Sam Champion

ABC News Stars Assemble for Photo Shoot - Posted October 26, 2011
Just about anybody who is on ABC News was in a photo studio on Manhattan's West Side this morning for what ABC News president Ben Sherwood calls a one-of-a-kind photo shoot. "Never in the history of the industry has ther... [TVNewser]

Broadcasters Plan Special and Extended Newscasts ahead of Hurricane Irene - Posted August 26, 2011
"NBC Nightly News" is going to expand to an hour tonight. As we mentioned earlier, Brian Williams will anchor from the Jersey Shore, which is under a mandatory evacuation as Hurricane Irene approaches. NBC News has the resources of the Weather Channel, and is planning to use Bryan Norcross and ... [TVNewser]

Pres. Obama on Hurricane Irene: 'We all hope for the best, but we have to be prepared for the worst' - Posted August 26, 2011
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Sam Champion: Hurricane Irene Headed for The Empire State Building - Posted August 25, 2011
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'GMA' Skeds 'Reality Week,' Sends Anchors to Reality Shows - Posted May 12, 2011
Next week ABC's "Good Morning America" will present "Reality Week," sending its anchors to appear on a number of reality shows. Robin Roberts will guest on "The Great Food Truck Race," on Food Network. Josh Elliott will compete on the ABC competition series "Wipeout." ... [TVNewser]

'I lost my virginity to Ann Curry' - Posted March 25, 2011
[caption id="attachment_59343" align="alignright" width="379" caption="MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts flanked by Fox News anchors Kimberly Guilfoyle and Jamie Colby"][/caption] TVNewser headed out last night to the annual NLGJA "Headlines & Headliners" fundraiser hosted by MSNBC anchor ... [TVNewser]

MSNBC's Thomas Roberts to host annual NLGJA event - Posted March 24, 2011
MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts will host the NLGJA's 16th annual Headlines and Headliners event in New York tonight. What makes this interesting is that Roberts is the first openly gay TV journalist to host the event which benefits the organization ... [TVNewser]

'Gay Anchorman' Charles Perez Continues to Rip WABC - Posted February 15, 2011
Unable to speak about his time with Miami's WPLG due to an ongoing legal battle, Char... [TVSpy]

One-time WABC-TV Anchor Charles Perez Blasts Former Colleagues In New Book - Posted February 15, 2011
Charles Perez, who only spent two years at WABC/Channel 7, was believed to be groomed for the main anchor gig. In his new book, Confessions of a Gay Anchorman, Perez discusses his... [FishbowlNY]

'Confessions of a Gay Anchorman': Former Anchor Charles Perez Rips WABC - Posted January 28, 2011
Locked in a legal battle with Miami's WPLG, Charles Perez is causing a stir with a new book in which he criticizes another former employer: ... [TVSpy]

Who Threw the Best TV News Holiday Bash? - Posted December 17, 2010
Your TVNewsers are over at the mediabistro.com holiday lunch right now (posting will resume later). So, this is a good time to size up some of the other holiday parties. Barbara Walters and "The View" EP ... [FishbowlNY]

Nancy Grace Viewer Helps Find Missing 12-Year-old Brittany Smith - Posted December 13, 2010
A viewer of the HLN show Nancy Grace was able to provide a tip which helped police find a missing Virginia girl 3,000 miles away, in Northern California. Now the man accused of taking her is in custody and is being questioned in the d... [TVNewser]

'Work With Me, GMA!' - Posted November 8, 2010
"Good Morning America" this week focuses on good old American jobs, according to The Daily News. GMA hosts and reporters will profile a different American job... [TVNewser]

Cat 4 Earl with 145 MPH Winds to Make Run up East Coast; Network Newsers in Place - Posted September 2, 2010
Category 4 Hurricane Earl will skirt the Outer Banks of North Carolina later today, and the TV weathermen are in place. Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina is the place to be for the network meteorologists: Al Roker of NBC, ... [TVNewser]

Al Roker Mixes Up Willie Geist and Joe Scarborough - Posted September 1, 2010
MSNBC's Willie Geist was sitting in on "Morning Joe" today for Joe Scarborough, but apparently no one told Al Roker who, appearing from a beach in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, called him "Joe" TWICE. After correcting Roker -- and giving him ... [TVNewser]

Tourist Goat Stops by 'GMA' Broadcast - Posted August 17, 2010
"Good Morning America" weather anchor Sam Champion tweeted the photo on the left of a goat amidst the crowd outside ABC's Times Square studio. Robin Roberts said that the crew is pretty sure this is the first goat to appear in the "GMA" audience... [TVNewser]

'GQ Brigade' Deployed to the Gulf Coast - Posted July 14, 2010
Daily Beast's Rebecca Dana writes today about ABC News' crew of male "talent" covering the oil spill in the gulf: This summer, the network has sent a boy band's assemblage of bright-eyed, sharp-tongued correspondents to the Gulf Coast, where they've broken news, landed big-get interviews and done it all in impossibly tight... [TVNewser]

Broadcast Newsers Back in the Gulf Region - Posted June 2, 2010
Anchors from the broadcast networks have been back on the Gulf Coast this week for more reporting on the BP oil spill and its effect on the surrounding area. From ABC's "Good Morning America," George Stephanopoulos made his first trip to the region, and weather anchor ... [TVNewser]

Note to BP CEO: Please Stop Talking - Posted May 14, 2010
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Sam Champion vs. the Local News Crew - Posted May 12, 2010
TMZ has local newscast video of "Good Morning America" weather anchor Sam Champion getting into it during a live shot with the crew from KOKH at a tornado-ravaged gas station in Oklahoma City. The camera crew appears to walk right into the "GMA" set up during their live shot with Champion smack... [TVNewser]

Now On WebNewser: Surgery on 'GMA' - Posted May 12, 2010
•Yesterday we reported that Good Morning America's Sam Champion was going to undergo (a fairly routine) skin cancer surgery live on the ABC morning show. Want to see what happened? ... [TVNewser]

ABC News' Sam Champion Getting Cancer Treated On TV - Posted May 11, 2010
•Two months after CBS Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith underwent a colonoscopy on live television, Sam Champion of ABC... [TVNewser]

Juju Chang Takes the Field with A-Rod - Posted May 3, 2010
As a part of May sweeps, ABC's "Good Morning America" anchor team got to choose different "dreams" to live out on the air this week. George Stephanopoulos plays poker with some pros. ... [TVNewser]

GMA Anchors Live the Dream - Posted April 19, 2010
ABC's "Good Morning America" is launching a new series, "Living The Dream" for May sweeps. GMA anchors Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, ... [TVNewser]

Snow in the Morning - Posted February 10, 2010
It's snowing again in the northeast and that means more frozen newscasters. This morning, Sam Champion was out in Time Square for ABC's "Good Morning America," Dave Price was in Philadelphia for CBS' "Early Show," and Tom Costello was in D.C. for ... [TVNewser]

Chris Cuomo's New Baby Girl - Posted February 2, 2010
•On today's "Good Morning America," Sam Champion made a special announcement: Chris Cuomo and his wife Cristina welcomed their new baby girl, Carolina Regina, into the world last night. Video of the "GMA" segment with a photo of Chris and Carolina after... [TVNewser]

Stephanopoulos Has Ratings Hill to Climb - Posted December 15, 2009
Preliminary numbers are in for the new GMA with co-anchor George Stephanopoulos. The show, which was the first broadcast with the new anchor team of Stephanopoulos, ... [TVNewser]

George Makes 'Good Morning America' Debut - Posted December 14, 2009
George Stephanopoulos made his first appearance as anchor of "Good Morning America" today on ABC. "It's the dawn of a new day. New hopes. New dreams. And you can see a new "GMA" co-anchor," said Robin Roberts at the ... [TVNewser]

It's Official. It's George, Robin, Sam & Juju on 'Good Morning America' - Posted December 10, 2009
Capping off months of speculation, ABC News president David Westin has announced the new anchor team for "Good Morning America." George Stephanopoulos joins the show alongside ... [TVNewser]

ABC News Announces Steph as "GMA" Host - Posted December 10, 2009
George Stephanopoulos has been named the new anchor of "Good Morning America," ABC News President David Westin announced today. Stephanopoulos will anchor the broadcast with ... [FishbowlDC]

Al, Sam and What's Left of Ida - Posted November 10, 2009
Weathermen Al Roker of the Today show and Sam Champion of Good Morning America were both on Pensacola Beach for live shots this morning reporting on the remnants of Ida. Champion twitpic'd thi... [TVNewser]

Listen: Dave Price's Cross-Country Adventure - Posted October 7, 2009
CBS' Dave Price, "Early Show" weather anchor, called in this morning to the Morning Media Menu from Omaha, Nebraska where he is halfway across the country in his journey back to NYC. Last Thursday, Dave was shipped off to Santa Monica, CA and given $50 and in... [TVNewser]

Brian Ross: 'We Got a Rare Insight into a Chapter of American History' - Posted October 1, 2009
TVNewser dropped by ABC News investigative correspondent Brian Ross' book party last night at ABC's Times Square studios. "The Madoff Chronicles" hit store shelves this week and many of Ross' colleagues were on hand to congratulate him last night. ABC "World News" anch... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Lex, RTNDF, Champion - Posted September 22, 2009
> The Financial Times' Lex opinion columnists will now be appearing on Bloomberg TV to expand on each day's commentary. > More awards: The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation will be honoring CBS News Radio VP Harvey Nagler, ABC News President ... [TVNewser]

Charlie Gibson Retires, Diane Sawyer to 'World News': What Happens at GMA? - Posted September 2, 2009
With today's stunner that Charlie Gibson is retiring from ABC News and that ... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Gregory, Champion, Kotb... - Posted June 11, 2009
> Beginning July 13 you can catch David Gregory and Meet the Press on Retirement Living TV. The NBC program will be rebroadcast Mondays at 7 and 10pmET. > GMA's Sam Champion will serve as Master of Ceremonies tonight at the IREO Renewable Ene... [TVNewser]

GMA Gets Dunked For Charity - Posted May 16, 2009
All this week on ABC's Good Morning America, the anchors have competed in "Battle of the GMA Anchors," with events ranging from trampoline to relay races. The competition drew crowds in the Times Square location. Yeterday's festivities involved a dunk tank — and Chris Cuomo and Sam Champion taking a dip. An... [TVNewser]

Taking Out The Trash - Posted April 22, 2009
What we almost missed today... • Good Morning America's weather anchor Sam Champion was in our neck of the woods today to celebrate Earth Day from Great Falls on the Potomac. He took a bit of a spill learning how to repel down a rock, but TVNewser reports everyone is ok. They... [FishbowlDC]

A Small Fall at Great Falls For Sam Champion - Posted April 22, 2009
Good Morning America weather anchor Sam Champion celebrated Earth Day from the Great Falls of the Potomac this morning. During a segment just after 7:30amET, an Outward Bound instructor taught him how to rappel down a rock. Or, tried to. The GMA Twitter feed says "everyone is ok":... [TVNewser]

Who's Knocking At Your Door? Diane Sawyer - Posted April 8, 2009
Good Morning America will be hitting the road during the week of April 26, as Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts, Chris Cuomo... [TVNewser]

Sam Champion Has Surgery, Tweets About It - Posted April 6, 2009
Good Morning America weather anchor Sam Champion is off this week for vacation, but he also had minor surgery Friday. We hear he's doing fine — but we also could check his Twitter feed for all the ... [TVNewser]

GMA's Sam Champion Tweets His Surgery - Posted April 6, 2009
This is Good Morning America weather anchor Sam Champion, post-surgery yesterday. Champion is off all this week, and we're told he's doing fine after a minor operation. But for all the details, you can check his Twitter feed... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

U2 Rocks GMA, But There's No "Elevation" in the Ratings - Posted March 12, 2009
Sam Champion called it "the biggest day in our musical history" — a show that had been promoted for weeks, in a location kept secret. But U2's performance on Good Morning America ... [TVNewser]

CNN Sponsors, O'Brien Hosts NLGJA Benefit - Posted March 12, 2009
One week from tonight, CNN's Soledad O'Brien hosts the 14th annual NLGJA Headlines & Headliners benefit at CNN's headquarters. (The one in New York; the main HQ is in Atlanta. Thanks, tipsters.) And the tvnewsers will be out in force: from NBC News, ... [TVNewser]

The Cuomo/Roker Feud Escalates - Posted March 11, 2009
It's time for another chapter in the ... [TVNewser]

Cuomo Talks "Impressions," Twitter, Roker on the Menu - Posted March 11, 2009
After finishing up on ABC's Good Morning America, Chris Cuomo joined us on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu. During GMA's "Big" week, he reported live from the tallest building in the w... [TVNewser]

"Big" Talk from Sam Champion at U2 Performance - Posted March 6, 2009
Good Morning America's Sam Champion shot this exclusive video for us during U2's GMA performance this morning at Fordham University. He also gave a quick plug for next week's "Big" series. The GMA front four are headed to "the biggest, most astonishing places on the planet" (as the promo boasts), and... [TVNewser]

Morning Shows Break Bread via Twitter - Posted March 4, 2009
Good Morning America launched a Twitter profile today (@GMA), and, along with GMA weatherman Sam Champion (@samchampion), they announced that during their "BIG" sweeps week next week, they'll use the micro-blogging platform to give out clues to their secret locations. And after GMA launched their profile they got a welcome from th... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Never A Snow Day In News - Posted March 2, 2009
After his two hours on Good Morning America, ABC's weather anchor Sam Champion appeared live on Regis and Kelly from Times Square. He later tweeted about the appearance: "Stood out in the cold to talk to Regis and Kelly about this big nor-easter...they are always fun! My ears r frozen!"... [TVNewser]

Oscars Morning: GMA Tweets, Parties Through the Night - Posted February 23, 2009
In addition to co-hosting the official Red Carpet pre-show, Good Morning America's Robin Roberts interviewed several Oscars winners after the ceremony last night. Roberts talked with Sean Penn... [TVNewser]

Good Morning America Celebrates The Holiday - Posted February 5, 2009
What are you doing to celebrate the holiday today? Oh, you didn't hear? Well it's National Weatherman's Day, and ABC's Good Morning America was ready. ABC celebrated the occasion by having their anchors (and members of the audience) wear "Sam I Am" shirts in honor of weatherman Sam Champion:... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: NBC, FNC, ABC... - Posted February 3, 2009
> Once the numbers were officially tallied, Sunday night's Super Bowl was in fact the most-viewed Super Bowl ever, with an average of 98.7 million viewers. Nielsen also estimated 151.6 million viewers watched some of the game, meaning it was the most-viewed TV program ever in the U.S. > FishbowlDC... [TVNewser]

Networks Cover Hudson Plane Landing, Day Two - Posted January 16, 2009
The network morning shows spent significant time this morning covering the Hudson River plane crash yesterday. Harry Smith anchored from the wreckage this morning on CBS' The Early Show, while the Today's ... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 01.09.09 - Posted January 9, 2009
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the... [FishbowlDC]

Busy Monday For Morning Shows - Posted November 17, 2008
The network morning shows didn't let their November sweeps stories get in the way of real, live breaking news. ABC's Good Morning America was live with both Chris Cuomo and Sam Champion reporting on the California wil... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Wallace, Cramer, Sawyer... - Posted October 14, 2008
> FishbowlDC's Patrick Gavin has a name for the joint David Axelrod and Rick Davis appearance on last weekend's Chris Wallace-hosted FOX News Sunday: "... [TVNewser]

The Ticker (p.m. edition): CBS, ABC, FBN... - Posted October 9, 2008
> The Hollywood Reporter's James Hibberd reports Sen. Barack Obama has bought a half-hour of prime time programming on October 29 at 8pmET on CBS. Hibberd reports the Obama campaign is in talks for similar deals with NBC and FOX.... [TVNewser]

As Ike Gets Closer to Shore, So Do the Networks - Posted September 12, 2008
ABC's Sam Champion had arrived in Texas in time for Nightline last night. CNN's Anderson Coop... [TVNewser]

ABC's Gustav Plans: Charlie Gibson to the Gulf, George Stephanopoulos at the RNC - Posted August 31, 2008
ABC News has announced Charlie Gibson will be reporting live from New Orleans beginning tonight on World News while George Stephanopoulos will continue anchoring from... [TVNewser]

Sam Champion Injured in Crash on New York Expressway - Posted August 29, 2008
Good Morning America's Sam Champion is recovering from minor injuries suffered in an accident on the Long Island Expressway. 7online.com reports Champion was headed... [TVNewser]

Breaking: GMA Shuts Down Offices After Receiving Letter Mentioning Anthrax; NYPD Investigating - Posted June 15, 2007
Developing ... ABC News VP Dan Renaldo's memo to staffers at 3:02pm: Today we received a letter at the offices of Good Morning America at 147 Columbus Avenue that mentioned anthrax. We immediately notified the NYPD and they are investigating the situation. Out of an abundance of caution we closed down the area... [FishbowlNY]