RIPA IS RIGHT FOR REGIS
-- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/26/2001
Live with Regis & Kelly with newly installed co-host Kelly Ripa is, so far, scoring with viewers. Buena Vista's talk strip posted a 4.7/17 metered market average for the week ending Feb. 18, which is a 15% gain over last month's average rating and a 9% jump over its performance during the comparable period in February 2000, according to Nielsen Media Research. On WABC-TV New York, where Live is taped, the show grabbed a time-period winning 5.2/18, representing a 33% hike from February 2000 and a 27% climb from January 2001.
