GMA3: What You Need To Know

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GMA3
GMA3 What You Need to Know Logo.png
Also known asGMA Day (2018–19)
GMA3: Strahan & Sara (2019)
GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke (2019–20)
Pandemic: What You Need to Know (2020)
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020–present)
GenreNews and talk
Created byJames Goldston
Catherine McKenzie
Directed byLily Olszewski
Presented byAmy Robach
T. J. Holmes
Jennifer Ashton
Michael Strahan
Sara Haines
Keke Palmer
Narrated byRandy Thomas
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersJustin Dial (senior exec.)
Catherine McKenzie (both 2020-present)
Production locationsTimes Square Studios, New York City
Running time60 minutes (approx. 35-36 minutes excluding commercials)
Production companyABC News Productions
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseSeptember 10, 2018 (2018-09-10) –
present (present)
Chronology
Preceded byGood Afternoon America
Related showsGood Morning America
External links
Website

GMA3: What You Need To Know (often shortened to simply GMA3) is an American daytime news program broadcast by ABC. Hosted by Amy Robach and T. J. Holmes, it is a spin-off of ABC's national morning show Good Morning America.

The series originally premiered on September 10, 2018, as GMA Day. Hosted by Michael Strahan and Sara Haines, it replaced The Chew (a canceled cooking talk show which, in turn, replaced ABC's canceled soap opera All My Children) on ABC's daytime lineup. In late January 2019, the program was rebranded as Strahan & Sara to place a larger emphasis on its hosts. After filling in for Haines while she was on maternity leave, actress Keke Palmer joined the program as a third co-host in August 2019, with the program being subsequently renamed to GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke.

On March 17, 2020, the program was suspended due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, with ABC replacing it with Pandemic: What You Need To Know—a newscast produced by ABC News Live to cover topics relating to the pandemic. By June, the program had expanded its scope and adopted its current title, with industry sources and Palmer (absent any official statements by ABC) suggesting that Strahan, Sara & Keke had been canceled.

History[]

Precursor[]

Following the cancellation of ABC's short-lived daytime talk show The Revolution (a canceled replacement of One Life to Live), ABC aired an afternoon spin-off of Good Morning America titled Good Afternoon America as an interim replacement from July to September 2012.[1] Hosted by Josh Elliott and Lara Spencer, the program filled the 2:00 p.m. ET/PT timeslot until September 10, when General Hospital was moved up into the timeslot, and ABC gave the 3:00 p.m. hour back to its affiliates.[2] ABC promoted the limited-run series as primarily focusing on celebrity and pop culture topics.[3][4][2] It departed from that format once to provide live coverage of the aftermath of the Aurora theater shooting.

Premiere[]

Former logo as GMA Day

On May 23, 2018, ABC announced that it had canceled The Chew, and that the program would be replaced by a new third hour of Good Morning America.[5][6] In July 2018, the title of the program was announced as GMA Day, with Michael Strahan and Sara Haines serving as co-hosts.[7]

On January 28, 2019, the show was rebranded as Strahan & Sara, with a new logo and updated studio. Variety reported that the decision was meant to partially downplay its ties to Good Morning America by placing a larger emphasis on its hosts, in a similar manner to Today with Hoda & Jenna. The show's initial ratings in the first half of the season had been slightly weaker than those of The Chew, declining from a 2 million viewer average to between 1.7 and 1.9 million viewers.[8]

With Haines going on a maternity leave after the birth of her third child in June 2019, actress Keke Palmer began filling in as a co-host in the same month.[9] On July 31, 2019, it was reported that Palmer would join the show full-time as a third host, as the network said viewers had found Palmer to be an appealing co-host with good chemistry with Strahan and Haines. On August 26, 2019, the series was rebranded as GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke to reflect her new role.[10][11]

What You Need To Know (March 2020–present)[]

GMA3 logo used in Summer 2020

On March 11, 2020, ABC announced that the series along with its morning counterpart would suspend in-studio audiences "for the time being" due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, following a similar decision made by the network and Disney–ABC Domestic Television for their other talk shows, including The View, Live with Kelly and Ryan, and Tamron Hall.[12] In any case, the program would have been heavily pre-empted, as the noon hour was chosen by most local and state authorities to provide up-to-date COVID-19 briefings to the public.

On March 17, as part of a realignment of ABC News programming to provide additional coverage of the pandemic, ABC announced that it would temporarily replace Strahan, Sara & Keke with Pandemic: What You Need To Know. The program is produced by ABC News' streaming channel ABC News Live and anchored by Amy Robach, with contributions by ABC News chief medical correspondent Jennifer Ashton.[13]

Despite being billed as a temporary replacement, the program would remain in ABC's lineup indefinitely, and eventually began to cover topics unrelated to COVID-19 (such as the George Floyd protests), resulting in its rebranding as GMA3: What You Need To Know in June of that year.[14] On July 2, multiple sources confirmed to the New York Post's Page Six that the What You Need to Know format would remain permanent for the hour going forward (including the hiring of the hour's temporary executive producer, Catherine McKenzie, into a permanent position as EP).[15] On August 2, 2020, still absent official confirmation from ABC, Palmer stated on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen that Strahan, Sara & Keke had been canceled.[16]

On September 18, 2020, GMA correspondent T. J. Holmes was announced as a new co-host beginning on September 21.[17] Upon his arrival, the show underwent a reimaging, including an updated logo and studio.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ Steinberg, Brian (September 6, 2018). "Michael Strahan, Sara Haines Will Carry 'GMA' From Morning to Afternoon". Variety. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (June 26, 2012). "'General Hospital' To Move To New 2 PM Slot On September 10". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  3. ^ O'Connell, Michael. "Josh Elliott, Lara Spencer to Anchor 'Good Afternoon America'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  4. ^ "ABC Names Josh Elliott And Lara Spencer To Host 'Good Afternoon America' Run". Deadline Hollywood. May 21, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  5. ^ Steinberg, Brian (May 23, 2018). "ABC Will Replace 'The Chew' With Afternoon Hour of 'Good Morning America'". Variety. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  6. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 23, 2018). "'Good Morning America' Expands To 3 Hours, 'The Chew' Canceled By ABC After 7 Seasons". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  7. ^ Pedersen, Erik (July 23, 2018). "ABC News Confirms Sara Haines Leaving 'The View' To Do Third Hour Of 'GMA' With Michael Strahan – Update". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  8. ^ Steinberg, Brian (January 28, 2019). "'GMA Day' Gets New Title at ABC: 'Strahan and Sara' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  9. ^ Eversley, Melanie (June 10, 2019). "Keke Palmer to cohost on Strahan & Sara this summer with Michael Strahan". theGrio. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  10. ^ Swift, Andy (July 31, 2019). "Keke Palmer Joining Strahan & Sara as Full-Time Co-Host — Report". TVLine. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  11. ^ Steinberg, Brian (August 26, 2019). "ABC Makes More Changes to its 'GMA' Extension". Variety. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  12. ^ Porter, Rick (March 11, 2020). "Coronavirus Prompts Changes for TV Shows With Live Audiences". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  13. ^ Steinberg, Brian (March 17, 2020). "ABC Will Suspend 'Strahan, Sara & Keke' in Favor of Coronavirus News Show". Variety. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  14. ^ "ABC tweaks 'Strahan, Sara and Keke'-'What You Need to Know' hour name again". NewscastStudio. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  15. ^ Greer, Carlos (July 2, 2020). "'Strahan, Sara and Keke' canceled by ABC". New York Post. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  16. ^ Petski, Denise (August 3, 2020). "Keke Palmer Says She "Expected" Her 'Good Morning America' Show Would Be Canceled". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  17. ^ Johnson, Ted (September 18, 2020). "T.J. Holmes To Join Amy Robach As Co-Anchor Of 'GMA 3: What You Need To Know'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  18. ^ "ABC's 'What You Call It,' err, 'What You Need to Know,' gets another new iteration". NewscastStudio. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
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