This Morning has been extended by 30 minutes as ITV revamps its morning schedule.

From 6 January 2020, Good Morning Britain will be extended by half an hour to run from 6am until 9am.

Lorraine will move to 9am, and will be followed by This Morning at 10am, extended by 30 minutes, before Loose Women at 12.30pm, ending at 1.30pm.

Emma Gormley, Managing Director ITV Daytime, which produces all of the shows, said: ‘The ITV daytime teams consists of the very best on screen and off screen talent in the business, enabling us to set the agenda from early morning until the afternoon, as we pass the baton from show to show.

‘We can’t wait to bring our audiences an even greater abundance of personalities, surprises, warmth and humour and a bigger and better schedule for 2020.’

Kevin Lygo, ITV Director of Television, said: ‘Live television is at the core of what ITV does and what we bring to viewers.

‘Our new schedule presents the opportunity to engage with our audience throughout the first part of each day, with some of the most well-known shows on television, in a way that no other channel does.’

Presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield addressed the time changes on Tuesday’s episode of This Morning, with Holly joking: ‘Two and a half hours, yikes! I’ll be able to sing and dance.’

It was previously reported by The Mirror that Holly and Phil are set to earn £150,000 for hosting the extra half an hour.

The shake up comes after The Jeremy Kyle Show, which used to air at 9.25am on weekdays, was axed earlier this year.

It was cancelled in the wake of the death of guest Steve Dymond.

ITV recently insisted in a statement to Metro.co.uk that they would not be reviving the Jeremy Kyle Show ‘or any other show resembling its format.’

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