Without Regis, Life Goes On at 'Live!'

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Disney-ABC's Live! with Kelly held up nicely in its first day without Regis, as Jerry Seinfeld stepped in as the show's first guest co-host.

On Monday, Nov. 21, Live! averaged a 4.0 primary-run household rating and a 2.2 rating among women 25 to 54 rating in the weighted metered markets, according to Disney.

That's up 38% in households and 57% among women 25-54 compared to last November.

Live! continued to turn in its best performance in Dayton, Ohio, where scored an 8.9 household average on Monday. On Regis' last day, Friday, Nov. 18, the show earned a 17.1 rating/23 share on WHIO Dayton.

Other strong markets were Philadelphia (5.5), San Francisco (5.0), Atlanta (7.1), Detroit (6.1), Pittsburgh (6.6) and Charlotte (5.5).

Seinfeld is co-hosting Live! on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. On Friday, Jerry O'Connell will join as guest co-host. Next week, Neil Patrick Harris will share hosting duties with Kelly Ripa, who just renewed her contract to host the show for another five years.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.