Robert Mark Marciano (born June 25, 1968) is an American journalist and

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who is currently employed by

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. Marciano provides forecasts for the weekend editions of '' Good Morning America'', a position

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vacated when she was chosen to succeed

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on the daily editions of ''GMA''. Marciano first gained prominence as a meteorologist and occasional reporter and substitute anchor for

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Worldwide in their

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headquarters. Prior to his employment by ABC, Marciano was most recently employed by '' Entertainment Tonight'', where he co-anchored the nightly thirty-minute edition of the program as well as the sixty-minute weekend edition. He left ''ET'' in late August 2014 after twenty months to take his current position with ABC.

Background

Marciano was born in

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, and received a bachelor's degree in

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from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

. He holds the American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval and is a

Certified Broadcast Meteorologist The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the premier scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. Its mission is to advance the ...

(CBM). He is of

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and German ancestry.

Career

Before joining CNN in May 2003, he served as chief meteorologist for

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-TV and 750 KXL News Radio in

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. From 1994 to 1997, he worked as morning and then chief meteorologist for

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-TV in

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and later served as a weather anchor for WVIT Connecticut News 30 in

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. On November 12, 2012, Marciano was announced as a new co-anchor for ''Entertainment Tonight'', which he would begin doing in January 2013. The choice followed a long search period for a new co-anchor to host the program with

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, a search that began when Mark Steines left the series after eight years as the primary co-anchor. Marciano bid farewell to CNN viewers on ''

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'' and ''

Starting Point ''Starting Point'' (formerly ''Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien'') is a morning television show on CNN anchored by Soledad O'Brien. The show aired from January 2012 to June 2013. Together with the program '' Early Start'' (4.00–6.00 a.m. ...

'' on December 21, 2012. On July 19, 2014,

announced that Marciano would become the network's senior meteorologist. He has since joined '' Good Morning America Weekend'' and reports on the latest weather headlines throughout the week as well as partners with

and the Extreme Weather Team for weather coverage across all ABC News broadcasts and platforms."Marciano joins ABC News as senior meteorologist"
abcnews.go.com; accessed October 6, 2014. His final co-hosting of ''Entertainment Tonight'' came on Wednesday, August 27, 2014. He debuted on ''GMA'' on Saturday, September 6, 2014.

Personal life

Marciano is an avid outdoorsman and major sports fan. He has been married to his wife, Eryn since 2010. However they are divorcing as of July 2022. Together they have one daughter, Madelynn, and one son, Mason.

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External links

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