“LIVE! WITH REGIS AND KELLY” PRESENTS “LIVE’S HALLOWEEN HEADLINERS BALL” (October 31, 2011)

2011 Edition of the Show’s Renowned Halloween Spectacular to Be Co-Hosted by Nick Lachey

Guests Include Heidi Klum and AnnaLynne McCord, Plus 23 Additional Celebrity Cameos

New York, NY — On October 31st, “LIVE! with Regis and Kelly’s” highly-anticipated Halloween spectacular returns. This year popular singer and host Nick Lachey will be the guest co-host for “LIVE’s Halloween Headliners Ball,” with co-host Kelly Ripa.

In 2010 popular websites The Huffington Post and AOL TV each wrote, “Nobody does Halloween like Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa,” and this year will be no exception. Viewers can expect all of the excitement, thrills, laughs — and maybe a pop culture ghoul or two — that Halloween on “LIVE” has to offer.

“LIVE’s Halloween Headliners Ball” opens with a fantastic flash mob production number, shot on location at New York’s iconic Lincoln Center, with Ripa and Lachey and more than 100 flash mobbers. And then the spooky fun begins. From “Dancing with the Stars” to “Toddlers & Tiaras,” Kelly, Nick and the rest of the “LIVE” crew will put the spotlight on many of this year’s biggest headlines and most talked-about shows, donning nearly 40 costumes along the way. Celebrity weddings, Charlie Sheen and the over-the-top reality stars of “Jersey Shore” also will get the “LIVE” Halloween treatment; supermodel Heidi Klum and “90210″ star AnnaLynne McCord will get dressed up and join in on all the ghostly hijinks; and 23 celebrities will make surprise cameos throughout the hour-long show.

Plus, “LIVE’s” Halloween extravaganza would not be complete without a Halloween costume contest. Each member of the audience that morning will be in costume from head-to-toe because one lucky person will win the grand prize of $10,000 to HomeGoods.

“LIVE! with Regis and Kelly” is executive produced by Michael Gelman, and is distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. Produced by WABC-TV in New York, “LIVE! with Regis and Kelly” airs every weekday morning in more than 200 markets across the country.

KATIE COURIC TO CO-HOST “LIVE! WITH REGIS AND KELLY” ON OCTOBER 11 WITH KELLY RIPA

ABC News journalist, best-selling author, popular television personality and soon-to-be daytime talk show host Katie Couric will fill in for Regis Philbin next to Kelly Ripa on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11. On the morning talker, Couric will join Ripa in welcoming guests Dylan McDermott (“American Horror Story”) and Anna Torv (“Fringe”). Couric will also share her mom’s pear and jello recipe as part of “Co-Host Cook-Off Week.”

Katie Couric’s new nationally syndicated talk show, “Katie,” will premiere in September 2012. The highly anticipated one-hour daily daytime show will be distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television.

“LIVE! WITH REGIS AND KELLY” ANNOUNCES TEN FINALISTS FOR “MEN OF RADIO CO-HOST FOR A DAY SEARCH”

Viewers Vote Online for Five Broadcasters to Join Kelly Ripa January 24-28, 2011

New York, NY – January 10, 2011 – After weeks of anticipation, on today’s “LIVE! with Regis and Kelly” the ten finalists in LIVE’s “Men of Radio Co-Host for a Day Search” were announced. Viewers will decide which five broadcasters will join Kelly Ripa as guest co-hosts January 24-28, 2011. BERT WEISS, Q100, ATLANTA, GEORGIA BOBBY BONES, 96.7 KISS FM, AUSTIN, TEXAS ERIC FERGUSON, 101.9 FM, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS FITZ, 100.7 THE WOLF, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON JEFF MAULER, HOT 89.9, OTTAWA, ONTARIO – CANADA JOHNNY MAGIC, XL 106.7, ORLANDO, FLORIDA KIDD KRADDICK, “KIDD KRADDICK IN THE MORNING”, NATIONALLY SYNDICATED MIKE CATHERWOOD AKA “PSYCHO MIKE,” KROQ, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MIKE GREENBERG, “MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORNING,” ESPN RADIO TODD PETTENGILL, WPLJ, NEW YORK, NEW YORK Back in November, Philbin and Ripa asked home viewers for their help in finding guest co-hosts to join Ripa this month when Philbin will be on vacation, inviting the LIVE audience to nominate their favorite local radio broadcasters to join Ripa as a guest co-host for a day. The search was open to male radio broadcasters with regularly scheduled shows of any kind. After receiving tens of thousands of nominations, LIVE’s producers narrowed the field to the Top 100, and today announced the ten finalists live on the air. Now it’s again up to the viewers, this time to vote on the five broadcasters who will fly to New York to act as guest co-host. Voting began today at LiveRegisandKelly.com and will remain open until 6:00 p.m. ET, Sunday January 16, with the final lineup of guest co-hosts to be announced on Monday, January 17. Viewers can vote as often as they’d like every day, and they’ll get more than the chance to possibly see their favorite radio personality on LIVE – everyone who submitted a nomination or votes for the five co-hosts will have the opportunity to win one of ten Krups home appliance gift packages by random drawing. “LIVE! with Regis and Kelly” is executive produced by Michael Gelman, and is distributed 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.

Kelly Ripa at a celebration for Electrolux in New York City

Kelly Ripa attends the celebration of Electrolux’s new stand-alone refrigerator and freezer at Studio 450 on June 29, 2010 in New York City. TV personality Kelly Ripa teams up with Stephen Bruce, owner and founder of Serendipity 3, to build banana splits for a cause. When people visit www.kelly-confidential.com and build a virtual banana split, Electrolux donates $1 to ovarian cancer research. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Weber Shandwick). Content © 2010 Getty Images All rights reserved.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos at the premiere of “Cop Out” in NYC

Celebrities attend the world premiere of Cop Out, held at AMC Loews Lincoln Square Theater, in New York City, on February 22, 2010. Among those in attendance: Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa Fame Pictures, Inc
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