Sam Champion

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" anchors, present and future, were there. Charlie Gibson and Diane... [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 David Westin, and NBC anchor Brian Williams with First Amendment... [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 David Westin, and NBC anchor Brian Williams with First Amendment... [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 Diane Sawyer will take over anchoring "World News", a vacancy will be created at the nation's #2 morning broadcast, "Good Morning America." Sawyer has helmed the show since 1999 co-anchoring with Gibson until he left to anchor "World... [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 Diane Sawyer will take over anchoring "World News", a vacancy will be created at the nation's #2 morning broadcast, "Good Morning America." Sawyer has helmed the show since 1999 co-anchoring with Gibson until he left to anchor "World... [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]

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":• Related: New York... [TVNewser]

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":• Related: New York... [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 and Sam Champion travel the country, stopping to broadcast from viewers' neighborhoods. The "At Your House" series will include financial experts to help the communities GMA visits. The ABC News morning... [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 and Sam Champion travel the country, stopping to broadcast from viewers' neighborhoods. The "At Your House" series will include financial experts to help the communities GMA visits. The ABC News morning... [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 details. Champion began the surgery-tweeting, writing: "Happy friday! Headed to get a v small skin cancer... [TVNewser]

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 last Friday, the group's first live morning show performance, did not do much for GMA's ratings. The show was GMA's... [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, Ann Curry, Meredith Vieira, and Amy Robach; from CBS,... [TVNewser]

The Cuomo/Roker Feud Escalates - Posted March 11, 2009
It's time for another chapter in the ongoing feud (or, faux feud) between Today's Al Roker and GMA's Chris Cuomo. Cuomo and his colleague Sam Champion are the subjects of a lengthy Q&A on AOL's fitness blog. And in between the discussion of diet and exercise, Cuomo got in a few... [TVNewser]

The Cuomo/Roker Feud Escalates - Posted March 11, 2009
It's time for another chapter in the ongoing feud (or, faux feud) between Today's Al Roker and GMA's Chris Cuomo. Cuomo and his colleague Sam Champion are the subjects of a lengthy Q&A on AOL's fitness blog. And in between the discussion of diet and exercise, Cuomo got in a few... [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 world in Dubai. "[It] gives the audience a little bit of a distraction, a little bit of a chance to wonder... [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 world in Dubai. "[It] gives the audience a little bit of a distraction, a little bit of a chance to wonder... [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]

"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]

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!"CNN's Susan... [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, Penelope Cruz and Danny Boyle, while Sam Champion talked to the cast of Slumdog Millionaire. Champion was on the party beat last night, and... [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 Ann Curry, filling in for Meredith Vieira, anchored from the location for the first hour as well. Sam Champion... [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 jump...... [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 wildfires. Bill Whitaker reported for CBS' The Early Show and Chris Jansing for NBC's Today... [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: "Greatest Sunday Showdown Ever." > The Kansas City Star's Aaron Barnhart thinks FBN is "working," now that they've found "enemies." One of those enemies, and someone who... [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. > Robin Roberts and Sam Champion of Good Morning America will... [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 Cooper broadcast live from Houston as well, and while getting an update from meteorologist Chad Myers asked Myers to email him the best (or perhaps worst) location to broadcast from tonight. This morning, CNN and MSNBC... [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 Cooper broadcast live from Houston as well, and while getting an update from meteorologist Chad Myers asked Myers to email him the best (or perhaps worst) location to broadcast from tonight. This morning, CNN and MSNBC... [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 St. Paul. The network will produce special reports as need throughout today and tomorrow. In fact, they aired a special for the President's announcement earlier this... [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 St. Paul. The network will produce special reports as need throughout today and tomorrow. In fact, they aired a special for the President's announcement earlier this... [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 to eastern Long Island after Friday's show when the accident happened. He was a passenger in a car that was hit by a tractor-trailer as it jackknifed on... [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]