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Dec 11, 2009 · Sawyer is leaving "Good Morning America" to anchor "World News Tonight" beginning December 21. Charles Gibson retired from the position. As the "Golden Girls" theme song "Thank You For Being A ...
Diane Sawyer exited ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Friday with an emotional moment that recalled the biggest story of her time on the show: meeting the children born after their fathers ...
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Dec 31, 2020 · America's sweetheart Diane Sawyer is probably best known for her roles on ABC's World News and Good Morning America — so when she opted to leave that all behind, people were understandably upset ...
- 'GMA' Born of The Ruins of 'A.m. America'
- Enter David Hartman: The Actor Turned Host
- 'GMA' Was Entertainment, 'Today' Was News
- After 4 Years, 'GMA' Catches Up with 'Today'
When a new president of ABC, Fred Silverman, took over the network in the summer of 1975, he put Shanks and another ABC vice president, Ed Vane, in charge of coming up with a true challenger to "Today." The two men combed through lists of names of possible hosts -- 150 or 200 by Vane's recollection. One name was David Hartman. Shanks called Hartman...
Hartman himself was an alternative: He was a famous actor, not a reporter like the co-host of "Today" at the time, Jim Hartz. Hartman played a ranch hand on the Western series "The Virginian," then a doctor on "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" and an English teacher on "Lucas Tanner," all on NBC. In the early 1970s, an executive at NBC "asked if I'd...
There was another important difference between "GMA" and "Today." "GMA" was a product of ABC's entertainment division, not ABC News. It was, as TV critics were quick to point out, "softer" than the "Today" show. While Hartman might dispute the s-word, he said it "had a different look and feel from a traditional news program," including a more conve...
By the end of the decade, four years after "GMA" had launched, the two morning shows were effectively tied -- a position that neither show particularly liked. "GMA" had the momentum, but "Today" was still No. 1. Brokaw vented in a November 1979 conversation with The Associated Press: "I've been reading for two years now that ABC and 'Good Morning A...
Jun 25, 2014 · ABC News on Wednesday announced sweeping changes among its top news personalities, with Diane Sawyer to step down as anchor of the network’s evening newscast in August, replaced by David Muir, a ...
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Oct 21, 2009 · NEW YORK — Since the news broke last month that Diane Sawyer will be leaving ABC’s “Good Morning America” to replace Charles Gibson on the network’s flagship evening broadcast, female ...
Jun 25, 2014 · Diane Sawyer will leave her job as anchor of ABC News' flagship program, World New s, during the last week of August, capping a five-year run at the show and kicking off an anchor shuffle at the ...
