Good Morning America

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A rather significant set update this morning, with the debut of a brand new desk in a new location. In what is likely a poor concept over the long run, the home base is essentially in the middle of the 1st floor studio, using the weather wall (don't know if weather has moved) as a distant backdrop. I like the desk (hated the last one, still love the 2nd version of the ribbon one), though the logo placement is a little too distorted with the desk front's sharp curve. It makes me wonder if new graphics or at least an update are coming soon, seeing how new desks seem to come around the same time.

 

 

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Boy, they must be printing out money over at GMA for them to be getting set refreshes every few years. At this rate, GMA and The View probably have a warehouse filled with old set pieces that get canned after very little use.

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I like it too.

The desk is slick (although the vertical version logo doesn't look right), and its placement in the middle of the first floor set is okay (though not great).

 

The updates over the last few years could make your head spin though. Time to tone it down, I guess.

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I like the desk and the look A LOT!

 

Haven't seen the show in so long. Have things changed from where they were last year? Is Michael still there as a 3rd co-anchor?

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I like the desk and the look A LOT!

 

Haven't seen the show in so long. Have things changed from where they were last year? Is Michael still there as a 3rd co-anchor?

Yes, but he's almost always off on Mondays after football, though he and Jesse were live in Houston. No one gets to sit at the desk in his absence, though George and Robin still get a fill-in. Amy will get to sit in at 8, in place of Michael or Lara, and Lara isn't really seen til then, anyway.

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The weekend Pop News segment has been without a regular anchor since Sara Haines moved to The View full-time. WNN anchor Diane Macedo has seen the most airtime in the role, but they appear to still be auditioning someone for the role, based on this video. After losing the 6pm SportsCenter anchor chair, ESPN-er Lindsay Czarniak recorded a test run with Dan Harris, but I have a feeling she's not going to make the cut.

 

I challenge any of you to make it even halfway through this (before it's taken down, of course)...

 

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No.. She's not the answer, that's all I'm going to say. Those roles were made specifically with people like Lara Spencer and Sara Haines in mind. I never really liked the chick who did it before Sara (Rachel Smith??)

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I made it to 45 seconds before stopping, and it already felt excruciating.

Every time she pauses, it feels like 5 seconds have passed.

She's definitely not the one.

(...and not just IMO)

[jbnews 344]

Too boring. I lasted about 25 seconds.

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She did a pretty good job in my opinion. With the rest of the anchors there, some graphics, etc., I'm sure it would go even smoother. I may be a little biased, I watched Lindsay co-host the NBC4 Washington talk show Daily Connection (where she met husband Craig Melvin). If it's not GMA, it's gonna be something big because she's quite talented

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Does ABC have a standardized affiliate ticker design for GMA and ATM like CBS and NBC? WMAR currently just uses the national news ticker. If it's not standard what designs do affiliates use?

 

Additionally is the bug where the show logo, time and temp inserted locally (as opposed to just the time/temp)? I ask because sometimes the bug doesn't appear immediately and doesn't appear to be lined up with the rest of the graphics? Or is it just a design to add depth - which doesn't make sense as their graphics are flat.

 

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Amy sits at the desk and reads the headlines during the first half hour again. Not sure when they made the change again but I like it. Amy is one of the strongest on the show and needs to be utilized as such.

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Does ABC have a standardized affiliate ticker design for GMA and ATM like CBS and NBC? WMAR currently just uses the national news ticker. If it's not standard what designs do affiliates use?

 

Additionally is the bug where the show logo, time and temp inserted locally (as opposed to just the time/temp)? I ask because sometimes the bug doesn't appear immediately and doesn't appear to be lined up with the rest of the graphics? Or is it just a design to add depth - which doesn't make sense as their graphics are flat.

 

It's pretty much 'fill the space to the pixel' for the local ticker; font doesn't matter. And from what I've seen, the T/T bug works off the same system as the affiliate logo system; you'll never see both elements appear at the same time.

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It's pretty much 'fill the space to the pixel' for the local ticker; font doesn't matter. And from what I've seen, the T/T bug works off the same system as the affiliate logo system; you'll never see both elements appear at the same time.

 

Okay, so it sounds like the ticker is a separate device and likely a general CG unit at the station opposed to the one box solution at NBC and CBS.

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In my opinion, Kevin Newman should have been teamed with Diane Sawyer.

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That's pretty random...but I think they could have worked out well. I think ABC wanted a younger fresher version of Joan Lunden and Diane Sawyer wasn't really that.

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Jesse Palmer is leaving GMA for DailyMailTV. It sucks because Jesse is a good host and fits in well.

 

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/jesse-palmer-leaving-abc-news-for-dailymailtv/337821

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Damn. This does suck. He was great on GMA when they actually let him on TV and I prefer him over Michael almost a thousand times over.

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They need to get rid of Michael or at least reassign him.

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and so we know Ginger Zee is Pregnant with another baby boy

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Jesse Palmer is leaving GMA for DailyMailTV. It sucks because Jesse is a good host and fits in well.

 

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/jesse-palmer-leaving-abc-news-for-dailymailtv/337821

First time I saw Jesse was a few weeks ago on $100,000 Pyramid, which Michael hosts. Was surprised how quick and on point he was with the game play.

 

They mentioned he was part of GMA - thought he was part of the weekend team. Didn't realize he had come on the weekday show a year before Michael.

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Noticed that Matt Gutman subbed in for Dan Harris on GMA Weekend earlier in August.

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Sure did. I like Matt in the field or on WNT, he doesn't have the right chemistry with others to make him valuable on morning tv.

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It looks like the weekend show is back at the Times Square Studios this morning.

 

Not sure if this is permanent. It would be the first time since 2009 the weekend show is broadcast from TSS.

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GMA weekend is back at TV3 this morning,