Phillip Schofield will not host This Morning on Monday, with Holly Willoughby getting a new co-star on the ITV daytime show.
Viewers first got an inkling that there was going to be a big shake-up of personnel on the popular week day programme, when regular Friday presenter Alison Hammond announced on air, right before credits rolled, that she would be back to front the show on Monday, with the news blindsiding fans.
At first, many This Morning viewers thought that it would be Holly who'd be absent but instead it is Phillip who Alison is standing in for. It is not yet clear how long Phillip will be absent for, but many fans have reacted with delight at Alison being given another opportunity to step up.
Earlier this year it was rumoured that Holly could be ready to quit This Morning, with Alison talked up as the top choice to replace her, should she decide to leave.
A source said: "ITV bosses are clear they want Holly to return to This Morning next year," one source said.
"But while a question mark hangs over her future, there have been conversations about who could step in if she decided to go.
"Top of that list is Alison. She has gone from being seen as a safe pair of hands to a real asset to the channel."
Alison's 'promotion' to join Holly as a main This Morning host, comes just weeks after she was confirmed as the new host of The Great British Bake Off, replacing Matt Lucas who has quit the Channel 4 show.
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