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Good Morning Britain is a breakfast television show broadcast on the British TV channel E! UK, currently broadcast live from 06:30 until 09:30 seven days a week. Good Morning Britain was launched on May 23, 2011 as E! UK's first attempt to widen its viewing figures and the first non-E! News UK related show to be launched on the channel. Ratings for the show have been up and down but as of 2016 are settled at over 900,000 per day making it the second highest watched breakfast television programme behind BBC Breakfast but ahead of ITV's Daybreak.

Following the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015, the show produced a week of special episodes from the French capital. For the first time, the show broadcast non showbiz news in a move that received praise from news organisations for delivering the news in a good way for young viewers on such short notice. As a result of their coverage, on March 14 Good Morning Britain will cease to broadcast only showbiz and celebrity news instead taking in current events. It will revert to its 06:00-09:30 timeslot.

The show has been criticised for its frequent changes to its presenting team but through 2016 has received praise for the reporting of the European Union referendum, which saw the show air from its usual time of 06:00 until midday before returning as 'Good Afternoon Britain: Referendum Special' from 13:00-17:00.

Also in 2016, the show also launched the GMB Summer Concert Series which replaced This Morning for four weeks and featured music performances and interviews with headliners Olly Murs, Little Mix, Take That and Nathan Sykes alongside other artists. The spin-off is expected to return in 2017 for a longer run with a GMB Winter Concert Series expected to air from mid-November.

In March 2017, the show underwent a revamp splitting the show into two. GMB Newshour airs from 06:00-07:00 with new hosts.

Current Presenters
As of October 17, 2016

GMB Newshour
GMB Newshour launched at 06:00 on March 27, 2017. The programme is led by eight new presenters and is completely focused on news rather than the mix of news, current affairs and showbiz that its established sister show has. The programme is presented from the same studio as the main show but from 06:45 is moved to a smaller, new section to allow for an easier transition between presenting teams as there is no adverts in either programme until 07:20. In addition to hosting for the hour, one of the presenters acts as the newsreader for the main show.