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''Good Morning America First Look'' (formerly ''America This Morning'') is an American early morning
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, broadcast on ABC on weekday mornings, as an extension to its main program ''
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''. The newscast is anchored by Andrew Dymburt and Rhiannon Ally, who also serve as anchors of ABC's overnight news program ''
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''. One of the two early morning news programs to use a two-anchor format, alongside
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's ''
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'' ('' CBS News Mornings'' maintains a solo anchor), it usually airs following ''World News Now''. It features national and international news headlines, live reports from
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, national weather and airport impact forecasts, a short ''
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'' update from the late night
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show to account for West Coast scores, and a regular business news segment called "America's Money". The program is broadcast live at 3:30 a.m. ET following ''
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'' (airing in the early timeslot to accommodate ABC stations that start their
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casts at 4:00 a.m.). ABC-owned
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was one of the first stations to air local news starting at 4:00 a.m. beginning in September 2018. The show is transmitted in a continuous half-hour tape delayed loop until 10:00 a.m. ET, when ''
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'' begins in the
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(after 7:00 a.m. ET, any live
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requiring network-level coverage is under the purview of ''GMA'' with some allowance to start earlier). The program usually airs as a lead-in to local morning newscasts on most ABC stations, although in the few markets where a morning newscast is not produced by the ABC station, it may air in a two- to three-hour loop immediately before the start of ''GMA''.


History

The program originally debuted under the title ''
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This Morning'' on July 5, 1982. In early 1983, the program was retitled ''ABC World News This Morning''. The program aired live at 6:00 a.m. ET for 60 minutes immediately prior to ''Good Morning America'' and was repeated on tape delay for western time zones. It was initially anchored by Steve Bell and Kathleen Sullivan at the network's
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newsroom-studio (as was most ABC News programming at the time). Production of the program was moved to ABC's headquarters in the
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district of
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on July 11, 1988, when Forrest Sawyer and
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debuted as co-anchors. In mid-1992, production of ''World News This Morning'' was combined with that of the network's then recently launched overnight news program ''
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'', with the same anchor team appearing on both programs. Initially, some elements from ''World News Now'' were brought over to ''World News This Morning'' including the "Morning Papers" segment and that program's
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-composed theme music (played over the original ''World News This Morning'' opening graphics) as well as the laid-back attitude. At some point in 1993, the original
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-composed theme was brought back and most elements from ''World News Now'' brought over to ''World News This Morning'' were dropped as the program was reformatted to again became more serious in tone. As local stations expanded their morning newscasts, ''World News This Morning'' was first shortened into two separate 30-minute newscasts and later to the current, single, 30-minute newscast (which, if an affiliate does not provide a morning news program of its own, can be repeated back-to-back between 4:00 and 7:00 a.m. ET). From the cable network's launch in 1996 until almost all original programming was discontinued due to cost-cutting measures made by
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on June 13, 2013, the program's sports update was provided by the overnight anchors of
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, and later on, the ''Highlight Express''; later that year, production of the sports segments was turned over to the Los Angeles-based production and anchor staff for the overnight editions of ESPN's ''
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''. The news program celebrated its 20th anniversary during the summer of 2002. On November 13, 2006, the program's title was changed again to ''America This Morning''; with the rebranding, the orchestral theme from Score Productions that had been used since the program's launch (outside of the short period when it was replaced by ''World News Now''s original theme music) was retired permanently, and replaced with a modernized theme. With the rebranding, the program also began to align itself with the branding and on-air presentation of ''Good Morning America'', although it has otherwise remained under the auspices of the ''World News Now'' staff. On September 22, 2009, ''America This Morning'' and ''World News Now'' began broadcasting in high definition; ''America This Morning'', in effect, became the second early morning network newscast to broadcast in HD, after
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's ''
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''. On August 30, 2010, ABC moved its live broadcast of the program to 4:00 a.m. ET (like its competitors ''Early Today'' and the ''
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'' had already done) to accommodate affiliates that choose to start their morning local newscasts at 4:30 a.m. ET. Some ABC stations (such as
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, which still does not air it today at all) were forced to pre-empt the program when they implemented it less than two months earlier. As of September 10, 2018, many of ABC's owned and operated stations have begun their morning newscasts at 4:00 a.m. ET, initially pre-empting ''America This Morning'' in these regions before ''ATM'' later began broadcasting live at 3:30 a.m. ET to accommodate. On September 30, 2024, the program was rebranded to ''Good Morning America First Look''.


Newscast structure


Notable on-air staff


Current anchors

* Andrew Dymburt (2021–present) * Rhiannon Ally (2022–present)


Former anchors

* Steve Bell (1982–1986) * Kathleen Sullivan (1982–1986) * Jeanne Meserve (1986–1987) * Jed Duvall (1987–1988) * Edie Magnus (1987–1988) * Forrest Sawyer (1988–1989) *
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(1988–1990) * Mike Schneider (1989–1993) * Aaron Brown (1993) * Boyd Matson (1993–1994) *
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(1993–1997) * Kevin Newman (1995–1996) * Mark Mullen (1997–1998) * Asha Blake (1997–1998) *
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(1999–2000) * Antonio Mora (late 1990s) * Derek McGinty (2000–2003) * Alison Stewart (late 1990s-2003) * Liz Cho (1999–2003) now at
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(2003–2004) * Ron Corning (2004-2006) * Hari Sreenivasan (2006–2007; later with ''
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'') * Ryan Owens (2007–2008) * Jeremy Hubbard (2008–2010; now at KDVR in
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) * Vinita Nair (2008–2011; now with
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) * Rob Nelson (main co-anchor, 2010–2013; substitute anchor, 2013–2018) *
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(2012–2013) * John Muller (2013–2014; now with
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(2014–2016; now a figure competitor) * Diane Macedo (2016–2018) * Kendis Gibson (2016–2019; now with
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) * Janai Norman (2018–2020) * Kenneth Moton (2019–2021) * Mona Kosar Abdi (2020–2022)


Announcers

''World News''/''America This Morning'' has had three
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s in its history. From its 1982 debut until 1990, Bill Owen served as the program's announcer. Following Owen's departure from the network in 1990, he was replaced by Barbara Daniels Korsen,Barbara Daniels Korsen
/ref> who remained the newscast's announcer until 2012.


International broadcasts

Programming from ABC News, including ''Good Morning America First Look'', is shown daily on the 24-hour news network OSN News in
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Region.


See also

* '' CBS News Mornings'' – Competing early-morning news program on CBS, which debuted in 1982 in its current format. * ''
Early Today ''Early Today'' is an American early morning news broadcasting#Television, television news program that is broadcast on NBC on weekday mornings. The program is hosted by Frances Rivera, and features general national and international news stories ...
'' – Competing early-morning news program on NBC, which debuted in 1999. * '' Up to the Minute'' – Competing overnight news program on CBS, which debuted in 1992. * ''
World News Now ''World News Now'' (or WNN) is an American overnight news broadcast seen on ABC and ABC News Live. Airing during the early morning hours each Monday through Friday, the program features a mix of general news and off-beat stories, along with ...
'' – ABC's overnight news program, which debuted in 1992 and shares production staff with ''America This Morning''.


References


External links

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