Kelly Ripa, Conan O’Brien
Change can be scary — especially for a TV show that swaps hosts or faces new competition. Here's a look at how a few longtime favorites have been handling tough transitions.
Live! With Kelly
Regis Philbin sat next to...
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The Thick of It
Timing is everything. Which may help explain why, after a nearly three-year delay, BBC America is finally importing the third season (from 2009) of the blistering political satire The Thick of It to its "Ministry of Laughs" weekend franchise (Saturday, midnight/11c) — on the heels of HBO's launch of Veep, which springs from the same demented imagination of dark farceur Armando Iannucci.
Thick set the tone of deeply cynical, bitterly vicious, and scaldingly profane high-office shenanigans that Veep is adapting with some success.
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Susan Lucci and Vincent Irizarry
Doesn't anyone want this golden gal anymore? The Daytime Emmy nominations will be announced May 4, but so far no network has agreed to air the ceremony. A rep for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences claims negotiations are still in play, but insiders say a live Internet feed may be more likely than a telecast. The awards, even if they're a no-cameras affair, are expected to take place June 23 in Beverly Hills.
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The Bachelor, Ben and Courtney
Chris Harrison is well aware that the majority of Bachelor viewers are outraged at both Ben Flajnik and front-runner Courtney.
"You never know how America is going to react, and even during filming, I wouldn't have predicted they'd feel this way," Harrison tells TVGuide.com. "People say, 'Why haven't you warned him about her?' But he hears what she's saying and plenty of the women tried to caution him."
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Kim Kardashian
Kim, Khloe, Kourtney ... Kelly? Kim Kardashian will appear alongside Kelly Ripa to guest co-host Live! With Kelly on Monday, Jan. 23.
Live! With Kelly announces new fill-in hosts
Kardashian, 30, will kick off a week of...
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Jim Parsons
Kelly Ripa will kick off the new year on Live! alongside fill-in co-host — and husband — Mark Consuelos on Monday, Jan. 2, but he won't be sticking around for long.
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Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris apologized Friday for using the word "tranny" during Thursday's Live With Kelly.
After Kelly Ripa and Harris, who is guest-hosting as Live searches for a permanent replacement for Regis Philbin, inhaled sulfer hexafluoride — "helium's evil twin" — during a science experiment, the How I Met Your Mother star joked...
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Jerry O’Connell, Josh Groban
Jerry O'Connell and Josh Groban are returning to Live! With Kelly to guest-host opposite Kelly Ripa.
O'Connell is slated to appear on...
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Regis Philbin, Live! with Regis and Kelly
After 28 years and more than 16,000 hours, Regis Philbin officially bid farewell to Live! Friday morning — and as a result, it's snagged the No. 1 spot in our Social Power Rankings.
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Regis Philbin
In the end, it wasn't just Regis and Kelly, or Regis and Kathie Lee ... it felt more like Regis and everybody. After some 16,000 hours in front of a television camera, Regis Philbin signed off Live! with Regis and Kelly Friday morning.
Ending a 28-year run, the "Farewell Special" began oddly ...
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