This Morning faces fresh blow as Dermot O'Leary follows in Alison Hammond footsteps and lands his own show on rival channel - after the pair missed out on ITV's top job

Dermot O'Leary has landed his own game show on UKTV's Dave, months after he missed out on replacing Phillip Schofield as full time host of This Morning. Dermot O'Leary, 50, has landed his own game show on UKTV's Dave, months after he missed out on replacing Phillip Schofield as full time host of This Morning Dermot, 51, is following co-presenter Alison Hammond 's footsteps by spreading his wings and will front the series alongside comedian Katherine Ryan, 41 The show will see the studio audience trying not to laugh while being entertained by a string of comedians, in a bid to keep a share of the £250K prize While producer Richard told the publication: 'The feeling when you're not allowed to laugh at a funeral? It's also been reported that the TV star has been approached by BBC to front a travel show called Florida Unpacked, which could go head to head in the daytime schedule with This Morning. As well as presenting For The Love Of Dogs on ITV, and Bake Off on Channel 4 Alison has also signed up to host a reported two shows on rival BBC It's also been reported that the TV star has been approached by BBC to front a travel show called Florida Unpacked, which could go head to head in the daytime schedule with This Morning Since hosts Cat and Ben, took over half a million viewers have stopped tuning into the ITV Daytime show.