Live! with Kelly is a syndicated American television
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, hosted by
Kelly RipaKelly Ripa is an American actress and television host. Since February 2001, she has served as the co-host of talk show Live with Regis and Kelly, along with Regis Philbin and now solo host of Live! With Kelly...
. The show has aired since 1983 in
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and 1988 nationwide. Tony Pigg has been the show's announcer since its inception. The show began broadcasting in
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in its 2008–09 season.
On January 18, 2011, Regis Philbin (who had been with Live since the beginning) announced that he would be leaving the show at the expiration of his current contract. Philbin's last show was on November 18, 2011. Live will continue with Kelly Ripa, and will begin searching for a new co-host by having various people try-out guest hosting with Ripa, in a similar fashion to how she was selected to co-host with Philbin.
AM Los Angeles (1975–1981)
The show has its origins in AM Los Angeles, a local show that was broadcast only in the
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area. It premiered in 1975, and the original hosts were
Regis PhilbinRegis Francis Xavier Philbin is an American media personality, actor and singer, known for hosting talk and game shows since the 1960s. Philbin is often called "the hardest working man in show business" and holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera...
and
Sarah PurcellSarah Purcell is an American former talk show host, game show host, and panelist.She was co-host of The Better Sex , Real People , America , and The Home Show , and made guest appearances on several TV dramas. She also co-starred in the 1981 film Terror Among Us with Tracy Reed...
. Purcell departed the show in 1978 and was replaced by
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. AM Los Angeles ended its run in 1981.
The Morning Show (1983–1988)
Philbin and Garvey relocated to New York City in 1983, resuming their show as The Morning Show on April 4 of that year, again as a local show seen only in the New York City market. In 1984, Garvey left the show, and was replaced by Ann Abernathy. When Ann Abernathy became pregnant in 1985, she also decided to leave the show. She was replaced by
Kathie Lee GiffordKathie Lee Gifford is an American television host, singer, songwriter and actress, best known for her 15-year run on the talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin...
. Gifford would remain Philbin's co-host from June 24, 1985 to July 28, 2000.
Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (1988–2000)
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,
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(BVTV) began syndicating the show nationally. In 1996,
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, BVTV's parent company, acquired
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(and WABC). 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.
Live with Regis (2000–2001)
After Gifford's departure, the show, renamed Live with Regis, continued with guest co-hosts including Philbin's wife
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, among others. During this time, Philbin won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host, and was also hosting
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's popular
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. 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.
Live with Regis and Kelly (2001–2011)
Ripa was named the permanent co-host on February 5, 2001, and the show was retitled Live with Regis and Kelly. Since Ripa took over, the show's ratings have increased according to
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. Kathie Lee Gifford returned as special co-host alongside Regis and Kelly on September 14, 2007, to celebrate Live 20 years in national syndication, and as a guest on April 14, 2009.
Philbin announced on March 12, 2007 that he would undergo heart bypass surgery on March 21, 2007 after experiencing symptoms of heart disease. Guest co-hosts hosted alongside Ripa during Philbin's absence. He returned to his hosting duties on April 26, 2007. Philbin later announced on November 23, 2009 that he would undergo
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on December 1, 2009. Guest co-hosts again hosted alongside Ripa during Philbin's absence. He returned to his hosting duties on January 4, 2010.
On January 18, 2011, Philbin announced that he would leave the show by the end of the year. On February 7, 2011, it was confirmed that Philbin will officially retire from hosting sometime in November 2011. On June 19, 2011, both Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host. Philbin's final show was on November 18, 2011.
Live! with Kelly (2011–present)
After Philbin's departure, the show was renamed Live! with Kelly, mirroring what was done at the time of Kathie Lee Gifford's departure. Various co-hosts are currently filling in alongside Ripa until a permanent co-host is found; the staff expects this to occur by the May 2012 sweeps.
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was the first of the guest co-hosts, appearing with Kelly from November 21-23, 2011.
The following week, Neil Patrick Harris co-hosted with Kelly.
Production
Live is broadcast
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weekdays at 9 a.m.
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, and on tape delay at 9 a.m. local time on stations west of the Eastern Time Zone, with few exceptions; as such, it is one of the few first-run syndicated programs to broadcast in a common timeslot on most stations carrying it. The show airs on all of ABC's owned-and-operated stations with the exception of
WLS-TVWLS-TV, virtual channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The station operates their full power digital operations on UHF channel 44, with their digital fill-in translator on VHF channel...
in Chicago, where Windy City Live, which replaced
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, airs in that time slot (similar to Live, Oprah evolved from the former AM Chicago, a morning talk show on WLS hosted by
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in the 1980s). Instead, Live airs on the local feed of
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. (Because of
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laws, it does not air on WGN's superstation feed.)
The show features bantering between Kelly and her temporary Co-Host, phone-in contests, celebrity and non-celebrity guests. It is produced by
Michael GelmanMichael Seth Gelman is the executive producer of Live with Kelly . He also occasionally takes small roles on television, appearing in two episodes of Kelly Ripa's ABC sitcom Hope and Faith.Gelman grew up in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois...
. The first 22 minutes, known as "host chat", is improvised and also the most popular segment. During the segment, the hosts often react to stories in the local newspapers or other media. Following the host chat, a home viewer is called to participate in a LIVE's Travel Trivia, with the chance to win a vacation prize package and a prize for the audience. Following the contest, the rest of the show features special segments and interviews with both celebrities and regular people with a story to tell.
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
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. Slight changes such as new furniture and flooring were made to the set. The show added an exclamation point to the on-screen title at this time.
Live has consistently been
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among the top daytime talk shows in the US, behind
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.
The Live series has inspired similarly formatted talk shows. Some have been successful (The View), while others have had limited or no success (
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,
Living It Up! With Ali & JackLiving It Up! With Ali & Jack was a syndicated daytime television talk show show that aired from September 2003 to April 2004, hosted by Alexandra "Ali" Wentworth and Jack Ford, based out of New York City....
). The now canceled
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series,
Today with Des and MelToday with Des and Mel was a British television series hosted by Des O'Connor and Melanie Sykes. The show featured celebrity guests, phone-in competitions and chat between the hosts. It was produced by Carlton Television, at The London Studios...
, was based on Live.
Real Person (2000)
In October 2000, before Kelly Ripa was confirmed as the permanent replacement for Kathie Lee Gifford, non-celebrities were chosen as guest co-hosts in the "Real Person Co-host for a Day Search."
Co-Ed (2001)
In June 2001, five college students were picked to co-host the show with Regis while Kelly Ripa was on maternity leave in the "Co-Ed Co-host for a Day Search." Among those chosen were Stacie Watts, Maria Sansone, and Monica Palumbo.
From Local to LIVE (2009)
In August 2009, on-air personalities from ten television stations which carry the show were chosen as guest co-hosts in "From Local to LIVE: Co-host for a Day Search."
Substitutes for Philbin, airing the week of August 3 to 7:
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| August 3, 2009 |
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| August 4, 2009 |
Pat Tomasulo |
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| August 5, 2009 |
Chris Parente |
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| August 6, 2009 |
Jason Colthorp |
WILXWILX-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Central Michigan. Licensed to the nearby town of Onondaga, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 4 in Lansing, and Comcast channel 10 in East Lansing and Jackson. It can...
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Substitutes for Ripa, airing the week of August 17 to 21:
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City |
| August 17, 2009 |
Lucy Bustamante |
WWLWWL-TV, virtual channel 4, is the CBS-affiliated television station serving New Orleans, Louisiana, southeast Louisiana and parts of southern and coastal Mississippi, and is the primary CBS station for South and Coastal Mississippi. It broadcasts on UHF digital channel 36...
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| August 18, 2009 |
Janelle Wang |
KGOKGO-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, based in San Francisco, California...
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| August 19, 2009 |
Sandra Shaw |
WBALWBAL-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station in Baltimore, Maryland. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 11. It is one of the flagship stations of Hearst Television, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation, which also owns sister radio stations WBAL and...
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| August 20, 2009 |
Tram Mai |
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| August 21, 2009 |
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Women of Radio (2010)
In August 2010, female broadcasters from different radio stations were chosen as guest co-hosts in the "Women of Radio Co-host for a Day Search."
Substitutes for Ripa, airing the week of August 17 to 20:
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Name |
Station |
City |
| August 17, 2010 |
Shannon Murphy |
WKQIWKQI — branded Channel 955 — is a commercial pop/CHR radio station in Detroit, Michigan, owned by Clear Channel Communications. WKQI transmits its signal with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts from an antenna 430 feet in height located at the intersection of Greenfield Road and 10 Mile...
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Detroit, MichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
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| August 18, 2010 |
Jayde Donovan |
WXXLWXXL, also known as XL1067, is a contemporary hit radio station licensed to Tavares, Florida, United States, and is owned by Clear Channel Communications. Its studio is located at Clear Channel Orlando's headquarters in Maitland. WXXL primarily serves the Greater Orlando metropolitan area...
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| August 19, 2010 |
Kristin Cruz |
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Los Angeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
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| August 20, 2010 |
Jenn Hobby |
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Men of Radio
In January 2011, five male radio DJ's were chosen to co-host with Ripa during the week of January 24.
Substitutes for Philbin, airing the week of January 24 to 28:
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Name |
Station |
City |
| January 24, 2011 |
Cory "Fitz" Fitzner |
100.7 THE WOLF KKWF , known as "The New 100.7 The Wolf", is a Country music radio station based in Seattle, Washington. The Entercom outlet broadcasts at 100.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 67 kW. Its transmitter is located in Seattle.-History:...
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Seattle, Washington |
| January 25, 2011 |
Jeff Mauler |
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Ottawa, OntarioOttawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
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| January 26, 2011 |
Bobby Bones |
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Austin, TexasAustin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
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| January 27, 2011 |
Eric Ferguson |
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Chicago, IllinoisChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
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Mike "Psycho Mike" Catherwood |
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Los Angeles, California Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
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Episodes
Every season, Live! tapes about 260 episodes.
Specials
Live! goes on location twice per season to various locations. Among those previously visited are New Orleans,
ChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
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Las VegasThe Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
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Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
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Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Miami,
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,
HawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
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, San Francisco, Detroit,
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, Walt Disney World,
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,
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, San Antonio,
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, and Bahamas. While on their resorts, Regis and Kelly transplant Live!s own brand of entertainment-oriented talk with the beauty of the particular location providing a colorful backdrop to the show's celebrity guests and musical performances.
Every season, Regis and Kelly also host a
HalloweenHallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
special where the co-hosts portray some of the best moments and characters of the past year. The days guests also dress up in costumes that follow in the theme of the show (e.g. reality television). Additionally, prizes are awarded to the audience members with the best costumes. For
Valentine's DaySaint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496...
, Regis and Kelly get into the spirit by allowing male viewers to propose on their show. They also play matchmaker to friends, and marry couples live on the air. Every Mother's Day, the co-hosts celebrate moms everywhere on their annual "Mom's Dream Come True" special where deserving moms get the surprises of a lifetime.
Live!'s 20th Anniversary
Regis, Kelly and former co-host
Kathie Lee GiffordKathie Lee Gifford is an American television host, singer, songwriter and actress, best known for her 15-year run on the talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin...
celebrated Live!'s 20th season on September 14, 2007. They received anniversary wishes from
Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
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David LettermanDavid Michael Letterman is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC...
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Jay LenoJames Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno is an American stand-up comedian and television host.From 1992 to 2009, Leno was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ,...
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Jimmy KimmelJames Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel is an American television host and comedian. He is the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that airs on ABC. Prior to that, Kimmel was best known as the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money...
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Conan O'BrienConan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer and performer. Since November 2010 he has hosted Conan, a late-night talk show that airs on the American cable television station TBS....
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Howie MandelHoward Michael "Howie" Mandel is a Canadian stand-up comedian, television host, and actor. He is well known as host of the NBC game show Deal or No Deal, as well as the show's daytime and Canadian-English counterparts. Before his career as a game show host, Mandel was best known for his role on...
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Ryan SeacrestRyan John Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host, network producer and voice actor. He is the host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, a nationally syndicated Top 40 radio show that airs on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and throughout the United States and Canada on Premiere Radio Networks,...
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Simon CowellSimon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...
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Paula AbdulPaula Julie Abdul is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era before scoring a string of pop music-R&B hits...
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Randy JacksonRandall Darius "Randy" Jackson is an American bassist, singer, record producer, music manager, A&R executive, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is best known as a judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew...
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Frank GiffordFrancis Newton "Frank" Gifford is a Hall of Fame former American football player and American sportscaster.-Early life:Gifford was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Lola Mae and Weldon Gifford, an oil driller....
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Mark ConsuelosMark Andrew Consuelos is a Spanish-born American television and film actor.-Personal life:Consuelos was born in Zaragoza, Spain to a Mexican father and an Italian mother. He is the youngest of three children, he has a brother, who is a doctor, and a sister, who is a lawyer. Consuelos has lived in...
. Regis and Kelly received a Proclamation from
Michael BloombergMichael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...
, mayor of New York City, declaring September 3 "Live! Day."
Ratings
Since the
The Oprah Winfrey ShowThe Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
concluded its 25-year syndicated run on May 25, 2011, Live! has been
ratedNielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
the top syndicated daytime talk show in the US, averaging about 3.5 million viewers per episode according to daytime television ratings.
September 11, 2001
On September 18, the first show back after the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
, 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.
International broadcast
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CTVCTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
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Varies in some markets to allow for local simsubsSimultaneous substitution is a practice mandated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requiring Canadian cable, direct broadcast satellite and multichannel multipoint distribution service television distribution companies to substitute the signal of a foreign or...
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