Ten's 'Breakfast' launches four days early after Kevin Rudd resigns

Channel Ten's new morning TV show has launched early.

Breakfast, which is hosted by Paul Henry, Andrew Rochford, Kathryn Robinson and Magdalena Roze, went on air in Australia for the first time this morning.

Breakfast was originally scheduled to launch next Monday (February 27), but bosses reportedly decided to bring the air date forward to tie in with the resignation of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who stepped down from his post as foreign secretary on Wednesday (February 22).

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Henry said at the beginning of the show: "This is day one of Breakfast. Thank you so much for joining us today. We will just grow together... our relationship. It is of course a very big day and we will be all over Kevin Rudd and all over Julia Gillard."

Ten sources reportedly said that the events involving Rudd and his showdown with Australian prime minister Gillard meant that there was no better time to launch Breakfast.

The first episode of the chatshow was full of political debate, and the 'Henry Hotline' was introduced for viewers to reveal their political opinions.

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