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GMTV is the upcoming breakfast television programme on British television broadcaster Channel 5 from September 3, 2012. The show will air on weekday mornings from 07:00 until 09:15 replacing the current children's brand, "Milkshake". It was announced on August 2 that the show will be hosted by Jason Gerrard, who will also executive produce the programme, and Angellica Bell. It was also announced that during periods when Big Brother airs on Channel 5, Bell's husband Michael Underwood will stand in for Gerrard.

History
On January 4, 2010, GMTV debuted with Denise Van Outen and Melanie Sykes as the co-hosts. Whilst ratings were initially good, the pair were panned by TV critics who called the duo "lame" and "weak". The show attracted around 150,000 viewers per episode and in May 2010, it was announced that both had decided to not renew their 6 month contact and would leave the following month.

Within days it was announced that Melinda Messenger and Stephen Mulhern had been drafted in to take over the show with a glossier feel to the show and more entertainment news. The show began with an increase in ratings to around 250,000 per episode but by November 2010 the show had plummeted to around 60,000 viewers. In December 2010, Mulhern announced he would not return to the show following the end of his contract in January 2011 and was replaced initially by Johnny Vaughan before he pulled out and was replaced by Jeff Brazier. Brazier and Messenger's chemistry was panned by viewers who failed to take interest in the show plummeting again to around 30,000 viewers. A revamp of the show was announced in May 2011 which was thought to include both Brazier and Messenger but it was confirmed just weeks later that Messenger had quit the show which she revealed on air.

It was announced just 12 hours later that Brazier's OK!TV co-host Jenny Frost would take over from Messenger which she did on 27 June 2011. The show gradually picked up viewers to around 200,000 and critics preferred the show to ITV rival "Daybreak". On December 18, 2012 it was announced Brazier and Frost would both depart the show in January 2012 which was seen as a bad move by many viewers.

The show returned into a new studio on January 23, 2012 with Jackie Brambles and Tim Lovejoy taking the show on Monday-Thursday whilst Kate Thornton and Richard Bacon presented Friday's episode. More emphasis was put onto serious news which was a turn off for viewers and by July 2012 figures had slumped to just below 100,000. It was revealed on August 2, 2012 that all four hosts would be replaced on September 3 by "Big Brother" presenter Jason Gerrard and former "CBBC" presenter Angellica Bell.

Set
As opposed to the usual set up of breakfast television shows, the show will air from a more homely studio featuring a smaller main studio which will also be complimented by a kitchen and stairway set whilst a small garden set will be in use during the summer and maybe for musical performances for the summer months.