Kelly Ripa may be losing more than her co-host on Live with Kelly and Michael. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC might be pushing the morning show’s 9 a.m. timeslot to expand Good Morning America.
Earlier, we reported that Live‘s co-host Michael Strahan will be moving to GMA permanently this summer.
Apparently, ABC has been looking to extend Good Morning America to a third hour for some time now. Pushing Live to either 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. would give GMA that extra hour.
Does this mean that Live with Kelly and Michael is on the way to cancellation? That’s uncertain. Earlier this year, ABC renewed the talk show through the 2019-2020 season. And while Ripa has taken the week of Live in light of Strahan’s recent announcement, the network still seems supportive of the show.
An ABC spokesperson said:
We are committed to ‘Live…’, its fantastic production team, and to Kelly Ripa. We believe the show has a great future. End of story.”
What do you think? Do you watch Live with Kelly and Michael? Do you think the show should continue?
Show has been getting boring. Just cancel it and extend GMA
Once Regis left, I wasn’t sure I would enjoy the show. I watched as other guest hosts came and went. With Michael Strahan , it became better, but I was losing interest with Ripa. The show needs to be cancelled. It has become dull and boring…it just doesn’t work anymore. I think Ryan joining is a huge mistake by him, although I like him in other venues. This show should go.
I think that if Live with Kelly would include Jerry O’Donnell as the other cohost the show will have a much shortened lifetime. I have watched Live for 25 + years, finding it funny, informative and enjoyable. Kelly keeps raving about what a wonderful human being Jerry O’Donnell is, but I don’t think he is a good fit for this show. Jerry likely is a great person, but he is “too much” for this show. His humor is exaggerated so much, it is not funny. I cringe when he participates on the show, and I find that Kelly tries to… Read more »