Good Day L.A.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2008) |
| Good Day L.A. | |
|---|---|
| Genre | News |
| Presented by | Jillian Reynolds Steve Edwards Dorothy Lucey |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 120 min (1993-2005) 180 min (2005-) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | KTTV |
| Original airing | 1 January 1993 |
| Status | Ongoing |
Good Day L.A. is a television talk show aired on KTTV (Fox 11), the Fox Broadcasting Company-owned and operated station in Los Angeles, California. The show airs Monday through Friday mornings from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM and is simulcast live on myfoxla.com. The show is hosted by Jillian Reynolds, Steve Edwards and Dorothy Lucey.
Contents |
[edit] History
Good Day L.A. debuted on June 18, 1993 as a competitor to the KTLA Morning News, which began two years before. At its inception, the show carried a similar format to KTLA's production. It was a two-hour program and was anchored by Antonio Mora and Susan Lichtman. Mark Thompson moved from the station's 10pm newscast to report weather; Dagny Hultgreen was the entertainment anchor; and Suzanne Dunn was the traffic reporter on Sky 11 (now SkyFox), the station's helicopter.
The format was unsuccessful, and the show had frequent anchor turnover. Mora left for ABC and was replaced by Thompson and later Tony McEwing (who has anchored the earlier FOX11 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 the anchor with Jillian Barberie reporting weather (swapping positions with Thompson, who took over her former post reporting weather on the station's 10pm 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.
[edit] Good Day Live
In 2002, Good Day L.A. was spun off into a nationally syndicated program as Good Day Live, an hour long version of the local show with the same presenters which was distributed by Twentieth Television and was launched on Fox's O&O group. Jillian Barberie was fired from and Dorothy Lucey left the syndicated version in 2004, yet continued to host the L.A. based version. They were replaced by Arthel Neville and Debbie Matenopoulos. Good Day Live was cancelled a year later.
[edit] Good Day L.A. Today
Following the cancellation of Good Day Live, KTTV expanded Good Day L.A. to three hours. Also in 2005, Good Day L.A. added a Sunday edition of the show hosted by Robb Weller, Nischelle Turner, and Elizabeth Espinosa. (In July 2006, the GDLA branding was removed from the Sunday edition and the format was changed to a more straightforward newscast. Turner and Espinosa were reassigned to other shows, but Weller stayed on and co-anchored the Sunday morning show with Gina Silva.)
The current (2008)[dated info] host line-up is Edwards, Lucey, Barberie, McEwing (who also serves as primary substitute host for Edwards), and Rick Dickert (traffic).
Clips of Good Day L.A. are frequently shown on The Soup. Steve Edwards has his own segment on the show with clips themed around "What's Pissing Off Steve Edwards This Week?" or "What's Silently Killing Steve Edwards This Week?" Steve made an appearance on The Soup to "straighten Joel McHale out," because Joel says that Steve is a "cantankerous, old guy." Many of The Soup's jokes refer to the numerous technical mix-ups that occur on the show, of which the following review gives an example:
The helicopter traffic reporter stands in front of his chopper, dancing a cancan with a passerby A spot reporter kicks tumbleweeds into oncoming traffic to show how hard the Santa Anas are blowing. The male host tells of horrific storms touching down in Texas. On the screen the words DEADLY TWISTER appear, but the footage behind them belongs to another story and shows cakes and Danish in a bakery This dissonance goes on for what seems like hours, until the host finally grumbles, "I don't think they care about the pastry," and the tape is killed. A weather map fills the screen, so the host nudges the weather reporter to get up and deliver the goods. "What am I, a circus monkey?" the reporter balks. She is dressed in something that can only be described as S&M hockey regalia. "Yeah!" he answers. Suddenly carnival music tootles, and the crew is doing its circus tricks. The gossip correspondent shows she can sneeze on demand. The weather reporter is barking like a seal. Between the two, the male host shoots the camera a priceless look, a knowing expression that says Ain't show business grand?[1]
[edit] Current Anchors
- Steve Edwards- Co Host
- Jillian Reynolds- Co-Host (Weather anchor)
- Dorothy Lucey- Co-Host (Entertainment anchor)
- Tony McEwing- Newsreader
- Rick Dickert- Traffic Reporter
- Bob DeCastro- Reporter
- Rick Lozano- Reporter
[edit] Fox 11 Morning Newscasts
KTTV and KTLA are competitors for both their morning (5am-10am) and nighttime (10p-11p) newscasts.
As far as the Fox 11 Morning News, the station's early morning newscast, the program premiered along with Good Day L.A. in June 1993, and was originally anchored by Diana Koricke and Tony McEwing, with veteran KTTV reporter and past 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 has since remained with the station. The show originated as an hourlong newscast beginning at 6 a.m., but was later expanded to 90 minutes, with a 5:30 a.m. start. In 2004, an additional half hour was added, expanding the morning news to two hours beginning at 5 a.m.
As of July 14, 2008, Fox 11 added a late morning newscast after Good Day L.A. The 10:00am newscast is 30 minutes, and is anchored by Tony McEwing, Jean Martirez, and Lisa Breckenridge. In December 2008, a 30-minute Noon broadcast began, featuring McEwing, Martirez, Breckenridge, and former My13 weather anchor Maria Quiban.
[edit] Ratings
Critics of Good Day L.A. have praised the show for being "so wonderfully bonkers" [1] Good Day L.A. is in competition with KTLA's morning show plus the morning shows from ABC, CBS, and NBC. GDLA has been able to pull out victories over KTLA and the Big Three Network morning shows.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "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. 01-FEB-03. http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-2601738/Mayhem-in-the-A-M.html. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
