00:00GMA announces major shake-up marking the end of an era.
00:05The beloved morning show has embarked in its last week before a major overhaul.
00:10Good Morning America announced a major shake-up marking the end of an era
00:14as the beloved ABC morning show is leaving its Times Square studios for a new location.
00:21On Monday, June 9th, GMA kicked off its last week in Times Square
00:25after 26 years of calling the iconic space its home.
00:30In honor of closing this chapter in GMA's history,
00:33its stars reflected on their first days at the studio.
00:37The show will move to downtown New York City in Hudson Square.
00:41It was so long ago that I can't even imagine what it must have been,
00:45co-anchor George Stephanopoulos, 64, said of his first day on the job in 2009.
00:52Elsewhere in his reflection on GMA, Stephanopoulos recalled,
00:56One of my first interviews was with David Axelrod,
01:00who was working in the White House at the time with President Barack Obama.
01:04They sent me a big alarm clock for my first day.
01:07Meanwhile, Robin Roberts, 64, who joined GMA as co-anchor in 2005,
01:13shared,
01:14I remember thinking,
01:15I'm a little girl from Mississippi,
01:18and I'm working at Times Square.
01:20It's just so majestic.
01:22Michael Strand, 53,
01:24also shared his memories of joining GMA's Times Square Studios
01:27as a substitute co-anchor in 2013
01:30before coming on full-time in 2016.
01:34The bright lights,
01:35the personality,
01:36the energy,
01:37how intimidated I was when I walked through the door,
01:40the former NFL player detailed.
01:42A lot of thoughts were going through my mind.
01:46Additionally,
01:47Chief Meteorologist Ginger Z, 44,
01:50who joined GMA Weekend in 2011
01:53before moving to the weekday show in 2023,
01:56declared,
01:57My first time in Times Square
01:59coming to this studio
02:01was magical.
02:02I mean, truly.
02:04I pulled up at the stoplight on 44th.
02:06I just remember looking up and thinking,
02:09this cannot be my life.
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