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''Good Morning America'', often abbreviated as ''GMA'', is an American
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program that is broadcast on ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends with the debut of a Sunday edition on January 3, 1993. The Sunday edition was canceled in 1999; weekend editions returned on both Saturdays and Sundays on September 4, 2004. The weekday and Saturday programs airs from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in all United States timezones (live in the
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and on
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elsewhere across the country). The Sunday editions are an hour long and are transmitted to ABC's stations live at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time, although stations in some
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s air them at different times. Viewers in the
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receive an updated feed with a specialized opening and updated live reports. A third hour of the weekday broadcast aired from 2007 to 2008, exclusively on ABC News Now. The program features news, interviews, weather forecasts, special-interest stories, and feature segments such as "Pop News" (featuring
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or mass art, sometimes contraste ...
and entertainment news, and
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), the "GMA Heat Index" (featuring a mix of entertainment, lifestyle and human-interest stories) and "Play of the Day" (featuring a selected viral video or television program clip). It is produced by
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and broadcasts from the
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in
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's
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district. The primary anchors are Robin Roberts,
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, and former
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defensive end and former ''
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'' co-host
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with Rebecca Jarvis Friday co-host, entertainment anchor Lara Spencer and weather anchor Ginger Zee. ''Good Morning America'' has been the most watched morning show in total viewers and key demos each year since summer 2012. ''GMA'' generally placed second in the ratings, behind
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's ''
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'', from 1995 to 2012. It overtook its rival for a period from the early to mid-1980s with anchors David Hartman and Joan Lunden, from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s with
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and Lunden, and in April 2012 with Roberts and Stephanopoulos. ''Good Morning America'' won the first three
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s for "Outstanding Morning Program", sharing the inaugural 2007 award with ''Today'' and winning the 2008 and 2009 awards outright.


History


1975: The inaugural year

On January 6, 1975, ABC launched '' AM America'' in an attempt to compete with NBC's ''
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''. The program was hosted by Bill Beutel and Stephanie Edwards, with
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reading the news (Jennings had been a replacement for Bob Kennedy, who had been scheduled to be the program's newsreader, but died two months before the premiere from
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). Because the show could not find an audience against ''Today'' (and its anchor team of
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and
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), ABC sought a new approach. The network found that one of its affiliates,
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,
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, had been pre-empting ''AM America'' in favor of airing a locally produced show called '' The Morning Exchange''. Unlike ''AM America'' and ''Today'', ''The Morning Exchange'' featured an easygoing and less dramatic approach by offering news and weather updates only at the top and bottom of every hour and using the rest of the time to discuss general interest/entertainment topics. ''The Morning Exchange'' also established a group of regular guests who were experts in certain fields, including health, entertainment, consumer affairs, and travel. Also unlike both the NBC and ABC shows, ''The Morning Exchange'' was not broadcast from a newsroom set but instead one that resembled a
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an
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. In the process of screening the Cleveland morning program as a creative source, ABC also began looking at another local show, '' Good Morning!'', which was produced by
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ABC affiliate
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. ''Good Morning!'' was very similar in format to ''The Morning Exchange'', but with a lesser emphasis on news and weather. In fact, once the revamped ABC morning show took to the air late in 1975 under the title ''Good Morning America'', WCVB station manager Bob Bennett accused ABC entertainment president
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of deliberately stealing the title of ''Good Morning!''; no legal
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action was finalized against ABC in the matter, however. The launch of ''Good Morning America'' did result in the Boston morning show changing its name—to ''Good Day!''. Currently, WCVB's morning news program is titled ''EyeOpener''. ABC took an episode of ''The Morning Exchange'' and used it as a
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. The format replaced ''AM America'' on Monday, as ''Good Morning America''. The first cohosts were actor David Hartman and actress Nancy Dussault. Dussault was replaced in April 1977 by previously at
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The show's title is the same as the beginning of the chorus of
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's song ''City of New Orleans''. For the first seven years, weather forecasts were presented by John Coleman, former chief meteorologist for ABC
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, who left ''GMA'' in 1982 to start
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with
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CEO Frank Batten. Dave Murray (later chief meteorologist at
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in
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) provided the forecasts for both ''Good Morning America'' and ABC's early morning news program '' ABC News This Morning'' from 1983 to 1986. In August 1986, he was replaced by Spencer Christian, who worked at
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in
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and served as fill-in meteorologist for both Coleman and Murray whenever they were away on vacation or assignment.


1976–1989: Growth and change

The program's
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climbed slowly, but steadily throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s while ''Today'' experienced a slight slump in viewership, especially with Walters' decision to leave NBC for a job at
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. On August 30, 1976,
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began anchoring ''Today'' while the program began a search for a female co-host. Within a year, ''Today'' managed to beat back the ''Good Morning America'' ratings threat with Brokaw and new co-host
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, featuring art and entertainment contributor Gene Shalit. ''Good Morning America'' continued to threaten ''Today''s ratings dominance into the 1980s, especially after Brokaw left the latter program to become co-anchor of ''
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'' with Roger Mudd for 17 months before being named sole anchor of that program. For the first time, ''Good Morning America'' became the highest-rated morning news program in the United States as ''Today'' fell to second place. At the outset, ''Good Morning America'' was a talk program with a main host, Hartman, who was joined by a sidekick co-host; Dussault and Hill were scripted as less-than-equal hosts. In 1980, an exasperated Hill left ''Good Morning America'' after run-ins with Hartman, who was said to have "had a problem with strong women." She was replaced by Joan Lunden, then a reporter at ABC's New York City
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. Hartman and Lunden led the show through several years of success. Lunden's popularity led to her promotion to co-anchor in 1986, and to more equal footing with Hartman than any woman before her. The partnership ended on February 20, 1987, when Hartman retired after 3,189 broadcasts. After Hartman's departure, Lunden was paired with ABC News correspondent
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on February 23, 1987, which ultimately resulted in ratings for the program skyrocketing. The team of Lunden and Gibson became the most popular news partnership on television in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and for the first time ''Good Morning America'' regularly won the ratings against ''Today''. At one point prior to Spencer Christian's arrival in 1986, forecasts on the program were provided by
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chief meteorologist Jerry Hodak via a split screen between the WXYZ studios in
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and the ''Good Morning America'' set in New York City.


1990–1998: Rise and decline

''Good Morning America'' entered the 1990s with continued overwhelming ratings success. Gibson and Lunden became a hard team to beat; however, the program stumbled from its top spot in late 1995, falling to second place behind ''Today'' (in what would begin a 16-year streak as the top-rated morning news program for that show, which began the week of December 11, 1995). Lunden began to discuss working less and mentioned to network executives that the morning schedule is the hardest in the business. ABC executives promised Lunden that a
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program; '' Behind Closed Doors'' would premiere on the network in 1996. On September 5, 1997, Lunden decided to step down as host of ''Good Morning America'' after 17 years and was replaced by ABC News correspondent Lisa McRee. The pairing of Gibson and McRee fared well in the ratings. However, ratings sharply declined when Gibson also left the show to make way for Kevin Newman on May 1, 1998. With McRee and Newman as anchors, longtime viewers of ''Good Morning America'' switched to ''Today'', whose ratings skyrocketed.


January 1999 – May 2005: Gibson–Sawyer

To improve ''Good Morning America''s ratings performance, which briefly fell to third place among the morning shows in January 1999, ABC News management selected Shelley Ross from the field of
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candidates. As part of Rossʼs proposed changes, Ross ousted the McRee-Newman team and lobbied to bring in
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and team her with Charles Gibson, who had been reluctant to return. On January 18, 1999, the Gibson-Sawyer team paired by Ross debuted on-air, which during the first full season resulted in a dramatic increase in viewership while all other network news franchises saw losses. The show moved from the ABC News headquarters in
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's Lincoln Square district to its present home at the Times Square Studios on September 13, 1999. The new location made it possible for the program to feature a live audience inside the studio, similar to the "Window on the World" set used by ''Today''. Under Ross, ''Good Morning America'' became a competitive 24/7 news operation with more exclusive bookings, news and live
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updates for West Coast viewers and new on-screen graphics that included a
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. ''Good Morning America'' began originating entire shows from unique locations, which, according to
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, resulted in more people watching the program and for longer periods of time. ''GMA'' became the first to originate a live show from an
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during wartime (the USS Enterprise), from the
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(after the
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), from
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(for the reopening of the wing damaged during the
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in 2001), from The Vatican (for the 25th anniversary of
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's election as Pope), and from the
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(on the 50th anniversary of
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ʼs accession to the throne). Viewership during this time increased by nearly one million households, and revenue soared. Although ''Today'' remained the top-rated morning news show, the Sawyer, Gibson and Ross team inched close, creating a viable rival. According to Linda McLoof, executive director of news research at ABC News from 2001 to 2009, "When Shelley left, her viewing momentum was initially sustained, but a season later, the audience began to decline. It is like passing the baton in a relay race." Antonio Mora served as newsreader for the program until March 18, 2002, when he left to become an anchor at
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owned-and-operated station
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in Chicago. He was replaced by former
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anchor and correspondent Robin Roberts.


May 2005 – June 2006: Gibson–Sawyer–Roberts

On May 23, 2005, ABC News announced that Robin Roberts would be promoted from newsreader to co-anchor of ''Good Morning America'', joining Gibson and Sawyer. Roberts had previously served as a regular substitute for Gibson and Sawyer when either of them were on vacation or assignment. On November 3, 2005, ''Good Morning America'' celebrated its 30th anniversary with retrospectives on and clips from the show's history and by decorating
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. Former co-hosts Hartman and Lunden, along with former meteorologist Spencer Christian, were among the guests of honor. Hartman signed off the show that day with his trademark close: "From all of us, make it a good day." That same day, ''Good Morning America'' became the first network morning news program to begin broadcasting in
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. On December 2, 2005, weather anchor Tony Perkins left the program after six years. The last ten minutes of that day's edition were dedicated to Perkins, during which he gave thanks to one of the show's producers and a heartfelt goodbye to anchors Gibson, Roberts and Sawyer. Perkins left the program to return to his family in
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, and join
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, where he previously served as a weather anchor. He affectionately said to his young son on-air, "Connor, if you're watching, daddy's comin' home." Perkins was replaced by Mike Barz, former WGN Morning News sports anchor at
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in Chicago. Gibson left ''Good Morning America'' for the second time on June 28, 2006. That day's edition was dedicated to his 19 years as anchor of the program and celebrated his new role as anchor of ''
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''. Gibson ended his tenure at ''GMA'' by stating, "For nineteen years, my mornings have been not just good—they've been great."


June 2006 – December 2009: Sawyer–Roberts

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''
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'' and serving as ABC News's senior legal correspondent. Meanwhile,
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, longtime evening meteorologist at
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, was named as the new weather anchor for the program and as weather editor for ABC News. Both Cuomo and Champion began their respective duties on the program on September 5, 2006, when ''Good Morning America'' instituted a new graphics package and new news area for Cuomo to report headlines. The following week, on September 13, 2006, the program introduced a new
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—this time with gold Avant Garde font on a blue background, which bears a resemblance to the original ''Good Morning America'' logo that was used up to early 1987. On June 29, 2007, the program's longtime film critic Joel Siegel died of complications from
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at age 63. The July 9 edition of ''GMA'' was dedicated to Siegel, with former hosts Hartman, Hill, Lunden, Newman, Christian, Perkins and Gibson all appearing to share their memories. One month later, on July 31, 2007, Robin Roberts announced that she had been diagnosed with
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after discovering a lump in her breast during a self-examination while preparing the Siegel tribute episode. Roberts remained as anchor while undergoing
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and completed radiation treatments on March 28, 2008. On October 22, 2007, ''Good Morning America'' introduced a new on-air graphics package. Using much of the design features of its former graphics, it went from a basic blue background to a more orangish-gold setting. The program's opening changed from the camera's zooming in on the hosts while introducing the host to an opening with new music (by the New York City-based music production company DreamArtists Studios) and a background with the ''Good Morning America'' logo descending onto the frame. It also changed its news ticker and time-and-temperature bug for the first time in years. The ticker featured an orange background with a modified ABC News logo as a breakpoint for each headline. The bug still featured the time and current local temperature to the left, but with an orange backdrop with an alternate "GMA" logo and the ABCNews.com logo to the right. On January 15, 2008, during an interview with Diane Sawyer on the program, actress
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commented on Sawyer's physical attractiveness, stating that if she had lips like Sawyer's, "then I wouldn't have worked on my '' xpletive' personality!" Keaton quickly apologized for the remark and Sawyer jokingly threatened to have her mother "work on your personality with soap in your mouth." Officials with the
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declined to take action for the fleeting expletive. Following the death of
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, Charles Gibson returned to the ''Good Morning America'' anchor desk with Roberts on June 26, 2009, while Sawyer was away. In September 2008, ''Good Morning America''s anchors rode an
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to tour the United States as part of ABC Newss "50 States in 50 Days" event, for which the program was broadcast from different locations around the U.S. each day throughout that month. The tour's first telecast stop was in
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and featured musical guest
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December 2009 – April 2014: Roberts–Stephanopoulos

On September 2, 2009, ABC announced that Sawyer would replace Gibson as anchor of ''ABC World News'' at the end of that year. Speculation had abounded that either
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, news anchor Chris Cuomo, weekend anchor Bill Weir, or ''World News'' Saturday anchor
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would replace Sawyer on the program. Representatives for ABC News stated that it wanted to return the show to the original male-female anchor format. On December 10, 2009, Stephanopoulos was announced as Sawyer's replacement, with
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replacing Cuomo as newsreader; the changes took effect four days later on December 14. In April 2010, the anchor desk in the studio was relocated back in front of the window overlooking Times Square, where it had been when ''Good Morning America'' moved to the Times Square Studios facility in 1999; the news desk was also moved in front of a window. On May 3, 2010, the program debuted new "light blue and sunny" graphics, and new theme music by DreamArtists Studios. An entirely new set for the program was introduced on January 31, 2011; the monitor used for national weather segments (used mainly during the 7:00 a.m. hour only) was moved closer to the anchor desk while the news desk remained in the same place. This was the first major set change since the show upgraded to high definition in November 2005. On February 25, 2011 James Goldston moved from ''Nightline'' to become Senior Executive Producer of ''GMA''. On March 17, 2011, ABC News President Ben Sherwood announced that former ''GMA'' national correspondent Lara Spencer would be rejoining the program in May in a newly created lifestyle anchor position. On March 29, 2011, ESPN anchor Josh Elliott was named news anchor of the program following the departure of
Juju Chang Hyunju "Juju" Chang (born September 17, 1965) is an American television journalist for ABC News, and an anchor of ''Nightline''. She has previously worked as a special correspondent and fill-in anchor for ''Nightline,'' and was also the news anc ...
. In the summer of 2011, ''Good Morning America'' decided to vacate the second floor of the Times Square studios, which overlooked Times Square, due to cost issues. On September 6, 2011, the program began broadcasting from an entirely new studio set located on the first floor (ground level) of the Times Square studios. The main "window" behind the presenters in the new set, which also shows a view overlooking Times Square from an above-ground level, is actually a back-projection, although there are several real windows used in other parts of the set. Amid declining ratings at ''Today'' in the aftermath of reports of
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's alleged role in
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's departure as co-host (though ratings had been in a steady decline for that program during Curry's co-hosting tenure), viewership for ''Good Morning America'' increased starting in 2012. The program beat ''Today'' for the first time in 16 years during the week of April 9, 2012, ending that program's streak of 852 consecutive weeks as the most-watched network morning news program, by a margin of 31,000 more viewers than the NBC program. ''Good Morning America'' beat ''Today'' once again during the week of April 16, 2012, by a much larger margin of 166,000 viewers. During the week of April 1, 2012, ABC News special correspondent
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, who had recently joined the network as part of a deal to host a syndicated talk show distributed by corporate sister
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, filled for Robin Roberts on ''Good Morning America''. Couric had hosted the rival NBC morning program ''Today'' from 1991 to 2006; her ''Good Morning America'' stint marked her return to morning news after six years. On August 30, 2012, Roberts went on medical leave after undergoing a
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transplant (donated by her sister and fellow news anchor SallyAnn Roberts) following her diagnosis with
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. ''GMA'' correspondent Amy Robach and '' 20/20'' anchor Elizabeth Vargas served as the primary substitutes, typically alternating every other week. Others, including some celebrities, also served as special guest anchors during this time such as
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,
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,
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and
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. On January 14, 2013, Roberts announced that she hoped to return to the program sometime that February; Roberts performed dry run rehearsals during the week of January 21 in preparation for her return; she and her doctors evaluated her body's reaction to the makeup, the lighting, her hair, and the number of people she comes in contact with to avoid compromising her then-gradually-improving health. Roberts returned to ''Good Morning America'' part-time on February 20, 2013; she announced in August 2013 that she would return to full-time hosting duties on September 3 of that year. In 2013, ''GMA'' won its first
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in 18 years. On December 4, 2013, weather anchor
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departed ''Good Morning America'' and ABC News after seven years on the program to join
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, where he became primary anchor of the competing morning program '' America's Morning Headquarters'' (which debuted in March 2014). He was succeeded the following day by Ginger Zee, who had been serving as meteorologist for the weekend editions of ''GMA'' and was also appointed to Champion's former position as weather editor for ABC News. On March 30, 2014, news anchor Josh Elliott left ABC News after three years as news anchor of ''GMA'' to become a correspondent for
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, amid reports that contract negotiations to increase his annual salary (from $1.2 million to $8 million) broke down; Elliott was replaced as news anchor by Amy Robach later that week. The program continued to dominate over the competition, even with the loss of two major co-hosts in Champion and Elliott. In early April 2014, several media reports speculated that
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would be joining ''GMA'' as a contributing anchor, while maintaining his co-host duties on '' Live! with Kelly and Michael'' (which is also syndicated by Disney–ABC Domestic Television). Strahan's new position was confirmed on April 15, 2014, when he was introduced to the audience as the new contributing anchor on the program.


April 2014 – September 2016: Roberts–Stephanopoulos–Spencer

On April 18, 2014, Lara Spencer was promoted to co-anchor effective immediately, receiving top billing on the program alongside Roberts and Stephanopoulos. In September 2014, former NFL player
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was announced to be joining the program as a part-time correspondent to help launch the new segment, "Motivate Me Mondays". He made his debut on the program on September 15, 2014. On November 19, 2015, the program celebrated its 40th anniversary, with all the main anchors and most of the news and weather anchors returning to join the celebration and share their stories. Clips from all 40 years were shown. On April 19, 2016, Strahan announced that he would be leaving '' Live! with Kelly and Michael'' to join ''Good Morning America'' full-time.


September 2016–present: Roberts–Stephanopoulos–Strahan

On September 6, 2016,
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began his run as official full-time co-anchor of the program along with Roberts, Stephanopoulos, and Spencer. A new title sequence was debuted not including Spencer's name. The first hour focuses on the news of the morning anchored by Roberts, Stephanopulos, and Strahan. Zee does segments of the weather and Robach reads the morning headlines. The second hour is in the second floor studio and is taped in front of a live studio audience. It focuses on "soft news" and entertainment. It is anchored by the three main co-anchors (including Spencer) and features guests and talk show panel discussion. In April 2018, it was announced that Spencer would cut back on her hours on ''GMA'' from five days a week to three to focus on her own projects. Roberts also announced she would no longer anchor Fridays except for Christmas or New Years. On May 23, 2018, an afternoon extension of ''GMA'' (originally titled ''GMA Day'', now known as ''GMA3'') was announced as a replacement in the fall of 2018 for the cancelled cooking series '' The Chew'' in the 1:00 p.m. ET/noon CT timeslot. In April 2022, Roberts celebrated her 20th anniversary with ''Good Morning America'', during which an on-air celebration was held with Roberts being honored with a plaque featuring her name on the grounds of Times Square. An anthropomorphic show
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, Ray, styled as a sun-like creature, was introduced to the viewers on September 7, 2023. In the first half of 2024, the show uncharacteristically struggled in the ratings race. It lost the demographic of adults under the age of 54 to the ''
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'' show for several months, and periodically lost the same demographic in that period to ''
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''. In October 2023, it was announced that ''GMA'' (along with many of ABC News and WABC-TV's on-air studio operations) would relocate to a new Disney facility at 7 Hudson Square in
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. ''GMA'''s officially moved on June 16, 2025, and began broadcasting out of Studio C in the new facility on the same day.


Spin-offs


''Good Night America''

''Good Night America'' was a late night talk show/news magazine hosted by
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in the 1970s as part of ABC's late night line up, also ABC's "Wide World Special". Though not exactly like ''GMA'' it was more of a talk show format, with guests and interviewing them and also topics of current events, with Rivera ending the show with commentary. After ''Good Night America'' went off the air, Rivera still worked for ABC eventually working for ''Good Morning America'' when it premiered in November 1975, while still working for ABC News and its other shows such as ''
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'' and '' 20/20''.


''Good Afternoon America''

A special summer afternoon edition of ''Good Morning America'', titled ''Good Afternoon America'', premiered on July 9, 2012, as a temporary replacement for the canceled talk/lifestyle show '' The Revolution'' in the 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time weekday slot. ''Good Afternoon America'' was taped immediately after the morning program and focused on lighter fare, with the exception of the July 20 edition, which provided live coverage of the
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. Like its morning counterpart, ''Good Afternoon America'' originated from Times Square Studios. The limited-run program, which ended on September 7, 2012, was hosted by then ''Good Morning America'' news anchor Josh Elliott and lifestyle anchor Lara Spencer.


''GMA Wake Up Call''

''GMA Wake Up Call'' is a pre-morning show hosted by Ginger Zee, which previews stories and features to be seen on the main show ahead for
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platforms, being posted in the half hour before broadcast.


''GMA Lunch Break''

''GMA Lunch Break'' is a half-hour afternoon show airing on social media outlets between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. also hosted by Zee. This focuses on a featured lunch recipe.


''GMA Deals''

''GMA Deals'' airs on social media outlets on select days at 8:30 a.m. Hosted by Zee and Tory Johnson, it is an extension of the show's popular segment where influencers and other representatives of companies demonstrate products on-air and offer deal of the day on the offered product or service.


''GMA3''

''GMA3'' is a spinoff/third hour of ''GMA'' that was originally hosted by
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and Sara Haines. The show premiered on September 10, 2018, under the title of ''GMA Day'', and later became known as ''GMA3'' on January 28, 2019, with ''Strahan and Sara'' being the subtitle. On August 26, 2019, after filling in as a summer co-host during Haines' maternity leave, actress and singer
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joined as a permanent third co-host and the show took the subtitle of ''Strahan, Sara and Keke'' until March 2020, when it became ''GMA3: What You Need to Know'', an hour-long news program hosted by Amy Robach that originally covered the
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. Later in 2020, Palmer and industry insiders announced the ''Strahan, Sara and Keke'' incarnation of the program would not return and was, in effect, cancelled.


Current on-air staff

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Co-Anchor; 2005–present (2002–2005 as News Anchor) File:George Stephanopoulos May 2013.jpg,
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Co-Anchor; 2009–present File:Michael Strahan 2022 (cropped).jpg,
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Co-Host/Chief Meteorologist; 2013–present


Anchor/host chronology


Former anchors and hosts


Main hosts

* David Hartman (1975–1987) * Nancy Dussault (1975–1977) * Sandy Hill (1977–1980) * Joan Lunden (1980–1997) *
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(1987–1998 & 1999–2006) * Lisa McRee (1997–1999) * Kevin Newman (1998–1999) *
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(1999–2009)


News anchors


Weather anchors


Correspondents

* Joel Siegel: Entertainment Editor (1981–2007) * Tony Reali (2014–2015 weekdays; 2015–2018 weekends) * Tim Johnson (1975-2010) *
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(1990s)


Weekend editions


International broadcasts

In Australia, the
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broadcast ''Good Morning America'' on all its regional affiliates from 2016 to 2021. Nine Regional had begun broadcasting it before 2016. Since 2021,
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, has broadcast it on a one-day delay every Tuesday through Friday from 3:30 to 5:00, Saturdays from 5:30 to 7:00, Sundays from 6:00 to 7:00 and Monday mornings from 4:00 to 5:00 a.m. The Nine broadcasts featured a map providing forecasts for Australia in place of the national U.S. weather map. However, as of July 3, 2018, Nine no longer airs the show. Although it aired at the same time as
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and
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's broadcasts of NBC's ''Today'' and ''
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'' (including its predecessor, ''
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''), ''Good Morning America''s broadcasts by Nine were unchallenged ratings-wise in some regions where other affiliates preempt their networks' U.S. breakfast programs with paid and religious programming.


Accolades

In 1992 and 1993, ''Good Morning America'' won a
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for Outstanding Talk/Service Show. In 21st GLAAD Media Awards, the program was nominated for a
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for "Outstanding TV Journalism Segment" for the segment "Total Transformation: Why
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Decided to Change". At the 32nd GLAAD Media Awards, the program was again nominated for the "Outstanding TV Journalism Segment" category for the segment "Dwyane Wade One-On-One: Basketball Legend Opens Up About Supporting Transgender Daughter."


See also

*
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*
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*
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References


External links

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