good morning america

Good Morning America title card used since October 22, 2007. Format News program Created by Donald L. Perris

William F. Baker Starring Diane Sawyer

(1999–present)

Robin Roberts

(2002–present)

Sam Champion

(2006–present)

Chris Cuomo

(2006–present)

Country of origin United States No. of episodes 8,623 (as of January 1, 2009) Production Location(s) Times Square Studios

New York, New York Running time 180 minutes

120 minutes (telecast) Broadcast Original channel ABC Picture format 480i (SDTV),

720p (HDTV) Original run November 3, 1975 – Present External links Official website IMDb profile TV.com summary U.S. morning television shows Networks ABC Good Morning America CBS The Early Show NBC Today Cable BBC World News Today CNBC Squawk Box Squawk on the Street CNN American Morning CNN Newsroom ESPN2 Mike and Mike FNC Fox & Friends America's Newsroom FBN Fox Business Morning Money for Breakfast The Opening Bell HLN Morning Express MSNBC Morning Joe MSNBC Live RFD Imus in the Morning Spanish Uni ¡Despierta América! Tel Cada Día Syndication The Daily Buzz Live with Regis and Kelly The Morning Show v • d • e

Good Morning America (GMA) is a morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network, debuting on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour, available exclusively on ABC News Now, was introduced in 2007. The current one-hour weekend edition debuted in 2004.

The show features news, talk, weather, and special interest stories. It is produced live from Times Square Studios in New York City and fed to all network affiliates. The program is currently hosted by Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts. Longtime anchor Charles Gibson left the program on June 28, 2006 to become the lead anchor of ABC World News.

GMA has traditionally run second in the ratings to NBC's Today, but overtook its rival for a period from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s under its most popular anchor team of Gibson and Joan Lunden. GMA has won both of the first two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning Program, sharing the 2007 award with Today and winning outright in 2008. Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 1975: The Inaugural Year 1.2 1976–1989: Growth and Change 1.3 1990–1998: Rise and Decline 1.4 January 18, 1999-May 20, 2005: The Gibson-Sawyer tenure 1.5 May 23, 2005-June 28, 2006: The Gibson-Sawyer-Roberts era 1.6 Jube 29, 2006–present: The Sawyer–Roberts era 2 Logos 3 Weekend versions 4 Whistle-Stop Tour '08 5 Good Morning America Radio 6 Hosts/Anchors 6.1 Current hosts 6.2 Past hosts 6.3 Past news anchors 7 Contributors, Past and present 8 International broadcasts 9 See also 10 References 11 External links //

History

1975: The Inaugural Year

On January 6, 1975, ABC launched AM America in an attempt to compete with the The Today Show on NBC. ABC's show was hosted by Bill Beutel and Stephanie Edwards, with Peter Jennings reading the news. The show could not find an audience against The