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This is a list of current and former American television network morning programs.
Morning news programming begins at 4 a.m., 7 a.m., or later Eastern Time Zone/Pacific Time Zone. On cable television, news starts at 6 a.m., earlier, or later ET/PT.
All times Eastern Time Zone/Pacific Time Zone—see effects of time on North American broadcasting for explanation.
| Broadcast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network | Program title | Duration | Days | Time (ET/PT) | Current anchor(s) | Debut |
| ABC | Good Morning America | 2 hours (with commercials) | Everyday | 7:00am in all time zones (Weekdays) Various in all time zonesd (Weekends) | Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan, Amy Robach, Lara Spencer, and Ginger Zee (weekdays); Gio Benitez, Whit Johnson, Janai Norman, and Somara Theodore (weekends) | November 3, 1975 (Weekdays) September 4, 2004 (Weekends) |
| CBS | CBS Mornings | 7:00am in all time zones (Weekdays) | Gayle King, Nate Burleson, and Tony Dokoupil | January 12, 1987 | ||
| CBS Saturday Morning | 7:00am (Eastern)/6:00am for most CBS stations | Michelle Miller, Dana Jacobson, and Jeff Glor | September 13, 1997 | |||
| CBS News Sunday Morning | 90 minutes (with commercials) | 9:00 am ET/6:00 am PT | Jane Pauley | January 28, 1979 | ||
| NBC | Today | 4 hours (weekdays with commercials) 90 minutes (Saturdays with commercials) 60 minutes (Sundays with commercials) | 7:00am | Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker, Craig Melvin, Carson Daly, Sheinelle Jones, Dylan Dreyer, and Jenna Bush Hager (Weekdays); Kristen Welker for Saturdays and Willie Geist for Sundays (Weekends) | January 14, 1952 | |
| Scripps News | Early Rush | 60 minutes (with commercials) | Weekdays | 6:00am ET/3:00am PT | Jay Strubberg | N/A |
| Telemundo | Hoy Día (Spanish for Today) | 3 hours (weekdays with commercials) | N/A | Karla Martínez, Satcha Pretto, Alan Tacher, Francisca Lachapel, Maity Interiano, Raúl González, and Ana María Canseco | February 15, 2021 | |
| Univision | ¡Despierta América! (Spanish for Wake Up America!) | 4 hours (Eastern time with commercials) 3 hours (Central time with commercials) | 7:00am ET/4:00am PT | Jorge Ramos (Weekdays); Ilia Calderón (Weekends) | April 14, 1997 | |
| Cable/Satellite | ||||||
| BBC News | Newsday | 90 minutes | Weekdays | 23:00 GMT/BST | Babita Sharma and Kasia Madera in London, and Sharanjit Leyl in Singapore | June 13, 2011 |
| BBC News | 3 (weekdays) 5 (weekends) 30 minutes | Daily | 4:00am ET/1:00am PT | various | 1995 | |
| BBC News Now | 2 hours & 30 minutes | Weekdays | 7:00am ET/4:00am PT | Lucy Hockings, Maryam Moshiri | 2023 | |
| C-SPAN | Washington Journal | 3 hours (with commercials) | Everyday | 7:00am ET/4:00am PT | Greta Wodele Brawner, Pedro Echevarria, Jesse J. Holland, John McArdle, Paul Orgel, Bill Scanlan, and Peter Slen | January 4, 1995 |
| CNBC | Worldwide Exchange | 60 minutes (with commercials) | Weekdays | 5:00am ET/2:00am PT | Brian Sullivan | December 19, 2005 |
| Squawk Box | 3 hours (with commercials) | 6:00am ET/3:00am PT | Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin | August 7, 1995 | ||
| CNN | CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt | 2 hours (with commercials) | Weekdays | 5:00am ET/2:00am PT | Kasie Hunt | February 26, 2024 |
| CNN This Morning Weekend | Weekends | 6:00am ET/3:00am PT | Amara Walker and Victor Blackwell | November 5, 2022 | ||
| Fox Business Network | Mornings with Maria | 3 hours (with commercials) | Weekdays | 6:00am ET/3:00am PT | Maria Bartiromo | June 1, 2015 |
| Fox News | Fox & Friends First | 2 hours (with commercials) | 4:00am ET/1:00am PT | Carley Shimkus and Todd Piro | March 5, 2012 | |
| Fox & Friends | 3 hours (Weekdays with commercials) 4 hours (Weekends with commercials) | Everyday | 6:00am ET/3:00 am PT | Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, Brian Kilmeade, Janice Dean, and Carley Shimkus (weekdays); Rachel Campos-Duffy, Pete Hegseth, Will Cain, and Rick Reichmuth (weekends) | February 1, 1998 | |
| MSNBC | Way Too Early with Jonathan Lemire | 60 minutes (with commercials) | Weekdays | 5:00am ET/2:00am PT | Jonathan Lemire | July 27, 2009 |
| Morning Joe | 3 hours (with commercials) | 6:00am ET/3:00am PT | Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and Willie Geist | April 9, 2007 | ||
| NewsNation | Morning in America | 7:00am ET/4:00am PT | Adrienne Bankert | September 27, 2021 | ||
| The Weather Channel | America's Morning Headquarters | 6 hours (with commercials) | Everyday | 6:00am ET/3:00am PT | Stephanie Abrams, Jim Cantore, Jordan Steele, Jen Carfagno, and Alex Wallace (Weekdays); Reynolds Wolf and Kelly Cass (Weekends) | January 3, 2000 |
| Cable/Satellite (Sports) | ||||||
| CBSSN | Boomer and Gio | 4 hours (with commercials) | Weekdays | 6:00am ET/3:00am PT | Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti | September 4, 2007 |
| ESPN | Get Up! | 2 hours (with commercials) | 8:00am ET/5:00am PT | Mike Greenberg | April 2, 2018 | |
| SportsCenter: AM | 60 minutes (Weekdays with commercials) 5 hours (Saturdays with commercials) 2 hours (Sundays with commercials) | Everyday | 7:00am ET/4:00am PT | See: List of SportsCenter anchors and reporters | September 7, 1979 | |
| ESPN2 | ||||||
| Fox Sports 1 | First Things First | 2 hours (with commercials) | Weekdays | 7:30am ET/4:30am PT | Jenna Wolfe, Nick Wright, Kevin Wildes, and Chris Broussard | September 5, 2017 |
| NFL Network | Good Morning Football | 3 hours (with commercials) | Everyday | 7:00am ET/4:00am PT | Kay Adams, Kyle Brandt, and Peter Schrager (Weekdays); Colleen Wolfe (Weekends) | August 1, 2016 |
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