Editing Live with Kelly and Mark (section)

===2000–2001: ''Live with Regis''===
When looking for Gifford's replacement, Philbin and executive producer Michael Gelman teamed Philbin with a handful of potential co-hosts, including [[Joy Philbin]], Kathleen Murphy, [[Rosie O'Donnell]], [[Jann Carl]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], Kathy Fountain, [[Gloria Estefan]], [[Jillian Barberie|Jillian Reynolds]], [[Lisa Rinna]], [[Caroline Rhea]], and [[Suzanne Sena]]. This met with positive fan response and a 26 percent ratings increase.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oQJaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OUsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4130,2655226&dq=no+rush+regis+co-host&hl=en Fans love the new format] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203191156/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oQJaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OUsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4130,2655226&dq=no+rush+regis+co-host&hl=en |date=February 3, 2016 }}.</ref> Philbin won his first [[Daytime Emmy Award]] for ''Live'' during this period. Ripa auditioned four months into the search, on November 1, 2000.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/kelly_ripa/biography/0,,,00.html A Revealing Audition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521142615/http://www.people.com/people/kelly_ripa/biography/0,,,00.html |date=May 21, 2013 }}.</ref> Three months later, on the morning of February 5, 2001, Philbin officially announced that Ripa would replace Gifford as his new permanent co-host.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=109927|title=Ripa Goes Live With Regis|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=February 6, 2001|access-date=October 3, 2023}}</ref>