ITV bosses are "delighted" with Susanna Reid, according to her former colleague.
'5 News' presenter Matt Barber - who previously worked with the 43-year-old star on 'BBC Breakfast' - believes Susanna is the key to long-term success for ITV's new breakfast programme 'Good Morning Britain', despite it getting off to a shaky start in the ratings.
He told The Sun newspaper: "There was a survey last year that found Susanna was the most popular breakfast presenter ever. Having worked with her, I can see why. She had an air of calm about her and never got flustered.
"And whatever Susanna is doing, she's engaging. She also has tons of journalistic experience and is great at interviewing people -- famous or otherwise -- so her journalistic prowess is in no doubt.
"There's no doubting ITV will be delighted at having landed her. I think it's a real coup for them and she will be a long-term success there."
Matt was one of the presenters of previous ITV breakfast show 'Daybreak', which was axed in favour of 'Good Morning Britain', and he thinks Susanna needed a change of scenery after years working her way up the ladder on rival programme 'BBC Breakfast'.
He added: "Susanna achieved an awful lot at 'BBC Breakfast', which she presented for many years, so why wouldn't she want a change of scenery?"

Matt Di Angelo had a "massive argument" with 'EastEnders' boss Dominic Treadwell-Collins over a storyline.
The actor has admitted he clashed with the soap's executive producer due to an undisclosed plot twist involving his character Dean Wicks.
Appearing on Channel 4's 'Sunday Brunch', he explained: "I had a massive argument with my boss when he told me what my character was going to be doing in my storyline. I was just like, 'What? Really?' We had a tiff almost.
"I get on really well him, and then he was like, 'You can do A storylines or B storylines. You can do regular stuff and boring stuff and just go for a pint in The Vic, or you can do what I'm offering you and show people ... make people aware of that situation and go through that. What do you want to do - do you want to get your teeth into it?' "
Matt recently reprised his role as Dean, after taking a six-year absence from Walford, and the actor reveals it wasn't too difficult to slip back into the hairdresser's shoes as he's "not a million miles away from the character".
He explained: "The thing with soap is to shoot so many pages a day, if you were some obscure, completely different character with a crazy accent and mannerisms, to do that 12 hours a day, six days a week, and then get so many pages coming through, I think you'd be shooting yourself in the foot a little bit."

Anton Du Beke would have a "heart attack" without 'Strictly Come Dancing'.
The professional dancer - who has been part of the BBC ballroom dancing competition since the show began in 2004 - can't imagine life without the show and plans to be part of it for as long as possible.
He declared: "I love being part of the show and I'm happy to be part of it in any way I can be. The worst bit is the thought of not being in it at all - I'd have a heart attack. I won't stop doing 'Strictly' ... as long as they keep asking me, I'll still keep being there."
The 47-year-old star admits he would have loved to replace Sir Bruce Forsyth as a presenter, but thinks the new presenting team of Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman - who previously fronted the 'Strictly' results show together - will be do a "great job".
He said: "We are all familiar with them, so it's not as though we've got someone out of the blue.
"I think the great thing about the show is that it always has the great feeling of continuity."
Anton also weighed in Bruce's retirement, saying the iconic TV star will be sorely missing.
He told The Sun newspaper: "We love him and we're going to miss him. I'm disappointed he's retired, but when someone retires it's their decision to do so and it's great.
"I think he said it was quite hard for him to do it. If he's happy with that decision, then I am happy for him."

Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are on the hunt for a new base in Manhattan.
The sisters - who are currently filming in the Hamptons, where they are opening a Dash store - reportedly looked at a 5,500 square foot five-storey corner property in Soho last week with plans for a huge "full-concept Kardashian lifestyle experience."
A source told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column that the sisters want to turn the first two floors of the building into a flagship Dash store, with the other three storeys being used to house offices for the family businesses.
The whole building is available to rent for $2 million a year from Jack Terzi of JTRE, who bought it for $15 million in May.
The real estate mogul and his broker personally gave the group a tour of the building.
However, the property may not be as private as the sisters could hope and could attract a lot of paparazzi attention thanks to 80-foot-long wraparound windows.
One source said: "Some 300 photographers and fans were crowding the building en masse while they were checking it out.
"They were pulling out their cellphone cameras and crowding them to try and get a shot."
The Kardashians currently have a Dash store at a nearby Soho location, as well as boutiques in Los Angeles and Miami, and the pop-up store in the Hamptons.

Tilda Swinton only makes movies with people she likes.
The 'Snowpiercer' actress worked on a number of projects with director Derek Jarman - including 'Aria', 'Caravaggio' and 'The Last of England' when she was first beginning her career and the fun she had on set in the early days quickly made her realise work was at its most enjoyable if she got on well with the cast and crew.
She said: "I first started making films with Derek Jarman in England in the 1980's.. we were very close friends and we made 7 films together over the nine years before he died in 1994. I learned very early on that filmmaking is amongst the most fun things that can be done in a group, in the cold and the rain in the middle of the night when the food has run out.. so ever since then, I have chosen the people first above every other element.. life is too short to be working alongside people you don't like A LOT for years on end..(sic)"
The 53-year-old actress also admitted she likes arranging props in a rude manner, and is always amused when directors don't notice, such as when she and Brad Pitt were shooting 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' with David Fincher.
Discussing an interesting filming experience in a Reddit Q and A session, she said: "The time when Fincher failed to notice that BP and I had arranged two potatoes and a carrot in a specific configuration on the kitchen table we were sitting at.. and had to have it pointed out to him at the END of a take..(sic)"

Channing Tatum spread a skin disease around his family.
The '22 Jump Street' actor loves being outdoors, but a recent camping trip saw him catch poison oak, with the itchy rash quickly spreading to his wife Jenna Dewan Tatum and their daughter Everly, 12 months.
Speaking in an interview given in April, Jenna said: "We're going to the [MTV] Movie Awards tonight, but I have to rethink my dress.
"After this I'm heading to the dermatologist because my husband decided to go camping and bring back Poison Oak--the perks of living with a man who loves to be outdoors!
"We're a family of poison oak at the moment. We'll be really sexy on the red carpet tonight."
The 33-year-old actress is a doting mother to Everly, but insists it is important for the little girl to fit into her parents' lives, rather than them changing theirs to suit their daughter.
She told DuJour magazine: "Kids are life-transformative, but they should fit into your life.
"You don't want to feel resentful for forgetting about a whole part of yourself. It's tough learning how to balance and multitask; it's a lot of balls to juggle. That's been the biggest learning curve of this year for sure."

Oscar Pistorius has been declared fit to stand trial.
The paralympian's murder case has been on hold since May 20 while he underwent medical evaluation, but a psychological report
has ruled he did not have a mental disorder when he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Four appointed psychiatrists had to decide whether he was "capable of appreciating the wrongfulness of his act" or "criminally responsible" for his behaviour at the time of the shooting.
Both prosecution and defence lawyers have accepted the findings and the trial resumes in Pretoria, South Africa, today (30.06.14).
The athlete has denied deliberately murdering the model in February last year, insisting he acted in self-defence in the mistaken belief she was an intruder, and his lawyers had argued he was suffering from an anxiety disorder at the time of the incident.
Today, the court will hear from Dr. Gerry Versfeld who amputated Pistorius' legs and he will discuss the impact of the disability on the athlete.
The defence is expected to finish presenting its evidence in the next few days.
If found guilty of murder, Pistorius could face life in jail, or 15 years in prison if the court finds him guilty of the lesser charge of culpable homicide.

Andy Serkis has confirmed he will appear in 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'.
The 'Star Wars: Episode VII' actor - who is already working on the sequel as a consultant through his motion-capture company The Imaginarium' - has revealed he will also be making an appearance in the film.
He told Variety: "The Imaginarium is the performance capture consultant and I'm playing a role in both Avengers and Star Wars."
However, when asked if his face will appear in the Marvel follow-up, he explained: "I'm not at liberty to mention. But it's all the same to me. I've never drawn a distinction when playing a role, whether it be live action or performance capture.
"Acting is acting. It's just basically what you wear to the set that's different."
The 50-year-old actor also spoke about working closely alongside Mark Ruffalo after he was hired to assist the 46-year-old with his portrayal of The Hulk for the comic book blockbuster.
He said: "On Avengers, I've been working closely with Mark Ruffalo.
"There are tools and ways of working with an actor that makes them feel that they own the character, and a character the size of the Hulk needs ownership, which Mark has now."
'Avengers: Age of Ultron' will be released in the UK on April 24 2015, while 'Star Wars: Episode VII' will be released in December 2015.

Carrie Fisher's daughter has been cast in 'Star Wars: Episode VII'.
The 57-year-old actress reprises her role as Princess Leia in the upcoming latest instalment of the sci-fi series, which is currently being filmed at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, southeast England.
And although her daughter Billie Lourd is a relative unknown, director J.J. Abrams is said to have chosen her to play a young version of her mother's character because of their visual similarities.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Billie flew into the UK to join her mother earlier this month.
"She will even have her hair tied up in Princess Leia-style buns. She's an aspiring actress and singer so she grabbed the opportunity with both hands.
"Carrie backed the move as she wanted somebody in her family to play her most famous role."
Lourd - whose father is entertainment agent Bryan Lourd - will feature in flashback scenes as a younger version of Princess Leia, hero Luke Skywalker's sister, whom her mother portrayed in the first three 'Star Wars' films.
Meanwhile, Abrams has also created walk-on parts for his father Gerald and father-in law James H. McGrath Jr., who both appeared in 'Star Trek' under his direction.

James Gunn is "terrified" about the upcoming release of 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.
The 43-year-old director of the Marvel Comics film has admitted he's nervous about finally finishing the production and seeing it enter cinemas on August 1 as he's spent every waking moment working on the project for the last two years.
In a message posted on his Facebook page, Gunn said: "This is essentially my last week of actually making Guardians of the Galaxy.
"It's been two years straight and I've starting to become terrified of actually having to STOP."
Gunn also wrote the script for the film - which expands the Marvel universe into the cosmos, where adventurer Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) finds himself the object of a bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb - and he's confessed he'll be emotional to say goodbye to the cast and crew when production comes to an end.
He explained: "I'm starting to get very sad every time I think of how I'm going to miss all of the people I've been working with side-by-side for the past two years."
Pratt will be joined by fellow actors Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Karen Gillan and Benicio del Toro in 'Guardians of the Galaxy, and Gunn has revealed that he could be planning a sequel.
He added: "I swear, I've gotten angry with filmmakers like Ridley Scott and George Lucas who can't let go of their old films and want to keep going back and offering up different versions, but I can easily see myself doing that now."

Ed Sheeran says he "shouldn't bother" having girlfriends.
The 'Burn' singer opened up about the difficulties of keeping up a long distance relationship and insists it's not worth the trouble if a girl isn't "OK" with him putting his career and family first.
He told Spotify: "You put your family and your friends first, always, and then your career second. But when you date someone, they kind of fall in between the family and friends and career, and you don't really know whether they're more important than the career or whether they're more important than family. You just need to find someone that's OK with it.
"My family understands I had to go away for 12 months last year, but until you find a partner who's happy with that, you shouldn't even bother. Well, you shouldn't bother committing."
Ed, 23, even penned a song for his latest album 'x' entitled 'Nina' to express the difficulty he faced when trying to find a balance between his career and relationship with his ex-girlfriend singer/songwriter Nina Nesbitt.
He said: "That's about my ex-girlfriend [Nina Nesbitt], we dated for a year.
"When you're a musician and you date someone, there's always an in-between... so this is a song about that."
However, the Brit Award-winner - who played at this year's Glastonbury festival over the weekend and will embark on a UK tour later this year - is hoping to settle down in the future and thinks having children will change his priorities.
He explained: "I think by the time you have kids, that's when your family comes first, and that's where the woman comes, because she's your family now. I think kids change everything, but up until then it's different. "

Kasabian closed Glastonbury festival with a bang on Sunday night (29.06.14).
The rockers brought the festival held at Worthy Farm in Somerset, South West England, to an epic crescendo with a fast-paced set bursting with classic tunes including 'Underdog', 'Fire' and 'Empire'.
The Leicester band began with 'Bumblebee' from their new album '48:13', while a series of random words including 'Voucher', 'Canister' and 'Dhalsim' were displayed on a pink screen behind them.
Frontman Tom Meighan, clad in a white tuxedo and bow tie, addressed the crowd by shouting, "Hello Glastonbury, how are you!"
The band launched into fan favourites like 'Shoot The Runner', which featured a sample of Kanye West's 'Black Skinhead' and 'Processed Beats', interspersed with new album songs including 'Stevie'.
At one point, guitarist Serge Pizzorno performed a bluesy cover of Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy' with just a guitar and a trumpet, while Tom left the stage for a break.
The 50,000-strong crowd were treated to a surprise appearance from 'Mighty Boosh' joker Noel Fielding during 'Vlad The Impaler'.
Dressed in a turban with blood streaked across his face, Noel bounded across the stage in a cape as Tom chanted "Bobby Womack see you on the other side", a tribute to the legendary soul singer who passed away on Friday (27.06.14).
Kasabian finished their stellar set with a cover of Fatboy Slim's 'Praise You' and 'L.S.F'.
A visibly emotional Tom said: "Ten years ago we opened The Other Stage - we'd been up all night of course. Seriously, thank you for this."