Good Day L.A.

Good Day L.A.
Good Day L.A.
	The blue logo of Good Day L.A. was introduced in March 26, 2018
Genre	Morning news
Presented by	Brooke Thomas (2021-present); Amanda Salas (2017-present); Maria Quiban (2011–present); Araksya Karapetyan (2012-2017; 2018-present); Tony McEwing (2018-present); Soumada Khan (2016-present); Stu Mundel (2020-present); Michaela Pereira (2020-present)
Opening theme	"Good Day" by Gari Media Group
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Josh Kaplan, Hayley Herst
Production locations	Fox Television Center, South Bundy Drive, West Los Angeles, California
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	330 minutes
Production companies	Fox Television Stations, Inc
Release
Original network	KTTV
Picture format	NTSC; HDTV 720p
Original release	June 18, 1993 –; present
External links
	Website

Good Day L.A. is an American morning television news and entertainment program airing on KTTV (channel 11), a Fox owned-and-operated television station in Los Angeles, California, owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of Fox Corporation. The program broadcasts each weekday morning from 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. Pacific Time. The program features news, traffic, weather, and entertainment segments (including celebrity interviews, which are mainly done in studio, but occasionally via satellite). The program also features weekly segments on finance, tech, wellness, and food.

History[]

Good Day L.A. debuted on June 18, 1993. At its inception, it was a two-hour newscast utilizing the then-traditional "overnight headlines and traffic/weather" morning news format, originally anchored by Antonio Mora and Susan Lichtman. Mark Thompson moved from the station's 10 p.m. newscast to serve as its weather anchor; Dagny Hultgreen served as the entertainment anchor; and Suzanne Dunn was the traffic reporter, reporting from the station's news helicopter Sky 11 (now SkyFox). A weekend public affairs show with the same name aired during the 1980s.

The format was unsuccessful, and the show had suffered from frequent anchor turnover. Mora left for ABC News and was replaced by Thompson and later Tony McEwing (who has anchored the early morning Fox 11 Morning News since its 1993 launch). Hultgreen was replaced by Lonnie Lardner; Dunn was replaced by Will Kohlschreiber.

The show was retooled in March 1995 when Steve Edwards was brought in as anchor alongside Jillian Barberie (now Jillian Reynolds) as weather anchor (swapping positions with Thompson, who took over her former post reporting weather on the station's 10 p.m. newscast), and Dorothy Lucey handling the entertainment reports; Rod Bernsen took over the traffic reports from the helicopter, and McEwing reported headlines from the newsroom.

In mid-2012, the show saw its first major lineup change in nearly two decades with the departure of Lucey, whose contract was not renewed in May. Around the same time, Reynolds was offered to work on a freelance basis and began appearing less frequently on the program.^[1] Unsatisfied with the demotion, Reynolds chose to leave completely in September of that year. At the same time of Reynolds' departure, frequent guest host Maria Sansone was made a full-time co-host of the program, alongside Edwards. The two were later joined by Araksya Karapetyan who served as a third host/anchor with regular contributions from Lisa Breckenridge, Marla Tellez, and Tony McEwing.^[2]^[3]

Both Lisa Breckenridge and Maria Sansone were let go from the show in January 2017 unannounced. For a short period, the broadcast was hosted by just Edwards and Karapetyan before the latter was moved to the channel's early morning newscast. Liz Habib then joined as the show's new co-anchor. On December 4, 2017, Megan Colarossi joined the show as the new co-anchor alongside Edwards replacing Habib who returned to be a sports anchor. The teaming lasted just one week, as Edwards was let go by KTTV.^{[citation needed]}

Good Day Live[]

In 2001, Good Day L.A. spun off a nationally syndicated program called Good Day Live, an hour-long version of the local show with the same hosts; the program, which featured the same format as Good Day L.A. (although with more of an emphasis on entertainment news, interviews, and feature stories rather than news headlines), was distributed by Twentieth Television and was originally launched on the Fox Television Stations, the parent of KTTV which operates Fox's owned-and-operated stations. Jillian Barberie was fired from the show and Dorothy Lucey left the syndicated version in 2004, yet both continued to host the L.A.-based version. They were replaced by Arthel Neville and Debbie Matenopoulos. Good Day Live was canceled a year later due to low ratings.

Expansion to three hours[]

Following the cancelation of Good Day Live, KTTV expanded Good Day L.A. to three hours, running until 10 a.m. local time (becoming the first Fox-owned station, and one of the earliest stations not affiliated with the Big Three networks, to expand their morning newscast into the 9 a.m. hour). Also in 2005, Good Day L.A. added a Sunday edition of the program that was hosted by Robb Weller, Nischelle Turner and Elizabeth Espinosa (in July 2006, the Good Day L.A. branding was removed from the Sunday edition and the format was changed to a more straightforward newscast; Turner and Espinosa were reassigned to other news programs, but Weller remained and co-anchored the Sunday morning newscast with Gina Silva until that program was cancelled by the end of the decade).

Expansion to five and a half hours[]

KTTV expanded Good Day L.A. to five and a half hours on December 10, 2018, incorporating the morning news program that began at 4:30 a.m. into the show. The 4:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. part of the show is anchored by Araksya Karapetyan & Tony McEwing. The 7:30 a.m.-10a.m. is hosted by Elex Michaelson, Megan Colarossi, Rita Garcia, Vanessa Borge, weather anchor Maria Quiban, entertainment reporter Julie Chang, and traffic reporters Rick Dickert and Soumada Khan.

On March 4, 2019, Good Day L.A. changed its anchor lineup. The 4:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. part is hosted by Dan Cohen and Rita Garcia, the 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. part is hosted by Araksya Karapetyan and Tony McEwing, and the 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. part is hosted by Megan Colarossi and Vanessa Borge.

Expansion to six hours[]

KTTV expanded Good Day L.A. to six hours on April 1, 2019.

Notable personalities[]

Current on-air staff[]

Anchors[]

Brooke Thomas: 4 a.m.-5 a.m. host/reporter
Soumada Khan: 4 a.m.–7 a.m. weather/traffic anchor
Stu Mundel: SkyFox reporter
Araksya Karapetyan: 5 a.m.–10 a.m. host/reporter
Michaela Pereira: 7 a.m.–10 a.m. host
Tony McEwing: 5 a.m.–10 a.m. host/reporter
Maria Quiban: 7 a.m.–10 a.m. weather/social media anchor
Amanda Salas: entertainment anchor

Reporters[]

Sandra Endo: reporter
Gigi Graciette : field reporter
Mario Ramirez: reporter
Gina Silva: reporter

Former on-air staff[]

Lisa Breckenridge : entertainment and lifestyle correspondent
Dan Cohen: host
Steve Edwards: host and news/opinion anchor
Dorothy Lucey : co-host/entertainment reporter
Lisa McRee : fill-in anchor
Jillian Reynolds : co-host/weather anchor
Lauren Sanchez : entertainment reporter
Maria Sansone : co-host and news anchor
Mark Thompson : weather reporter
: co-host and news anchor (now anchor, KTTV FOX 11 News at 5, 6, 7, & 10 p.m.)
Megan Colarossi: co-host/reporter
Julie Chang: entertainment anchor
Rick Dickert: weather/traffic anchor (now chief meteorologist, KTTV FOX 11 News at 5, 6, & 10 p.m.)
Rita Garcia: host/reporter

KTTV morning newscasts[]

The station's early morning newscast, Fox 11 Morning News, premiered alongside Good Day L.A. in June 1993; it was originally anchored by Diana Koricke and Tony McEwing, with veteran KTTV reporter and former anchor Tony Valdez serving as an occasional fill-in anchor. Koricke left television news in June 1996 and was replaced on the broadcast by Jean Martirez (who joined the station from KCNC-TV in Denver). The show originated as an hour-long newscast beginning at 6 a.m., but was later expanded to 90 minutes, with a 5:30 a.m. start time. In 2004, an additional half-hour was added, expanding the morning newscast to two hours beginning at 5 a.m. (long after many other stations around the country, particularly in markets as large as Los Angeles, expanded their morning newscasts into the 5 a.m. slot). The morning newscast was expanded to 4:30 a.m. in April 2010.

On July 14, 2008, KTTV debuted a half-hour late morning newscast that immediately follows Good Day L.A. at 10:00 a.m. The program is currently anchored by McEwing and Araksya Karapetyan. In December of that year, a half-hour noon broadcast debuted on the station, which was reformatted in September 2011 from a traditional midday newscast to a mix of news and features with Good Day anchors Edwards and Sansone brought in to anchor the broadcast.

In December 2018, Good Day L.A expanded from a three-hour show starting at 7 a.m. to a five-and-a-half-hour show starting at 4:30 a.m.

On April 1, 2019, Good Day L.A. expanded to a six-hour show starting at 4 a.m.

Reception[]

Critics of Good Day L.A. have praised the show for being "so wonderfully bonkers",^[4] particularly in comparison with its competition, including KTLA's morning newscast as well as the national network morning shows seen on ABC, CBS, and NBC.

In other media[]

Clips from Good Day L.A. are frequently shown on the E! comedic television roundup series The Soup. The show features their logo and often showcases interviews or funny moments either in studio or from the field. Clips from this show have appeared on late night talk shows like The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live!

References[]

^ "KTTV's 'Good Day LA' Co-Anchor Dorothy Lucey To Exit, Jillian Reynolds To Freelance". Deadline. May 21, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
^ "Maria Sansone Named New Co-Anchor Of Good Day LA". My FOX LA. September 27, 2012. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
^ "Jillian Barberie Tweets She's No Longer on 'Good Day L.A.'". LAist. September 27, 2012. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
^ "Mayhem in the A.M.: each morning Good Day LA provides some of the best live television around. But first this J. Lo news..." Goliath Business News. Los Angeles Magazine. February 1, 2003. Retrieved September 5, 2009.

External links[]

Good Day L.A. at IMDb

[freelance-1] "KTTV's 'Good Day LA' Co-Anchor Dorothy Lucey To Exit, Jillian Reynolds To Freelance". Deadline. May 21, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.

[sansone-2] "Maria Sansone Named New Co-Anchor Of Good Day LA". My FOX LA. September 27, 2012. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012.

[reynolds-3] "Jillian Barberie Tweets She's No Longer on 'Good Day L.A.'". LAist. September 27, 2012. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2012.

[mayhem-4] "Mayhem in the A.M.: each morning Good Day LA provides some of the best live television around. But first this J. Lo news..." Goliath Business News. Los Angeles Magazine. February 1, 2003. Retrieved September 5, 2009.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]