Good Morning America (GMA) is an American morning television program airing on ABC since November 3, 1975. Initially expanding to Sundays in 1993, weekend editions were reintroduced on Saturdays and Sundays in 2004 after a previous cancellation. The weekday and Saturday programs run from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. across all U.S. time zones, while Sunday editions are an hour long, broadcast live at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time with updates for the Pacific Time Zone. A third hour of the weekday broadcast was available on ABC News Now from 2007 to 2008.
On January 6, 1975, ABC launched AM America, hosted by Bill Beutel and Stephanie Edwards with Peter Jennings reading the news, to compete with NBC's Today.
On November 3, 1975, Good Morning America debuted on ABC as a morning television program.
In November 1975, Geraldo Rivera, after his show Good Night America went off the air, joined Good Morning America while still working for ABC News and other shows.
Late in 1975, ABC launched Good Morning America. The launch of Good Morning America led to the Boston morning show Good Morning! changing its name to Good Day!.
On August 30, 1976, Tom Brokaw began anchoring Today while the program began a search for a female co-host.
In April 1977, Sandy Hill, previously at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, replaced Nancy Dussault as co-host of Good Morning America.
In 1980, Sandy Hill left Good Morning America after run-ins with Hartman, and was replaced by Joan Lunden.
In 1982, John Coleman, weather forecaster for Good Morning America, left the show to start The Weather Channel with Landmark Communications CEO Frank Batten.
From 1983, Dave Murray provided the weather forecasts for both Good Morning America and ABC's early morning news program ABC News This Morning.
In August 1986, Spencer Christian, who worked at WABC-TV in New York City, replaced Dave Murray as the forecaster for Good Morning America.
In 1986, Joan Lunden was promoted to co-anchor of Good Morning America.
Prior to Spencer Christian's arrival in 1986, Jerry Hodak provided forecasts via a split screen between WXYZ studios in Detroit and the Good Morning America set in New York City.
On February 20, 1987, David Hartman retired from Good Morning America after 3,189 broadcasts.
On February 23, 1987, Joan Lunden was paired with ABC News correspondent Charles Gibson on Good Morning America, leading to skyrocketing ratings.
In 1992, Good Morning America won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show.
On January 3, 1993, Good Morning America expanded to weekends with the debut of a Sunday edition.
In 1993, Good Morning America won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show.
On the week of December 11, 1995, Good Morning America fell from its top spot in ratings, beginning a 16-year streak as the top-rated morning news program for Today.
From 1995, Good Morning America generally placed second in the ratings, behind NBC's Today.
In 1996, ABC executives promised Lunden that a prime time program; Behind Closed Doors would premiere on the network.
On September 5, 1997, Joan Lunden stepped down as host of Good Morning America after 17 years and was replaced by Lisa McRee.
On May 1, 1998, Charles Gibson left Good Morning America, making way for Kevin Newman.
In January 1999, Good Morning America briefly fell to third place among the morning shows.
On January 18, 1999, the Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer team debuted on Good Morning America, resulting in a dramatic increase in viewership.
On September 13, 1999, Good Morning America moved from the ABC News headquarters to its present home at the Times Square Studios.
In 1999, the Sunday edition of Good Morning America was canceled.
From 2001, after Shelley Ross left, the viewing momentum was initially sustained, but a season later, the audience began to decline for Good Morning America.
In 2001, Good Morning America originated a live show from The Pentagon for the reopening of the wing damaged during the September 11 attacks.
On March 18, 2002, Robin Roberts replaced Antonio Mora as newsreader for Good Morning America.
On September 4, 2004, weekend editions of Good Morning America returned on both Saturdays and Sundays after being previously canceled.
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.
On November 3, 2005, Good Morning America celebrated its 30th anniversary with retrospectives, clips, and by decorating Times Square. The show also became the first network morning news program to begin broadcasting in high-definition television.
On December 2, 2005, Tony Perkins left Good Morning America after six years to return to his family in Washington, D.C., and join Fox owned-and-operated station WTTG.
On June 28, 2006, Charles Gibson left Good Morning America for the second time to become anchor of ABC World News Tonight. The day's edition was dedicated to his 19 years as anchor of the program.
In August 2006, Chris Cuomo was named news anchor and Sam Champion was named weather anchor and weather editor for ABC News.
On September 5, 2006, Good Morning America introduced a new graphics package and a new news area for Chris Cuomo to report headlines.
On September 13, 2006, Good Morning America introduced a new logo with gold Avant Garde font on a blue background, resembling the original logo used up to early 1987.
On June 29, 2007, Joel Siegel, Good Morning America's longtime film critic, passed away at the age of 63 due to complications from colorectal cancer.
On July 31, 2007, Robin Roberts announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer after discovering a lump in her breast.
On October 22, 2007, Good Morning America introduced a new on-air graphics package, featuring a more orangish-gold setting. The opening changed with new music by DreamArtists Studios, and the news ticker and time-and-temperature bug were updated.
In 2007, Good Morning America shared the inaugural Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Morning Program" with Today.
In 2007, a third hour of the weekday broadcast of Good Morning America aired, exclusively on ABC News Now.
On January 15, 2008, during an interview with Diane Sawyer, actress Diane Keaton made a comment about Sawyer's appearance and quickly apologized for the remark.
On March 28, 2008, Robin Roberts completed her radiation treatments while remaining as anchor.
In September 2008, Good Morning America's anchors toured the United States by Amtrak train as part of ABC News's "50 States in 50 Days" event, broadcasting from different locations each day.
In 2008, Good Morning America continued airing a third hour of the weekday broadcast, exclusively on ABC News Now.
In 2008, Good Morning America won the Daytime Emmy Award outright for "Outstanding Morning Program".
On June 26, 2009, Charles Gibson returned to the Good Morning America anchor desk with Roberts, while Sawyer was away, following the death of Michael Jackson.
On September 2, 2009, ABC announced that Diane Sawyer would replace Charles Gibson as anchor of ABC World News at the end of that year.
On December 10, 2009, George Stephanopoulos was announced as Diane Sawyer's replacement on Good Morning America, with Juju Chang replacing Chris Cuomo as newsreader. The changes took effect on December 14.
From 2001 to 2009, According to Linda McLoof that when Shelley Ross left Good Morning America, her viewing momentum was initially sustained, but a season later, the audience began to decline.
In 2009, Good Morning America won the Daytime Emmy Award outright for "Outstanding Morning Program".
In April 2010, the anchor desk in the studio was relocated back in front of the window overlooking Times Square.
On May 3, 2010, Good Morning America debuted new "light blue and sunny" graphics and new theme music by DreamArtists Studios.
On January 31, 2011, an entirely new set for Good Morning America was introduced, with the weather monitor moved closer to the anchor desk.
On February 25, 2011, James Goldston moved from Nightline to become Senior Executive Producer of GMA.
On March 17, 2011, Lara Spencer rejoined Good Morning America in May in a newly created lifestyle anchor position.
On March 29, 2011, ESPN anchor Josh Elliott was named news anchor of Good Morning America, following the departure of Juju Chang.
On September 6, 2011, Good Morning America began broadcasting from a new studio set located on the first floor of the Times Square studios.
During the week of April 1, 2012, Katie Couric, ABC News special correspondent, filled in for Robin Roberts on Good Morning America. Couric had previously hosted Today from 1991 to 2006.
During the week of April 9, 2012, Good Morning America surpassed Today in viewership for the first time in 16 years, ending Today's streak of 852 consecutive weeks as the most-watched network morning news program.
In April 2012, Good Morning America, with anchors Roberts and Stephanopoulos, overtook its rival Today in the ratings.
During the week of April 16, 2012, Good Morning America beat Today once again in viewership, by a larger margin than the previous week.
On July 9, 2012, Good Afternoon America, a special summer afternoon edition of Good Morning America, premiered as a temporary replacement for The Revolution in the 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time weekday slot.
On August 30, 2012, Robin Roberts went on medical leave after undergoing a bone marrow transplant following her diagnosis with myelodysplastic syndrome.
On September 7, 2012, the limited-run program Good Afternoon America, hosted by Josh Elliott and Lara Spencer, ended.
On January 14, 2013, Robin Roberts announced that she hoped to return to Good Morning America sometime in February.
On February 20, 2013, Robin Roberts returned to Good Morning America on a part-time basis.
In August 2013, Robin Roberts announced that she would return to full-time hosting duties on September 3 of that year.
On December 4, 2013, weather anchor Sam Champion left Good Morning America and ABC News to join The Weather Channel.
In March 2014, America's Morning Headquarters, anchored by former GMA weather anchor Sam Champion, debuted on The Weather Channel.
On March 30, 2014, news anchor Josh Elliott left ABC News after three years as news anchor of GMA to become a correspondent for NBC Sports.
On April 15, 2014, Michael Strahan was introduced to the audience as the new contributing anchor on Good Morning America.
In early April 2014, media reports speculated that Michael Strahan would be joining Good Morning America as a contributing anchor.
On April 18, 2014, Lara Spencer was promoted to co-anchor of Good Morning America, receiving top billing on the program alongside Roberts and Stephanopoulos.
On September 15, 2014, Tim Tebow made his debut on Good Morning America.
In September 2014, former NFL player Tim Tebow was announced to be joining Good Morning America as a part-time correspondent for the new segment, "Motivate Me Mondays".
On November 19, 2015, Good Morning America celebrated its 40th anniversary, with main anchors and news/weather anchors returning to share their stories and clips from all 40 years being shown.
On April 19, 2016, Michael Strahan announced that he would be leaving Live! with Kelly and Michael to join Good Morning America full-time.
On September 6, 2016, Michael Strahan began his run as official full-time co-anchor of Good Morning America, with a new title sequence debuting.
In 2016, the Nine Network began broadcasting Good Morning America on all its regional affiliates in Australia.
In April 2018, Lara Spencer announced that she would cut back on her hours on Good Morning America from five days a week to three to focus on her own projects.
On May 23, 2018, GMA Day (now known as GMA3) was announced as a replacement in the fall of 2018 for the cancelled cooking series The Chew.
As of July 3, 2018, Nine in Australia no longer airs Good Morning America.
On September 10, 2018, GMA3, a spinoff of GMA, premiered under the title GMA Day, hosted by Michael Strahan and Sara Haines.
On January 28, 2019, GMA Day became known as GMA3, with Strahan and Sara being the subtitle.
On August 26, 2019, Keke Palmer joined GMA3 as a permanent co-host, and the show took the subtitle of Strahan, Sara and Keke.
In March 2020, GMA3 became GMA3: What You Need to Know, an hour-long news program hosted by Amy Robach that originally covered the COVID-19 pandemic. The Strahan, Sara and Keke incarnation of the program was effectively cancelled.
Since 2021, WIN Television in Australia has broadcast Good Morning America on a one-day delay.
In April 2022, Robin Roberts celebrated her 20th anniversary with Good Morning America, with an on-air celebration and a plaque honoring her in Times Square.
On September 7, 2023, Ray, an anthropomorphic sun-like mascot, was introduced to the viewers of Good Morning America.
In October 2023, the announcement was made that GMA, along with other ABC News and WABC-TV on-air studio operations, would move to a new Disney facility at 7 Hudson Square in Lower Manhattan.
In the first half of 2024, Good Morning America struggled in the ratings, losing the demographic of adults under 54 to the Today show for several months.
On June 16, 2025, Good Morning America officially moved to a new Disney facility at 7 Hudson Square in Lower Manhattan, broadcasting from Studio C. A new logo, the first in 19 years, was unveiled, along with new graphics and studios featuring movable LED units.
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