Regis Philbin surprised fans of the long-running morning TV talk show Live with Regis & Kelly this morning by opening the show with his announcement that he is retiring from broadcast television after nearly 28 years on the air. According to Philbin himself, this will be his final season on air and he will officially [...]
Regis Philbin surprised fans of the long-running morning TV talk show Live with Regis & Kelly this morning by opening the show with his announcement that he is retiring from broadcast television after nearly 28 years on the air. According to Philbin himself, this will be his final season on air and he will officially go into retirement at the end of this television season.
Veteran broadcaster Regis Philbin announced today that he will be retiring from the weekday talk show “Live With Regis and Kelly” after nearly 28 years. Philbin broke the news this morning at the top of his show. “This will be my last year on this show,” Philbin said. “It was the biggest thrill of my life….There is a time that everything must come to an end for certain people on camera, especially certain old people.” Philbin said he would be stepping down from the show “at the end of the summer into the fall, whatever it is,” but didn’t specify a departure date. Though he’s departing, the “Live” franchise will continue: The Disney-ABC Television Group plans to name a new personality to join Kelly Ripa, who has co-hosted the show for nearly ten years. Philbin, 79, has been a television personality since the 1950s. After beginning his TV career in Los Angeles, Philbin moved to New York City and WABC-TV in 1983. Kathie Lee Gifford joined him there in June 1985 and in September 1988, their AM entertainment hour debuted in national syndication. Its title was changed from “The Morning Show” to “Live with Regis & Kathie Lee.” Often called the “hardest working man in show business,” Philbin set a Guinness World Record for most hours on camera with his Aug. 20, 2004 “Live” show, which gave him a total of 15,188 hours on television. In 2006, his record was updated to 15,662 hours. In addition to “Live,” Philbin is famous for formerly hosting the ABC game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” the CBS game show “Million Dollar Password,” and the NBC competition show “America’s Got Talent.”
You may recall that Regis took some time off from Live with Regis & Kelly last year to undergo a medical procedure to have a blood clot removed from his leg. I mean, after 28 years at the same job … I can understand the desire to let it go and just relax. Here is video of the retirement announcement that Regis made earlier today:
And there you have it. I don’t expect that this retirement will mean that we’ll never see the man again … he’s leaving Live with Regis & Kelly but that doesn’t mean he can host game shows, etc. to his heart’s content. I say, good for him! If anyone deserves a bit of rest, it’s the “hardest working man in show buisness”. Good on ya, Regis and Happy Trails!!
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