Editing Live with Kelly and Mark (section)

===1983–1988: ''The Morning Show''===
''The Morning Show'', co-hosted by Regis Philbin and Cyndy Garvey, premiered locally on WABC-TV in New York on April 4, 1983. In 1984, Garvey left the show and Philbin hired Ann Abernathy, whom he remembered from his time at KABC for her engaging personality, to assume the co-host duties.<ref name="auto">[http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780062109750 How I Got This Way] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305021734/http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780062109750 |date=March 5, 2012 }}.</ref> After Abernathy got married and decided to return to Los Angeles, Kathie Lee Johnson (later Gifford) joined Philbin officially on June 24, 1985. Their chemistry proved to be successful as ''The Morning Show'' soon became number 1 in the market<ref>[http://dadtmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=3148174&type=lead Disney-ABC Domestic Television] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217203311/http://dadtmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=3148174&type=lead |date=February 17, 2015 }}.</ref> and went on to debut in [[Broadcast syndication|national syndication]] on September 5, 1988, when the title was changed to ''Live with Regis and Kathie Lee''.
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