'Behind their perky smiles...': Former Sunrise boss Adam Boland set to release tell-all memoir unveiling 'bruised egos' and 'high profile scandals' of breakfast show
He was credited with transforming Channel Seven's Sunrise show into the most-watched breakfast program in the country before eventually defecting to launch a rival show on Channel Ten last year.
And now Adam Boland, 38, is set to lift the curtain in a behind-the-scenes book, shining the spotlight on the 'bruised egos' and 'high profile scandals' behind breakfast television's perky smiles.
The small screen producer, who suffered a breakdown just days after premièring his brainchild Wake Up, has penned a tell-all memoir about his time on the Sunrise set.
Tell-all: Former executive producer of Sunrise Adam Boland is due to release a memoir detailing the behind-the-scenes egos and scandals of the popular breakfast show
Appropriately titled Brekkie Central, the soon-to-be released publication is expected to shed light on the 'inner workings of the Sunrise family' which may include the former executive producer's suggestion to drop long-time co-host David 'Kochie' Koch.
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An email reportedly sent by Boland while he was still working at the Seven network in 2011, was leaked in The Australian earlier this year, advising executives to axe Koch, saying that reinvigorating the morning line up would potentially help ratings.
Boland, said the change should be in place for the first day of non-ratings with 'new hosts, new set and new format.'
He said: 'It is my view the hosts should be Matt White and Kylie Gillies. I think Kylie has proven her star ability on TMS (The Morning Show). It's unfair to judge her alongside Kochie.
Success: The 36-year-old defected from Channel Seven to Channel Ten in 2013 to launch now defunct Wake Up
'Kochie could arrange a breakfast radio shift for next year if we give him enough notice.'
Boland took the helm of the popular breakfast program in 2003 while still in his 20s.
He overhauled the entire format of the show and later created Channel Seven's The Morning Show before defecting to rival station Ten in March 2013.
The former television wonder-kid was employed to revive the network's breakfast format launched its new morning line up which included Wake Up and Studio 10.
He sparked controversy soon after the programs went to air when he made the decision to drop host Natasha Exelby just 16 days into the job.
New brainchild: The former producer created Channel Ten's new breakfast line up Wake Up and Studio 10 and posted a photo outside of the new Wake Up studio in Manly
He said in a statement: 'It's important we get Wake Up right.'
'I have said repeatedly that chemistry is everything at breakfast and, right now, I don't think the balance is correct. It's up to producers to fix those things.
'I rate Natasha, Natarsha and James extremely highly individually, otherwise they wouldn't have been there in the first place. I also saw genuine spark during show rehearsals, but sometimes, that doesn't translate on air. That is nobody’s fault, except mine.'
'Natarsha is a dear friend. She is also genuinely talented and will remain a key part of Ten into the future.'
Dropped: He sparked controversy when he dropped co-host Natasha Exelby (left) from the Wake Up panel when she was just 16 days into the job
From there on Natarsha Belling and James Mathison continued their hosting duties of the new breakfast show, but despite the network's attempt to compete with Channel Seven's Sunrise and Channel Nine's Today, the show was eventually axed in May earlier this year.
Boland has struggled for years to cope with his bipolar disorder, a condition which sees sufferers experience extreme highs and lows.
In a special for the ABC's Australian Story, he revealed he had a mental breakdown just days after Wake Up first went to air and briefly contemplated suicide.
Struggled to cope with bi-polar: Boland (pictured with his partner Kenny Ang) suffered a very public mental breakdown shortly after launching Wake Up and said he considered taking his own life
He said: 'I walked around the bedroom and I looked at the balcony and I thought: "Yeah, you know, here's a way."'
Instead he woke his partner Kenny Ang and told him he needed to go to the hospital.
Following the breakdown Boland started taking medication for his illness and returned to work, but by January this year he decided he could not go on.
He told Australian Story: 'It finally struck me, I wasn't trapped by Channel Seven, I was trapped by television.'
Boland's memoir Brekkie Central is due to be released in November 2014.
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Channel Seven and Boland's publisher, Melbourne University Publishing, who have declined to comment.
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