Dina Pugliese rejoins ‘Breakfast Television’ alongside new host Tim Bolen

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TORONTO - Longtime former "Breakfast Television" co-host Dina Pugliese is settling back into the chair.

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TORONTO – Longtime former “Breakfast Television” co-host Dina Pugliese is settling back into the chair.

Pugliese announced her return on the show Monday by stepping onto the set in a moose costume before removing the mascot-style head to raucous cheers from the crew.

Pugliese will also serve as a co-executive producer on the program, which she left in February 2023 after 16 years citing burnout.

Breakfast Television co-hosts Dina Pugliese, left, and Tim Bolen pose in this recent handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Citytv
Breakfast Television co-hosts Dina Pugliese, left, and Tim Bolen pose in this recent handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Citytv

Citytv says Pugliese will anchor the show alongside Tim Bolen, who hosted CHCH’s “Morning Live” until earlier this year.

The move comes just over a month after “BT” hosts Meredith Shaw and Sid Seixeiro abruptly departed the show.

That move came just weeks after the network axed a planned extension to “Breakfast Television” that would have featured two other high-profile hosts, Cheryl Hickey and Tracy Moore.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 17, 2025.

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