Audience members at Kathie Lee Gifford’s final Today episode this morning each got a Carnival Cruise — and the cruise line got some serious plugging — but Gifford herself got a sweet send-off after 11 years on the job from an old pal: Regis Philbin.
The 87-year-old Philbin — Gifford’s co-host on the syndicatedLive wit…
Regis Phibin is reuniting with Kathie Lee Gifford, but at NBC, after being named contributor to Today show’s 10 AM hour, hosted by Kathie Lee and Hoda Kotb.
Gifford and Kotb made the announcement this morning.
"Regis brings his legendary charm and humor each time he visits Today," show co-EP Tammy Filler said dryly in…
David Letterman will make a rare appearance on CBS' Late Late Show next week; he will pay a visit to the show as a guest on Tuesday – the second of two nights pal Regis Philbin is hosting. Letterman is joining Martha Stewart and CBS sportscaster Tracy Wolfson that night; Martin Short, Tony Danza, Alan Alda and Susan…
NBC News’ Today this morning premiered Today: The Musical, a 14-minute — yes, 14-minute — original production starring the program’s cast and crew. The news division billed it as a tongue-in-cheek look behind the scenes of Studio 1A, where Today anchors and crew members sang and danced to original numbers written by K…
Are we seeing a trend here? The 18-minute musical penned by Kathie Lee Gifford is called Not Today And Tomorrow’s Not Looking Good Either and will air live on the Today show sometime before the end of the year. “It’s going to be live and it’s going to be so much fun,”  a tickled Gifford said today on the show. Regis Ph…
Regis Philbin beat his old show, now called Live With Kelly And Michael in key demos yesterday when he stopped by to co-host the 9 AM hour of WNYW/FOX 5's Good Day New Yorkwith Rosanna Scotto. Rege beat Live in adults 25-54, adults 18-49 and women 25-54; minus Rege, Good Day had lost out to Live in all three demos…
What News Corp COO Chase Carey recently called the “world’s worst kept secret” — Fox’s still-unannounced plans to turn its Speed channel into a national general sports network called Fox Sports 1 — just became a little less mysterious. In response to a question on CNBC about reports that he’ll host a show on the new…
International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences president and CEO Bruce Paisner says Regis Philbin brings “great credibility” to the 40th annual event, set for November 19 in New York. Philbin stepped away as co-host of Live With Regis And Kelly in November 2011 and is touring the country with the paperback…
Regis Philbin will be spending some time in Rachael Ray’s kitchen. Philbin, who stepped down as co-host on Live! With Regis And Kelly last November, will be appearing one day a month as a special guest on the syndicated talk show Rachael Ray. Just don’t call him a co-host. As he told USA Today, “I’m just a guy showing…
LIVE! With Kelly And???….The new co-host will finally be revealed on Sept. 4 when Kelly Ripa will be joined by her new partner. Joining the duo as guests that day will be Claire Danes and 2012 American Idol winner Phillip Phillips. Since longtime host Regis Philbin left the show last November, 59 guest co-hosts have…
It was just like yesterday this morning on Today, where Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford reunited as co-hosts for the first time in 12 years. Philbin sat in for the absent Hoda Kotb on the NBC morning show. Philbin and Gifford co-hosted Live! With Regis And Kathie Lee until Gifford left in 2000. Here’s a…
Regis Philbin’s last day on Live! With Regis & Kelly on Friday delivered a boisterous 7.3 rating/23 share in the metered markets. It capped six weeks of ratings growth for the daytime syndicated talk show leading into Regis’ grand finale. For comparison, the final epsode of Oprah Winfrey’s daytime show in May posted…
