Good Morning America

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13 hours ago, RCA TK47 said:

 

I started taking a look at GMA again recently after not watching it for decades.  I kid you not... let's just say the last time I really watched was the Hartman/Gibson/Lunden eras.  Yup, call me Rip Van Winkle; I'm that old.  Hey, I was busy at work putting food on the table and a roof over my head.  I've recently had some time away from work and decided to take a peek.  The program nowadays is an unwatchable trainwreck of show stacking,  plus a 2 hour Disney Corporation infomercial.  

Agreed. GMA is just over the top tabloid, with frequent usage of "breaking overnight", "shocking" and "dramatic video". (Today is following suit). There's some good bits you can get out of the first 30-45 minutes, but that's about it. I find myself tolerating Weekend GMA better.

 

I don't' mind a distinction in the morning shows. One being the high energy show like current GMA or the Today Show in Australia, one being the slower paced more intellectual program like CBS This Morning or the old U.S. Today show, etc.. . But GMA can be unwatchable at times especially with the silly Disney promotion and celebrity fluff.

 

The current Today Show is a bit less extreme but still flawed. Today seems to be going the more human interest, "authentic moments", emotional, laugh, cry, lifestyle" route. But GMA is still number one, either because audiences haven't seen older GMA and Today to make a comparison, or TV viewers are just making the best out of the current crop of morning shows. Overall, CBS This Morning IMO is the best out of the bunch, news and lifestyle discussion wise. 

Edited January 21, 2021 by iron_lion

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12 hours ago, MorningNews said:

A lot of these criticisms are not unique to GMA only, most modern day morning television has become a glorified infomercial all across the globe.

 

 

Fact. "Today" has plugged the hell out of "Peacock" the last couple months on the show, and "CTM" loves having Simon & Shuster authors (co-owned with CBS) on regularly as well as giving rave reviews to that NFL game on Nickelodeon earlier this month. Is there anything wrong with plugging sister networks/companies? Of course not. But it seems to be happening way more than ever on morning TV.

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10 hours ago, iron_lion said:

Agreed. GMA is just over the top tabloid, with frequent usage of "breaking overnight", "shocking" and "dramatic video". (Today is following suit). There's some good bits you can get out of the first 30-45 minutes, but that's about it. I find myself tolerating Weekend GMA better.

 

I don't' mind a distinction in the morning shows. One being the high energy show like current GMA or the Today Show in Australia, one being the slower paced more intellectual program like CBS This Morning or the old U.S. Today show, etc.. . But GMA can be unwatchable at times especially with the silly Disney promotion and celebrity fluff.

 

The current Today Show is a bit less extreme but still flawed. Today seems to be going the more human interest, "authentic moments", emotional, laugh, cry, lifestyle" route. But GMA is still number one, either because audiences haven't seen older GMA and Today to make a comparison, or TV viewers are just making the best out of the current crop of morning shows. Overall, CBS This Morning IMO is the best out of the bunch, news and lifestyle discussion wise. 

 

GMA seems to be using the same usage that WNT uses. Over the top dramatic reporting.

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On 1/16/2021 at 10:37 AM, Daybreak said:

I hate the new desk that debut this morning. 

The desk is back this morning with some modifications. I don’t absolutely hate it.

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The logo is white and the whole desk is blue, and thankfully, they removed the D-shape wings. It's perfectly acceptable.

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On 1/16/2021 at 10:37 AM, Daybreak said:

I hate the new desk that debut this morning. 

 I hate it, who's in charge of set modifications on the show. I hope it's not George Or Robin. Like how David had control over the graphics and look of his show. I hope Robin or George aren't in charge of the Good Morning America look cause this desk sucks it looks awful and lights everywhere and it's all over the place!!!

[MorningNews 1483]

Just for clarity this is the modified desk.

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3 hours ago, Gavin said:

 I hope it's not George Or Robin. [...] I hope Robin or George aren't in charge of the Good Morning America look...

 

No, it's Michael.

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2 hours ago, 24994J said:

 

No, it's Michael.

No I'm serious who in control!!!

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2 hours ago, MorningNews said:

Just for clarity this is the modified desk.

Cool! Now they need to fix the rest of the set...

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Nothing on the set matches. Even their promo department hates the new set — all the promos use footage from the previous set. 

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5 hours ago, MorningNews said:

 

It looks much better. Much more tolerable.

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The modified desk has made its first weekday appearance.  
 

 

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This new desk is starting to look familiar.  Just needs some flowers in front.

Edited March 14, 2021 by Camera1

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13 hours ago, Camera1 said:

This new desk is starting to look familiar.  Just needs some flowers in front.

if only morning news sets could look that great again.

Edited March 14, 2021 by iron_lion

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After 49 years of sporting the gap, Michael decided to get his teeth done and close it. I’m so surprised he did it! 

[24994J 5621]

$20 says it's laying the groundwork for April 1st. It's helps that he's off this week, and doesn't have to be seen each morning to confirm whether this is for real or not.

[MorningNews 1483]

My thoughts exactly. Michael did a campaign about 2 weeks ago on being proud of his gap and keeping it so I think this is an elaborate April Fools joke but either way he looks great with and without.

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On 3/30/2021 at 10:10 PM, 24994J said:

$20 says it's laying the groundwork for April 1st. It's helps that he's off this week, and doesn't have to be seen each morning to confirm whether this is for real or not.

Welp you called it! LOL  

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Stephanopoulos and Roberts will both serve as Jeopardy guest hosts, announced today.

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GMA started using the cold open greeting with a shot of the anchors at the desk before getting to the headlines this morning for the first time since the start of the pandemic. A very pleasant way to start the show. 

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I think they’re doing a great job considering what they’re up against.  Network ratings are down across the board.

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I'm seeing an additional 10am ET hour of GMA. I don't see a live bug on screen, so not sure if it's pre-redorded during the 9a ET hour when affiliates are airing local morning news, or if it's a repeat of the 8 a.m. ET hour?

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4 minutes ago, iron_lion said:

I'm seeing an additional 10am ET hour of GMA. I don't see a live bug on screen, so not sure if it's pre-redorded during the 9a ET hour when affiliates are airing local morning news, or if it's a repeat of the 8 a.m. ET hour?

It's a live second hour, but some stations preempt it until 10 for local newscasts (e.g. WPVI).