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1975 TV series or program| AM America | |
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| Starring | Bill Beutel Stephanie Edwards |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 120 minutes (two hours) (including commercials, and local news/weather cut-ins ) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | January 6 – October 31, 1975 |
AM America was a morning news program produced by ABC in an attempt to compete with the highly rated Today on NBC. AM America premiered on January 6, 1975, but never found an audience and aired its final episode on October 31 of that year.
Like Today, AM America employed two hosts and a news anchor. ABC chose Bill Beutel, who was co-anchor of Eyewitness News on the network's flagship station WABC, and former AM Los Angeles host Stephanie Edwards to host the program. Peter Jennings, who at the time was ABC's Washington correspondent, provided the news reports.
On April 25, 1975, British comedy troupe Monty Python made one of their earliest American television appearances on AM America (all original members except for John Cleese appeared).
The Monday following AM America's cancellation, ABC premiered Good Morning America in its place.
Logo
The logo for AM America had the letters A and M colored in blue, while the rest of the word "America" was colored in red. The "AM" was overlapped with "America" and it looked a lot like the text was shortened to just AMERICA. Also, a star was placed inside the "A".
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