[6] Downie left in June 1989 to become host of Man Alive, and was replaced by Ralph Benmergui,[7] who was selected over Whit Fraser and Stuart McLean.
[10] Newman cohosted with Pringle for only a few weeks before she left the program in December of the same year to succeed Pamela Wallin as cohost of CTV's Canada AM, just a few weeks after Wallin was hired by the CBC to become co-anchor of Prime Time News,[11] and was replaced by Tina Srebotnjak, previously the program's entertainment reporter and a sometime substitute anchor.
[10] Newman left in November 1994 to join ABC News in the United States,[12] and was replaced by Brent Bambury, formerly the host of CBC Stereo's Brave New Waves, in March 1995.
[14] Other notable personalities associated with the program included Pete Luckett, a grocer from Nova Scotia who presented food segments, and Antonia Zerbisias, who appeared as an entertainment commentator and reviewer.
[2] Comedy musical group The Arrogant Worms performed a tribute song written especially for the program, based around the theme that "without Midday telling them it was time for lunch, they'd starve".