Kelly Ripa is losing her Live with Kelly and Michael co-host Michael Strahan this summer. But will she also lose her show’s prime 9 a.m. time slot at some point as well?
ABC News executives long have coveted a third hour for their morning franchise. And with profit margins in the syndication arena on the wane, many industry sources view ABC’s move Tuesday to bring Strahan to Good Morning America full time this fall as the beginning of a bigger play to expand GMA.
“We are committed to ‘Live…’, its fantastic production team, and to Kelly Ripa. We believe the show has a great future. End of story,” said a Disney-ABC Television spokesperson in a statement to THR.
Source and more: THR
Stay tuned as we continue to monitor the survival status of Live with Kelly and Micahel…
Elaine says
It’s time for this show to go away. They should have let it go with Regis left. Kelly Ripa is just a big mouth. I think Disney has already expressed how they feel about her and the show.
Another Poster says
I agree. ABC is doing the same thing to Live With… that they did to Nightline with Ted Koppel. They stabbed him in the back and tried really hard to replace him with David Letterman.
Yes it is time to cancel a show when the network does not let one of the stars of the show know they are trying to downsize it.
Cancellation should soon follow the departure of Michael.
Roberts says
Cancel the show…it’s run its course. Ripa is a boring, narcissistic host. Her main topic of conversation? what interests her?…The colouring of her hair….getting fake eyelashes glued on. She can go on…and on…and on about these ‘news topics’. It is what delights her. Herself.
Barbara says
I am glad it was cancelled. I lost all respect for Kelly when she felt it was ok for her , as a mother to tweak on tv. It was discusting. She was also loosing it. I agree they should have let it go with Regis.