iron_lion 126 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) 13 hours ago, RCA TK47 said: I started taking a look at GMA again recently after not watching it for decades. I kid you not... let's just say the last time I really watched was the Hartman/Gibson/Lunden eras. Yup, call me Rip Van Winkle; I'm that old. Hey, I was busy at work putting food on the table and a roof over my head. I've recently had some time away from work and decided to take a peek. The program nowadays is an unwatchable trainwreck of show stacking, plus a 2 hour Disney Corporation infomercial. Agreed. GMA is just over the top tabloid, with frequent usage of "breaking overnight", "shocking" and "dramatic video". (Today is following suit). There's some good bits you can get out of the first 30-45 minutes, but that's about it. I find myself tolerating Weekend GMA better. I don't' mind a distinction in the morning shows. One being the high energy show like current GMA or the Today Show in Australia, one being the slower paced more intellectual program like CBS This Morning or the old U.S. Today show, etc.. . But GMA can be unwatchable at times especially with the silly Disney promotion and celebrity fluff. The current Today Show is a bit less extreme but still flawed. Today seems to be going the more human interest, "authentic moments", emotional, laugh, cry, lifestyle" route. But GMA is still number one, either because audiences haven't seen older GMA and Today to make a comparison, or TV viewers are just making the best out of the current crop of morning shows. Overall, CBS This Morning IMO is the best out of the bunch, news and lifestyle discussion wise. Edited January 21 by iron_lion 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GodfreyGR 53 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 12 hours ago, MorningNews said: A lot of these criticisms are not unique to GMA only, most modern day morning television has become a glorified infomercial all across the globe. Fact. "Today" has plugged the hell out of "Peacock" the last couple months on the show, and "CTM" loves having Simon & Shuster authors (co-owned with CBS) on regularly as well as giving rave reviews to that NFL game on Nickelodeon earlier this month. Is there anything wrong with plugging sister networks/companies? Of course not. But it seems to be happening way more than ever on morning TV. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Newsjunkie24 130 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 10 hours ago, iron_lion said: Agreed. GMA is just over the top tabloid, with frequent usage of "breaking overnight", "shocking" and "dramatic video". (Today is following suit). There's some good bits you can get out of the first 30-45 minutes, but that's about it. I find myself tolerating Weekend GMA better. I don't' mind a distinction in the morning shows. One being the high energy show like current GMA or the Today Show in Australia, one being the slower paced more intellectual program like CBS This Morning or the old U.S. Today show, etc.. . But GMA can be unwatchable at times especially with the silly Disney promotion and celebrity fluff. The current Today Show is a bit less extreme but still flawed. Today seems to be going the more human interest, "authentic moments", emotional, laugh, cry, lifestyle" route. But GMA is still number one, either because audiences haven't seen older GMA and Today to make a comparison, or TV viewers are just making the best out of the current crop of morning shows. Overall, CBS This Morning IMO is the best out of the bunch, news and lifestyle discussion wise. GMA seems to be using the same usage that WNT uses. Over the top dramatic reporting. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MorningNews 701 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 On 1/16/2021 at 10:37 AM, Daybreak said: I hate the new desk that debut this morning. The desk is back this morning with some modifications. I don’t absolutely hate it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
24994J 3,531 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 The logo is white and the whole desk is blue, and thankfully, they removed the D-shape wings. It's perfectly acceptable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gavin 115 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 On 1/16/2021 at 10:37 AM, Daybreak said: I hate the new desk that debut this morning. I hate it, who's in charge of set modifications on the show. I hope it's not George Or Robin. Like how David had control over the graphics and look of his show. I hope Robin or George aren't in charge of the Good Morning America look cause this desk sucks it looks awful and lights everywhere and it's all over the place!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MorningNews 701 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Just for clarity this is the modified desk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
24994J 3,531 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 3 hours ago, Gavin said: I hope it's not George Or Robin. [...] I hope Robin or George aren't in charge of the Good Morning America look... No, it's Michael. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gavin 115 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 2 hours ago, 24994J said: No, it's Michael. No I'm serious who in control!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRAP-TV 87 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 2 hours ago, MorningNews said: Just for clarity this is the modified desk. Cool! Now they need to fix the rest of the set... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wabceyewitness 433 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Nothing on the set matches. Even their promo department hates the new set — all the promos use footage from the previous set. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Action Newsroom 743 Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 5 hours ago, MorningNews said: It looks much better. Much more tolerable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wabceyewitness 433 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 The modified desk has made its first weekday appearance. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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