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Other than Lara, everyone is great on the program. Wouldn't mind seeing her shown the door. The format and content of the show needs a drastic overhaul.

Robin and George are in Iowa anchoring together this morning. That's new. Normally George reports on location for political events while Robin stays in Times Square.

I know it could never happen but Sam Champion needs to be back on this show. He immediately brings life back to the show with his presence, I love Ginger and she should stay put but maybe they find something else for Lara Spencer to do and have Sam take over the lifestyle anchor position.

I saw that they were broadcasting from there today. Seems silly if you ask me.

I agree regarding Lara. I'm not sure if she just recently became such a turn off or is she always was and we just never noticed when Josh and Sam were on with her. She's the only weak link of the program for me and it's remarkable how much Amy has outshined her so quickly.

Do we have any GMA history buffs in here? I'm wondering something after today's reunion. John Coleman was listed as the weather guy from 1975-1982, then Spencer Christian is listed from 1986-1998, so who handled this weather in between that 4 year gap?

This morning was absolutely incredible, I laughed and cried. It was so awesome to see everyone I grew up watching again together in one room. Charlie and Diane were the power team by the time I started watching this show and I've been with it ever since!

Would that be the story about the bus tours? That was so incredible to hear! This makes me wonder why GMA rarely ever does traveling now for the program?

Bill Ritter. Does anyone remember him anchoring for a few months right after Charlie left? I always thought he would have been a great replacement for Charlie. It's so good to see everyone back in one room.

Sam Champion just appeared on the live stream with Robin. Boy I miss their chemistry with one another. There's a reunion coming up in about an hour

Also, when GMA begins to look for what to do after Robin and George leave, Amy and TJ Holmes make a great pair.

The whole "Today has just as much fluff as GMA" justification carries as much weight with me as a child telling me that "everyone else is doing it!"

 

I'm not saying one show is more tabloid than the other. They're both an embarrassment. That's just my opinion. If you're a GMA (or Today) fangirl, my apologies. For me, a news division using airtime to hawk flatware is a turn off.

Not really interested nor do I care about what pleases you. Simple as that. You stated an opinion and I stated mine. Simple as that. If you don't like a show so much and have predetermined that it's a waste of your time, why are you investing so much into criticizing it? That's the real embarrassment, if you ask me.

No i'm totally respectful and open to other people's opinions but it's getting old of hearing the whole "GMA is tabloidish" when in reality they're no different than their closest competitor in the amount of unserious news topics they present(used to present) in one broadcast. My comment was simply pointing out that those who fail to see just how similar Good Morning America is to Today, really can't comprehend why their claims about GMA are so ironic. The show's are and always have targeted the same audience. GMA is flashier because of the graphics and quick pace of the program but ultimately the content is the exact same so stop just stop with trying to make NBC's morning offering seem like some real hard hitter broadcasting, while calling ABC's morning edition of TMZ.

Granted GMA was created to be the light alternative to Today, but the bit of GMA's 40 for 40 broadcast has only underscored for me how far ABC News has fallen. The line between news and entertainment is so blurred at this point, one is indistinguishable from the other.

And you're obviously not paying attention. The entire first hour of the livestream was all news, analysis and discussion of current events. It's so unoriginal when people try to pile onto GMA for being an entertainment option especially considering the fact that the show has taken a serious turn from the fluff stuff in the past month. Calling GMA entertainment geared has just become so status quo that you and others don't even care to actually fairly critic or analyze the actual broadcast.

I love the new theme and the desk is pretty nice. The soft set with the couch and chairs is pretty horrible though. Overall this is a nice upgrade for GMA, 40 years of Good Morning America tomorrow.

Her mother passed not that long before her husband as well.

There are no problems, everyone tends to scream and go crazy when numbers do funny things during the summer months. GMA obviously realizes this as they haven't done anything drastic.

Said it from the beginning as did so many others. This was bound to backfire on the two of them only, not ABC or NBC. They both have the same agent who made outrageous demands that ABC was not okay with and ABC took a bet by letting them walk. It's turned out well for the network and now these two are left blowing in the wind. It's funny because it was hard to imagine GMA being the same without their presence but the show has faired well and added great personalities to fill the void. I could see Josh returning to the network in some form and then maybe as a replacement to George.

Didn't Today reveal their Orange Room first, followed by GMA's Social Square? I thought that's what it was, just that GMA came up with the idea first.

Yes and it was also speculated that the Orange Room was built a quick add that Today decided on when they caught wind that GMA was preparing to create the Social Square.

GMA leading the way in more ways than just ratings. Pretty sure the "new" orange room will be much more similar in concept to GMA's social square

Nothing against tattoos but that just looks really unprofessional

You're probably right, I'm just hoping that ABC will be ready when the time comes. I think it could do them some good to look outside the network for a male replacement when the time comes, someone who carries a big name and even bigger presence with them, something like NBC did with Meredith.

That's crazy. I've got to agree with the ABCer from the Mediaite story "the show doesn't want nor feel they need him" while Josh's personality from when he started on GMA is missed, the show hasn't missed a beat without him. Amy is not being demoted, she fits in just as well as Josh did. Now where I could see something working out is if George decides to depart and Josh be brought in as his successor. Come to think of it, GMA doesn't really have a clear successor for George.

Everything Erica Hill touches turns into ratings decline. She has a horrible track record, yet still ends up getting jobs. Mind boggling

David anchoring 11 solo tonight according to his Twitter

Someone has shared their theory as to why somewhere on here before but I can't find it anywhere. You are correct though, in the 11 years since Ron has been apart of Weekend GMA I can't recall one time that I've seen him on the weekday edition