Re:WEST COAST VIEWERS.
> > West Coast viewers, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los
> > Angeles, San Deigo, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Fresno, Reno
> > tends to watch their Local FOX or Independents affiliates
> in
> > the morning than the big three. For me, I tend to watch
> Good
> > day Oregon instead of GMA, TODAY, or The Early Show. In
> > Toronto, usally Breakfast Television on Citytv, or Global
> > Ontario.
> >
> I tend to agree with that, and I live in Los Angeles. I
> watch Good Day L.A. on KTTV/Fox, even though I don't think
> much of Jillian Barberie. As far as the network shows, I
> would watch Good Morning America, but I rarely watch it
> nowadays compared to GDLA. I've always liked GMA going back
> to the Joan Lunden-David Hartman days. I've never got into
> the Today Show, and CBS' morning news programs have been a
> joke for almost as long as I've been alive (I'm 25).
>
I'm in Phoenix and I like the Today show. I notice that when there is breaking news, Matt and Katie will say, "Good Morning, it's 7am in the West!" I guess that they tape a new intro, possibly an updated news segment, and first interview.
Actually, in the early to mid-80's, the CBS Morning News briefly overtook the Today show for the #2 position. It was a "pretty" good show at that time. I believe it was hosted by Bill Kurtis and Diane Sawyer at the time.