'88: 5 Yr Anniv of "The Morning Show" with Regis Philbin/Kathie Lee Gifford 1 of 5

[wmbrown6]

"The Morning Show" arose from the bleached bones of "Good Morning New York," whose final hosts were "Eyewitness News' " Doug Johnson and its features reporter of the time, Judy Licht. That show had begun way back in 1970 (in May, five months before Kelly Ripa's birth) as "AM New York," except for a period in 1977-78 when it was called "The Stanley Siegel Show." Other than Siegel's run (he'd begun in 1976), the program's ratings were almost uniformly abysmal, most of its hosts forgettable.

[fromthesidelines]

This segment aired during the first week of April 1988; the partial promo at the beginning indicates that "JUST IN TIME" premiered on Wednesday, April 6th {"after 'HOOPERMAN'"; it lasted just six weeks}.

[fromthesidelines]

The last live local New York telecast aired on Friday, September 2, 1988, 'john'. On Monday, September 5th, Buena Vista Television {now Disney/ABC Domestic Television} began syndicating 'LIVE WITH REGIS AND KATHIE LEE" nationally.

[Fmaack]

Wow. It was as bad then as it is now.

[johnissoevil]

Didn't the show go national and become "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" just a few months later?

[CamiloSanchez1979]

what is it about the 80s that make it so distinctive? is it the music? is it the colors? wtf is it??