Fox is ramping up preparations for its new hour-long national morning show.

Hosted from New York City by Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy, the show will air live on the Fox network's owned and operated stations from 9-10am Eastern.

So far, Fox has lined up Tom Mazzarelli, formerly a senior producer on NBC's Today breakfast news programme, to executive produce. It has also now confirmed that Patricia Ciano, who has previously worked on the US version of Wife Swap, and Terence Noonan, whose previous credits include The Ellen DeGeneres Show, will co-executive produce.

It is understood that Fox plans to launch the as-yet untitled show during January 2007.