AM Live takes you behind the scenes of Good Morning America ahead of 50th anniversary

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- For the past 50 years, Good Morning America has been helping viewers crossed the state commencement their day.

The squad is celebrating the day Monday.

Action News Anchor Jessica Harrington took a travel to The Big Apple to drawback up with the anchors and correspondents astir the large milestone.

Michael Strahan, Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos person been co-anchoring unneurotic since 2016.

George, who had to beryllium convinced to articulation the amusement arsenic a co-anchor, has been determination present for 16 years.

Fourteen of those years, GMA has been the astir watched greeting newscast successful full viewers, play to date.

"I deliberation they consciousness similar we're portion of their household and they cognize they tin spot america to springiness them the quality they request astatine the opening of the day, but to besides springiness them a large portion of beingness implicit the people of 2 hours, enactment a grin connected their face," Stephanopoulos said.

ABC News Correspondent Will Reeve has covered stories successful 41 states and 8 countries. He says helium does person a benignant of communicative helium looks guardant to telling the most.

"The stories I emotion to bash are ones that diagnostic radical overcoming the likelihood oregon triumphing successful the look of adversity oregon immoderate benignant of mundane heroism. I deliberation that's what makes humanity great, and I deliberation that's what makes GMA large too, is we get to amplify those types of stories," Reeve said.

Roberts, Stephanopoulos and Strahan person been moving unneurotic connected the amusement full-time since 2016.

Roberts and Stephanopoulos since 2009, making them the longest-serving brace of hosts ever connected an ABC, CBS oregon NBC greeting show.

Correspondent Janai Norman says her extremity is to consciousness similar a person delivering the day's news.

"I anticipation to marque anyone watching consciousness thing each clip I'm connected due to the fact that it is those moments that beryllium with radical erstwhile they consciousness connected, consciousness seen, consciousness impressed oregon taken aback," Norman said.

Roberts says implicit the years, viewers person allowed her to showcase her relatability arsenic a journalist. That includes erstwhile her household was impacted by Hurricane Katrina, her wellness travel and her marriage.

"People were like, 'You're being real. You're being authentic.' I was like, 'Oh my gosh, radical conscionable privation you to beryllium who you are.' That gave maine the assurance and the courageousness -- the viewers did -- by rallying down me," Roberts said.

As the amusement gears up to observe 50 years, Strahan says they're each considering the interaction they've had.

"There haven't been many, I guess, hosts of this show, truthful I conscionable anticipation the bequest we permission down is 1 of professionalism, 1 of truth, 1 of respect and 1 of enjoyment," Strahan said.

Good Morning America volition aerial a peculiar 50th day amusement connected Monday astatine 7 am.

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