Michael Strahan to join 'Good Morning America,' remain with 'Live'

Michael Strahan - forever and affectionately No. 92 - is about to get a closer close-up: He's joining 'Good Morning America.'

Trade reports an hour or so ago said Strahan is a 'done' deal - which I have confirmed - and that he will be joining the 'family' later this week. ABC has declined comment (officially) and is doubtless trying to cobble together answers to all the questions...:

- How will he do this as well as 'Live with Kelly and Michael,' which he will remain a part of and which is live at exactly 9 a.m. or about one second after 'GMA' wraps?

- What happens when the NFL season rolls around again, and his services are required at Fox as an analyst?

- Is this one of those reflexive moves designed to quell any annoying questions about the loss of Josh Elliott and how the 'family' of 'GMA' is really not a ' family' but just a group of squabbling rich people who want to get richer now that 'GMA' is number one?

You know: Those kinds of questions.

Fact is, Strahan has been a success at 'Live,' and ABC is scrambling to do whatever it can to blunt NBC's Steinbrenner moves - paying fortunes to people in an attempt to dismember the winning team. Meanwhile, the president of ABC News, Ben Sherwood, is about to become the president of the entire Disney empire; he does not want to leave a shattered 'GMA' as his legacy.

And that is how TV works, my friends....

Tags: Michael Strahan , the New York Giants , Good Morning America , Live with Michael and Kelly , ABC News , Ben Sherwood

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