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She then was paired with Kevin Newman after Charles Gibson left the show in 1998. However, Good Morning America, which had been struggling in the ratings, continued to perform poorly. Both she and Newman were replaced in 1999 and reassigned to other duties within ABC News.
The anchor stated that she was replaced with a “30-year-old version” of herself, referring to Lisa McRee, who hosted the program with Kevin Newman for a brief two years after Lunden’s exit. McRee, now 61, is an anchor on Spectrum News in California.
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- Raven Brunner – Decider
Nov 19, 2015 · Gibson then toasted with Lisa McRee and Kevin Newman, co-anchors from 1998 to 1999, before moving to Diane Sawyer, his co-anchor from 1999 to 2005. Sawyer and Gibson then toasted Robin Roberts, a member of their team from 2005 to 2006, who then toasted with her current co-anchors, George Stephanopoulos and Lara Spencer.
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- Joan Lunden and Charlie Gibson Were Replaced
- Things Didn’T Go Well For Mcree and Newman
- Newman Reflected on His Short ‘GMA’ Tenure
The chemistry between anchors Joan Lunden and Charlie Gibson was spot-on. They connected with viewers and the pairing of his serious journalism “chops” and her warmth were the perfect morning combination. In 1997, when GMA‘s ratings took a tumble, the 47-year-old Lunden announced her departure and was replaced by 36-year-old anchor Lisa McRee, who ...
Right off the bat, once the new pair assumed the anchors’ seats on GMA in 1998, the ratings dropped. It’s not clear what exactly failed to work in their partnership, but viewers weren’t buying it, as journalist Brian Stelter noted in his book, Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV. “Nothing was right, singly or in combination...
Sixty-year-old Newman mused on his time on the morning show in this excerpt from his book, All Out, which he co-wrote with his son, Alex. “I wanted to stop pretending to be a QB, or a Matt Lauer, or Optimal Kevin,” Newman wrote in 2015. “I wanted a job where I could be myself and people would value what I had to offer. It’s one thing to feel desper...
Dec 23, 2010 · Newman, who co-hosted the program briefly with Lisa McRee from 1998-1999, wrote in MacLean's that the film "Morning Glory" brought back bad memories from his time at ABC. Newman writes that he was offered the position "in a hasty mid-afternoon phone call" from ABC News President David Westin.
May 31, 1998 · Profile of and interview with Kevin Newman, 38-year-old, Toronto-born television newsman who has been named co-host, with Lisa McRee, of ABC's Good Morning America; photo of Newman...
Nov 19, 2015 · December 1, 2023. Lisa McRee and Kevin Newman come back to the "World News Now" set to reminisce about their show experience.
