'Live with Regis and Kelly's' Daily 'Host Chat' Now Available on liveregisandkelly.com

'Live with Regis and Kelly's' Daily 'Host Chat' Now Available on liveregisandkelly.com

NEW YORK, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Every day, millions of viewers tune in to top-rated morning talk show "Live with Regis and Kelly" to get their daily fix of "Host Chat," the program's lively, unscripted and always unpredictable opening segment. Each morning, hosts Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa kick off the show with their take on the day's news, their own lives and the hot pop culture topics of the day. Now, viewers who miss "Live" can catch "Host Chat" by logging on to the "Live with Regis and Kelly" website, liveregisandkelly.com.

For the first time, "Live's" signature segment is available online for viewing, linking and even sharing with other fans. Whether it's on their home computer or from their desk at work, "Live's" viewing audience can easily access "Host Chat" from liveregisandkelly.com. The footage is posted each afternoon following the show's West Coast telecasts, with the previous four days also available for viewers to enjoy.

"'Live's' signature 'Host Chat' is available for online viewing and sharing, and it's great to have yet another way of providing it to our audience," said Janice Marinelli, President, Disney-ABC Domestic Television. "Now our viewers never have to miss what is certainly one of the most entertaining daily segments on TV."

"Host Chat" is one of TV's most original and distinctive segments, and has been described as "an exhilarating free-for-all" and "the best 20 minutes on television." Philbin and Ripa's daily conversations are totally unscripted, totally spontaneous and have become a signature feature of the show. "Host Chat's" origins date back to "The Regis Philbin Show," Philbin's early '60s talk show on KOGO-TV in San Diego. Each broadcast began with Philbin talking directly to the viewers about events in the news or his own life; over the years, this dialogue would evolve into what is now known as "Host Chat" on "Live."

"Live with Regis and Kelly" airs weekday mornings in national syndication. The show is executive produced by Michael Gelman, and is distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. Produced by WABC-TV in New York, "Live with Regis and Kelly" airs in more than 200 markets across the country.

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