Good Morning America



Good Morning America is a breakfast television news and talk show broadcast on the ABC television network; the show has been airing five days a week since November 3, 1975. Show hosts have included Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts and Christopher Cuomo. Longtime anchor Charles Gibson left the program in 2006 to become the lead anchor of ABC World News until retiring in 2009, with Diane Sawyer taking over Gibson's spot. Weekend anchors include Kate Snow. Sam Champion is the show's longtime weather anchor.

The Muppets have appeared on the show many times. They are a particular favorite of Gibson's, and Kermit the Frog appeared on Gibson's final broadcast in 2006 to say goodbye.

In 1992, the Muppets appeared in a series of ten weekly sketches produced for Good Morning America, spoofing current events of the day -- the presidential election, the Winter Olympics and tax day. These sketches were written by Jim Lewis and Craig Shemin, under the supervision of Jerry Juhl. See below for details and video clips.

Appearances

 * Summer, 1976 : Kermit the Frog
 * June 23, 1981
 * February, 1988 : Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy
 * August, 1989 : Jim Henson and Michael Eisner, to discuss the prospective Henson/Disney deal. Henson wore a Mickey tie; Eisner wore a Kermit tie.
 * May 1991 : A behind the scenes feature about Muppet*Vision 3D. Joel Siegel interviews Frank Oz, Michael K. Frith, Rizzo the Rat and Miss Piggy.
 * February 18 - April 21, 1992 : Series of weekly Muppet sketches; see below
 * December 11, 1992 : Brian Henson promotes The Muppet Christmas Carol
 * February 7, 1996 : Kermit and Piggy promote Muppet Treasure Island and announce Muppets Tonight. Bad Polly and Clueless Morgan make their TV debut.
 * December 23, 1997 : Santa Kermit and his frog elves stop by to sing "Jingle Bells."
 * May 1, 1998 : Kermit the Frog appeared to say farewell to Gibson when he left the first time to give the spot to Kevin Newman.
 * December 15, 2004 : "Muppet Day at GMA!" with Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Statler and Waldorf, and Penguins
 * May 19, 2005 : Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Ashanti to promote The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
 * February 2, 2006 : Kermit the Frog, to promote his upcoming commercial for the Ford Escape Hybrid
 * June 28, 2006 : Kermit the Frog, for Charlie Gibson's last day
 * December 7, 2006 : Kermit the Frog, to promote Before You Leap and A Green and Red Christmas
 * June 19, 2007 : Elmo promotes the book C is for Cooking
 * May 4, 2008 : Rosita appears to promote Talk, Listen, Connect, with Jeanette Betancourt (Sesame Workshop Vice President for Education, Research and Outreach), and a military family. (ABC.com video)
 * July 31, 2008 : Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy appear on ABC News Now via satellite to promote Studio DC: Almost Live. (ABC.com video)
 * November 17, 2008 : Pepe the King Prawn appears on Good Morning America's ABC News Now to promote It's Hard Out Here for a Shrimp. (ABC.com video)
 * October 5, 2009: Kermit the Frog appears to promote Give a Day. Get a Disney Day.
 * November 9, 2009: Oscar, Zoe, Grover, Abby Cadabby, Roscoe Orman, Joan Ganz Cooney, Fran Brill, Caroll Spinney appear to promote Sesame Street’s 40th Anniversary. (ABC.com video)
 * September 24, 2010: Elmo, Super Grover 2.0, and Carol-Lynn Parente appear to promote Sesame Street’s 41st season and discuss the show's controversial Katy Perry video. During the segment, George Stephanopoulos repeatedly asks Elmo for his autograph, to give to his daughter; Elmo tried to defer it to after the segment, given Elmo's rod arms.
 * November 26, 2010: Elmo and Mariana Chilton of Witnesses to Hunger share healthy eating tips in segment "Elmo's Healthy Message". Pre-taped with Dan Harris. (ABC.com video)
 * May 20, 2011: Elmo appears to promote Sesame Street's latest resource video For Me, For You, For Later and explains how saving money helps kids and their parents learn how to manage the saving of the value of money.
 * September 20, 2011: Elmo, Grover, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Oscar, Slimey, and Carol-Lynn Parente appear to promote Sesame Street's 42nd season.
 * November 17, 2011: The Muppets: Kermit, Miss Piggy, The Swedish Chef, Gonzo, Rizzo, Animal, Fozzie, Camilla, a Turkey, Pepe, Mahna Mahna, and the Snowths, make appearances. A GMA version of The Muppet Show Theme is sung and "Mahna Mahna" is performed. The Muppets, its soundtrack, and the Never-Ending Mahna Mahna Phenomahna are promoted.
 * January 5, 2012: Elmo and Cookie Monster appear to promote B Is for Baking: 50 Yummy Dishes to Make Together and explain how to make "Elmo's Red Velvet Cupcakes".
 * March 13, 2012: Kermit, Miss Piggy, and Walter make appearances to promote The Muppets video release. Kermit is featured early on wearing his reporter outfit. Later, the three of them lead a sing-along of "The Rainbow Connection."
 * September 19, 2012: Elmo, Big Bird, Grover, Bert, Abby Cadabby, Rosita, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster and Murray Monster appear to promote the 43rd season of Sesame Street.
 * November 27, 2012: "The Muppets Take Good Morning America". Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, The Swedish Chef, Rizzo, and Pepe appear. They perform "All I Need is Love" with Lo-Co and the Snowths. Kermit and Dolly Parton sing "Islands in the Stream" with a gaggle of chickens.
 * May 10, 2013: Rosita, Oscar, Telly and Ismael Crúz Cordova appear to promote Cordova's new role in season 44.
 * September 13, 2013: Elmo, Grover, The Count, Abby Cadabby, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Murray Monster, and Big Bird appear to promote the 44th season of Sesame Street. A behind-the-scenes feature on the celebrity Word of the Day segments is shown.
 * January 28, 2014: Kermit makes some brief appearances throughout the show, at one point reading a newspaper advertising Muppets Most Wanted. Later, he presents a clip of the Muppets' Toyota Highlander commercial. The "Pop News" portion of the show features a story on Dr. Ruster's role in the Sesame mini-series Monstruos Supersanos.



Good Afternoon America
An afternoon edition of the show titled Good Afternoon America aired from July 9 to September 7, 2012.


 * August 22: Grover makes an appearance; he is first called in as a special correspondent on the upcoming documentary I Am Big Bird. Later on, Grover helps promote Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me, encouraging a group of children to brush their teeth to the music video "Brushy Brush."

Sketches
In 1992, the Muppets appeared in a series of short comedy sketches that appeared on Tuesdays.