ABC's Sam Champion being operated on live on TV

Posted May 10, 2010 11:00 pm

Associated Press

NEW YORK -- ABC TV weatherman Sam Champion will have skin cancer cells removed from his shoulders live on "Good Morning America" as part of an odd television trend: surgery at breakfast time.

All three network morning shows have shown medical procedures over the past couple of months. CBS' Harry Smith had a live colonoscopy on "The Early Show" in March. NBC's "Today" show went in to operating rooms to show brain and heart surgeries and the birth of a baby by C-section.

Champion is televising his surgery Wednesday to raise awareness about skin cancer prevention. He's had procedures four times before to remove cancerous cells.

The best-known morning show procedure happened several years ago when Katie Couric underwent a colonoscopy for the "Today" show.

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