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90-646: Their debut album Suddenly Yours was released in October 2010 and peaked at number 197 on the Billboard 200 . In September 2011, Zach, Cameron, and Michael released their second studio album entitled All the Way . All the Way peaked at 49 on the Billboard 200, a considerable improvement from their first album. After meeting in a geology class at Poway High School , Nathan Darmody and Tom Norris began to write music together in

180-540: A bone marrow transplant (donated by her sister and fellow news anchor SallyAnn Roberts) following her diagnosis with myelodysplastic syndrome . GMA correspondent Amy Robach and 20/20 anchor Elizabeth Vargas served as the primary substitutes, typically alternating every other week. Others, including some celebrities, also served as special guest anchors during this time such as Kelly Ripa , Jessica Simpson , Barbara Walters and Elisabeth Hasselbeck . On January 14, 2013, Roberts announced that she hoped to return to

270-452: A suburban living room . In the process of screening the Cleveland morning program as a creative source, ABC also began looking at another local show, Good Morning! , which was produced by Boston ABC affiliate WCVB-TV . Good Morning! was very similar in format to The Morning Exchange , but with a lesser emphasis on news and weather. In fact, once the revamped ABC morning show took to

360-473: A 16-year streak as the top-rated morning news program for that show, which began the week of December 11, 1995 ). Lunden began to discuss working less and mentioned to network executives that the morning schedule is the hardest in the business. ABC executives promised Lunden that a prime time program; Behind Closed Doors would premiere on the network in 1996. On September 5, 1997, Lunden decided to step down as host of Good Morning America after 17 years and

450-493: A better connection with their fans. On March 13, 2010, the band released their debut single, "A Different Side of Me", for digital download and radio airplay. The song peaked at the top of Radio Disney singles chart. Allstar Weekend was one of many bands who recorded remakes of popular Disney songs on the compilation album, Disneymania 7 , which was released on April 17, 2010. The band recorded their version of " I Just Can't Wait to Be King " from The Lion King . Shortly after

540-537: A breakpoint for each headline. The bug still featured the time and current local temperature to the left, but with an orange backdrop with an alternate "GMA" logo and the ABCNews.com logo to the right. On January 15, 2008, during an interview with Diane Sawyer on the program, actress Diane Keaton commented on Sawyer's physical attractiveness, stating that if she had lips like Sawyer's, "then I wouldn't have worked on my [expletive] personality!" Keaton quickly apologized for

630-408: A castle then explore it, going their separate ways, while they discover everything from a princess, to a witch and have an epic sword battle. "Come Down With Love"- Allstar Weekend's official music video for "Come Down With Love" starts out with the band waking up on top of a van. After meeting up with a group of friends the band, along with their friends drive to the beach. They are seen performing on

720-417: A competitive 24/7 news operation with more exclusive bookings, news and live stock market updates for West Coast viewers and new on-screen graphics that included a news ticker . Good Morning America began originating entire shows from unique locations, which, according to Nielsen Media Research , resulted in more people watching the program and for longer periods of time. GMA became the first to originate

810-407: A contributing anchor, while maintaining his co-host duties on Live! with Kelly and Michael (which is also syndicated by Disney–ABC Domestic Television). Strahan's new position was confirmed on April 15, 2014, when he was introduced to the audience as the new contributing anchor on the program. On April 18, 2014, Lara Spencer was promoted to co-anchor effective immediately, receiving top billing on

900-498: A correspondent for NBC Sports , amid reports that contract negotiations to increase his annual salary (from $ 1.2 million to $ 8 million) broke down; Elliott was replaced as news anchor by Amy Robach later that week. The program continued to dominate over the competition, even with the loss of two major co-hosts in Champion and Elliott. In early April 2014, several media reports speculated that Michael Strahan would be joining GMA as

990-448: A cover song EP titled Kevin's Place . On it, the band covers " Drops Of Jupiter " by Train , " Thunder Road " by Bruce Springsteen , "Enchanted" by Taylor Swift , " Perfect Situation " by Weezer and " I Love You Always Forever " by Donna Lewis . The cover song EP is available on iTunes only. On August 1, 2013, they released their own mobile game, available on iOS and Android , titled ASW Restaurant . It costs $ 1.99 (US) on iOS and

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1080-465: A distribution deal with Universal Music Canada. In March 2012, the band announced releasing a 5-song extended play on July 3, 2012. The EP features the singles "Wanna Dance With Somebody" (ASW 2012), a cover of Whitney Houston's " I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) ", "Life as We Know It" and, later, "The Last Time" remix featuring Kina Grannis . Originally the EP was called Kevin's Place , but its title

1170-657: A dramatic increase in viewership while all other network news franchises saw losses. The show moved from the ABC News headquarters in Manhattan 's Lincoln Square district to its present home at the Times Square Studios on September 13, 1999. The new location made it possible for the program to feature a live audience inside the studio, similar to the "Window on the World" set used by Today . Under Ross, Good Morning America became

1260-697: A live show from an aircraft carrier during wartime (the USS Enterprise ), from the White House (after the Columbine High School massacre ), from The Pentagon (for the reopening of the wing damaged during the September 11 attacks in 2001), from The Vatican (for the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II 's election as Pope), and from the Tower of London (on the 50th anniversary of Elizabeth II ʼs accession to

1350-503: A lump in her breast during a self-examination while preparing the Siegel tribute episode. Roberts remained as anchor while undergoing chemotherapy and completed radiation treatments on March 28, 2008. On October 22, 2007, Good Morning America introduced a new on-air graphics package. Using much of the design features of its former graphics, it went from a basic blue background to a more orangish-gold setting. The program's opening changed from

1440-525: A new band, The Tragic Thrills. The Kickstarter-funded Allstar Weekend album was released as the new band's self-titled debut in October 2013. Martinez and Schneiders left the band in April 2014. Quiseng went on an indefinite hiatus in January 2015, and the band now currently consists of Zach Porter (lead vocals), Chris Morrison (lead guitar), Ans Gibson (drums), and live member Gabe Rudner (keyboard). In May 2023, Porter

1530-456: A permanent member to replace him. Since leaving the band, Darmody has continued his career as a solo artist under the title of IWXO (which stands for "I'm With Love"). On January 8, 2012, the band announced via Stickam their departure from their former label Hollywood Records , citing how the label restricted them in what they wanted to do (touring internationally, mature themes in songs, etc.). In August 2012, they confirmed that they had signed

1620-401: A regular substitute for Gibson and Sawyer when either of them were on vacation or assignment. On November 3, 2005, Good Morning America celebrated its 30th anniversary with retrospectives on and clips from the show's history and by decorating Times Square . Former co-hosts Hartman and Lunden, along with former meteorologist Spencer Christian , were among the guests of honor. Hartman signed off

1710-624: A season later, the audience began to decline. It is like passing the baton in a relay race." Antonio Mora served as newsreader for the program until March 18, 2002, when he left to become an anchor at CBS owned-and-operated station WBBM-TV in Chicago. He was replaced by former ESPN anchor and correspondent Robin Roberts . On May 23, 2005, ABC News announced that Robin Roberts would be promoted from newsreader to co-anchor of Good Morning America , joining Gibson and Sawyer. Roberts had previously served as

1800-486: A steady decline for that program during Curry's co-hosting tenure), viewership for Good Morning America increased starting in 2012. The program beat Today for the first time in 16 years during the week of April 9, 2012, ending that program's streak of 852 consecutive weeks as the most-watched network morning news program, by a margin of 31,000 more viewers than the NBC program. Good Morning America beat Today once again during

1890-545: A temporary replacement for the canceled talk/lifestyle show The Revolution in the 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time weekday slot. Good Afternoon America was taped immediately after the morning program and focused on lighter fare, with the exception of the July 20 edition, which provided live coverage of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting . Like its morning counterpart, Good Afternoon America originated from Times Square Studios. The limited-run program, which ended on September 7, 2012,

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1980-652: Is being thrown and the band is performing. Porter and Darmody have said that the "Dance Forever" video represents not just one, but all the members of the band's personalities. The song debuted on Billboard' s Heatseekers Chart at number 16. It peaked at number 45 on the Canadian Hot 100 , making it their first song to chart on a major singles chart. Suddenly was released on June 22, 2010, in America and on July 20, 2010, in Canada, to generally positive reviews from critics. The album

2070-459: Is preceded by the lead single , "Dance Forever", which was released on June 7, 2010. The album's second single, "Come Down with Love" was released on September 19, 2010. On August 30, 2010, Allstar Weekend performed Dance Forever and The Weekend live on Good Morning America. After the performance, they confirmed that their debut album, titled Suddenly Yours would be released on October 19, 2010. The album's lead single, titled "Come Down with Love",

2160-454: Is titled EyeOpener . ABC took an episode of The Morning Exchange and used it as a television pilot . The format replaced AM America on Monday, November 3, as Good Morning America . The first cohosts were actor David Hartman and actress Nancy Dussault . Dussault was replaced in April 1977 by Sandy Hill , previously at KABC-TV in Los Angeles . The show's title is the same as

2250-785: The Eastern Time Zone and on broadcast delay elsewhere across the country). The Sunday editions are an hour long and are transmitted to ABC's stations live at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time, although stations in some media markets air them at different times. Viewers in the Pacific Time Zone receive an updated feed with a specialized opening and updated live reports. A third hour of the weekday broadcast aired from 2007 to 2008, exclusively on ABC News Now . The program features news, interviews, weather forecasts, special-interest stories, and feature segments such as "Pop News" (featuring popular culture and entertainment news, and viral video ),

2340-412: The top and bottom of every hour and using the rest of the time to discuss general interest/entertainment topics. The Morning Exchange also established a group of regular guests who were experts in certain fields, including health, entertainment, consumer affairs, and travel. Also unlike both the NBC and ABC shows, The Morning Exchange was not broadcast from a newsroom set but instead one that resembled

2430-727: The "GMA Heat Index" (featuring a mix of entertainment, lifestyle and human-interest stories) and "Play of the Day" (featuring a selected viral video or television program clip). It is produced by ABC News and broadcasts from the Times Square Studios in New York City 's Times Square district. The primary anchors are Robin Roberts , George Stephanopoulos , and former New York Giants defensive end and former Live co-host Michael Strahan with entertainment anchor Lara Spencer and weather anchor Ginger Zee . Good Morning America has been

2520-480: The "One to Watch". They talked about their days when they were a garage band compared to their lives now and how they're living the dream. They also talked about their pre-show rituals. On March 19, 2011, they were again in 10 on Top , ranking number 4 due to their new music video "Not Your Birthday". They have also been on MTV's The Seven twice. The second time was on May 13, 2011, and they ranked at number two. They performed "Not Your Birthday" live on television for

2610-602: The 1970s and into the 1980s while Today experienced a slight slump in viewership, especially with Walters' decision to leave NBC for a job at ABC News . On August 30, 1976, Tom Brokaw began anchoring Today while the program began a search for a female co-host. Within a year, Today managed to beat back the Good Morning America ratings threat with Brokaw and new co-host Jane Pauley , featuring art and entertainment contributor Gene Shalit . Good Morning America continued to threaten Today ' s ratings dominance into

2700-472: The 1980s, especially after Brokaw left the latter program to become co-anchor of NBC Nightly News with Roger Mudd for 17 months before being named sole anchor of that program. For the first time, Good Morning America became the highest-rated morning news program in the United States as Today fell to second place. At the outset, Good Morning America was a talk program with a main host, Hartman, who

2790-491: The Disney Channel series Sonny with a Chance to sing "Come Down With Love". They have already completed their second tour "The Suddenly Yours Tour". "A Different Side of Me" was released as the first official single off the album on March 2, 2010. This single also appears on the soundtrack to the film The Last Song . "Dance Forever" was released as the second official single off the album on June 7, 2010. The music video

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2880-659: The End Of My Life", and "Dance Forever". The band first rose to fame when they were contestants on Radio Disney 's special, Next Big Thing or N.B.T. , under their former name, 'ALLSTAR'. Despite being a fan favorite, the band lost, coming second to Jonnie and Brookie . A few months later, the band signed a contract with Hollywood Records - and uploaded the video of them signing on August 29, 2009, to their official YouTube - and immediately began work on their debut EP, Suddenly . Prior to becoming contestants on Radio Disney's Next Big Thing , they contributed songs (one of which

2970-578: The Scene. On July 25, they announced that their second single from All the Way would be "Blame It on September", which was released on August 16, 2011. Their song "Hey, Princess" was featured in the Disney Channel Original Movie Geek Charming . On September 17, 2011, it was announced via TwitLonger that Darmody had left the band. The band stated that they would not release the details of his departure and that they would search for

3060-400: The Times Square Studios facility in 1999; the news desk was also moved in front of a window. On May 3, 2010, the program debuted new "light blue and sunny" graphics, and new theme music by DreamArtists Studios. An entirely new set for the program was introduced on January 31, 2011; the monitor used for national weather segments (used mainly during the 7:00 a.m. hour only) was moved closer to

3150-616: The United States as part of ABC News ' s "50 States in 50 Days" event, for which the program was broadcast from different locations around the U.S. each day throughout that month. The tour's first telecast stop was in Stockbridge, Massachusetts . On September 2, 2009, ABC announced that Sawyer would replace Gibson as anchor of ABC World News at the end of that year. Speculation had abounded that either George Stephanopoulos , news anchor Chris Cuomo, weekend anchor Bill Weir , or World News Saturday anchor David Muir would replace Sawyer on

3240-458: The Way , would be released on July 19, but it was moved to September 27, 2011. With a successful first week, All the Way debuted at number 49 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. "Not Your Birthday" was released as the first single from All the Way on February 25, 2011, premiering that night on Radio Disney . The song was recorded for the soundtrack of Disney's film Prom , and is featured in

3330-483: The air late in 1975 under the title Good Morning America , WCVB station manager Bob Bennett accused ABC entertainment president Fred Silverman of deliberately stealing the title of Good Morning! ; no legal cease and desist action was finalized against ABC in the matter, however. The launch of Good Morning America did result in the Boston morning show changing its name—to Good Day! . Currently, WCVB's morning news program

3420-461: The anchor desk while the news desk remained in the same place. This was the first major set change since the show upgraded to high definition in November 2005. On February 25, 2011 James Goldston moved from Nightline to become Senior Executive Producer of GMA . On March 17, 2011, ABC News President Ben Sherwood announced that former GMA national correspondent Lara Spencer would be rejoining

3510-462: The anchor position at ABC World News that was given to Gibson. In August 2006, Chris Cuomo was named news anchor while continuing his anchoring duties on the newsmagazine Primetime and serving as ABC News's senior legal correspondent. Meanwhile, Sam Champion , longtime evening meteorologist at WABC-TV , was named as the new weather anchor for the program and as weather editor for ABC News. Both Cuomo and Champion began their respective duties on

3600-472: The band and audition to join. In an effort to begin practicing live, Porter recruited friend Cameron Quiseng (pronounced / ˈ k iː s ɛ ŋ / ). At Darmody's suggestion, Quiseng - whom Porter met in middle school - became bassist, while Porter switched to lead vocals. Shortly before signing with Hollywood Records , Norris left the band to pursue college, and is still credited with writing "Clock Runs Out", "A Different Side Of Me", "Here With You", "Journey To

3690-461: The band would be taking a 'permanent hiatus' after Warped Tour, citing the gap in musical style between their current and previous material. They stated that they would be starting a new band, along with touring member Brent Schneiders, but would not perform any Allstar Weekend songs under the new project. They played their final show on August 4, 2013, in Houston . On February 14, 2013, the band released

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3780-403: The beach as well as splashing in the water and having a good time. At about 2:00 minutes into the video the sun sets and it becomes dark with the band still performing. This is similar to what happened in the "Dance Forever" music video. The video ends with Zach Porter, the lead singer, at a blue car on the beach singing the closing lyrics. The track "The Weekend" is not a single but a music video

3870-516: The beginning of the chorus of Steve Goodman 's song City of New Orleans . For the first seven years, weather forecasts were presented by John Coleman , former chief meteorologist for ABC owned-and-operated station WLS-TV in Chicago , who left GMA in 1982 to start The Weather Channel with Landmark Communications CEO Frank Batten . Dave Murray (later chief meteorologist at KTVI in St. Louis ) provided

3960-474: The camera's zooming in on the hosts while introducing the host to an opening with new music (by the New York City-based music production company DreamArtists Studios) and a background with the Good Morning America logo descending onto the frame. It also changed its news ticker and time-and-temperature bug for the first time in years. The ticker featured an orange background with a modified ABC News logo as

4050-457: The celebration and share their stories. Clips from all 40 years were shown. On April 19, 2016, Strahan announced that he would be leaving Live! with Kelly and Michael to join Good Morning America full-time. On September 6, 2016, Michael Strahan began his run as official full-time co-anchor of the program along with Roberts, Stephanopoulos, and Spencer. A new title sequence was debuted not including Spencer's name. The first hour focuses on

4140-446: The film. The single was delayed on being released for purchase and eventually became available on iTunes on March 22, 2011. It was announced on June 20, 2011, via the band's Facebook , that Darmody would not be touring with the band on their tour with Selena Gomez & The Scene , due to personal issues. On July 13, Allstar Weekend stated that guitarist Eric Nicolau would be filling in for Darmody on their tour with Selena Gomez &

4230-564: The first floor (ground level) of the Times Square studios. The main "window" behind the presenters in the new set, which also shows a view overlooking Times Square from an above-ground level, is actually a back-projection, although there are several real windows used in other parts of the set. Amid declining ratings at Today in the aftermath of reports of Matt Lauer 's alleged role in Ann Curry 's departure as co-host (though ratings had been in

4320-446: The first three Daytime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Morning Program", sharing the inaugural 2007 award with Today and winning the 2008 and 2009 awards outright. On January 6, 1975, ABC launched AM America in an attempt to compete with NBC's Today . The program was hosted by Bill Beutel and Stephanie Edwards , with Peter Jennings reading the news (Jennings had been a replacement for Bob Kennedy, who had been scheduled to be

4410-697: The first time on MuchMusic 's New.Music.Live. in Toronto, Ontario , Canada. They again performed it on Live with Regis and Kelly on May 30, 2011. On August 7, 2011, Allstar Weekend was at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards presenting for the dance crew Poreotics . On August 26, 2012, they performed live on Family Channel 's Big Ticket Summer Concert. On September 25, 2011, the band performed live at The Next Star Finale in Toronto, playing "Blame It On September" and "Mr. Wonderful". The following day, they performed "Blame it On September" live on Live with Regis and Kelly . On

4500-416: The forecasts for both Good Morning America and ABC's early morning news program ABC News This Morning from 1983 to 1986. In August 1986, he was replaced by Spencer Christian , who worked at WABC-TV in New York City and served as fill-in meteorologist for both Coleman and Murray whenever they were away on vacation or assignment. The program's Nielsen ratings climbed slowly, but steadily throughout

4590-593: The morning shows in January 1999, ABC News management selected Shelley Ross from the field of executive producer candidates. As part of Rossʼs proposed changes, Ross ousted the McRee-Newman team and lobbied to bring in Diane Sawyer and team her with Charles Gibson, who had been reluctant to return. On January 18, 1999, the Gibson-Sawyer team paired by Ross debuted on-air, which during the first full season resulted in

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4680-444: The most watched morning show in total viewers and key demos each year since summer 2012. GMA generally placed second in the ratings, behind NBC 's Today , from 1995 to 2012. It overtook its rival for a period from the early to mid-1980s with anchors David Hartman and Joan Lunden , from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s with Charles Gibson and Lunden, and in April 2012 with Roberts and Stephanopoulos. Good Morning America won

4770-421: The news of the morning anchored by Roberts, Stephanopulos, and Strahan. Zee does segments of the weather and Robach reads the morning headlines. The second hour is in the second floor studio and is taped in front of a live studio audience. It focuses on "soft news" and entertainment. It is anchored by the three main co-anchors (including Spencer) and features guests and talk show panel discussion. In April 2018, it

4860-515: The pool, hula hooping, and dance lines. The setting then turns to night at which point the band is still performing. The video ends with lights shining down on the band as they just finished their song. The video was shot in Woodland Hills, California on May 20, 2010. "A Different Side of Me" - Allstar Weekend's official music video for "A Different Side of Me" contains the four members of the band running from some sort of get-together. They discover

4950-436: The program alongside Roberts and Stephanopoulos. In September 2014, former NFL player Tim Tebow was announced to be joining the program as a part-time correspondent to help launch the new segment, "Motivate Me Mondays". He made his debut on the program on September 15, 2014. On November 19, 2015, the program celebrated its 40th anniversary, with all the main anchors and most of the news and weather anchors returning to join

5040-495: The program in May in a newly created lifestyle anchor position. On March 29, 2011, ESPN anchor Josh Elliott was named news anchor of the program following the departure of Juju Chang . In the summer of 2011, Good Morning America decided to vacate the second floor of the Times Square studios, which overlooked Times Square, due to cost issues. On September 6, 2011, the program began broadcasting from an entirely new studio set located on

5130-404: The program on September 5, 2006, when Good Morning America instituted a new graphics package and new news area for Cuomo to report headlines. The following week, on September 13, 2006, the program introduced a new logo —this time with gold Avant Garde font on a blue background, which bears a resemblance to the original Good Morning America logo that was used up to early 1987. On June 29, 2007,

5220-746: The program sometime that February; Roberts performed dry run rehearsals during the week of January 21 in preparation for her return; she and her doctors evaluated her body's reaction to the makeup, the lighting, her hair, and the number of people she comes in contact with to avoid compromising her then-gradually-improving health. Roberts returned to Good Morning America part-time on February 20, 2013; she announced in August 2013 that she would return to full-time hosting duties on September 3 of that year. In 2013, GMA won its first Nielsen ratings in 18 years. On December 4, 2013, weather anchor Sam Champion departed Good Morning America and ABC News after seven years on

5310-605: The program to join The Weather Channel , where he became primary anchor of the competing morning program America's Morning Headquarters (which debuted in March 2014). He was succeeded the following day by Ginger Zee , who had been serving as meteorologist for the weekend editions of GMA and was also appointed to Champion's former position as weather editor for ABC News. On March 30, 2014, news anchor Josh Elliott left ABC News after three years as news anchor of GMA to become

5400-590: The program were provided by WXYZ-TV chief meteorologist Jerry Hodak via a split screen between the WXYZ studios in Detroit and the Good Morning America set in New York City. Good Morning America entered the 1990s with continued overwhelming ratings success. Gibson and Lunden became a hard team to beat; however, the program stumbled from its top spot in late 1995, falling to second place behind Today (in what would begin

5490-403: The program's longtime film critic Joel Siegel died of complications from colorectal cancer at age 63. The July 9 edition of GMA was dedicated to Siegel, with former hosts Hartman, Hill, Lunden, Newman, Christian, Perkins and Gibson all appearing to share their memories. One month later, on July 31, 2007, Robin Roberts announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer after discovering

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5580-624: The program's newsreader, but died two months before the premiere from bone cancer ). Because the show could not find an audience against Today (and its anchor team of Jim Hartz and Barbara Walters ), ABC sought a new approach. The network found that one of its affiliates, WEWS in Cleveland , Ohio , had been pre-empting AM America in favor of airing a locally produced show called The Morning Exchange . Unlike AM America and Today , The Morning Exchange featured an easygoing and less dramatic approach by offering news and weather updates only at

5670-477: The program. Representatives for ABC News stated that it wanted to return the show to the original male-female anchor format. On December 10, 2009, Stephanopoulos was announced as Sawyer's replacement, with Juju Chang replacing Cuomo as newsreader; the changes took effect four days later on December 14. In April 2010, the anchor desk in the studio was relocated back in front of the window overlooking Times Square, where it had been when Good Morning America moved to

5760-453: The release day of All The Way , September 27, they played "Blame It On September", and "Mr. Wonderful" on Good Morning America . This is a list of all the tours that Allstar Weekend has participated in; individual concerts are not included. Suddenly Yours Suddenly Yours is the debut full-length studio album by American pop rock band Allstar Weekend . It was released on October 19, 2010 by Hollywood Records . The album

5850-400: The release of their debut single, the band announced their debut EP , Suddenly , would be released on June 17, 2010. They also announced plans to release a second single before the release of the album. On June 7, 2010, the band released "Dance Forever", the second single from their EP. The music video was released June 12, 2010, and takes place in the backyard of a house where a pool party

5940-550: The remark and Sawyer jokingly threatened to have her mother "work on your personality with soap in your mouth." Officials with the Federal Communications Commission declined to take action for the fleeting expletive. Following the death of Michael Jackson , Charles Gibson returned to the Good Morning America anchor desk with Roberts on June 26, 2009, while Sawyer was away. In September 2008, Good Morning America ' s anchors rode an Amtrak train to tour

6030-426: The same demographic in that period to CBS Mornings . The show is expected to relocate with many of ABC News and WABC-TV's on-air studio operations to a new Disney facility at 4 Hudson Square some time in 2025. Good Night America was a late night talk show/news magazine hosted by Geraldo Rivera in the 1970s as part of ABC's late night line up, also ABC's "Wide World Special". Though not exactly like GMA it

6120-420: The second time on June 28, 2006. That day's edition was dedicated to his 19 years as anchor of the program and celebrated his new role as anchor of ABC World News Tonight . Gibson ended his tenure at GMA by stating, "For nineteen years, my mornings have been not just good—they've been great." There had been speculation that Sawyer would leave Good Morning America when her contract expired in 2007 to assume

6210-416: The show that day with his trademark close: "From all of us, make it a good day." That same day, Good Morning America became the first network morning news program to begin broadcasting in high-definition television . On December 2, 2005, weather anchor Tony Perkins left the program after six years. The last ten minutes of that day's edition were dedicated to Perkins, during which he gave thanks to one of

6300-593: The show's producers and a heartfelt goodbye to anchors Gibson, Roberts and Sawyer. Perkins left the program to return to his family in Washington, D.C. , and join Fox owned-and-operated station WTTG , where he previously served as a weather anchor. He affectionately said to his young son on-air, "Connor, if you're watching, daddy's comin' home." Perkins was replaced by Mike Barz , former WGN Morning News sports anchor at WGN-TV in Chicago. Gibson left Good Morning America for

6390-430: The show; the episode was aired on October 17, 2010. "Dance Forever" - Allstar Weekend's official music video for "Dance Forever" takes place at a modern-day house with the band performing poolside at a party. Nathan Darmody, the lead guitarist has the opening vocals with the band performing on the grass next to the pool. At the same time that the band is performing there are also a lot activities going on such as jumping in

6480-511: The spring of 2007. Darmody's friend Zachary "Zach" Porter later joined their band and the three formed 'Outerspace Politicians' in June 2007. The band wrote and recorded early demos in Darmody's bedroom in the ensuing months using FL Studio . Several completed songs were then posted to the group's Myspace page. This resulted in little attention, although it prompted local drummer Michael Martinez to contact

6570-437: The supposed new CD. In mid-January 2014, their manager, Stefanie, stated, "Allstar Weekend broke up so anything we release or work on is not our (Allstar Weekend's) priority. But the artwork for the unreleased tracks/B-sides CD is being done now." As of 2015, nothing more of this album has been said, and the album is presumed to be canceled. After the dissolution of Allstar Weekend, Porter, Quiseng, Martinez, and Schneiders formed

6660-450: The throne). Viewership during this time increased by nearly one million households, and revenue soared. Although Today remained the top-rated morning news show, the Sawyer, Gibson and Ross team inched close, creating a viable rival. According to Linda McLoof, executive director of news research at ABC News from 2001 to 2009, "When Shelley left, her viewing momentum was initially sustained, but

6750-589: The week of April 16, 2012, by a much larger margin of 166,000 viewers. During the week of April 1, 2012, ABC News special correspondent Katie Couric , who had recently joined the network as part of a deal to host a syndicated talk show distributed by corporate sister Disney–ABC Domestic Television , filled for Robin Roberts on Good Morning America . Couric had hosted the rival NBC morning program Today from 1991 to 2006; her Good Morning America stint marked her return to morning news after six years. On August 30, 2012, Roberts went on medical leave after undergoing

6840-497: Was an early, more synthesized version of "Dance Forever") as part of a digital split album titled Chicken Finger Fingers on Drive-Thru Records with Dino Club. Soon after, they signed with Hollywood Records and released their debut extended play, Suddenly . After signing with Hollywood Records , the band changed their name from ALLSTAR to Allstar Weekend, citing legal issues as the catalyst. The band has said in interviews that they chose to add 'Weekend' because they felt it made

6930-546: Was announced that Spencer would cut back on her hours on GMA from five days a week to three to focus on her own projects. Roberts also announced she would no longer anchor Fridays. On May 23, 2018, an afternoon extension of GMA (originally titled GMA Day , now known as GMA3 ) was announced as a replacement in the fall of 2018 for the cancelled cooking series The Chew in the 1:00 p.m. ET/noon CT timeslot. In April 2022, Roberts celebrated her 20th anniversary with Good Morning America , during which an on-air celebration

7020-490: Was changed to The American Dream before its release. In October 2012, the band began a Kickstarter campaign to fund their next album, which was given the working name Ballin' . On December 3, 2012, the band announced via Twitter that they would be going on a headlining tour in January and February 2013. On January 4, 2013, Allstar Weekend announced they would also be playing at Warped Tour 2013 . On January 18, 2013, Porter, Quiseng, and Martinez announced via Stickam that

7110-480: Was held with Roberts being honored with a plaque featuring her name on the grounds of Times Square. An anthropomorphic show mascot , Ray, styled as a sun-like creature, was introduced to the viewers on September 7, 2023. In the first half of 2024, the show uncharacteristically struggled in the ratings race. It lost the demographic of adults under the age of 54 to the Today show for several months, and periodically lost

7200-553: Was interviewed on the YouTube channel "The Voice Party Podcast" giving details on how the band was formed and the reasons behind their disbandment. The band guest-starred on Sonny with a Chance in the episode "A So Random Halloween Special" to perform "Come Down with Love" which is also featured on the show's soundtrack . They appeared on Lopez Tonight and Rachel Ray , also performing "Come Down with Love". On February 26, 2012, they were featured on MTV 's 10 on Top . They were

7290-650: Was joined by a sidekick co-host; Dussault and Hill were scripted as less-than-equal hosts. In 1980, an exasperated Hill left Good Morning America after run-ins with Hartman, who was said to have "had a problem with strong women." She was replaced by Joan Lunden , then a reporter at ABC's New York City flagship WABC-TV . Hartman and Lunden led the show through several years of success. Lunden's popularity led to her promotion to co-anchor in 1986, and to more equal footing with Hartman than any woman before her. The partnership ended on February 20, 1987, when Hartman retired after 3,189 broadcasts. After Hartman's departure, Lunden

7380-529: Was made. Good Morning America Good Morning America (often abbreviated as GMA ) is an American morning television program that is broadcast on ABC . It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends with the debut of a Sunday edition on January 3, 1993. The Sunday edition was canceled in 1999; weekend editions returned on both Saturdays and Sundays on September 4, 2004. The weekday and Saturday programs airs from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in all United States timezones (live in

7470-517: Was more of a talk show format, with guests and interviewing them and also topics of current events, with Rivera ending the show with commentary. After Good Night America went off the air, Rivera still worked for ABC eventually working for Good Morning America when it premiered in November 1975, while still working for ABC News and its other shows such as Nightline and 20/20 . A special summer afternoon edition of Good Morning America , titled Good Afternoon America , premiered on July 9, 2012, as

7560-445: Was originally also $ 1.99 (US) on Android, but is now free for Android. In October 2013, it was revealed that the band was coming out with one more album, stating: "We have decided it would be more appropriate to thank you in an ALLSTAR WEEKEND release. As you may know, we are releasing an album of all unreleased tracks/ B-sides . This CD will be out for the holiday season." However, by early January 2014, nothing more had been heard about

7650-425: Was paired with ABC News correspondent Charles Gibson on February 23, 1987, which ultimately resulted in ratings for the program skyrocketing. The team of Lunden and Gibson became the most popular news partnership on television in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and for the first time Good Morning America regularly won the ratings against Today . At one point prior to Spencer Christian's arrival in 1986, forecasts on

7740-554: Was released June 4, 2010. The album's third, and final, official single off the album, "Come Down with Love", was released September 19, 2010. It first premiered on Radio Disney on September 17, 2010. The music video premiered on the Disney Channel two days later on September 19, 2010. Allstar Weekend performed this song on the Disney Channel Original Series Sonny with a Chance when they guest starred on

7830-559: Was released on September 17, 2010. Allstar Weekend's fall tour in 2010 included other acts: Stephen Jerzak , Action Item , and The Scene Aesthetic . The tour started on November 4, 2010, in Las Vegas , Nevada , and ended on December 17 at House of Blues on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California . In February 2011, they were on the Glamour Kills Tour with The Ready Set . On May 20, 2011, they announced their new album, All

7920-399: Was released on September 19 with the music video out on September 21. They stated that the album will feature the seven tracks from their debut EP , Suddenly , as well four new ones including their new lead single for Suddenly Yours, "Come Down with Love." On August 30, 2010, Allstar Weekend performed "Dance Forever" and "The Weekend" live on Good Morning America. In addition, they were on

8010-502: Was replaced by ABC News correspondent Lisa McRee . The pairing of Gibson and McRee fared well in the ratings. However, ratings sharply declined when Gibson also left the show to make way for Kevin Newman on May 1, 1998. With McRee and Newman as anchors, longtime viewers of Good Morning America switched to Today , whose ratings skyrocketed. To improve Good Morning America ' s ratings performance, which briefly fell to third place among

8100-453: Was somewhat successful in its first week (in America), debuting at number 62 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. On August 30, 2010, Allstar Weekend performed "A Different Side of Me" and "The Weekend" on Good Morning America . After the performance, they confirmed that their debut album, Suddenly Yours , would be released on October 19, 2010. The album's lead single, "Come Down with Love",

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