Good Day L.A.
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Good Day L.A. is a television show aired on KTTV (Fox 11), the Fox Broadcasting Company-owned and operated station in Los Angeles, California. The show airs Monday through Friday mornings from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM. The show is hosted by Jillian Barberie, Steve Edwards and Dorothy Lucey.
History
Good Day L.A. began in the fall of 1993 as a competitor to the KTLA Morning News, which began two years before. At its inception, the show carried a similar format to KTLA's production. It was a two-hour program and was anchored by Antonio Mora and Susan Lichtman. Mark Thompson moved from the station's 10pm newscast to report weather; Dagny Hultgreen was the entertainment anchor; and Suzanne Dunn was the traffic reporter on Sky 11 (now SkyFox), the station's helicopter.
The format was unsuccessful, and the show underwent frequent anchor turnover. Mora left for ABC and was replaced by Thompson and later Tony McEwing (who has anchored the earlier FOX11 Morning News since its 1993 launch). Hultgreen was replaced by Lonnie Lardner; Dunn was replaced by Will Kohlschreiber.
The show was finally retooled in 1995 when Steve Edwards was brought in as the anchor with Jillian Barberie reporting weather (swapping positions with Thompson, who took over her former post reporting weather on the station's 10pm newscast), and Dorothy Lucey handling the entertainment reports; Rod Bernsen took over the traffic reports from the helicopter, and McEwing reported headlines from the newsroom. The show has since become a mainstay in Los Angeles television, and at times has beaten KTLA and even the network shows in the time slot. The current (2006) host line-up is Edwards, Lucey, Barberie, McEwing (who also serves as primary substitute host for Edwards), and Rick Dickert (traffic).
In 2001, Good Day L.A. was spun off into a nationally syndicated program as Good Day Live, an hour long version of the local show with the same presenters. Dorothy Lucey and Jillian Barberie were fired from the syndicated show in 2004, and they were replaced with Arthel Neville and Debbie Matenopoulos. Good Day Live was cancelled a year later.
Following the cancellation of Good Day Live, KTTV expanded Good Day L.A. to three hours. Also in 2005, Good Day L.A. added a Sunday edition of the show hosted by Robb Weller, Nischelle Turner, and Elizabeth Espinosa.
As of March 2006, Good Day L.A. continues to be #1 in L.A., beating out local competitor KTLA Morning News, and national morning shows, Good Morning America, The Today Show, and Early Show.
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