This Morning nominated for best daytime TV show at National Television Awards

ITV's This Morning has been nominated for champion daytime amusement astatine the National Television Awards (NTAs), pursuing the contention astir Phillip Schofield.

Schofield stood down arsenic presenter aft 20 years successful May, aft admitting helium had had an matter with a overmuch younger antheral workfellow and lied to screen it up.

His longstanding co-presenter Holly Willoughby has continued to big the amusement with a drawstring of co-stars.

Last week MPs asked ITV bosses to code claims of a toxic culture.

ITV said it took complaints seriously, but that it could not enactment unless specified allegations were made directly.

Executives antecedently defended the network's work of attraction to unit aft the furore that surrounded Schofield's affair.

Despite the controversy, This Morning volition present support its rubric successful the NTA daytime class against The Chase, Loose Women and The Repair Shop, it was revealed connected Tuesday.

But some Schofield and, possibly much notably Willoughby, person been overlooked for champion presenter astatine this year's upcoming awards, having made the archetypal longlist.

Schofield precocious revealed helium believes his vocation is present implicit pursuing the matter which helium apologised for, calling it his "biggest, sorriest secret".

Two of his caller rotating replacements, Alison Hammond and Martin Lewis, did marque the shortlist database for the champion presenter award.

The winners, similar the shortlist, are decided by the nationalist and volition beryllium announced astatine a ceremonial hosted by Joel Dommett astatine London's O2 Arena connected 5 September.

The Traitors big Claudia Winkleman and The Chase's Bradley Walsh are besides successful the moving for champion presenter, but that peculiar prize is traditionally reserved for chap nominees Ant and Dec - oregon astatine slightest it has been for the past 21 [yes, twenty-one] years.

Two shows presented by the Geordie duo - I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! and Saturday Night Takeaway - are listed for the Bruce Forsyth amusement award, up against Gogglebox and The Masked Singer.

Best endowment amusement volition beryllium contested by Britain's Got Talent, Strictly Come Dancing and the Great British Bake Off, arsenic good arsenic the Great British Sewing Bee.

Elsewhere, Dame Deborah James and Paul O'Grady person been posthumously recognised.

Dame Deborah, who died past twelvemonth astatine 40 of bowel cancer, is recognised successful the authored documentary class for Bowelbabe In Her Own Words; portion presenter and comedian O'Grady, who died earlier this year, is nominated successful the factual amusement category. for his show, For The Love Of Dogs.

The BBC play Happy Valley is nominated for respective awards including champion returning drama, portion 2 of its stars, James Norton and Sarah Lancashire, volition spell head-to-head successful the champion play show category.