BROADCAST DATE: Monday, October 3, 2005, ITV, UK.
DESCRIPTION: With an audience of over 6 million viewers, "GMTV" is a British morning show said to have the biggest audience in Europe, featuring news, interviews and entertainment features. The station claims to reach approximately 13 million viewers a week, transmitting daily from 6am until the regional Channel 3 franchises (the ITV Network) take over at 9.25am. Lynda appeared on October 2, 2005 while in London for her "CHICAGO" run in the Adelphi Theatre.

	Series Run: 1993 - Present. Broadcast Network: ITV, UK. Time slot: Wednesdays 7:00 A.M. Hosts: FIONA PHILLIPS / ANDREW CASTLE. Associate Producer: Toula Mavridou. Director of Photography: Franc Biffone, Peter Krajewski. Technical Director: David Etherton.
EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Lynda was given a warm welcome on breakfast television show "GMTV" yesterday. GMTV's main anchorwoman Fiona Phillips was in awe of the star who she any many of the show's female crew loved as Wonder Woman. Lynda was promoting her British stage debut starring as 'Mama Morton' in the smash hit musical "CHICAGO". She talked about the demanding vocal routine "hitting that B-flat note" and encouraged more reserved British audiences to make some noise and "holler" if they are having a good time. She also explained how she is having a ball playing some great "age-appropriate" roles such as 'Principal Powers' in her film "SKY HIGH".

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			RUNNING TIME:	00:74:00 [90 minutes including commercials].
			VHS:	Not available on commercial video.
			DVD:	Not available on commercial video.
			INFO:	This is the first of LYNDA CARTER's appearances in the UK during her run on the "CHICAGO" musical.
			VIDEO:	[1]  "GMTV TODAY". Video clip 1.
				[2]  "GMTV TODAY". Video clip 2.
			TRIVIA:	[•] It was first intended to be called Sunrise Television but as Sky News's Breakfast Programming also went by that name (and still does to this day), Sky protested, resulting in the change of name. SMG, the owner of the two of the three Channel 3 regional licences for Scotland (Scottish Television and Grampian Television) previously owned 25% of the company; however, this stake was purchased by ITV plc for £31 million in 2004.
				[•] Its main rivals include BBC Breakfast which is more news oriented, Sky News Sunrise and Channel 4's morning schedule which includes Friends. Due to its part-Disney ownership it also occasionally finds itself in conflict with its own majority owner, however; for example, it was reported that ITV plc's year-long negotiations to launch a children's channel with Nickelodeon were ultimately thwarted by GMTV, who felt that the viewing figures for its own children's programming would be threatened by such a venture. The plans were scrapped, and ITV instead launched the CITV Channel in partnership with GMTV. ITV plc has attempted to buy out Disney's stake in GMTV in order to secure 24-hour control of Channel 3, but has so far been unsuccessful.
				[•] As a nationally available analogue terrestrial station, GMTV is required by the terms of its license to fulfill various public service commitments including substantial broadcast of news and current affairs output, as well as the aforementioned children's programmes, and also party political broadcasts over election periods.

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