{"id":1497,"date":"2025-10-16T23:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:26:41","slug":"stephen-a-smith-expands-roles-guest-hosting-good-morning-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/sports-media\/stephen-a-smith-expands-roles-guest-hosting-good-morning-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A. Smith Expands Roles- Guest Hosting Good Morning America"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is Stephen A. Smith\u2019s world and we\u2019re all just living in it. The ESPN<\/a><\/span> First Take <\/i>host has had a busy week over the last few days.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the first time ever on Friday, Smith will co-host <\/span>Good Morning America<\/span><\/i> on ABC. It goes along with a recent trend of sports media personalities getting their shot at network morning television.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From sports to news<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Smith\u2019s ESPN colleagues Joe Buck, Laura Rutledge and Malika Andrews have all guest-hosted <\/span>Good Morning America<\/span><\/i> throughout the year. The show already features former <\/span>SportsCenter<\/span><\/i> anchor Robin Roberts, along with FOX NFL analyst Michael Strahan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, CBS NFL analyst Nate Burleson is one of the featured hosts on <\/span>CBS Mornings<\/span><\/i>. Meanwhile, NBC has deployed NBC Sports broadcaster Mike Tirico, 13-time NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade and FOX NFL sideline reporter Erin Andrews on the <\/span>TODAY Show <\/span><\/i>as of late.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hosting <\/span>Good Morning America<\/span><\/i> is the latest chapter in Smith\u2019s ever-evolving role in the media landscape. Earlier this year, Smith signed a new deal with ESPN which allows him to do a variety of work outside of ESPN.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will Stephen A. stay at ESPN?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Although Smith has teased a potential presidential campaign, he recently expressed his commitment to the Walt Disney corporation saying, \u201cI\u2019m happy and honored to remain a member of the Disney\/ESPN family for, at least, the next five years. There\u2019s only bigger and bigger things ahead. It starts with continuing to put in that work.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Outside of the Disney doors, Smith is a regular political commentator on FOX News and NewsNation. On Wednesday, Smith walked off the set of NewsNation\u2019s town hall<\/a> expressing frustration and sympathy for a voter who told panelists during the event he was working two jobs during the government shutdown.<\/span><\/p>\n

He recently joined SiriusXM to host a daily sports talk radio show, along with a weekly political program. His podcast remains one of the most popular sports\/political crossover shows on YouTube.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although Smith\u2019s work outside of the mothership is being stretched thin, he is still staying very active within the worldwide leader. Smith made his <\/span>Monday Night Countdown<\/span><\/i> debut on September 22, and is scheduled to make at least two more appearances on the pregame show this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Molly Qerim’s replacement revealed<\/h3>\n

In addition to his hosting duties on ESPN\u2019s <\/span>First Take<\/span><\/i>, he serves as the show\u2019s executive producer. With the recent departure of Molly Qerim as the show\u2019s moderator, Smith helped pick her recently-named replacement in Shae Cornette.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smith stated on the addition of Cornett to the show, \u201cHosting <\/span>First Take<\/span><\/i> is no easy assignment. It requires confidence, toughness, and real sports insight \u2014 and Shae brings all of that and more. I\u2019ve seen her command the desk with poise and passion every time she\u2019s hosted. She\u2019s the real deal, and I\u2019m thrilled to have her officially join the team.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is Stephen A. Smith\u2019s world and we\u2019re all just living in it. The ESPN First Take host has had a busy week over the last few days. For the first time ever on Friday, Smith will co-host Good Morning America on ABC. It goes along with a recent trend of sports media personalities getting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5665,"featured_media":1501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[267,238],"tags":[75,290,291],"class_list":["post-1497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-espn","category-sports-media","tag-featured","tag-first-take","tag-good-morning-america"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1497"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}