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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Today show weatherman Tim Davies announced on Friday morning he was leaving the program, after seven years on air.<\/p>\n \u201cThis seems like the right time to step back, enjoy a sleep-in, take a break without a camera crew and prepare for my next adventure,\u201d said Davies, who added that he had the best job on TV, delivering \u201cgood news, good vibes and a smile with each story\u201d.<\/p>\n Nine\u2019s director of morning television Steven Burling paid tribute to Davies saying he was a \u201cmuch loved\u201d member of the team who \u201cleaves enormous shoes to fill\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are fully supportive of Tim laying down some roots after seven years of living out of a suitcase. I\u2019d like to thank Tim for all he\u2019s contributed to the show. I know the team and the audience will greatly miss him,\u201d Burling said.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Nine confirmed Davies was not sacked, but his departure comes at a tumultuous time for the breakfast show.<\/p>\n Today has been struggling in the ratings since the departure of its longtime host Karl Stefanovic, who was sacked in June<\/a> after he interviewed convicted fraudster and right-wing agitator Tommy Robinson on his podcast, The Karl Stefanovic Show.<\/p>\n Stefanovic\u2019s former co-host Sarah Abo is also absent from the Today desk, having gone on maternity leave<\/a> in July, but she is expected to return to the show.<\/p>\n A rotating line-up of Nine personalities has been filling in for the pair, including former Sunrise host Samantha Armytage, who joined Nine in 2024<\/a> after 21 years at Seven. Speculation is rife that Armytage will join the show full-time, but the bigger question is over who will replace Stefanovic.<\/p>\n Related Article Nine, which historically recruits such high-profile positions internally, has been road-testing various familiar faces, including 9News Melbourne\u2019s Tom Steinfort, who co-hosted Today with Armytage recently. Other names in the mix include Joel Dry, current Today Extra host David Campbell, Nine sport presenter James Bracey, sport reporter Michael Atkinson and David Woiwod, who is currently Seven\u2019s Weekend Sunrise co-host.<\/p>\n However, as noted previously,<\/a> audiences and advertisers are seeking fresh faces across other platforms, such as social media and podcasts, so the network faces some tricky choices.<\/p>\n Davies will depart Today \u2013 which is lagging further behind rival Sunrise in the ratings (288,000 national average viewers for Today on Thursday, compared with Sunrise\u2019s 456,000) \u2013 on September 18, which is the day after Nine\u2019s Upfront event, where the network traditionally unveils its program and talent line-up for the coming year.<\/p>\n *Nine is the owner of this masthead.<\/p>\n Want more TV? We\u2019ve got you.Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n![\"Tim](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ee5765753a89d17729e97ae1235d7491a6b52bda.jpeg\")
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\u201cThis seems like the right time to step back \u2026 and prepare for my next adventure\u201d: Tim Davies.<\/p>\n![\"laudia](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/419b35cbfc3c91622b50c7faba82fcbd7eb05270.jpeg\")
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Louise Rugendyke<\/a> is the National TV editor and a senior culture writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.Connect via X<\/a> or email<\/a>.From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 28, 2026 \u2014 12:30pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-871119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}