May 21, 2012 12:59 PM PDT

Good Afternoon America to Fill Revolution Slot

by Vlada Gelman

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The Revolution is over, but ABC’s America is growing.

The network will air Good Afternoon America – a one-hour off-shoot of Good Morning America – for nine weeks, starting July 9.

GMA‘s Josh Elliott and Lara Spencer will host the program, which will replace the recently canceled The Revolution at 2 pm ET until Katie Couric’s eponymous daytime talker debuts on September 10.

Good Afternoon will feature celebrity appearances, musical performance, pop culture news and original entertainment, lifestyle, health, workplace and consumer reporting. GMA regulars Sam Champion, Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos will also contribute with special appearances.

Tags: ABC, Good Afternoon America

Comments (86)

Seriously?! Revolution was the first new show I got excited about…
Comment by Julia – May 21, 2012 01:02 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Julia: I think you’re thinking of a different ‘Revolution’. This is not the NBC-drama, but the ABC-daytime-talkshow that’s canceled. Don’t think you were excited about that.
  Comment by Thomas – May 21, 2012 01:07 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - Soap fans will BOYCOTT any and all programming that occupies a former soap opera time slot. Period.
    Comment by Maddie – May 21, 2012 07:54 PM PDT Reply To This Post
    - I am sorry but you need to grow up. Soaps where not getting great ratings and like any show that isn’t getting good ratings they got pulled. Did I like seeing a show I spent over 20 year watching no but it can’t go on forever. The networks are in it to make money and they where not making money off the soaps anymore that is why they got pulled. Refusing to watch something because show you liked got cancelled is childish imo.
      Comment by Julia – May 21, 2012 11:25 PM PDT Reply To This Post
      - Actually, this is an inaccurate statement. Soap ratings are done differently then other programming. For example DVR playback only counts if you watch the show in the same day where prime time shows get 7 days of playback. Not watching this show is actually good for soap fans since General Hospital will be probably inheriting this time slot. If GAA shows better ratings than GH in the time slot then guess what won’t make it’s 51st year even though it has stronger ratings then most of ABC’s late night programing.
        Comment by TheReasonsY – May 22, 2012 08:46 AM PDT
      - Sorry Julie but this is America even if you don’t like it we do have the right to stop watching a network for making stupid business moves. Um and wow thanking God that Abc didn’t have your brain and cancel Jeapordy which has been on since forever. Sheesh
        Anyway. I wont ever watch ABC daytime again. If they put all my children back on then yes not only will I watch abc again but will also buy from the sponsors. For you see it’s all about the money too. Less watched networks will eventually lose their sponsors and that’s what is so dam great about a free country. Good luck abc. I see how that new show worked out for you. LOL
        Comment by Ck – June 29, 2012 07:59 PM PDT
    - I’m soooooo glad the soaps are going off! I use to be a fan, but jeez, that was years ago. I LOVE THE CHEW, I hope I will like Good Afternoon America as well!!
      Comment by Becs – June 27, 2012 11:11 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- Are you thinking of the new JJ Abrams show that doesn’t premiere til the fall? This Revolution is a talk show that aired this past year I believe…
  Comment by Lindsey – May 21, 2012 01:08 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Different show. “The Revolution” is not the same as “Revolution”
  Comment by Chris – May 21, 2012 01:08 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Not the JJ Abrams show – I just thought the same thing!! This “The Revolution” was gonna be a self-improvement show or something.
  Comment by mawhi – May 21, 2012 01:09 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - Oh wow, sorry Julia. You got correction-bombed.
    Comment by mawhi – May 21, 2012 01:21 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Are you confusing the upcoming primetime show “Revolution” with this insipid daytime talker “The Revolution?” The latter is what this story is about.
  Comment by dee – May 21, 2012 01:11 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- You might be confusing the talk show “The Revolution” with the new NBC series “Revolution”. The talk show was canceled not the new tv series. (Feel free to ignore this if you were indeed referring to the talk show.)
  Comment by Paige – May 21, 2012 01:13 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Julia = Goof of the Day winner! Congrats!
  Comment by GOOFS – May 21, 2012 02:09 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- ALL SOAP FANS MUST BOYCOTT THIS SHOW OR IT WILL ULTIMATELY REPLACE GENERAL HOSPITAL!
  Comment by brooke – May 21, 2012 07:21 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - I agree. I do not trust ABC that this is just a short run. There is NO way on earth I will watch this show and risk it bumping my beloved General Hospital. Besides GH is the ONLY reason I ever turn on ABC during the day at all!
    Comment by Christina – May 21, 2012 07:42 PM PDT Reply To This Post
    - I am with you, Christina. I don’t turn the TV on until General Hospital comes on. I can’t always watch it in the afternoon. I use to like to watch it on Soap network, which is not on any more. I refuse to watch anything that takes my soaps place. I couldn’t stand watching the Chew, when they were advertising it. Call me childish, I don’t care. I am a 63 year old woman who grew up watching the soaps with my mom and loved every minute of it.
      Comment by Diane Marie – August 10, 2012 03:45 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - We can only hope they will be replaced, LOL!!!!!
    Comment by Becs – June 27, 2012 11:13 AM PDT Reply To This Post
  - That doesn’t make any sense, this is a limited run show as a replacement for The Revolution (ack, what a horrible show) and as a filler until GH takes the 2pm slot, and ABC gives the 3pm slot back to its affiliates for syndication of the new talk show Katie, which will bomb. I’m on your side about the soaps needing to come back, but not this of the wall stuff. Have you even read the article, in the first paragraph it says “…running for 9 weeks, starting July 9th.”
    Comment by SoapLuver – June 29, 2012 04:58 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- good…. was really glad to hear it!!! Now get rid of the chew and bring back our soaps!!!! there are far too many reality and cooking shows.
  Comment by mary – June 29, 2012 04:19 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- DARN, I really enjoyed and learned from The Revolution!! Any chance it will come back? grrrrr
  Comment by Laur – July 9, 2012 11:11 AM PDT Reply To This Post
  - Laur, go to the library and read books.
    Comment by Diane Marie – August 10, 2012 03:49 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Love Lara.
Comment by Ci – May 21, 2012 01:03 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Boring. The last thing I will watch is another talk/news/entertainment chat show. YAWN.
  Comment by Lisa – May 21, 2012 07:38 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - you are so right and I so agree with you!!!
    Comment by mary – June 29, 2012 04:53 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Love Josh Elliott and Lara. Fabulous…rescheduling lunch break now
Comment by Tiffany – May 21, 2012 01:11 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- No thanks. Bring One Life to Live back or keep General Hospital in that time slot.
  Comment by Janet – May 21, 2012 07:40 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - I agree
    Comment by Felicia – June 15, 2012 03:35 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - I am 60 years old and have watched General Hospital since about 1957: or at least close to the time it started (what year?) I will be so darn mad if they take it off!!!! For the record, I also enjoy Revolution.
    Comment by jeanie davis – June 18, 2012 11:56 AM PDT Reply To This Post
  - AGREE!!!
    Comment by mary – June 29, 2012 04:55 PM PDT Reply To This Post
THE REVOLUTION must be one of the biggest fails that ever made it on the air. What a horrible show. July 9th!? They should cancel it ASAP and be done with it. Show classic episodes of GENERAL HOSPITAL instead. Anyway I’m so relieved GH survived and this train wreck got canceled instead.
Comment by Daniela – May 21, 2012 01:11 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- I like the idea of showing Classic GH.
  Comment by Denise – May 21, 2012 01:45 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Yes! Classic reruns of GH! Great idea! Even the black and white episodes!
  Comment by KRubio – May 21, 2012 02:02 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - And also the glory days of the 80s of GH
    Comment by Mary Beth – May 21, 2012 02:08 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Or classic OLTL.
  Comment by Amy – May 21, 2012 02:38 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - they are already doing that on soap net…we need on life to live and all my children brought back on new.
    Comment by mary – June 29, 2012 04:57 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- I don’t trust ABC one bit. ALL SOAP FANS MUST BOYCOTT THIS SHOW OR IT WILL ULTIMATELY REPLACED GENERAL HOSPITAL!
  Comment by brooke – May 21, 2012 07:20 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Does that mean Katie Couric is taking the 2 PM time slot and GH is keeping 3 PM?
Comment by Meg – May 21, 2012 01:13 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- No, GH can’t keep the 3pm slot, because in September, it will no longer be a network slot. Katie, which is a syndicated show, will go in most 3pm slots of the ABC affiliates, but some affiliates are programming other shows there, such as The Steve Harvey Show. GH has to move into a network timeslot, so that’s why it’s going to 2pm in September, after GAA’s 9 weeks.
  Comment by TV Gord – May 21, 2012 01:47 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - If GAA gets good ratings it is an immediate threat to GH’s longevity in the 2pm time slot. Do NOT watch GAA at ALL from the day its starts, if you want GH to survive.
    Comment by John – May 21, 2012 07:49 PM PDT Reply To This Post
    - Unless you’re a Nielsen family, whether you watch or not makes no difference.
      Comment by TV Gord – May 21, 2012 07:55 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I love Josh, so I’ll check it out.
Comment by Lorie – May 21, 2012 01:15 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Lara is sexy!
Comment by Josh – May 21, 2012 01:16 PM PDT Reply To This Post
More news shows really?
Comment by Amy – May 21, 2012 01:39 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- GAA is hardly a news show.
  Comment by TV Gord – May 21, 2012 01:48 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - GA is hardly a news show either.
    
    And what were you expecting; ABC to run a nine week scripted show after they cancelled AMC and OLTL?
    Comment by Amy – May 21, 2012 02:41 PM PDT Reply To This Post
    - How about reruns of GH? It is more relevant to daytime viewers.
      Comment by Aisha – May 21, 2012 07:50 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- yeah, it stinks on ice
  Comment by mary – June 29, 2012 05:03 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I like both Lara and Josh but I won’t watch. I like Katie too but I won’t watch her either. I’ve had more than enough of talk/information/”reality”/trash talk/entertainment news/lifestyle/game/self improvement shows etc. I want One Life to Live back (and AMC too).
Comment by april-ann – May 21, 2012 01:39 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- yeah there is an awful lot of us that feel this way but the net works and the powers to be just don’t give a flying fling.
  Comment by mary – June 29, 2012 05:05 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Yet another show i wont watch.Not the same with out my One Life to Live.
Comment by Connie – May 21, 2012 01:53 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I will always miss One Life to Live.
Comment by Peppy – May 21, 2012 02:17 PM PDT Reply To This Post
That’s the worst thing i ever read
Comment by Sarah Joan (@By_SJD) – May 21, 2012 02:43 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Sara Joan, I agree with Peppy. Also, I will always miss All My Children.
  Comment by Diane Marie – August 10, 2012 03:57 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I hope this show tanks badly so that GH can stay on the air. If GH goes, I will no longer tune into any ABC daytime shows.
Comment by ADC – May 21, 2012 03:32 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I too will ALWAYS miss OLTL.
Comment by Ralph – May 21, 2012 03:46 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Or these Knuckleheads can just admit they were wrong and bring back OLTL!!!!
Comment by Sue – May 21, 2012 04:47 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- they will never admit they were wrong. They don’t care.
  Comment by mary – June 29, 2012 08:15 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- If I do watch daytime TV, it will be a Life Time Movie or Law and Order. Certainly, not ABC daytime. I don’t even watch the news on that channel.
  Comment by Diane Marie – August 10, 2012 04:01 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I WILL NOT WATCH THIS!!!! I ONLY WATCH GH ON ABC.
Comment by Sean – May 21, 2012 07:27 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Revolution was a terrible name. The show seemed pretty bad too. Granted I only watched it once, but I could only get through 2 minutes. Even my adoration for Tim Gunn couldn’t keep me going.

This new show seems even more uninteresting. But the name sucks less.
Comment by Tee – May 21, 2012 07:52 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I believe they need to bring the soaps back and get rid of the talk show garbage.
Comment by Kristi – May 22, 2012 05:49 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Soaps are ya kidding? I love gma but unlike the rest of you i have a job. Who has a chance to watch afternoon tv really.
Comment by lori – May 23, 2012 03:40 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- so glad you have a job….what an ass. some of us wish we did or could.
  Comment by mary – June 29, 2012 05:08 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Actually its not a talk show its called the news.
Comment by lori – May 23, 2012 03:43 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Do not replace GH. Another reason to not watch ABC!!!
Comment by mike – June 15, 2012 01:51 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Seriously! We get 2hrs of GMA in the morning. We don’t need another hour of GAA. If you want to watch the news turn to CNN or HLN. Bring back OLTL and keep GH.
Comment by Felicia – June 15, 2012 03:40 PM PDT Reply To This Post
In my opinion, soaps are silly and ridiculous!! Huge waste of time. I wish Good Afternoon America was replacing General Hospital to be honest. That’s just my opinion and everyone is totally entitled to their own – I respect that. I actually liked ABC’s “The Revolution.” I think we can all agree that we are excited to see more of Josh and Lara though!!
Comment by KLJ115 – June 15, 2012 08:02 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- no, I don’t think we can all agree that we are excited to see more of Josh and Laura. Please don’t speak for the rest of us. I personally don’t care about your opinions either of the soaps being silly and ridiculous and a huge waste of time. opinions are like a** holes and every one has one.
  Comment by mary – June 29, 2012 05:14 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I Think abc is realizing that people dont want to see lifestyle programming in the afternoon. The fact that they spared General Hospital and got rid of the insipid The Revolution is telling. Now if they could only get rid of The Chew. I hate seeing that disgusting Mario Batali on my tv.
Comment by John Fredericks – June 16, 2012 10:10 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- Really miss AMC and OLTL. These new shows will NEVER replace them!
  Comment by Carole – June 19, 2012 12:10 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - AGREED!!!
    Comment by mary – June 29, 2012 05:17 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I love the cast and show of Good Morning America, but I hope they are not going to ruin it by showing it over and over during the day. Sometimes it can get too much and it looses it’s appeal. I also love GH and I liked OLTL, so I will be upset if anything replaced GH. Katie Curic not so much! She keeps trying and no one is catching on. I refused to watch another show like Revolution. Too many of these types of shows are on. I understand ratings and demographics, as my daughter is in the business, but in today’s climate most young people are working, might want to reconsider your demographics.
Comment by TL – June 21, 2012 08:51 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Okay, if ABC wants to continue this foolishness of canceling good daytime tv like amc, oltl and gh in favor of these stupid talkshows, then perhaps fans could get these soaps on cable tv somehow or petition for a different way to measure ratings. If GH gets canceled from abc, i will no longer watch abc at all
Comment by Ginger – June 22, 2012 02:16 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I am so glad it failed. I too boycotted these shows. I know it’s not popular to be a homemaker anymore. But I love my job and anyone who followed these story’s know how well they fit into our day. I would love it if they brought back these shows. I don’t watch abc anymore for any reason. They have a terrible programming dept and they should all be fired!!
Comment by patricia frain – June 22, 2012 09:34 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I agree except for the chew which abc got lucky with they need to stop being cheap and putting on talk shows that nobody cares about and put the soaps back on. If it wasn’t for General Hospital I would no longer watch ABC!
Comment by Guest – June 27, 2012 06:24 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Lara Spenceristhe reason I DON’T watch GMA . The most annoying person on tv. Katie Courics show will be another I will avoid. She’s terrible.
Comment by Jbo – June 29, 2012 11:10 AM PDT Reply To This Post
The Revolution was cancelled for Katie Couric??!!!! Ugh! PLEASE, not Katie Couric!!! Guess I will be finding a new channel for afternoon tv!
Comment by Diane` – July 4, 2012 12:38 PM PDT Reply To This Post
i love the revolution. it is one of the best shows on daytime tv.there is nothing real life about the soaps.i think soaps are for dreamers
Comment by barb – July 4, 2012 08:50 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- we have more than enough “real life” on t.v. now to include reality shows, talk shows and cooking show. who needs any more???? maybe we need more dreamers!!!
  Comment by mary – July 4, 2012 09:38 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I have an extremely stressful job and work ten to twelve hours per day. I could come home and have a drink, but I’d probably finish a bottle a night. The soaps, especially OLTL,, were my wind down time. Once I went 9 months without TV and I watched it on my phone on YouTube in little chunks! I might have been one of the last people on earth setting a VCR. I would love to have that silly show back.
Comment by Julie – July 6, 2012 11:45 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- I do so agree with you, Julie.
  Comment by mary – July 6, 2012 12:27 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Why don’t networks create soaps that are 3-4 months long similar to the Novelas shown on Univision?
Comment by Elsa O – July 10, 2012 09:39 AM PDT Reply To This Post
I was a One Life to Live fan for many years and very disappointed with the shows end. I too wanted to boycot the new show, but I have to admit The Revolution was much more interesting then Lara and the ESPN guy. How much celebrity gossip do we need !!! The Revolution took re-life, everyday people and helped them to transform their lives.
Comment by Gail I – August 6, 2012 11:41 AM PDT Reply To This Post
GMA Afternoon is NOT the answer to ABC’s white space. Over-exposure of talent is risky. The love fest must stop. I find it annoying. Ugh.
Comment by MJ – August 21, 2012 11:52 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Where will GAA go? That’s the most upfitting show on ABC. Please put it on in place of the CHEW.
Comment by Connie – August 26, 2012 05:36 AM PDT Reply To This Post

Good Afternoon America to Fill Revolution Slot

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