It is so hot that Alec Baldwin just got a chubby over it. That’s because ABC is bringing back Match Game and he is hosting it. According to Vulture, the 10 1-hour episodes will air this summer at 10p after Celebrity Family Feud and $10,000 Pyramid hosted by Michael Strahan. The only thing ABC is missing is Hollywood Squares at 7p and then it would be a ’70s game show fan’s wet dream.
Actually I really like that we are getting a full night of game shows, and I hope that the networks will consider doing it in the regular season too. Lord knows that it will do better than what they have now for the most part.
UPDATE: ABC just confirmed the news about Match Game returning on June 26th. In the press release, they reveal that Baldwin is foregoing his salary. Why? He says that, “Hilaria and I are thrilled to donate this fee to arts related charities. And we look forward to having a lot of fun.” Normally, I don’t like him, but this one little notion completely changed my opinion of him. I wish more celebrities who don’t need the money would do things like this. Don’t you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U90GnD0NraI Remember when Michael Strahan announced last week that he was leaving Live with Kelly and Michael to go to Good Morning America and he said that he would stay until September? Things changed. Shortly after Kelly Ripa made her return to the show, it was revealed that her co-host would be not be staying until September. In fact, he is leaving a lot earlier because his last day is May 13th.
ABC released this statement to People about his much earlier departure:
After meeting with the producers of both Live! and Good Morning America, and after speaking with Kelly and Michael, we have decided on a plan that best advantages both shows for the future.”
To that end, Michael’s last day on Live! will be on Friday, May 13, which not only gives the show the chance to have a nice send-off for him during the May book, but to also immediately begin the on-air search for a new co-host.
This plan also allows GMA to start integrating Michael into the show more often this summer before his full-time start in September.
This is what they should’ve done in the first place. This makes total sense.
But let’s be honest, who thinks they are doing to test out co-anchors for her and start him on GMA early? We are all thinking that they are doing this because this was probably was one of the agreements that Ripa made with the head honchos at ABC to get her back on the show today.
When it comes to Strahan, I am sure he is doing a dance like the one above to celebrate that he is out of there in just over two weeks.
Michael Strahan announced today that he is leaving Live with Kelly and Michael after 4 years to join Good Morning America fulltime in September as a co-anchor.
No word who will replace him on the show. I am surprised that they are waiting until the new season to let him go. You would think they would want to test out candidates during the summertime, so that they could have a replacement come September.
Who do you think should replace him? Off the top of my head, I am thinking Jerry O’Connell, Anderson Cooper, Jimmy Kimmel, Tracy Morgan, Ryan Seacrest, Matthew Perry, Josh Groban, Shemar Moore or Regis Philbin as the possible people who could sit next to Kelly Ripa.
Today on Live with Kelly and Michael, Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan debuted their wax statues.
As I was looking to see who was the real person and which was the life-sized candle, I couldn’t help but to notice the carbon copy of the football player’s goal post. It was standing up taller than an uber fan watching their team score the winning touchdown during the Super Bowl game in the final minute of the fourth quarter. Or maybe the TV host put his microphone in his pocket and it went through the hole in pants and it is just standing there. Or maybe the sculptor made the wax statue as an exact duplicate of the person it is modeled after, and we just never noticed him before now.
What do you think is the explanation for the bulge? Or do you think I need help due to the fact that I noticed that? Because I am starting to lean towards the latter.
Now that Thanksgiving is over, we are in full Christmas mode. In honor of that, today on Live with Kelly and Michael, the two hosts wore ugly Christmas sweaters with protruding moose on them. When Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan met on the stage, they made their sweaters kiss.
And I have to admit, it was totally cute! So much so, I want one!
So if you are like me and you want to own one of those sweaters, they are available at Ugly Christmas Sweaters for $59.99.
