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I'm still watching the livestream and during a live behind-the-scenes walk into the set, I see they completely revamped the Social Square. It looks so completely different from the last time--and much nicer;

it's warmer, more homey, much more wood-y and a lot less white and bright.

 

Check out the YouTube stream on 24994J's last post and go back to before today's regular GMA broadcast where TJ Holmes walks into it for a BTS look and he'll peek into it. So darn nice. Great job to the designers!

Everything looks better than I remember before the stream but since I am usually asleep during the morning hours, I rarely watch morning shows. However when I am awake, I watch FOX 2 News in the Morning (KTVI STL). Honestly, the last time I watched GMA was some time in between 2008-10.

I will say this has been one of the most unique marketing thing I have seen in years. Streaming a show called Good Morning America for 40 hours straight (even starting at Night, how ironic) and online only (no ads even other than the standard first-page load on the ABCNews.com site (That YouTube stream doesn't have ads!). The money of this size of a production had to be big and to not have ads is crazy.

Last unique marketing thing like this that I can remember was

Quick overview of the overnight hours. World News Now is being broadcast like normal during the stream, but the commercial breaks are being filled by this guy and this lady hanging out and doing various jobs at a Times Square all-night diner. They also going toight be checking out various haunts in the area as the night progresses. It's not really GMA-ish, but it's kinda fun, and it breaks up the full-on Paris coverage that WNN is providing tonight.

 

Outside of my antenna/LiveWell feed this YouTube stream (leftover from One Direction's earlier performance) has been providing the best quality for me...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMMl3Ix9EE4

With them going to WNN/ATM with the GMA breaks, all I could think is that "Aren't they technically cheating?" Yes they are streaming 40 hours but it said 40 hours of GMA, not 80% GMA and 20% WNN/ATM. I'm not mad I just find it interesting that technically speaking, they are not airing 40 hours of GMA.

Personally, I am just waiting for the Tech Power Hour around Midnight tonight. It's being simulcast and co-produced at TWiT.tv, an amazing 24/7 Tech/Geek Network, using their unique flipped-staff studios[1] to broadcast and a free after-the-fact downloadable Podcast. Also, Becky Worley and Leo Laporte are a great duo (especially as they worked together on The Screen Savers from TechTV).

[1]: (one technical director doing everything w/ fixed cameras and many on screen personalities compared to traditional TV which is ~50 people behind-the-scenes including operators and ~5 on screen)

I think they KSDK have been doing that for a while now. So I don't think it wasn't last week . It was earlier than that.

Well like I said, I am not usually awake and if I am it's usually KTVI's morning news.

So about last week, KSDK aired a special news open for Today in St. Louis as they won the award for "Best Morning News Show" in STL. I haven't been able to catch it (or record) as I am not usually awake and my computer sucks. Seems like they usually air it at the beginning of the 6:00am hour.