December 10, 2009

ABC's George Stephanopoulos is officially moving to the morning.

The network announced that Stephanopoulos will replace Diane
Sawyer as co-host of "Good Morning America" starting Monday.
He'll be paired with Robin Roberts.

The show's executive producer, Jim Murphy, says the arrival of
Stephanopoulos signals the show plans to toughen up by adding more
news content. Stephanopoulos has been host of "This Week" on
Sundays and will continue as the network's chief political
correspondent.

ABC will be replacing him as host of "This Week."

Stephanopoulos was an adviser to President Bill Clinton before
joining ABC.

David Westin's E-mail to ABC News staff:

I'm pleased to announce that beginning Monday, our new anchor team at "Good Morning America" will be in place and on the air. George Stephanopoulos and Juju Chang will be joining Robin and Sam. Chris Cuomo will be promoted to co-anchor of "20/20" with Elizabeth Vargas and serve as ABC News' chief law and justice correspondent. George will also take on the role of chief political correspondent and he will continue to anchor "This Week" until we name his replacement.