Channel Nine: Brooke Boney steps up as co-host of the Today show trends now

Channel Nine: Brooke Boney steps up as co-host of the Today show trends now
Channel Nine: Brooke Boney steps up as co-host of the Today show trends now

Channel Nine: Brooke Boney steps up as co-host of the Today show trends now

Brooke Boney steps up as co-host of the Today show as new anchor Sarah Abo is nowhere to be seen... after she was promoted to newsreader

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The Today show's early-bird viewers woke up to a different line-up on Friday.

Newly promoted newsreader Brooke Boney stepped up to the main desk to co-anchor the program with Karl Stefanovic from 5:30am.

She was filling in for rookie presenter Sarah Abo, who missed the first 45 minutes of the broadcast because of another work commitment.

Abo's vanishing act was explained by Stefanovic at the start of the show.

He said his co-host, a footy tragic, was 'preparing for a big interview' related to the start of the AFL season.

The Today show's early-bird viewers woke up to a different line-up on Friday, with newly promoted newsreader Brooke Boney (right) stepping up to the main desk to co-anchor the program with Karl Stefanovic (left) from 5:30am

The Today show's early-bird viewers woke up to a different line-up on Friday, with newly promoted newsreader Brooke Boney (right) stepping up to the main desk to co-anchor the program with Karl Stefanovic (left) from 5:30am

She was filling in for rookie presenter Sarah Abo (right), who missed the first 45 minutes of the broadcast because she was 'preparing for a big interview' related to the start of the AFL season

She was filling in for rookie presenter Sarah Abo (right), who missed the first 45 minutes of the broadcast because she was 'preparing for a big interview' related to the start of the AFL season

Abo was back on the desk by 6:20am, but wouldn't give any details about the 'top secret' interview she was doing.

It comes after there was a shake-up on Nine's breakfast program last month when entertainment presenter Boney took over Alex Cullen's newsreading role, while he stepped back to focus solely on sport.

While the network put out a statement backing Cullen as a key player in the show's line-up, New Idea reported on Monday the changing roles had caused 'tension' between Cullen and Boney.

'You can cut the air with a knife,' a

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