This Morning has been nominated for finest daytime present on the National Television Awards (NTAs) regardless of months of scandal following Phillip Schofield’s departure and rumours of a “toxic” surroundings on the present.

Schofield, 61, resigned from ITV in May after admitting to an “unwise but not illegal” relationship with a youthful male colleague on the present. He was additionally dropped by his agent, and as an envoy for The Prince’s Trust.

An external review over Schofield’s departure from This Morning and claims of toxicity and bullying behind the scenes is now understood to be in course of.

This Morning shall be defending its title after scooping the trophy final yr, regardless of the “queuegate” controversy on the time over claims Schofield and Holly Willoughby jumped the road to see Queen Elizabeth 11 mendacity in state (they each denied the claims).

It will defend its title within the daytime class towards The Chase, Loose Women and The Repair Shop.

Meanwhile Schofield’s former co-presenter, Holly Willoughby, and who has continued to current the present with a collection of co-stars, has missed out on a finest presenter nomination for a second yr operating.

Instead, Alison Hammond – who has seen her presenting roster on the present develop since Schofield’s departure – has obtained a nod for the coveted award.

Hammond shall be up towards Ant & Dec, Bradley Walsh, Martin Lewis and Claudia Winkleman.

Ant & Dec have gained the prize a whopping 21 occasions in a row, however Winkleman is favorite to win this yr following the success of The Traitors (which can also be up for finest actuality competitors).

Perennially standard, McPartlin and Donnelly are additionally within the operating for the Bruce Forsyth leisure award with two nominations, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and Saturday Night Takeaway.

There are two touching posthumous nominations, with Paul O’Grady’s For The Love Of Dogs up for finest factual leisure present and Dame Deborah James’ Bowelbabe In Her Own Words up for finest authored documentary.

For The Love Of Dogs is up towards Clarkson’s Farm, Stacey Solomon’s Sort Your Life Out and The Martin Lewis Money Show Live.

While Bowelbabe In Her Own Words will tackle Lewis Capaldi’s How I’m Feeling Now, Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction and Rob Burrow: Living With MND.

In a brand new class this yr, Piers Morgan is nominated for the TV interview prize for Piers Morgan Uncensored on Talk TV, alongside Louis Theroux Interviews…, The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show and The Graham Norton Show.

Just one man is nominated within the drama efficiency class – James Norton – who’s up towards his Happy Valley co-star and Sarah Lancashire, Vera’s Brenda Blethyn and Call the Midwife’s Judy Parfitt, in addition to India Amarteifio for her function in Bridgerton prequel Queen Charlotte.

The Happy Valley finale – which was a nationwide watercooler second – can also be within the operating for the returning drama prize, alongside Stranger Things, Call The Midwife and Vera.

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The son of late actuality star Jade Goody, Bobby Brazier, is nominated within the newcomer class for his function as Freddie Slater in EastEnders, alongside Benjamin Chivers for The Devil’s Hour, Channique Sterling-Brown for Coronation Street and Emmerdale’s Lewis Cope.

Brazier has just lately been introduced as a contestant on the forthcoming Strictly Come Dancing collection.

Sky’s Brassic, Ted Lasso on Apple TV+, E4’s Young Sheldon and BBC’s Ghosts are all up for finest comedy.

Billed as “television’s biggest night of the year,” the NTAs are voted for by the general public, with winners introduced on the ceremony hosted by Joel Dommett at The O2 on Tuesday 5 September.

Full checklist of NTA nominations

New Drama

1. Beyond Paradise

2. Blue Lights

3. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

4. Wednesday

Reality Competition

1. Love Island

2. Race Across the World

3. SAS: Who Dares Wins

4. The Traitors

Authored Documentary

1. Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Own Words

2. Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now

3. Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction

4. Rob Burrow: Living with MND

Returning Drama

1. Call the Midwife

2. Happy Valley

3. Stranger Things

4. Vera

TV Presenter

1. Alison Hammond

2. Ant & Dec

3. Bradley Walsh

4. Claudia Winkleman

5. Martin Lewis

Factual

1. Clarkson’s Farm

2. Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs

3. Sort Your Life Out

4. The Martin Lewis Money Show Live

Drama Performance

1. Brenda Blethyn, DCI Vera Stanhope, Vera

2. India Amarteifio, Young Queen Charlotte, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

3. James Norton, Tommy Lee Royce, Happy Valley

4. Judy Parfitt, Sister Monica Joan, Call The Midwife

5. Sarah Lancashire, Catherine Cawood, Happy Valley

The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award

1. Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway

2. Gogglebox

3. I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

4. The Masked Singer

Serial Drama

1. Coronation Street

2. EastEnders

3. Emmerdale

4. Hollyoaks

TV Interview

1. Louis Theroux Interviews…

2. Piers Morgan Uncensored

3. The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show

4. The Graham Norton Show

Serial Drama Performance

1. Charlotte Jordan, Daisy Midgeley, Coronation Street

2. Danielle Harold, Lola Pearce-Brown, EastEnders

3. Dominic Brunt, Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale

4. Maureen Lipman, Evelyn Plummer, Coronation Street

Quiz Game Show

1. Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel

2. Richard Osman’s House Of Games

3. The 1% Club

4. The Chase Celebrity Special

Rising Star

1. Benjamin Chivers, Isaac, The Devil’s Hour

2. Bobby Brazier, Freddie Slater, EastEnders

3. Channique Sterling-Brown, Dee-Dee Bailey, Coronation Street

4. Lewis Cope, Nicky Milligan, Emmerdale

Daytime

1. Loose Women

2. The Chase

3. The Repair Shop

4. This Morning

Comedy

1. Brassic

2. Ghosts

3. Ted Lasso

4. Young Sheldon

Talent Show

1. Britain’s Got Talent

2. Strictly Come Dancing

3. The Great British Bake Off

4. The Great British Sewing Bee