Local Talent All the Reege

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Some station talent has been filling in for Regis Philbin this week on Live With Regis and Kelly, co-hosting the show with Ripa.

Monday featured WSVN Miami’s Louis Aguirre, Tuesday was WGN Chicago’s Pat Tomasulo, today is KWGN Denver’s Chris Parente, tomorrow is WILX Lansing’s Jason Colthorp, and Friday features WWMT Grand Rapids’ Jeff Varner.

It appears the “Local to Live!” campaign was only open to stations that air Regis and Kelly.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.