This Morning’s Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard have been snubbed an NTA nomination for Best TV Presenter category.
While the show itself is up for an award in the Daytime category, Cat, 47, and Ben, 49, have shortly missed out – despite getting pulled in by ITV bosses in March after former hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield left the programme.
Their fan-favourite co-host Alison Hammond, 49, has thrown them out the Best TV Presenter category after securing a nomination once again.
Last year, This Morning missed out on the Best Daytime TV award for the first time in 12 years.
Alison is up against Bradley Walsh, Claudia Winkleman, Stacey Solomon and Ant and Dec – who have won it for the past 22 years – in the TV presenter category.
This Morning’s Cat Deeley, 47, and Ben Shephard, 49, have been snubbed an NTA nomination
Their fan-favourite co-host Alison Hammond, 49, has thrown them out the Best TV Presenter category after securing a nomination once again
Alison presents This Morning alongside Dermot O’Leary every Friday, while Cat and Ben host Monday to Thursday.
Two months after Cat and Ben took over the ITV show, viewing figures plummeted by half.
Ben and Cat were officially announced as the new This Morning hosts in February after months of whispers.
Sources at the channel said that they were ‘thrilled’ at the signing of the pair after ‘so many obstacles had to be negotiated to get there’.
The Mail first revealed that the duo were top of the list but in December Cat turned down the role because she wasn’t able to commit the time to the programme.
However, after further negotiations and the offer of more money, she agreed. One source said: ‘Cat was the one they wanted all along and finally they have her. It is incredible news for them.’
It’s possible the reason for the sudden U-turn was financial, with Cat set to nab a bumper payday as the new host.
When reports of her joining the show first emerged last year it was claimed she and Ben would receive an annual salary of £555,000.
Ben and Cat were pulled in by ITV bosses in March after former hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield (pictured in March 2023) left the programme
