Good Morning America

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Television series
Original title Good Morning America
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) since 1975
Production
company
ABC Studios
length 120 minutes
Broadcasting
cycle
Mondays to Fridays
genre News broadcast , magazine broadcast
idea Donald L. Perris
William F. Baker
Moderation
First broadcast November 3, 1975 on ABC

Good Morning America (German " Guten Morgen Amerika ") is a news program from the United States . The program is broadcast by Network ABC and runs every morning on weekdays, and since 2004 there has also been a weekend edition called Good Morning America Weekend . Good Morning America delivers news, weather forecasts, interviews and special news stories. The show will be broadcast live from Times Square Studios in New York City . Good Morning America will be moderated by the three main presenters Robin Roberts , George Stephanopoulos , Lara Spencer and by the two co-presenters Amy Robach and Ginger Zee .

history

The first years

The first team of moderators David Hartman and Nancy Dussault

On January 6, 1975, ABC became America's second broadcaster to start a breakfast television called AM America to fight the pre-existing breakfast television Today Show . AM America never brought the desired ratings, so they quickly looked for a replacement, they found it on a local station that broadcast its own breakfast television called The Morning Exchange . In contrast to the Today Show and AM America , the Morning Exchange only presented news in a light form, and only every hour on the hour, and the program was not broadcast from a news studio, but from a studio similar to a living room.

In November 1975 AM America was discontinued and replaced by Good Morning America with presenters David Hartman and Nancy Dussault.

1976–1998 growth phase, rise and fall

Charles Gibson (right) hosted a full 19 years and has been the most popular to date

This show also struggled with poor ratings for a long time, but ratings rose in the 1970s and 1980s. The Today Show also struggled with extremely poor audience ratings during these years, especially after Barbara Walters ' decision to leave the Today Show . In the early 1980s the Today Show experienced severe personnel difficulties and audience ratings dropped dramatically. It was during these years that Good Morning America managed to take first place in the ratings for the first time. In 1987 long-time presenter David Hartman retired after more than 3,198 shows and was replaced by Charles Gibson. Good Morning America moderated Charles Gibson and Joan Lunden , they are considered to be the most popular moderation team to date and they also managed to permanently beat the Today Show in terms of audience ratings.

Good Morning America continued into the 1990s with excellent reviews and ratings. But in 1995 Good Morning America had to surrender first place to the Today Show after 16 years , which had a very strong new team of presenters in Katie Couric and Matt Lauer. On September 5, 1997, Lunden decided to leave the show after more than 17 years, she was replaced by Lisa McRee . The ratings rose again slightly until 1998 Charles Gibson left the show and was replaced by Kevin Newman. Much disagreed with the new moderator couple McRee and Newman, as a protest against the moderators, many viewers switched to the Today Show , whose audience ratings rose enormously.

1999-2006 Gibson & Sawyer & Roberts

Since 2004 the studio for "Good Morning America" ​​in Times Square

In 1998, Good Morning America rose to number 3 in the ratings and was close to being canceled. In 1999 Lisa McRee and Kevin Newman were fired as presenters and replaced by Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson, who returned to the show after a long hesitation. More and more people left the studio and held the broadcast in different locations, for example the broadcast came live from London on the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne. In 2000, Good Morning America's audience increased by more than a million viewers, but it failed to overtake the Today Show . In 2004 they moved to a new modern studio in Times Square. On May 23, 2005, previous news presenter Robin Roberts was promoted to main presenter. On November 3rd, 2005 the show celebrated its 30th anniversary, all presenters were present on this show and one looked at the most beautiful moments of 30 years. In June 2006, Charles Gibson left Good Morning America after 19 years to host the ABC World News evening news , the ratings only dropped minimally.

2006-2009 Roberts & Sawyer

In early 2007, there were rumors that Diane Sawyer was leaving Good Morning America because she couldn't get her spot on the evening news. In 2006 Sam Champion and Chris Cuomo joined the show. In 2008 there were some significant changes: A new logo and studio, and from now on GMA was an abbreviation for Good Morning America .

Moderators

Main moderators

moderator Years
Current moderators
Robin Roberts since 2005
George Stephanopoulos since 2009
Lara Spencer since 2014
Former moderators
David Hartman 1975-1987
Nancy Dussault 1975-1977
Sandy Hill 1977-1980
Joan Lunden 1980-1997
Charles Gibson 1987-1998 & 1999-2006
Lisa McRee 1997-1999
Kevin Newman 1998-1999
Diane Sawyer 1999-2009

News moderators

moderator Years
Current moderators
Amy Robach since 2014
Former moderators
Steve Bell 1975-1986
Margaret Osmer 1975-1979
Kathleen Sullivan 1985-1987
Forrest Sawyer 1988-1989
Mike Schneider 1989-1993
Morton Dean 1993-1996
Elizabeth Vargas 1996-1997
Robin Roberts 2002-2005
Chris Cuomo 2006-2009
Juju Chang 2009-2011
Josh Elliott 2011-2014

Weather moderators

moderator Years
Current moderators
Ginger Zee since 2014
Former moderators
John Coleman 1975-1982
Dave Murray 1983-1985
Spencer Christian 1986-1998
Tony Perkins 1999-2005
Mike Barz 2005-2006
Sam Champion 2006-2013

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