven News at 4 and as a senior correspondent for major national and international news events are becoming increasingly demanding. In the last seven months, Mel has anchored Seven News coverage of Schapelle Corby’s release from jail from outside Bali’s Kerobokan prison, covered the Blue Mountains bushfires and tropical Cyclone Ita, the Oscars from the red carpet in LA and travelled to Jordan to produce a series of special reports on the Syrian refugee crisis.”
As we said, this news sucks. Mel Doyle’s great and we hope she pops up somewhere else very soon.
Top Comments
No surprises there as a 7pm on Seven Two was never going to last long. Actually this is a very positive story for Melissa Doyle. She's obviously negotiated a great role for herself at Seven, covering all the major stories both nationally and internationally, plus she gets to front the afternoon news which means she is home to have dinner with her family. Don't worry about Mel. She's going great. (And if we have to nominate a team I'm firmly on any network except Nine. Cannot stand Karl S or Richard Wilkins. I wish the wonderful Lisa W could have some better on air company.)
For someone who said they were over the early wake ups for Sunrise and the amount of time she was away from her kids , sounds like she is away even more now. She's annoying. I switched to Today as soon as Lisa hopped on board.