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?
I noticed long before Michael left that there was tension and that he was doing all he could to keep this untalented primadona happy. If you all have noticed by her third week alone she already started running repeat interviews. The show was great but has truly lost it’s zeal. The show could possibly be saved if the executives have the courage to fire Kelly. I have noticed Fred Savage on a roll doing great but had to tone it down to please Kelly and keep her the spot light, it’s pathetic, she doesn’t deserve such treatment. Save ” Live”… Read more »
Funny you should mention Fred..i happen to see a bit of him yest. on the show.. Kelly was flailing her arms around..pushing him to the side during the contest segment….she is out of control and un-watchable to me anymore.
I read he is the favorite to become the new co-host…likely cuz he’s such a nambie-pambie and lets Kelly do whatever she wants.
I hate the show now that Michael Strahan is gone kelly rips is as annoying as annoying can get. She has always had a Regis or a michael she was always annoying but I liked regis and michael. Wont miss the show at all now long overdue CANCELs my vote
Michael gave the show new life. It was a two person show which would have worked in my opinion if kelly would have allowed his input equal importance. Cutesy gets tiring. Kelly tried to monopolize every conversation and it became more about her than the guests they were interviewing. They were a good team if kelly would have been a team player. I wish him well. Its going to be hard to replace Michael.
It’s been a great running show, like both Kelly and Michael, it would be interesting to see it with a new co-host (Ryan Seacrest) would be a good choice. I think Kelly needs to not be competitive, if a co-host knows the star being interviewed. Also, all good talk show hosts “need” to let the star talk and be interviewed. I didn’t like it when Regis and Kathie Lee did that same thing. Good luck to the show!
Cancel it Kelly is a fake and not worth 20 mil a year
Get rid of her.Won’t watch the show any more.
I’ve reserved making comment until I could watch Kelly without Michael. I expected her to return and be a gracious host…she has done anything but…the childish digs and inappropriate subliminal comments are evident that she is not mature enough to host a show. I’m very disappointed that the producers of “Live with Kelly” would allow such unprofessional representation of their franchise to continue. I can understand being hurt by Michael’s decision to depart the show; but take a closer look at why he made a decision to leave. Perhaps, what lies beneath is not at all as it appeared on… Read more »
Please cancel. Same show, different day. Boring.
The thing is at this point I think the abc execs are scared of her. She controls her own destiny. They have already showed their impotence when they begged her to come back. If they had a backbone, they would’ve ended it right there
Cancel. I over Kelly Riper.Since Michael left I stopped watching. What a poor apology. Was not sincere.
Cancel this spoiled brats abomination of a show already. They gave her 6 months notice. Stop acting like they left her out of the loop. What did she want. To be a part of HIS negotiations?
She is ridiculous and I will never watch her again.
The show is no good for a long time now u need to take it off for good
I have not watched the show since Michael left, he was great, Kelly is obsessed with her self and is quite boring, too much talk about herself, my dear there are other accomplished people in the world, so much for you to learn, calm down and do some introspection. Perphpas a reality show, Real housewifes of NYC, you would fit in quite well
It is time to end this show, when Regis left the show was over then. Kelly is so fake, and so into herself it ruins the show. It’s time to say goodbye Gillman, and I know you know this, your smart.
It is probably time to move on and just cancel the show. It was good with Regis and Kathy Lee, then it went to Kelly and well Michael really made the show good. I say extend GMA and just cancel the “LiveShow”. It has run its course and it is a good time to end it.
It’s not that simple.”LIve” is a syndicated show. It airs mostly on ABC stations but not only on them. If ABC took it off, it could go to another network. I think the pushing it to 10am and cancelling The View (which is an ABC show) is the most likely scenario.
I watch the show faithfully. Kelly should just found another co-host. I would hate to lose that show. It’s her show anyway. She could have guest hosts every day