Michael Strahan will not appear on Good Morning America again this week, as he devotes time to a personal family matter.
19.10.2023 - 01:41 / variety.com
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos and Michael Strahan will soon have to greet ABC’s morning viewers from a decidedly different locale. As part of a larger move by Walt Disney Co., all of the company’s New York properties are slated to move in 2025 to a building in downtown New York in a neighborhood known as Hudson Square. That will include some programs already ensconced in well known studios, such as “GMA” and “Live with Kelly and Mark.” The move won’t isn’t scheduled to take place for some time, but staffers are already coming to grips with how it might affect the program’s standing in TV’s non-stop morning-news wars.
“‘Good Morning America’ is defined by the strength of our team in front of and behind the camera, quality of our reporting, and the long, trusted relationship with our viewers,” ABC News said in a statement. “Moving all ABC News teams to our new state-of-the-art building was a strategic decision that will allow for more collaboration and innovation.” The New York Post previously reported on “GMA’s” looming cross-town transfer. For some staffers, the move might spur optimism.
After all, Disney CEO Bob Iger has implied the company is interested in selling ABC. But plans to move “GMA” to Disney’s new environs might suggest the company wants to keep the show or even ABC News as a whole, even if the linear infrastructure of the network is taken over by a different entity. Times Square has helped boost “GMA” in its long-fought battle with NBC’s “Today” for A.M.
viewers. “Today” regularly sends its anchors out to talk to passers-by at NBC’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan. “GMA” took on some of that spirit when it took up residence in Times Square in a studio that allowed
.Michael Strahan will not appear on Good Morning America again this week, as he devotes time to a personal family matter.
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Good Morning Britain stars Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard appeared to squirm as they tried to avoid the show getting into trouble because of a Hollywood star. The pair were back at the helm of the ITV news programme on Thursday (October 19) with Kate stepping in for Susanna Reid, who announced her two-week break at the end of Wednesday's show.
Good Morning America is leaving its high-profile studio in New York’s Times Square to a new Walt Disney Co. building in Hudson Square.
Good Morning Britain will undergo a huge shake-up as host Susanna Reid announced her departure on Wednesday's show.
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Picture the scene – a secluded beach, a driveway nestled among sun-dappled trees and, at the end of it, a glorious, imposing 19th-century home, originally built for a Scottish whisky baron. You’d be forgiven for thinking that TV star Jean Johansson had brought us to a luxurious property featured on A Place In The Sun – the show she’s hosted for over five years. But this stunning, five-bedroom sandstone building is in fact the home in Ayrshire she shares with her husband of 15 years, former professional footballer Jonatan Johansson, 48, and their 12-year-old son Junior.