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[Glimmer 340]

Eva Pilgrim leaving ABC News to become the new anchor of Inside Edition

[tvnewsbystander 5]

10 minutes ago, Glimmer said:

Eva Pilgrim leaving ABC News to become the new anchor of Inside Edition

It totally makes sense now, it's been odd that they've been going about with GMA3 at the new studio without mentioning anything about Eva or Demarco. If you don't keep track of what's been reported on the New York Post, you think they were simply erased from the third hour altogether. 

My commentary on Demarco and Eva, they had tough shoes to fill replacing Amy and  TJ, who had crazy electric chemistry, which made for good television.

Looks like ABC News is going with a panel format for that hour (which is a much more flexible, safer alternative), or is just keeping the hour warm until they get a big talent to host the slot. 

[Georgie56 3661]

ESPN’ers Joe Buck & Malika Andrews will co-host GMA later this month.

[HanSolo 468]

Good for her. I remember her locally for her stop at WPVI and always thought she was good at ABC. With the flux in the current GMA lineup this is probably a more visible and steady gig. I don’t care for the show, but respect her choice.

[nathannah 2792]

Hopefully the show is restructured around her, because IE has needed a solid refresh for over a decade.

[GraphicsMan 345]

2 hours ago, Glimmer said:

Eva Pilgrim leaving ABC News to become the new anchor of Inside Edition

Interesting move I thought it be Mary Calvi.

[MediaZone4K 2662]

2 hours ago, Glimmer said:

Eva Pilgrim leaving ABC News to become the new anchor of Inside Edition

41 minutes ago, GraphicsMan said:

Interesting move I thought it be Mary Calvi.

Same, really expected Mary to get the role.

[carolinanews4 455]

And now the other shoe has dropped. Demarco is departing GMA3 and ABC News altogether. 
 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/demarco-morgan-exits-gma3-abc-news-1236308249/

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At this point, if it weren't for Live and The View being #1 in their respective ratings, the network might as well move to officially make GMA a full three-hour show.

[GraphicsMan 345]

2 hours ago, carolinanews4 said:

And now the other shoe has dropped. Demarco is departing GMA3 and ABC News altogether. 
 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/demarco-morgan-exits-gma3-abc-news-1236308249/

He always leaving something, he can never stay somewhere a long time dammit Demarco. You got a network job very few journalists get a network job and you leave it, if I was him I would’ve stayed.

[nathannah 2792]

I think in this case he had good reason to walk; whatever they offered beyond 20/20, it's all a downgrade.

[GraphicsMan 345]

21 minutes ago, nathannah said:

I think in this case he had good reason to walk; whatever they offered beyond 20/20, it's all a downgrade.

Correspondent isn’t a bad thing right…

[MediaZone4K 2662]

On 7/7/2025 at 7:11 PM, nathannah said:

I think in this case he had good reason to walk; whatever they offered beyond 20/20, it's all a downgrade.

It sucks for Demarco as he was really enthusiastic --brought to tears even -- when he got the job. But in all fairness this program was unstable from its iteration so he had to have seen this revamp was a possibility.

 

Seems he can land jobs easily so he'll probably be fine. 

 

Compared to Good Afternoon America, and The Chew, ABC has really tried with the 3rd hour of GMA. Surprisingly the show hasn't been cancelled yet. 

Edited July 13, 2025 by MediaZone4K

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1 hour ago, MediaZone4K said:

It sucks for Demarco as he was really enthusiastic --brought to tears even -- when he got the job. But in all fairness this program was unstable from its iteration so he had to have seen this revamp was a possibility.

 

Seems he can land jobs easily so he'll probably be fine. 

 

Compared to Good Afternoon America, The Chew, and The Revolution ABC has really tried with the 1pm ET slot. Surprisingly GMA 3 hasn't been cancelled yet. 

Seems like he bounces around a lot. He only stays at most jobs 3-4 years, so he was due to leave again. 
 

I think GMA3 would work better if it was on at 9AM, but that would likely bump LIVE to 10AM on the east coast, but would create a problem in the other time zones unless THE VIEW and LOCAL NEWS also get bumped back an hour. 

[HanSolo 468]

It creates a problem in the eastern time zone, at least so far as their own stations are concerned. The 10 am newscasts are seemingly important to them, and you can’t realistically move the existing noon newscasts to 1 to create that separation around The View.

 

For now, there is no compelling need to put GMA3 nearer the mothership. Live serves the company’s purposes well, and eventually this transition period will settle down. 

[GodfreyGR 812]

45 minutes ago, TVNewsLover said:

but that would likely bump LIVE to 10AM on the east coast

"Live" doesn't need to be live... KARE airs it on tape delay at 11 central in Minneapolis, and that's Market 15.

[Georgie56 3661]

On 7/9/2025 at 11:46 AM, GodfreyGR said:

"Live" doesn't need to be live... KARE airs it on tape delay at 11 central in Minneapolis, and that's Market 15.

I’ll raise you one. KDFW airs it at 11am too. We’re Market 4.

 

In other news, ABC News is launching a new D+-exclusive show calledWhat You Need To Know. (I couldn’t find a proper place to put it, so the GMA thread was the closest place I could).

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

On 7/9/2025 at 12:46 PM, GodfreyGR said:

"Live" doesn't need to be live... KARE airs it on tape delay at 11 central in Minneapolis, and that's Market 15.

 

Same with WPLG Miami (but Eastern time), come August 4th.

[WeatherandTraffic 63]

Is it just me or is Sam Champion overrated. He seems fake and over the top and basically gets whatever schedule he wants. I feel like having him back on is not really needed.

[nathannah 2792]

He's so many years from retirement and earned the right to rotate his assignments from day to day. Maybe if Rob Marciano had known how to treat other co-workers and especially women he'd be doing the same thing now.

 

I agree Sam is hyped up on all the caffeine and he's not for everyone, but his prime was in bright and cheery 90s news when seriousness was for the longtime 'grumpy old anchor who's too old for this but I'm used to this schedule' and everyone else could be goofy. But he does seriousness well when needed, is great as presenting even without certs, and he still has a 'morning show' mindset that's sorely missed when a lot of the format is now so much news, promotions, and having to regard the chicken sandwich wars like the Gulf War. I'll take his sincere cheer any day of the week.

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On 7/9/2025 at 12:46 PM, GodfreyGR said:

"Live" doesn't need to be live... KARE airs it on tape delay at 11 central in Minneapolis, and that's Market 15.

Having been to a taping of LIVE myself, some segments are pre-recorded, so even when aired "live" it's not entirely live.

Edited August 23, 2025 by MediaZone4K

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1 hour ago, nathannah said:

He's so many years from retirement and earned the right to rotate his assignments from day to day. Maybe if Rob Marciano had known how to treat other co-workers and especially women he'd be doing the same thing now.

 

I agree Sam is hyped up on all the caffeine and he's not for everyone, but his prime was in bright and cheery 90s news when seriousness was for the longtime 'grumpy old anchor who's too old for this but I'm used to this schedule' and everyone else could be goofy. But he does seriousness well when needed, is great as presenting even without certs, and he still has a 'morning show' mindset that's sorely missed when a lot of the format is now so much news, promotions, and having to regard the chicken sandwich wars like the Gulf War. I'll take his sincere cheer any day of the week.

He’s never been my favorite on-air personality but with how stiff and formulaic that show is these days, his personality is needed. He has good chemistry with Robin, George and Lara which is a critical component to these morning shows working.

[wabceyewitness 855]

1 hour ago, MorningNews said:

He’s never been my favorite on-air personality but with how stiff and formulaic that show is these days, his personality is needed. He has good chemistry with Robin, George and Lara which is a critical component to these morning shows working.

 

With Sam back in the mix with Robin, George and Lara, they have 4/5 of the team back the catapulted them to #1 in 2012. 

Edited August 22, 2025 by wabceyewitness

[MediaZone4K 2662]

20 hours ago, wabceyewitness said:

 

With Sam back in the mix with Robin, George and Lara, they have 4/5 of the team back the catapulted them to #1 in 2012. 

It sucks that both Josh and Sam jumped to ship for gigs that did not work out.

[obxwatcher 23]

9 hours ago, MediaZone4K said:

It sucks that both Josh and Sam jumped to ship for gigs that did not work out.

When Sam left for TWC, it was professional and very respectful. Josh called Disney’s bluff and got the Bankers Box to NBC.
 

Funny how Comcast bought them only to keep them on ice for a few years. I’m sure that was the plan.
 

Sam’s place is perfect where he is and should just get GMA3 full-time. That 2012-4 GMA team was their best lineup. 
 

I feel bad for Josh since he seemed to have a good thing at CBSN only for office politics to screw him. He looked very humbled when he came back to GMA for that 40th reunion.