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''AM America'' was a morning news program produced by ABC in an attempt to compete with the highly rated ''Today'' on NBC. The show never found an audience after its premiere on January 6, 1975. Lasting just under ten months, its final installment aired on October 31.〔(Robertson, Campbell. "Bill Beutel, 75, Dies; Longtime Anchor of 'Eyewitness News' in New York," ''The New York Times'', Monday, March 20, 2006. )〕 The program's concept was based on ''Ralph Story's AM'', the local morning show on the network's owned-and-operated Los Angeles station KABC-TV.〔(Ehrman, Mark. "Why Is This Woman Smiling?" ''Los Angeles Times'', Sunday, August 30, 1998. )〕 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 New York City flagship station WABC-TV,〔 and Stephanie Edwards from ''Ralph Story's AM'' to host the program.〔 Peter Jennings, who at the time was ABC's Washington correspondent, provided the news reports. One notable episode of ''AM America'' aired on April 25, 1975, when members of the British comedy troupe Monty Python (with the exception of John Cleese, who had temporarily left the group) made one of their earliest appearances on American television.〔(''AM America'', Friday, April 25, 1975 – ABC News (A 9:43 video compilation of Monty Python parts from the actual telecast). )〕 Edwards quit the show by the end of May, and Beutel followed her out a few months later.〔 On November 3, the Monday following its final broadcast, ''AM America'' came to an end on October 31, 1975, when it was replaced with a more well-known, more successful effort, ''Good Morning America''.〔 Theme music written by William Goldstein. ==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" overlapped with "America". Also, a star was placed inside the "A". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AM America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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