America This Morning
| America This Morning | |
|---|---|
| File:AmericaThisMorningLogo.png | |
| Created by | Roone Arledge |
| Presented by | John Muller (2013–present) Diana Perez (2013–present) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | New York City, New York |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera setup |
| Running time | approx. 23 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | July 5, 1982 – present |
| Related | |
| ABC News Good Morning America | |
America This Morning is a half-hour early morning newscast airing on the ABC television network, produced by ABC News and offered to ABC stations. The newscast is currently anchored by John Muller and Diana Perez, who also serve as anchors of ABC's overnight news program World News Now.
Usually airing following World News Now, it features the day's headlines, live reports from Washington, D.C., national weather and airport impact forecasts, a sports package from ESPNews and a regular money segment called America's Money.
It is broadcast live at 4:00 a.m. ET and is intended to be shown prior to (or in place of) an ABC affiliate's local morning newscast and as a complement to Good Morning America, although most affiliates broadcast it at 4:30 a.m. or later. On August 30, 2010, ABC moved its live broadcast to 4:00 a.m. (like its competitors Early Today and the CBS Morning News have) to allow more affiliates to begin their local newscasts at 4:30 a.m.[1] Stations like WSB-TV in Atlanta were forced to pre-empt it when they implemented it less than two months earlier.
On September 22, 2009, America This Morning and World News Now began broadcasting in high definition. This is the second early morning network newscast to broadcast in HD, after NBC's Early Today.
History
It debuted on July 5, 1982, in its early months under the title of ABC News This Morning. In early 1983, the program's name became ABC World News This Morning. The program was initially 60 minutes in length and anchored by Steve Bell and Kathleen Sullivan at the network's Washington, D.C. newsroom-studio (as was most ABC News programming at the time).
The program moved to ABC's New York headquarters on July 11, 1988, when Forrest Sawyer and Paula Zahn debuted as co-anchors. The newscast celebrated its 20th anniversary during the summer of 2002. On November 13, 2006, the program's name changed again to its current name America This Morning.[2]
Combination with World News Now
In mid-1992, production of World News This Morning was combined with that of successful overnight newscast World News Now with those anchors pulling double duty. Initially, some elements from World News Now were brought over to World News This Morning including "Morning Papers" and that program's Yanni-composed theme music (played over the original World News This Morning opening graphics) as well as the laid-back attitude.
At some point in 1993, the original Score-composed theme was brought back and most elements of World News Now were dropped as the program again became more serious in tone.
As local stations expanded their morning newscasts, World News This Morning was shorted to first two separate 30-minute newscasts and later to the current, single, 30-minute newscast (which, if an affiliate does not provide morning news, can be repeated back-to-back between 4:00am ET and 7:00am ET).
Announcers
World News / America This Morning has had two announcers in its history. From its 1982 debut until 1990, the announcer was Bill Owen. Following Owen's departure from the network in 1990, he was replaced by Barbara Daniels Korsen, who has remained the newscast's announcer to this day.
International broadcasts
ABC News programming is shown daily on the 24 hour news network Orbit News in Europe and the Middle East. This includes America This Morning.