George Stephanopoulos to replace Diane Sawyer as Good Morning America cohost

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George Stephanopoulos to Co-Anchor ‘Good Morning America'
By Marisa Guthrie -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/9/2009 11:11:00 AM

George Stephanopoulos has accepted the Good Morning America job and will begin co-anchoring the show with Robin Roberts on Dec. 14, according to a network executive. He will continue to anchor Sunday program This Week for the time being.

The somewhat anti-climactic confirmation of what had been widely expected comes as Diane Sawyer is set to exit the program on Dec. 11. Officially, Sawyer takes over as World News anchor in January. But she plans to give herself a soft launch by anchoring the evening news program on Dec. 21 and 22 before going away for the holidays.

Chris Cuomo, the GMA news anchor, has an option in his contract and has been talking to other suitors. But a network executive said an agreement between Cuomo and ABC News is all but finalized. Cuomo will co-anchor 20/20 with Elizabeth Vargas and also take on a larger role at the network that is likely to include primetime hours, say sources. Vargas has been without a partner since John Stossel departed in September for Fox Business Network.

Additionally, Juju Chang will be the news reader at GMA, replacing Cuomo. Chang has been a correspondent at ABC News since 1998. She's reported for World News, Nightline and Good Morning America.

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It also mentions that either Jake Tapper or Terry Moran will replace GS on This Week, ABC's Sunday morning political talk show. But it doesn't mention who'll be the new ABC Washington correspondent though. I wonder if GS's experience with political news will influence GMA, given that morning shows typically are 75% soft stuff, 25% "serious" news.

[Ken Burch]

1. They'll have to raise the chair.

(c'mon, you were all THINKING it.)

[merh]

2. Well that sucks.

He has no personality.

It will be like Tucker Carlson dancing in a chair on Dancing with the Stars, stiff and no talent.

[autorank]

3. One Nixon emulator hands off to another...

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