Good Morning America Weekend Edition

infobox television
show_name = Good Morning America Weekend


picture_format = 480i (SDTV),
720p (HDTV)
caption = Good Morning America Weekend logo
format = News program
location = Time Square Studios
New York, New York
runtime = 60 minutes
starring = Bill Weir
(2004–present)
Kate Snow
(2004–present)
Ron Claiborne
(2004–present)
Marysol Castro
(2004–present)
country = USA
network = ABC
last_aired = Present
website = http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/
imdb_id = 0072506
tv_com_id = 1092

"Good Morning America Weekend Edition" is a weekend edition of ABC morning show "Good Morning America". It is filmed in the same studio in New York City's Times Square, as is its weekday counterpart. The current edition is ABC's second attempt at a weekend version of the popular weekday show.

From 1993 to 1999, "Good Morning America Sunday" aired. Hosts were Willow Bay, Aaron Brown, John Hockenberry, Dana King, Lisa McRee, Antonio Mora, Kevin Newman, and Bill Ritter.

ABC found that it needed to start a Saturday edition of the program after several incidents between 2001 and 2003 where the network was the last to break news due to their commitment to airing the ABC Kids block on Saturday mornings, the most serious incident being the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster of 2003, where the network had to balance the need of breaking the tragic news with the cartoons being aired for a young audience while the news broke and federal E/I requirements. The network's affiliates were disappointed in ABC News not providing full coverage, and had to depend on feeds from CNN and APTN News.

The current version debuted on September 4, 2004 with John Green as executive producer, Max Schindler director, and Bill Weir and Kate Snow as co-anchors. Ron Claiborne is the news anchor and Marysol Castro is the weather anchor. Castro also reports on a wide range of subjects from lifestyle trends to breaking news and entertainment. All four have substitute anchored on the weekday version of the program. In July 2007, Andrew Morse replaced John Green as executive producer of Good Morning America Weekend Edition.

The Sunday edition ends with a "Weekend Window to..." segment, which spotlights one American hot-spot.

The Sunday edition of GMA Weekend is pre-empted on most ABC stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and other owners.

International broadcasts

In Australia, the Nine Network and regional affiliates WIN and NBN air the Sunday edition of "Good Morning America Weekend Edition" on Monday mornings at 4am.

External links

* http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/
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