GMA3: What You Need To Know

GMA3: What You Need To Know, also known as GMA3, is an American daytime news and talk show broadcast by ABC, which premiered on September 10, 2018. It is hosted by ABC News anchor Amy Robach.

GMA3
Also known asGMA Day (2018–19)
GMA3: Strahan & Sara (2019)
GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke (2019–20)
Pandemic/GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020–present)
GenreNews and talk
Presented byAmy Robach
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Production location(s)Times Square Studios, New York, NY
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseSeptember 10, 2018 (2018-09-10) –
present (present)
Chronology
Preceded byGood Afternoon America
Related showsGood Morning America
External links
[abc.go.com/shows/gma-day Website]

The show is produced as a spin-off of ABC's national morning show Good Morning America, and was originally titled GMA Day, hosted by Michael Strahan and Sara Haines until January 2019, when it was renamed GMA3. Under the GMA3 name, the show has had three name changes: the Strahan and Sara subtitle was used from January to July. Coinciding with Keke Palmer's arrival as a third co-host after having filled in for Haines while she was on maternity leave, the Strahan, Sara & Keke subtitle was used from August 2019 until early March 2020. Shortly afterwards, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the program changed gears and became a daily special newscast titled Pandemic: What You Need to Know with Robach serving as anchor and covering the latest pandemic news. In June 2020, the GMA3 branding returned as the program broadened its scope to also cover the other news of the day.

The show originally did not air live at first, and was taped in advance, but it became live once it began covering breaking news under the What You Need to Know format. In most of the country, the program is broadcast at 1:00 p.m. ET (noon CT), replacing The Chew; ABC previously marketed the program as airing at "lunchtime".

History

Precursor

Between July to September 2012, ABC aired an afternoon version of Good Morning America titled Good Afternoon America.[1] Hosted by Josh Elliott and Lara Spencer, the program filled the 2:00 p.m. schedule 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][5] The show broke format once on July 20 to cover the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting live.

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.[6][7] In July 2018, the title of the program was announced as GMA Day, with Michael Strahan and Sara Haines serving as co-hosts.[8]

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 Kathie Lee and Hoda. 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.[9]

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.[10] 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, it was announced that the series had been renamed once more to GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke to reflect her new role.[11][12]

Pandemic/GMA3: What You Need To Know (March 2020–present)

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 outcomes of 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.[13] It was soon decided to suspend production on GMA3 entirely and place the program on hiatus, as a domino effect of cancellations followed with the spreading of the disease. Following the news of the show going on hiatus, Haines began guest co-hosting on The View.

With a lack of current guests coming in and the noon hour being used by multiple levels of government to disseminate updates about the pandemic resulting in preemptions, on March 18, ABC News replaced GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke repeats temporarily with a daily live hour entitled Pandemic: What You Need To Know, anchored by Amy Robach and chief medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton and produced by ABC News Live, which will feature interviews and question/answer segments with medical experts, along with breaking news updates.[14] Like Strahan, Sara & Keke, the program is recorded live on weekday mornings on the second floor of ABC's Times Square Studios after GMA.

In late May, GMA3 resumed production and changed its format to begin covering topics outside of the pandemic, and was subsequently re-titled GMA3: What You Need To Know. 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] In August 2020, Palmer implicated in an interview on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen that Strahan, Sara and Keke had been cancelled.[16]

References
  1. Steinberg, Brian (2018-09-06). "Michael Strahan, Sara Haines Will Carry 'GMA' From Morning to Afternoon". Variety. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  2. Andreeva, Nellie (2012-06-26). "'General Hospital' To Move To New 2 PM Slot On September 10". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  3. "Josh Elliott, Lara Spencer to Anchor 'Good Afternoon America'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  4. The Deadline Team (May 21, 2012). "ABC Names Josh Elliott And Lara Spencer To Host 'Good Afternoon America' Run". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  5. Andreeva, Nellie (2012-06-26). "'General Hospital' To Move To New 2 PM Slot On September 10". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  6. Steinberg, Brian (2018-05-23). "ABC Will Replace 'The Chew' With Afternoon Hour of 'Good Morning America'". Variety. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  7. Andreeva, Nellie (2018-05-23). "'Good Morning America' Expands To 3 Hours, 'The Chew' Canceled By ABC After 7 Seasons". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  8. Pedersen, Erik (2018-07-23). "ABC News Confirms Sara Haines Leaving 'The View' To Do Third Hour Of 'GMA' With Michael Strahan – Update". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  9. Steinberg, Brian (2019-01-28). "'GMA Day' Gets New Title at ABC: 'Strahan and Sara' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  10. Eversley, Melanie (2019-06-10). "Keke Palmer to cohost on Strahan & Sara this summer with Michael Strahan". theGrio. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  11. Swift, Andy (July 31, 2019). "Keke Palmer Joining Strahan & Sara as Full-Time Co-Host — Report". TVLine. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  12. Steinberg, Brian (2019-08-26). "ABC Makes More Changes to its 'GMA' Extension". Variety. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  13. Porter, Rick (March 11, 2020). "Coronavirus Prompts Changes for TV Shows With Live Audiences". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  14. Steinberg, Brian (17 March 2020). "ABC Will Suspend 'Strahan, Sara & Keke' in Favor of Coronavirus News Show". Variety. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  15. Greer, Carlos (2 July 2020). "'Strahan, Sara and Keke' canceled by ABC". New York Post. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  16. Petski, Denise (2020-08-03). "Keke Palmer Says She "Expected" Her 'Good Morning America' Show Would Be Canceled". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
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