'Live with Regis and Kelly' Website Showcases First-Ever Host Chat as Show Nears 20th Anniversary

'Live with Regis and Kelly' Website Showcases First-Ever Host Chat as Show Nears 20th Anniversary

Viewers Can Log onto http://www.liveregisandkelly.com beginning Aug. 27 to Watch Kick-Off of Inaugural Syndicated Episode

NEW YORK, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As "Live with Regis and Kelly" prepares to celebrate its landmark 20th season, the morning talker dives deep into the archives to showcase its first-ever Host Chat, featuring the show's original co-hosts Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford in the inaugural syndicated episode. The footage will be online at http://www.liveregisandkelly.com/ beginning Monday, Aug. 27, 2007.

"Live" debuted in national syndication as "Live with Regis & Kathie Lee" on September 5, 1988, with Philbin, Gifford and the improvisational, personality-driven Host Chat that helped make the show daytime television's top rated morning program. Merely twenty years later, the lively, always unpredictable opening segment remains one of the most popular elements of "Live with Regis and Kelly" and a staple in talk show formats.

The 13-minute segment will be available online throughout the 20th Anniversary celebration.

Celebration Begins September 3

"Live with Regis and Kelly" continues its remarkable run as the morning favorite enters its 20th season. Kicking off Sept. 3, the show's 20th Anniversary celebration takes a look back on the past two decades, highlighting "Live's" most memorable moments. Original co-host Kathie Lee Gifford will join Philbin and Ripa Sept. 14 to reminisce about being part of one of daytime television's most popular franchises. The celebration also includes "Live's 20th Anniversary Flashback Trivia A Go-Go," in which 20 all-new Chrysler Town and Country Limited minivans will be given away in 20 days.

"Live with Regis and Kelly" is executive produced by Michael Gelman and distributed in national syndication 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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