A morning staple! Since Live premiered, the talk show has had a history of hosts from Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford to Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest.The talk show premiered in 1983 under the name The Morning Show with Philbin as its lead.
Two years later, Gifford signed on to cohost alongside the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? alum. In 1985, the show was renamed Live!
With Regis and Kathie Lee. The pair worked together until 2000 when the former Today star exited the series. Despite her departure, the two remained close until Philbin’s death in July 2020.“Kathie Lee, you want to know the best part of my life, my TV life, was in the 15 years I spent with you from 1985 to 2000,” Philbin said during a surprise April 2019 appearance on the Today show before Gifford’s departure from the NBC show. “We stayed friends through the entire game, and it was a lot of fun.
Where you are right now I know you’re going to be moving on to a great new career making movies, and since I’ve seen the first one, I know you’re going to be a great success.
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