Good Morning America

Good Morning America (also popularly known as GMA), launched in 1975, is the weekday morning news talk show of the American Broadcasting Company, or ABC television network. Featuring news, weather and special interest stories, it is recorded live from its Times Square studios in New York City and fed to all network affiliates. The program is currently hosted by Charles Gibson, Diane Sawyer, and Robin Roberts. Tony Perkins is the show's weatherman.

CBS threat

In the 1970s and 1980s, the CBS television network, aired only hard news stories during the morning time slot shared by Good Morning America and The Today Show. But CBS decided it wanted to get aggressive in the morning news talk show ratings battle, and it launched CBS Morning, using the same format used on Good Morning America and The Today Show. It was hosted by Charles Kuralt and Diane Sawyer. In 1983, CBS Morning beat The Today Show and took the second place spot after Good Morning America.

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CBS - CBS Morning - Charles Kuralt - Diane Sawyer

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Still wanting to knock Good Morning America from its stronghold over viewers, CBS scrapped CBS Morning and launched The Morning Program on January 12, 1987. It was hosted by Mariette Hartley, Rolland Smith, Mark McEwen and special features by comedian Bob Saget. The show failed miserably against Good Morning America and was cancelled only after ten months on the air. CBS replaced the show with CBS This Morning in November of 1987, hosted by Kathleen Sullivan and Harry Smith with Greg Gumbel featuring sports. Again, CBS failed miserably against Good Morning America.

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The Morning Program - January 12 - 1987 - Mariette Hartley - Rolland Smith - Mark McEwen - Bob Saget - CBS This Morning - Kathleen Sullivan - Harry Smith - Greg Gumbel

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