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ABC Offers Morning Show to Stephanopoulos

He's in talks now over move to 'Good Morning America'

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 3, 2009 5:06 PM CST
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(Newser) – George Stephanopoulos is in negotiations to replace Diane Sawyer on ABC's Good Morning America, reports Howard Kurtz. While the network has offered him the job, it's not yet clear if he'll take it—Stephanopoulos is pushing to change the show to suit his preference for hard news. He also wants to hang on to his Sunday This Week post for a while. The talks face a deadline: Sawyer begins hosting the evening news on Dec. 21.

The offer to Stephanopoulos comes at a time when the network already is adding more hard news to GMA and replacing cooking and fashion segments with spots on consumer news, writes Kurtz in the Washington Post. Still, if Stephanopoulos does not accept the job, ABC has another contender in Chris Cuomo, GMA's news anchor.

President-elect Barack Obama is interviewed by George Stephanopoulos, left, during the taping of This Week with George Stephanopoulos Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 at the Newseum in Washington.
President-elect Barack Obama is interviewed by George Stephanopoulos, left, during the taping of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 at the Newseum in Washington.   (AP Photo/This Week, Lauren Victoria Burke)
In this April 30, 2009 file photo, George Stephanopoulos attends the Starz screening of Head Case at The Museum of Modern Art, in New York.
In this April 30, 2009 file photo, George Stephanopoulos attends the Starz screening of "Head Case" at The Museum of Modern Art, in New York.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
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kokuaguy
Dec 4, 2009 10:30 AM CST
It's time. The Edward R. Murrow for the Twenty-First Century.
timeandagain
Dec 4, 2009 5:43 AM CST
Regis & George??
doingtherightthing
Dec 4, 2009 5:39 AM CST
Katie the Today host is a disaster. She's last in the ratings. Diane Sawyer host of the GMA show, a feel good show also, will be a disaster. This is why Fox's numbers will keep growing and growing until Katie and Diane disappear.........

 
ABC • Good Morning America • George Stephanopoulos • network television • Diane Sawyer • morning TV

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