Live! with Regis and Kelly
Live with Regis and Kelly logo since 2009
Also known as	The Morning Show (1983-1988) Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (1988-2000) Live with Regis (2000-2001)
Format	Talk show
Created by	WABC-TV
Presented by	Regis Philbin (since 1983) Cyndy Garvey (1983-84) Ann Abernathy (1984-85) Kathie Lee Gifford (1985-2000) Kelly Ripa (since 2001)
Narrated by	Tony Pigg (since 1983)
Theme music composer	Gabriel Saientz (since 2009)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	6,490 (as of January 5, 2008)[dated info]
Production
Executive producer(s)	Michael Gelman Regis Philbin
Location(s)	New York City
Running time	60 minutes (with commercials)
Production company(s)	WABC-TV
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Broadcast
Original channel	WABC-TV (1983-1988) Syndicated (since 1988)
Original run	April 4, 1983 – Present
External links
Official website

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Live with Regis and Kelly is a syndicated American television morning talk show, hosted by Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa. The show, known as Live with Regis and Kathie Lee when Kathie Lee Gifford was co-hosting, has aired since 1983 in New York City and 1988 nationwide. Tony Pigg has been the show's announcer since its conception.

It was announced on January 16, 2007, that Live with Regis and Kelly has been renewed through the 2010-2011 season.^[1]

Contents 1 History 1.1 The Morning Show (1983-1988) 1.2 Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (1988-2000) 1.3 Live with Regis (2000-2001) 1.4 Live with Regis and Kelly (2001-) 1.5 Studio fire 2 Production 3 Guest co-hosts 4 Episodes 4.1 Special Weeks | Special Episodes 4.1.1 2009 5 September 11 attacks 6 Parodies 7 www.liveregisandkelly.com 7.1 Regis and Kelly TWITTER 7.2 Regis and Kelly FACEBOOK 8 References and notes 9 External links

[edit] History

[edit] The Morning Show (1983-1988)

The show began in 1983 as The Morning Show, a local New York program on WABC-TV with Philbin and Cyndy Garvey as co-hosts. They were previously co-hosts on A.M. Los Angeles, a similar program on KABC-TV in Los Angeles. Ann Abernathy took over Garvey's co-hosting position in 1984. Gifford, then known as Kathie Lee Johnson from her first marriage, replaced Abernathy on June 24, 1985, and the show – which had held its own against Phil Donahue's show in the local market – took off.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (1988-2000)

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In the weeks leading up to the show's national debut, the title was changed to Live with Regis and Kathie Lee to prepare for the expansion. On September 5, 1988, Buena Vista Television (BVTV) began syndicating the show nationally.

In 1996, The Walt Disney Company, BVTV's parent company, acquired ABC (and WABC).^{[citation needed]}

On February 29, 2000, Gifford announced her decision to leave the show to pursue her singing career, and spend more time with her family. Her last show was on July 28, 2000.

[edit] Live with Regis (2000-2001)

After Gifford's departure, the show, renamed Live with Regis, continued with guest co-hosts including Philbin's wife Joy, among others. During this time, Philbin won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host, and was also hosting ABC's popular Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. During "auditions" for co-hosts, Kelly Ripa became a favorite and front-runner, especially after a segment on the first episode on which she was a guest host on November 1, 2000.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Live with Regis and Kelly (2001-)

Ripa was named the permanent co-host on February 5, 2001. Since Ripa took over, the show's ratings have increased according to E!.^{[citation needed]} Kathie Lee Gifford returned as special co-host alongside Regis and Kelly on September 14, 2007, to celebrate Live’s 20 years in national syndication, and as a guest on April 14, 2009.^{[citation needed]}

The show is still owned and produced by WABC-TV, and shares the same studio as WABC's Eyewitness News broadcast. Not seen in the nationally syndicated show is a WABC Eyewitness News update, which is produced from its newsroom, as are all of its updates during Good Morning America due to the shared studio.^{[citation needed]} In the beginning of the 2007-2008 television season WABC-TV announced that Live with Regis and Kelly would move to the set used for the unsuccessful The Tony Danza Show; construction began in the summer of 2007, and with the new sets scheduled to debut in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Philbin announced on March 12, 2007, that he would undergo heart bypass surgery the following Wednesday after experiencing symptoms of heart disease. Guest co-host, Jimmy Kimmel, hosted alongside Ripa during Philbin's absence. ^[2] He returned to his hosting duties on April 26, 2007.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Studio fire

On the night of May 27, 2007, a fire occurred near the news studio of WABC-TV, adjacent to Live with Regis and Kelly's set. Although both studios were affected by smoke and water damage, damage to Live's set was minimal. The flooding in Live's control room was enough to require the show to temporarily relocate.^[3] Beginning with the show's May 29, 2007 broadcast, the show moved to the set of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,^[4][5] located nearby, on the same street as the Live studio.^[3]

[edit] Production

U.S. morning television shows
Networks
ABC	Good Morning America
CBS	The Early Show
NBC	Today
RTV	Daytime
Cable
BBC	World News Today
C-SPAN	Washington Journal
CNBC	Squawk Box
	Squawk on the Street
CNN	American Morning
ESPN2	Mike and Mike
FNC	Fox & Friends
	America's Newsroom
FBN	Fox Business Morning
	Imus in the Morning
	The Opening Bell
HLN	Morning Express
MSNBC	Morning Joe
	Morning Meeting
TWC	Wake Up With Al
	Your Weather Today
Spanish Networks
Uni	¡Despierta América!
Tel	Cada Día
Syndication
	The Daily Buzz
	Live with Regis and Kelly
v • d • e

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Live, as implied in its name, is broadcast live weekdays at 9 a.m. ET, except for some markets.

The show features bantering between Regis and Kelly, phone-in contests, and celebrity guests. It is produced by Michael Gelman. The first 15 to 22 minutes, known as "host chat", is improvised, often involving Gelman. Other foils for the co-hosts have included WABC-TV program director Art Moore, who supervises Live, former WABC-TV weatherman and current Good Morning America weatherman Sam Champion, and other program staffers. Following the host chat, a home viewer is called to participate in a trivia contest, with the chance to win a vacation prize package and a prize for an audience member. Following the contest, the rest of the show features mostly celebrity interviews. During the final minutes selected viewer e-mail is read.

Its latest theme song, composed by Gabriel Saientz after an on-air, $100,000 contest, made its debut on January 5, 2009, the day "Live" started broadcasting in high definition; slight changes such as new furniture and flooring were made to the set.^[6]

Live has consistently been rated among the top three syndicated daytime talk shows in the US, behind The Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil.^{[citation needed]}

The Live series has inspired similarly formatted talk shows. Some have been successful (The View), while others have had limited or no success (The Tony Danza Show, Living It Up! With Ali & Jack).^{[citation needed]} The now canceled British television series, Today with Des and Mel, was based on Live.

[edit] Guest co-hosts

Substitutes for Philbin include Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, Survivor host Jeff Probst, Bryant Gumbel, NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon, and Kelly's husband Mark Consuelos. Joy Philbin, Regis' wife, is a frequent substitute for Ripa.

In August 2009, on-air personalities from ten television stations which carry the show were chosen as guest hosts for one day each in a "From Local to Live!" contest. Substitutes for Philbin, airing the week of August 3 to 7, were Louis Aguirre from WSVN in Miami, Florida, Pat Tomasulo from WGN in Chicago, Illinois, Chris Parente from KWGN in Denver, Colorado, Jason Colthorp from WILX in Lansing, Michigan and Jeff Varner from WWMT in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Substitutes for Ripa, airing the week of August 17 to 21, were Lucy Bustamante of WWL in New Orleans, Louisiana, Janelle Wang of KGO in San Francisco, California, Sandra Shaw of WBAL in Baltimore, Maryland, Tram Mai of KPNX in Phoenix, Arizona and Tamara Taggart of CIVT in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Episodes

Every season, LIVE! tapes about 260 episodes.

[edit] Special Weeks | Special Episodes

[edit] 2009

• Live with Regis and Kelly NEW ORLEANS^[7] On the week of April 6th, the show went on location to New Orleans in Louisiana. Guests on the show that week included Harry Hamlin, Reggie Bush, Emeril Lagasse, Faith Ford, Jesse McCartney, and more. During their week there, Regis and Kelly tasted various traditional dishes from the New Orleans area. Show was back in their New York studios for the Friday episode.

• “LIVE!” FROM MIAMI BEACH^[8] From May 5th through May 8th, the show went on location to Miami Beach in Florida. Guests that week included, Nicole Richie, Rob Lowe, Eric Dane, and many more. On the final show from Miami Beach, Regis and Kelly did their annual, Mom’s Dream Come True special. They showcased various mothers and the great things they do.

• HALLOWEEN ON LIVE!^[9] Regis and Kelly held their annual, Halloween special on Friday, October 30th. The theme this year was Reality Bites. The co-hosts portrayed some of the best moments and characters from reality television. Costumes included Jon & Kate, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Jeff Probst, Jillian Michaels and many more. A Michael Jackson tribute was also incorporated into the show.

• LIVE! in LAS VEGAS^[10] For the week of November 23, the show went on location to Las Vegas in Nevada. The talk show duo taped the show from the Encore at Wynn Las Vegas. Musician David Cook, actor Mark Harmon, comedian Jimmy Kimmel, actor Thomas Gibson, and actor Neil Patrick Harris were all guests on the special week of LIVE!.^[11] During the week, Kelly and husband Mark, who eloped in Vegas, went back to the Chapel of the Bells to see how things had changes and to relive her own wedding. Regis and Joy also performed a song from their new album. Cirque de Soleil performed one of their pieces from their show. The show that aired on Thanksgiving Day was taped in the normal studios in New York City, due to the holiday. The show was back in Vegas for Friday's episode.

[edit] September 11 attacks

On the day after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Live was on the air for an extended time with Philbin and Ripa discussing the attacks. The opening credits featured a still image of an American flag and the World Trade Center.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Parodies

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The show has been parodied for its banter and the personalities of its co-hosts.

• In Frisky Dingo, Live with Mitzi and Verl is a spoof of Live with Regis and Kelly. When the super-villain Killface attempts to pitch his plan to destroy the world, the co-hosts are oblivious to what he says and are more concerned with their conversation and the product placement of a new car.
• Saturday Night Live has parodied Live with Regis and Kelly (2000-2007) with Darrell Hammond as Regis Philbin, Amy Poehler as Kelly Ripa, and Chris Kattan and Rachel Dratch as Michael Gelman. Kelly Ripa appeared in one sketch as Angelina Jolie. Live with Regis and Kathie Lee was also parodied (1990-1991) with Dana Carvey as Regis Philbin and Jan Hooks as Kathie Lee Gifford.
• In addition, Saturday Night Live aired a skit called Morning Latte (1997-2000). The co-hosts, played by Will Ferrell and Cheri Oteri, tell each other their personal stories, similar to Live with Regis and Kathie Lee's "host chat", but they respond over-enthusiastically to each other. They also take a light-hearted tone with their guests.
• On a 1996 TBN episode of Colby's Clubhouse, two of the cast members did a Prodigal Son segment where then-co hosts Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford were parodied.
• Kanye West included the following line in his hit song, "Jesus Walks": "The way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way I need Jesus".
• In the third season of Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana goes on the "Mack and Mickey in the Morning Show", a parody of Live with Regis and Kelly.
• On Episode 4 of Wizards of Waverly Place, Alex and Harper are getting a new job from Alex's dad and they're talking during work time, Alex's dad interrupts their conversation by going, "Regis, Kelly, back to work." Alex played by Selena Gomez has appeared on the show.
• In an episode of Nickelodeon's Drake and Josh, Drake reads a list of guests to be invited, and Regis was on it. Drake knowingly loves girls, made a remark but takes it back saying maybe he will bring Kelly with him.
• In Treehouse of Horror IX of The Simpsons, Kathie Lee Gifford and Regis Philbin appear on the Simpsons TV, when Bart and Lisa are trapped in the TV, and fall into a pot of stew that Gifford and Philbin are cooking from Dom DeLuise's recipe. When Philbin and Gifford get spilled on, Gifford responds to this by storming off, declaring "That's it! I'm going home! Dom DeLuise can interview himself!"
• In an episode of Hey Arnold, the character "Stinky" appears as a guest on the show. During his interview, Regis uses his catchphrase "I'm out of control!" and Kathie Lee tearfully exclaims, "I love my kids!"
• In an episode of Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer appears on the show to promote his new coffee table book about coffee tables and spits coffee on Kathie Lee. Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford appeared as themselves.
• In an episode of Family Guy, Peter Griffin is granted a wish by a genie to see Kelly Ripa behind the scenes. The genie shows the Griffins Ripa's "Live with Regis and Kelly" dressing room, where Kelly (voiced by herself) rips off her human face, which reveals an alien. The alien Kelly then goes to a tied-up human, removes his heart and eats it. However, she is called back to the set of the show, so she quickly has to replace her fake human face mask.
• In the 1998 episode of Diagnosis Murder titled Talked to Death, Philbin and Gifford portray, respectively, Darrin Tate and Mary Montgomery, hosts of a talk show very similar to Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. In the episode, various staged events intended to boost ratings of the talk show go awry, including Darrin having a heart-attack after being punched by Mary, as well as Mary being fatally shot by Darrin using a gun that was meant to contain blanks. ^[12]

[edit] www.liveregisandkelly.com

The show's website often times has various behind-the-scenes videos, exclusive offers, as well as video archives.

• Fashion Finder One popular feature is Kelly's Fashion Finder, which showcases what co-host Kelly Ripa has worn on that day's episode. The online "segment" began on April 1, 2008. Through time a few additions have been made to the Fashion Finder, such as a Guest Fashion Finder, in which a few guests and fashion experts share what they are wearing with the internet world.

• Exclusives Another great feature of the show's website is the Web Exclusives. Here the ordinary viewer can go behind the scenes at LIVE! and see how the show is put together. Often times clips from commercial breaks are uploaded to the Web Exclusives.

• Poll On the homepage, visitors can vote on an Audience Poll which often times has a question about a previous show or a silly question in reference to one or both of the co-hosts.

• The Live Stage LIVE! has various musical guests throughout the year and The Live Stage is where all the performances are showcased. American Idol winners, Grammy Award winners, AMA winners, along with CMA Award winners are all part of The Live Stage. Dancers from Dancing with the Stars are also part of this platform.

• Inbox The Regis and Kelly Inbox is a segment on the regular broadcast of LIVE!. Submissions can be made on the Regis and Kelly's Inbox page which also allows viewers to see older editions as well as some Bonus Inbox segments that are exclusively aired on the website.

• Host Chat If a viewers has missed or wants to see the Host Chat again for that day they can visit the Host Chat page which archives the shows Host Chat segments.

[edit] Regis and Kelly TWITTER

The Live with Regis and Kelly Twitter page began around February 2009 and has become popular ever since. The show often times gives away exclusive offers on the Regis and Kelly Twitter account. Kelly Ripa always pokes fun at the peculiar username that was chosen for the account, Regis_and_Kelly. Often saying, "It just rolls right off the tongue."

The account is also used by Kelly Ripa herself, often times updating her viewers on what she is doing with the family or even what she is cooking for dinner.^[13] Regis refuses to use Twitter as he jokingly believes that computers are just a phase.

[edit] Regis and Kelly FACEBOOK

Although not as publicized as the Twitter account, Regis and Kelly do have a Facebook page. Here updates about the show and previews of upcoming guests and shows are posted. The LIVE! Facebook page can be accessed at http://www.facebook.com/LIVEwithRegisandKelly.

[edit] References and notes

[edit] External links

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