This Morning to defend its daytime TV crown at National Television Awards
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his Morning will search to defend its greatest daytime present title on the National Television Awards because the programme continues to face backlash amid the furore of the Phillip Schofield affair.
The ITV morning programme, which has been on a profitable streak within the daytime class for the final variety of years, will go up towards The Chase, Loose Women and The Repair Shop because the annual award ceremony returns to The O2 in London on Tuesday night.
Following Schofield’s resignation from ITV in May after admitting to an “unwise but not illegal” relationship with a youthful male colleague on the present, This Morning has faced claims of toxicity and bullying behind the scenes.
Schofield, 61, and Holly Willoughby had been longlisted for the very best TV presenter prize, alongside fellow This Morning hosts Alison Hammond, Dermot O’Leary, Rylan Clark and Martin Lewis, however solely Hammond and Lewis made the reduce.
On Monday, Willoughby and Hammond returned to the ITV present, opening the programme from exterior the TV studio alongside the forged of Mamma Mia! The Party.
At the NTA’s, Hammond and Lewis will compete towards Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly in addition to The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman and The Chase’s Bradley Walsh.
Dame Deborah James and Paul O’Grady have each been posthumously recognised within the nominations, with Dame Deborah named within the authored documentary class, for Bowelbabe In Her Own Words.
Dame Deborah arrange the Bowelbabe most cancers analysis fund, and died final 12 months on the age of 40 after affected by bowel most cancers.
Her documentary will compete towards Rob Burrow: Living With MND, Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now and Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction.
TV presenter and comic O’Grady, who died earlier this 12 months, has been nominated within the factual leisure class for his present For The Love Of Dogs.
It will go up towards Clarkson’s Farm, Sort Your Life Out and The Martin Lewis Money Show Live.
In the working for the Bruce Forsyth leisure award are two reveals from Donnelly and McPartlin – I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and Saturday Night Takeaway – in addition to Gogglebox and The Masked Singer.
Meanwhile, Britain’s Got Talent, Strictly Come Dancing, The Great British Bake Off and The Great British Sewing Bee are nominated for greatest expertise present.
Piers Morgan is nominated in a brand new TV interviews class this 12 months for his Piers Morgan Uncensored on Talk TV, alongside Louis Theroux Interviews…, The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show and The Graham Norton Show.
In the brand new drama class is Netflix hit Queen Charlotte: A Bridgeton Story, Blue Lights, Beyond Paradise and Wednesday, which stars Jenna Ortega because the Addams Family character Wednesday Addams.
For her position within the Bridgerton prequel, India Amarteifio, who performs Queen Charlotte, has been nominated for the drama efficiency award alongside Happy Valley stars James Norton and Sarah Lancashire who’re competing towards Vera’s Brenda Blethyn and Call the Midwife’s Judy Parfitt.
The climax of Happy Valley is within the working for the returning drama prize, alongside Stranger Things, Call The Midwife and Vera.
Over within the actuality competitors class is The Traitors, SAS: Who Dares Wins, Race Across The World and Love Island, which aired its tenth season this 12 months.
Other classes embody serial drama, serial drama efficiency, comedy, rising star and quiz sport present.
Comedian Joel Dommett will return for the third 12 months as host of the NTAs, which can be broadcast dwell on Tuesday from 8pm on ITV1.