Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest will return to NYC studio to film Live With Kelly And Ryan next month without an in-person audience
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest are heading back to the studio to film Live With Kelly And Ryan.
The AM talk show hosts will reunite at their NYC studio next month for production, according to E! News.
The ABC morning mainstay has been broadcasting remotely since March due to COVID-19 concerns, with both stars filming from their respective homes.
Back in action: Live With Kelly And Ryan will return to its NYC studio next month, reuniting talents Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest for the first time in six-months
Live With Kelly And Ryan’s 33rd season will kick off Monday, September 7th with a special Labor Day cookout filmed safely outdoors. It will feature guests Hilary Swank and Brett Eldredge.
The next day the dynamic duo will head into the studio. The season will be dedicating its first month to an array of ‘at home’ how-to and advice segments for viewers still hunkered down.
Fans can expect practical pieces on home improvement, cooking, organizing strategies, money saving tips, self care routines, home first aid kits and more.
The September celebrity guest schedule includes John Leguizamo, Jessica Alba, Jimmy Kimmel, new Dancing with the Stars host Tyra Banks, Bethenny Frankel and more.
Work from home: The ABC morning mainstay has been broadcasting remotely since March due to COVID-19 concerns, with both stars filming from their respective homes
Still distancing: The show will not host a studio audience for the time being
Live With Kelly And Ryan will also debut of the latest version of their daily trivia game.
The new and improved quiz bit will feature dancers from across the country, a nod to Ripa’s passion for dance.
The show will be filming without a studio audience, something insiders confirmed to People earlier this month.
Kelly and Ryan talked about how they were making the remote show work during a virtual appearance on The Tonight Show last month, with Seacrest saying: ‘We started [working remotely] this in March, and one of the things that we love most is the interaction that we get to have.’
‘We have plenty of conversations just before the show, and of course we have conversations on the show. And as of now they’re telling us September, that we’d be back in the studio in some way in person.’
Like a second home: Daytime queen Wendy Williams plans to be back in the studio by September 21st. NBC’s Today returned to set in mid-July
Kelly had a few wardrobe concerns regarding the long-awaited return to the studio.
‘I’m not coming back if I have to wear pants or bottoms of any kind,’ she joked. ‘I like this from the waist up sort of thing that we’re doing. So I think we should build a studio that you can’t see what we’re wearing from the waist down.’
Live’s is keeping in step with its fellow chat shows. NBC’s Today returned to their 30 Rockefeller Plaza studio in Mid-July.
Daytime queen Wendy Williams plans to be back in the studio two weeks after Kelly and Ryan – aiming for September 21st.
Live With Kelly And Ryan will return to syndication Monday, September 7 for its 33rd season. Check local listings for further details.