Joan Lunden is an American journalist, author, and television host. Lunden was the co-host of ABC’s Good Morning America from 1980 to 1997 and has authored eight books. She has appeared on the Biography program and Biography Channel. As of 2014, Lunden is a special correspondent for NBC’s Today.
Joan Lunden Today: What does Joan Lunden do now?
She is currently the spokesperson for A Place for Mom, a national senior care referral service. She is also a public speaker in breast cancer awareness advocacy.
For more than 15 years, Joan Lunden was a mainstay in American living rooms. Alongside her Good Morning America co-anchor Charlie Gibson, Joan helped make ABC’s show the top-rated in the morning lineup for a good part of the ’90s. Then, in 1997, when the show’s ratings began to stumble, Joan announced her departure. She was replaced by the younger Lisa McRee.
At the time, Joan told the press that she was leaving the show to spend time with her children. In reality, however, ABC executives were running the show, and they had their own agenda.