‘GMA3’ anchors could be gone by end of summer as – Business News
The clock is ticking on “Good Morning America 3” hosts DeMarco Morgan and Eva Pilgrim as community brass look to shake up the ratings-challenged show, The Post has realized.
ABC News president Almin Karamehmedovic will possible change the anchors of the third hour of the marquee morning show by the end of the summer, in keeping with a source with direct information.
The pair took over the 1 p.m. time slot in 2023 following the scandalous affair between married co-anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach.
“GMA3” co-hosts Demarco Morgan and Eva Pilgrim will possible be changed by the end of the summer, sources stated. ABC by way of Getty Images
The attainable overhaul comes after ABC News laid off “GMA3” workers final month and consolidated its manufacturing below “GMA.”
At the time, Karamehmedovic assured staffers that the show wouldn’t be axed.
However, one source speculated that Karamehmedovic will pull the plug on Morgan and Pilgrim, and presumably herald new anchors and even faucet the highly-paid trio from the “GMA” mothership: Robin Roberts, Michael Strahan and George Stephanopoulos.
“’GMA3′ won’t be there at the end of the summer,” the insider stated, referring to the present hosts.
ABC News declined to touch upon Morgan and Pilgrim’s future.
“What now we have stated from the start is that we’re unifying all day elements below the GMA umbrella and crew and that features seeing all members of the prolonged GMA household within the third hour,’ a spokesperson advised The Post on Tuesday.
“GMA” co-hosts Michael Strahan, Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos could be requested to fill in in some unspecified time in the future on “GMA3.” ABC
“The third hour is a valued part of the GMA franchise. Robin, George and Michael have been on before and they will continue to be featured,” the rep concluded.
Morgan and Pilgrim haven’t made waves as hosts — other than Morgan, whose attention-grabbing Instagram photographs have set social media abuzz.
The Post completely reported final yr that ABC News execs had been alarmed over a sequence of provocative photographs of Morgan posing in skin-tight biker shorts, wherein the anchor’s “package” was on full show.
ABC News execs had been alarmed of Morgan’s Instagram posts of him in skin-tight bike shorts. DeMarco Morgan/Instagram
The racy pics, sadly, haven’t goosed “GMA 3’s” rankings, which have typically hovered between 1.3 and 1.5 million whole viewers over the previous yr and a half.
In the previous couple of months of Robach and Holmes’ tenure, rankings had been within the 1.7 million-viewer vary.
But ABC News’ viewership woes additionally lengthen to its crown jewel, “GMA,” which has been below main strain in latest months as rankings trend down for all TV reveals.
ABC News boss Almin Karamehmedovic reassured staffers that “GMA3” wouldn’t be
axed during a townhall assembly final month. Variety by way of Getty Images
The perennial morning show winner has struggled to take care of its supremacy over NBC’s “Today” show in latest months.
What’s more, there are rumors that a main expertise shake up could be within the offing at “GMA.”
As beforehand reported by The Post, the community could pull the plug on Stephanopoulos, who has been “miserable” after he was compelled to apologize as half of the community’s defamation lawsuit settlement with President Trump.
Sources advised The Post that “GMA” could pull the plug on Stephanopoulos, who’s “miserable” after he was compelled to apologize as half of the community’s defamation lawsuit settlement with President Trump. ABC
“He’s definitely gone,” the insider predicted on the time. “He’s a dead man walking for sure.”
There are additionally rumors that Strahan could step away from the show when his contract expires later this yr. The former New York Giants star and Fox NFL Sunday analyst is seeking to give attention to his sports activities commentary profession. He additionally needs to dedicate more time to his teenage daughter Isabella, who’s preventing a uncommon mind most cancers, in keeping with a report from NewsNation.
