Weekend ‘GMA’ Anchor Dan B. Harris to Leave ABC News

Kim Godwin, the new president of ABC News, said that she wants an independent investigation of how the network handled reports of sexual assault allegations against a former top producer for Good Morning America, according to a report.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAn ABC News producer who has worked for years at “Good Morning America” has alleged that the show’s former top executive sexually assaulted her and another female staffer, and she claims the network did little to reprimand or punish him.In a suit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kirstyn Crawford, a producer who works with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, alleges that Michael Corn, the former top producer at “Good Morning America,”

After an ABC News staffer filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the network and Michael Corn, accusing him of sexual assault, he is calling the claims “demonstrably false,” pointing to email exchanges he says counters her version of events.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News said it has helped to evacuate four Afghan freelancers and their associates — 24 people in all — as part of a larger move by media organizations to secure an exit from the country for nationals who have helped their on the ground efforts in the region.In a memo to staffers on Sunday, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said the company, part of Fox Corp., had “evacuated three Afghan nationals who formerly served as freelance associates, as well as an Afghan

ABC News is taking over daytime syndicated talk show Tamron Hall. The move was announced internally by ABC News President Kim Godwin and related to the show’s crew Friday morning, sources tell Deadline.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTamron Hall is changing bosses.The news and talk-show veteran, whose current program has been syndicated by Disney since its launch in the fall of 2019, will now be part of ABC News, according to a person familiar with te matter, adding another daytime talk program to the news division’s portfolio.

In a mini-publicity blitz amid dramatic news coverage and skeptical questions about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden’s White House turned to ABC News and George Stephanopoulos for his first exclusive media interview on the topic.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorBehind the scenes, the TV news biz is reeling as top talent exit rarefied posts for new ventures, worn out after an intense year covering the Trump administration and the rise of the coronavirus.Four of TV’s top news programs — ABC’s “Good Morning America,” “CBS Evening News,” “NBC Nightly News” and the fourth hour of NBC’s “Today” morning franchise — are on the hunt for executive producers.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorOne day while broadcasting from Afghanistan for CNN, Clarissa Ward may have moved about a little more  freely.

Gavin Newsom kicked off a weekend statewide tour to campaign against California’s Sept. 14 recall, telling reporters that he will get some reinforcements: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAnyone who has interviewed CNN anchor Chris Cuomo knows he can talk his way out of trouble, and sometimes talk himself into it.On TV, his 10 p.m. handoffs to Don Lemon sometimes go on long enough that producers must worry about having to push back a commercial break.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJenn Suozzo, a veteran NBC News producer who has been working as the top producer at “NBC Nightly News,” will step away from the broadcast to pursue a new venture outside of NBC Universal.“Jenn’s been a fixture in our control rooms, covering virtually every breaking and major news event from the past two decades, including the Miracle on the Hudson, the Boston Marathon bombing manhunt, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Michael Jackson’s death, tornado outbreaks,

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThere will be a new face waiting to greet viewers at “CBS This Morning.”Nate Burleson, the former NFL wide receiver and current CBS Sports football analyst, is joining the program, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorKasie Hunt, a veteran of NBC News, will join CNN’s soon-to-launch streaming outlet as an anchor and national affairs analyst. She will start work at the WarnerMedia news outlet on September 7.Hunt is the first anchor to be named at the new service, CNN Plus, which is slated to launch in the first quarter of 2022.

podcast. Since joining ABC News in 2000, Harris made a name for himself anchoring the network’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Dan Harris, weekend co-anchor of ABC News’ Good Morning America, said on Sunday that he would depart the network to focus on his meditation company.

Dan Harris is leaving Good Morning America: Weekend Edition, as well as ABC News.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJose Andino, a senior executive at CBS News, has joined ABC News as its vice president of process management, one of the first major hires by Kim Godwin, the Walt Disney unit’s new president.Godwin announced the hire at her Friday-morning editorial meeting, according to two people familiar with the matter.Andino worked in human resources at CBS News, but is expected to have eyes on broader areas at ABC, and is likely to serve as a key lieutenant for the news

Neil Patrick Harris is heading back to television!

EXCLUSIVE: ABC News’ podcast The Dropout, which tells the story of Elizabeth Holmes and blood-testing company Theranos, is returning as the alleged fraudster goes on trial.