The Seven Network has today confirmed Helen Kapalos will not return to the hosting role of Today Tonight in Sydney and Melbourne.
Kapalos was recruited for the role of TT host with much fanfare in 2013, however failed to gain traction with viewers.
Kapalos will instead work as a reporter on the Sunday Night program in 2014.
Speakng to Fairfax Media today, Kapalos said
“As much as I’ve enjoyed presenting, I want to immerse myself in longer-form storytelling,”
“I did a big piece on Sophie Delezio last year and I had to work nights and weekends to get it done,” she said. “If you look at my quotes from the start of last year, being [a storyteller] was always a real passion of mine; it’s not something that’s suddenly emerged.
“I guess I was feeling frustrated [about] what I could contribute … [there were some] frustrated attempts to get stories on air.”
“There was an honest discussion with Seven about how we could implement that and we both arrived at the same destination,” she said.
In a statement provided to nelbie.com today a spokesperson for ch7 said
“We can confirm Helen will join Seven’s flagship news and public affairs program Sunday Night, in addition to providing stories across Seven News, Sunrise and The Morning Show. She joins an award winning team of journalists on Sunday Night including Ross Coulthart, Mike Willesee, Rahni Sadler, Alex Cullen, PJ Madam and Denham Hitchcock.“
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