Good Morning America
Weekdays 7:00-9:00 a.m., ET
ABC News' popular morning program, "Good Morning America," is anchored by Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos. Juju Chang is the news anchor and Sam Champion is the weather anchor.
Each and every morning, "Good Morning America" puts into clear focus the national and international stories that drive the day's news. Now in its 34th year, "GMA" is watched by millions of people who wake up to the show's award-winning combination of breaking news, hard-hitting interviews, exclusive investigations, cutting-edge medical information and financial reporting. Led by its anchors, "GMA" draws upon ABC's team of correspondents, producers and off-air reporters stationed around the globe.
The show provides in-depth, useful information on a wide variety of topics, including the economy, politics, health and medicine, personal finance, the workplace, education, the environment and entertainment. The program also continues to aggressively cover developments in the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"Good Morning America" has been honored with numerous awards, including its third consecutive Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program in 2009.
The program premiered on November 3, 1975 with co-anchors David Hartman and Nancy Dussault. Over the years, the broadcast's anchors have included Sandy Hill, Joan Lunden, Lisa McRee, Kevin Newman, Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer. In 2005 Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts debuted as the first-ever female co-anchor team in network morning television.
"Good Morning America" made television history as the first morning program to broadcast live from a moving train as part of ABC's ambitious "50 States in 50 Days" programming during the 2008 presidential election. It was also the first television program to broadcast live from the Centers for Disease Control's command center tracking the H1N1 "swine flu" virus. Other broadcast firsts include "GMA" at the Pentagon, the FBI's training facility and new state-of-the-art crime lab in Quantico, VA, and inside Scotland's famed Balmoral Castle. Additionally, "GMA" has brought morning television viewers live and exclusive reports from North Korea, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.
In addition to Roberts, Stephanopoulos, Chang and Champion, the "GMA" family includes: Senior Health and Medical Editor Dr. Richard Besser, Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross, Senior National Correspondent Claire Shipman, Workplace Contributor Tory Johnson, Medical Contributor Dr. Marie Savard, Technology Contributor Becky Worley, Life and Family Contributor Lee Woodruff and Features Correspondent Taryn Winter Brill. "Good Morning America" regularly features family advice and guidance from Parenting Contributor Ann Pleshette Murphy; personal investment and financial reports by Mellody Hobson; cooking segments with some of the nation's top chefs, including Emeril Lagasse and Wolfgang Puck; as well as investigative reports on the latest consumer products information from Consumer Correspondent Elisabeth Leamy.
Jim Murphy is the senior executive producer and Tom Cibrowski is the executive producer of ABC's "Good Morning America." The Emmy Award-winning morning news program airs live Monday through Friday from 7:00-9:00 a.m., ET on the ABC Television Network.