AM America

infobox television
show_name = AM America


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format = News program
runtime = 120 minutes (two hours) (including commercials, and local news/weather cut-ins [on some affiliates] )
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starring = Bill Beutel
Stephanie Edwards
country = USA
network = ABC
first_aired = January 6, 1975
last_aired = October 31, 1975 On January 6, 1975, "AM America" premiered on ABC with Bill Beutel and Stephanie Edwards as co-hosts. Peter Jennings gave news reports throughout the program. On April 25, 1975, British comedy troupe Monty Python made one of their earliest American television appearances on "AM America" (all original members except for John Cleese appeared). [http://youtube.com/watch?v=PfmS-DM8Jc0] Due to low ratings, "AM America" came to an end on October 31, 1975, when it was replaced with a more well-known, more successful effort, "Good Morning America".

Logo

The logo for "AM America" had the letters A and M colored in blue, while the rest of the word "America" was colored in red. The "AM" was overlapped with "America" and it looked a lot like the text was shortened to just "AMERICA". Also, a star was placed inside the "A".