This Morning fans ripped into Friday’s ‘waste of time’ episode after a guest appeared to cancel last minute – leaving Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary to fill the time.

The resulting segment was a call in to the hosts, where fans could ring or email with questions and receive advice from Alison and Dermot.

However viewers were left less than impressed by the makeshift segment, which one fan branded ‘more irritating than a prostate exam’, after no one called in.

They also slammed the ITV producers as they claimed: ‘Clearly these emails are made up.’

But that wasn’t the only part of Friday’s show that viewers were unhappy about, after they claimed a performance by Elphaba from the West End musical Wicked had put them off going to see the upcoming film.

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This Morning fans ripped into Friday’s ‘waste of time’ episode after a guest appeared to cancel last minute – leaving Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary to fill the time

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But that wasn’t the only part of Friday’s show that viewers were unhappy about, after they claimed a performance by Elphaba from the West End musical Wickedhad put them off going to see the upcoming film

There was space to fill during the episode after Alison and Dermot revealed there had been a guest cancellation at short notice.

To fill the time, Alison and Dermot took on an ‘agony aunt’ segment – but fans branded it pointless’ and an ‘utter waste of airtime’.

Taking to X, formerly Twitter, they wrote: ‘That’s it. I’ve had enough today. Programme has somehow got worse as it went on. Awful.

‘Clearly these emails are made up,’; ‘Made up questions from the #thismorning production team,’;

‘Are they struggling for subjects or to find people to come on?’; ‘This is more irritating than a prostate exam,’;

‘What an utter waste of airtime,’; ‘Come on now be serious this is so pointless wtf is the point of this?!’;

‘If ever there was a segment that justified ending the show, it’s this,’; ‘Another ‘phone-in’ with no actual callers?

‘Has someone let them down and they’re stuck for something to do? This is car crash TV,’; ‘Well I’m never getting that time back.’

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There was space to fill during the episode after Alison and Dermot revealed there had been a guest cancellation at short notice

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To fill the time, Alison and Dermot took on an ‘agony aunt’ segment – but fans branded it pointless’ and an ‘utter waste of airtime’

Taking to X, formerly Twitter, they wrote: ‘That’s it. I’ve had enough today. Programme has somehow got worse as it went on. Awful’

And the failed segment was the second consecutive part of Friday’s show that went down badly with fans.

Viewers were left unimpressed by a rendition of musical Wicked’s Defying Gravity.

They wrote: ‘Just tuned in and had to mute immediately. I hate musicals with a passion,’;

‘What a racket,’; ‘Nope. That voice is going right through me like fingernails on a chalk board,’;

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And the failed segment was the second consecutive part of Friday’s show that went down badly with fans

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Viewers were left unimpressed by a rendition of musical Wicked’s Defying Gravity

They wrote: ‘Just tuned in and had to mute immediately. I hate musicals with a passion,’

‘This performance hasn’t made me want to see that show,’; ‘Sorry, but this song really irritates me,’;

‘Put me off Wicked that’s for sure!’; ‘Can’t see Ticketmaster crashing with enquiries about tickets for that show,’;

‘I think musicals should reject any invitations to go on #thismorning cos it rarely works out well.’