The Chew cancelled Good Morning America expands to 3 hours

On Wednesday news broke that ABC has decided to cancel the daytime cooking show The Chew which has aired on the network for 7 seasons and 1,454 episodes. ABC has also decided to expand its morning news program Good Morning America (GMA) to a third hour starting in September and the third hour of GMA will air at the 1:00 pm Eastern Time slot. According to the Hollywood Reporter GMA has been America’s number 1 morning show for over the past 6 years.

 Ben Sherwood, co-chairman of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television, said in a statement announcing the move. “We believe there is great opportunity for viewers and advertisers in expanding to a third hour.” As for General Hospital fans the ABC soap is still in the lineup and isn’t going anywhere at least for now. While I have never watched The Chew I do feel bad for the fans and people who worked on this show for 7 years. I like the idea of GMA expanding to a third hour, but I feel it should be placed in the morning rather than in the afternoon. I personally would like to see All My Children and One Life to Live return, or at least have ABC show rebroadcasts of the episodes, but it doesn’t look as though ABC will do that any time soon.

 

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