 After years of a losing ratings battle against "Donahue" on WNBC-TV, WABC-TV cancelled "Good Morning New York" in early 1983.The current show began as the station's second attempt at a local morning show a month later, aptly titled "The Morning Show" (using the "Circle 7" logo in the actual text for one of the "o"s) and was originally hosted by Regis Philbin and Cyndy Garvey.After Garvey's departure a year later, she was replaced by Ann Abernathy, who in turn, left in 1985 to return to Los Angeles.