GMA3: What You Need To Knowmade headlines after co-anchorsAmy RobachandT.J. Holmes’relationship was publicly revealed.
The following day, the pairreturned to the ABC midday news program, where they kept it strictly professional alongside co-anchorDr. Jennifer Ashton. Robach, 49, and Holmes, 45, made no comment about their personal lives during the hour-long broadcast.
However, that changed on Dec. 2 when theyseemingly referred to the media attentionthat their romance has received.At the beginning of the show, Holmes joked, “You know it’s too bad it’s Friday, it’s been a great week. I just want this to keep going and going and going. Just enjoy it.”
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Robach laughed as she told Holmes, “Speak for yourself. I am very excited about the weekend, and I’m sure everyone else is too. We all love our Fridays around here — some of us do, at least.”
While some people were already fans of the ABC program prior to the bombshell news, others were unfamiliar with the series.
Here’s everything to know about ABC’sGMA3: What You Need to Know.
Amy Robach and TJ Holmes.Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Why isGMA3trending now?
GMA3began trending earlier this week after Robach and Holmes' relationship was made public when photos surfaced of them holding hands in a car, enjoying a vacation in upstate New York andcozying up at a barin New York City.
A source told PEOPLE that the bond between the pair grew after Holmes helped Robach through a difficult time, explaining “Amy was going through a heartache and TJ was very much there for her and helpful, and that is when they started something.”
The insider added the pair “had no shame going out together and have been publicly doing this for much longer than a month.”
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However, another source refuted that claim, telling PEOPLE that there wasno overlapbetweentheGMA 3co-anchors' romance and their respective marriages. (Robach ismarried to actor Andrew Shuewhile Holmes is married toattorney Marilee Fiebig. Both couples were married in 2010.)
“This was two consenting adults who were each separated. They both broke up with their spouses in August within weeks of each other,” the source said of Robach and Holmes. “The relationship didn’t start until after that.”
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What topics are covered onGMA3?
GMA3is a news, health and lifestyle program, which airs weekdays on ABC and “highlights incredible human stories of personal triumph,” according to its official website.
The show features news stories, celebrity interviews, cooking segments and tips for healthy living, and airs weekdays at 1 p.m. ET/12 p.m. CT on ABC.
Though the names are similar,GMA3is separate fromGood Morning America, which airs earlier in the day.
When didGMA3premiere and who previously hosted the program?
In January 2019, the program was renamedGMA3: Strahan & Sara.Keke Palmerbegan filling in for Haines during her maternity leave, and later become a permanent cohost in August 2019.
The show was then rebranded toGMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke.
Michael Strahan, Keke Palmer and Sara Haines.Walt Disney Television/Jeff Neira
When did T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach become co-anchors?
In June 2020, the show was renamedGMA3: What You Need to Know.Holmes and Robach becameco-anchorsin September of that year, according toEntertainment Tonight.
Executive Producer Catherine McKenzie said in a statement at the time, “Amy has expertly guided our viewers through the events of the past few months with skillful reporting and big interviews. I’m thrilled that T.J. will join her at the helm with his gift for storytelling. We will continue to count on Dr. Jen and her medical expertise to help us navigate the pandemic and what comes next. We think the combination of Amy, T.J. and Jen is an unmatched team in daytime television at a time when viewers are hungry for straightforward news and information.”
Robach previously told PEOPLE about the moment network executives revealed they wanted to bring Holmes onto the program.
“[They] said, ‘Hey, we want to bring on a co-anchor. What do you think of T.J. Holmes?’ And I almost fell out of my chair,” she said, noting that their connection grew after he joined theGMAteam in 2014. “My God. You couldn’t have picked a better person to ask me what I thought of, because we’ve been trying to figure out a way to work together for literally the last five years.”
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Who is T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach’s co-host, Dr. Jennifer Ashton?
She attended Columbia University and received her medical degree from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. Ashton also opened a private medical practice, Hygeia Gynecology, in Englewood, New Jersey in 2008.
Jennifer Ashton.Michael Benabib
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GMA3: What You Need to Knowairs weekdays at 1 p.m. ET/12 p.m. CT on ABC.
source: people.com
