Major Shakeup Hits Abc's 'gma3,' But Insider Says Show 'not Being Shut Down' Despite Chatter

"GMA3" anchors Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan some exited nan ABC News programme connected Monday arsenic nan midday hold of "Good Morning America" undergoes different awesome facelift, 3 years aft a scandalous extramarital affair put nan show firmly successful nan zeitgeist. 

The departures of Pilgrim and Morgan prompted questions astir nan early of nan program, which was already deed pinch layoffs this year. The Status media newsletter wrote that "ABC News is each but throwing successful nan towel" connected nan programme and TV Insider published a header bluntly asking, "Is ‘GMA3’ Going to Be Canceled astatine ABC?" 

However, nan scandal-plagued programme isn’t going distant anytime soon, according to a well-placed source. 

"The show is not being unopen down," an ABC News root told Fox News Digital. 

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"GMA3" anchors DeMarco Morgan and Eva Pilgrim some exited ABC News, nan institution announced.  (Paula Lobo/American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. via Getty Images)

"Good Morning America" executive producer Simone Swink took power of "GMA3" past year. The root pointed to a caller workplace and look that are much successful sync pinch Swink’s flagship "Good Morning America" arsenic grounds that ABC is making an effort to turn nan spinoff "GMA3." 

ABC News personalities Will Reeve, Lara Spencer, Sam Champion, Linsey Davis, James Longman, Rachel Scott, Janai Norman, Gio Benitez and Whit Johnson person each impermanent hosted nan programme successful caller weeks and a akin rotation is expected to continue. 

"GMA3" gained nationalist attraction successful 2022 erstwhile then-hosts T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach sewage caught up successful a headline-grabbing cheating scandal. Their relationship, which began while they were some joined to different people, resulted successful them being benched for 2 months earlier they agreed to exit ABC. 

As nan play unfolded, tabloids fundamentally covered their each step, keeping scandalous headlines astir nan Disney-owned network astatine nan forefront. At nan time, ABC News insiders said nan matter was sadistic for nan family marque that is truthful important to Disney, ABC News' genitor company.

The programme has shed viewers since nan cheating scandal. "GMA3" averaged 1.6 cardinal full viewers successful 2022 earlier nan matter emerged arsenic tabloid fodder and has since averaged 1.4 cardinal for a 13% drop. 

The diminution is worst among nan advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54, arsenic it has shed 24% of those captious viewers since Robach and Holmes were revealed to beryllium much than friends co-anchors. 

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The extramarital matter betwixt now-former ABC News anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach landed connected nan beforehand page of nan New York Post.  (New York Post)

ABC touts "GMA3" beating CBS’ "The Talk" and "NBC News Daily" erstwhile promoting nan daytime program. 

However, "GMA3" loses to a assortment of Fox News Channel’s greeting and daytime offerings, including "FOX & Friends," "America’s Newsroom," "The Faulkner Focus," "Outnumbered," "The Story," "America Reports" and "The Will Cain Show." 

ABC honchos agelong wanted to grow "Good Morning America" to 3 hours, but Kelly Ripa’s "Live" programme rates good astatine 9 a.m. ET erstwhile a 3rd hr would people fit. ABC began tinkering pinch a daytime type of "GMA" successful 2018 erstwhile Michael Strahan and Sara Haines hosted "GMA Day." 

The programme has since had respective makeovers and was known arsenic "Pandemic: What You Need to Know" during nan early stages of COVID. It was yet renamed "GMA3: What you Need to Know" and past shortened to simply "GMA3." 

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The extramarital matter betwixt Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes rocked nan media manufacture successful 2022 and 2023. (Arturo Holmes/WireImage)

ABC News' Almin Karamehmedovic addressed staffers astir nan exits of Pilgrim and Morgan. 

"I wanted to stock that Eva Pilgrim has decided to embark connected her adjacent section and will beryllium departing ABC News. She has been a awesome personnel of nan ABC News squad for much than a decade, coming to america from ABC-owned position WPVI successful Philadelphia," Karamehmedovic wrote successful a memo obtained by Fox News Digital. 

He went connected to tout Pilgrim’s successes astatine nan web and thanked her for "many years of relationship and difficult work."

Pilgrim was named nan caller big of nan syndicated programme "Inside Edition." 

Karamehmedovic besides told ABC News staffers that Morgan "has decided to statesman a caller journey and will beryllium departing ABC News," though it is unclear if he has different gig lined up. 

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