[CNN1992]

I'm a U.S.viewer here, and haven't ever watched any clips of Morning Live, but is there any chance Breakfast doesn't do a lot of the segments that routinely could be found on any morning of a U.S. breakfast show because those can already be found on Morning Live?  

One of the previous posts is spot-on; network morning shows here steer clear of any shoutfests or arguments.  I'm mostly a Today Show viewer simply out of habit and I know 365 days a year I will get the top stories and weather from 7 to 7:20 and be good.  Is it the most in-depth reporting? No, but I'm also not looking for that when getting ready for work.  The rest of the show is full of longer segments that might dip into news analysis and fluff I might not be interested in but I also don't watch it for 4 hours a day either. Lots of resources are also devoted to these shows because of their profitability so it isn't a fair comparison.

Resources could have a lot to do with the spacing of segments and lower story count on Breakfast but it also seems to me that it would be a tough balancing act to serve as a flagship morning show and news channel morning news block.  CNN U.S. has tried every morning format known and my preference is still the 1990s up to pre-Sept 11 formats of high story count, no debates, live reports and a little banter.  Times and tastes have changed and people don't want or need that anymore but it still has its place on U.S. breakfast T.V.