Good Morning America updated studio

[BehindNYNews 147]

Highlights include a huge weather center, updated colors on the desk with less "ribbons", a news ticker is now part of the set, they replaced wood throughout the studio with white brick/stone and blue fixtures as well as new floors. Also, where they usually do one on one interviews, they now have a screen behind it.

 

Overall nice improvements, I really like the white bricks (same as the ones on the new Nightline set) and after seeing so much orange over at Today, its nice to see less orange on the updated GMA set.

 

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[24994J 5662]

Daaaaaamn, this looks goooooooood. Not at all like NBC's...

 

Note, the screen image loop has been updated a bit, it used to be this...

[BehindNYNews 147]

Did they remove the cooking area where those screens are in the background or am I confusing locations in the set?

[24994J 5662]

Nope. I think the kitchen retracts into the wall or something, but those screens (used to be frosted panels) are set up in front of kitchen.

[BehindNYNews 147]

 

Nope. I think the kitchen retracts into the wall or something, but those screens (used to be frosted panels) are set up in front of kitchen.

 

Ah, thank you.

 

Here is the screen behind the one on one interview area.

 

And here is the new on air image loop.

[tvnewsjunkie 9]

notice that gma removed most if not all of the wood from the set like Today's last set and Today has added most of their wood back

[BehindNYNews 147]

GMA did some more changes this morning to the set. They added a yellow ribbon to the desk, changed some of the glowing blue to orange and added back some of the former screen loops, as seen next to Lara. I think the updates this morning really make this set even better then yesterday's update.

 

 

[24994J 5662]

I'm wondering if Monday was a trial run for a top to bottom refresh. Based on the image loop from yesterday, maybe some updated (not brand new) graphics are coming soon, and will fit better with a blue set. I also noticed a new headline bed at the top of the show. However, both Monday and today were busy, news-heavy mornings that might have necessitated a more serious theme.

[mountainave 612]

I wonder if GMA will make use of the ticker and/or desk LEDs for breaking news (perhaps change to red or something like that). The ticker, large weather screen, and changing desk lights remind me of a cable news set.

 

I do really like the way it looks, though.

[24994J 5662]

The versatility of this studio is fantastic, something the Today show really should've considered.

 

[mountainave 612]

 

The versatility of this studio is fantastic, something the Today show really should've considered.

 

 

Brilliant.

[todayshowproducer 25]

Does anyone have any pics from the update...I've found tons on the home base area but none for the new interview/multi-purpose area. Does anyone have any or know where I can find some good ones?

[24994J 5662]

The far left end of the windows, now covered with screens...

 

Same deal, between the pic above and the weather set-up...

[tvnewsjunkie 9]

just saw GMA weekend and it appears they got GMA's sloppy seconds. They received the old GMA desk from before the update and use removable panels with the circular wood design on the nightline set.

[localnewswatch 6]

 

just saw GMA weekend and it appears they got GMA's sloppy seconds. They received the old GMA desk from before the update and use removable panels with the circular wood design on the nightline set.

 

Why don't they use the same set? Anyone know?

[24994J 5662]

 

just saw GMA weekend and it appears they got GMA's sloppy seconds. They received the old GMA desk from before the update and use removable panels with the circular wood design on the nightline set.

 

Not quite. They remodeled before Times Square got a refresh.

 

 

 

Why don't they use the same set? Anyone know?

 

Times Square is rented by the hour. Yes, Disney owns the building, but somehow ABC News pays. It's cheaper to do the weekend shows uptown, and that's the same reason Nightline went to the headquarters a few years ago.

[localnewswatch 6]

 

Not quite. They remodeled before Times Square got a refresh.

 

 

 

Times Square is rented by the hour. Yes, Disney owns the building, but somehow ABC News pays. It's cheaper to do the weekend shows uptown, and that's the same reason Nightline went to the headquarters a few years ago.

 

That has to be the single most stupid thing I have ever heard.

[NYNewser_676 26]

It's just a business formality because the building is owned by a separate arm of Disney.

[tvnewsjunkie 9]

i don't get why they use the street level studio. They try to give it the illusion of the upstairs location by making the home base background a feed from the upper floors. They also use the new weather board as a fake window, also with an elevated camera feed. Why don't they just use the upstairs set because they don't really use the windows anymore?

[BehindNYNews 147]

 

i don't get why they use the street level studio. They try to give it the illusion of the upstairs location by making the home base background a feed from the upper floors. They also use the new weather board as a fake window, also with an elevated camera feed. Why don't they just use the upstairs set because they don't really use the windows anymore?

 

Because its faster for everyone to move from inside and outside.

[Jess 1116]

 

That has to be the single most stupid thing I have ever heard.

 

The Times Square thing is nothing. I've been privy to the inner workings of Time Warner. You have not heard the fights between Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. over their content. Or the fact that Adult Swim was pissed off that TBS co-opted their rights to Family Guy.

 

There is a reason the AOL Time Warner merger failed miserably. They wanted synergy, and Time Warner is literally the place where synergy goes to die.

[CircleSeven 1963]

The Times Square thing is nothing. I've been privy to the inner workings of Time Warner. You have not heard the fights between Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. over their content. Or the fact that Adult Swim was pissed off that TBS co-opted their rights to Family Guy.

 

There is a reason the AOL Time Warner merger failed miserably. They wanted synergy, and Time Warner is literally the place where synergy goes to die.

Why can't they all just get along? TBS & Adult Swim are under the same boat?!! Besides Family Guy & American Dad are aired 25 million times a day. It isn't like the consumers are going to miss a beat.

[mountainave 612]

Now that I'm seeing Ginger at the new weather center regularly, it seems evident that those monitors were well placed for someone of Sam's size. Ginger looks a bit dwarfed. They ought to consider lowering the monitors a few inches (though the setup looks fixed) or placing a platform for her to step up onto.

[mountainave 612]

Great versatility

 

[jtgh922 18]

I wouldn't be surprised if the weekday GMA moved back to ABC HQ. They have moved all ABC Programming their recently, even This Week is in NY now! They could give GMA a much bigger space as well. They by far have the smallest set in morning TV right now.