ABC Weekend Breakfast’s live TV fail
Somewhere, a line producer is hoping it was all a dream.
There is nothing quite like the cold-sweat moment when a live rundown - stacked tighter than a Jenga tower - suddenly collapses on air.
It’s the producer’s nightmare: everything in place, the clock ticking, the satellite booked, the guest ready… and then the screen switches to someone who is very much not part of the plan.
That moment arrived Saturday, on the ABC's Weekend Breakfast, when co-host Fauziah Ibrahim was mid-interview with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web.
The conversation, conducted via what appeared to be a Zoom feed, was ticking along smoothly - until, mid-answer, the screen abruptly cut to another man.
He looked confused. Then alarmed. Then instantly aware that he was, somehow, on Australian morning television.
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The mystery guest? Gianmarco Soresi - American stand-up comedian, accidental broadcaster, and now owner of one of the year’s best live-TV cameos.
Soresi only appeared for a second or two before the feed snapped back to Berners-Lee. But that was more than enough.
He later shared the clip on X (formerly Twitter) with the caption: Some technical issues on Australian morning news:
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— gianmarco (@GianmarcoSoresi) January 23, 2026
The internet, predictably, did the rest.
Viewers were quick to compare the moment to the now-legendary Guy Goma incident on the BBC in 2016 — when a job applicant was mistakenly ushered into a live interview slot and delivered what may still be the most composed performance in broadcast history.
Different decade, different tech stack, same eternal truth: live television remains gloriously uncontrollable.
Somewhere, a producer is still apologising.
And somewhere else, a comedian is now forever part of morning TV lore.
Mediaweek has reached out to both Soresi and the ABC for comment.
