'Live!' endures with good rankings

The November. 23 episode of recently re-entitled talkshow 'Live With Kelly!' featured Miss Piggy like a guest and Jerry Seinfeld as co-host alongside Kelly Ripa.Regis Philbin's final week on Disney-ABC's "Live! With Regis and Kelly" -- the syndicated series Philbin co-located for pretty much 3 decades -- was rankings gold for among the talkiest of talkshows. As well as in Philbin's wake, a parade of high-profile visitors has stored the show at a number of its greatest rankings levels in a long time.InchReside!Inch obtained a 4.2 same-day national household rating for that week of November. 14-18, based on Nielsen. Which was enough to shoot the show past CBS Television Distribution's "Dr. Phil," that has been leading the talk pack because the season began. On Philbin's final day (November. 18), the show skyrocketed to some 6.7 national household rating.The Gotham-based show, recently entitled "Live! With Kelly" with Kelly Ripa in the forefront, came back November. 21 with NY favorite boy Jerry Seinfeld relaxing in the co-host chair through November. 23. The pairing of Ripa and Seinfeld stored the show's rankings strong, calculating a 3.6/12 for Seinfeld's 72 hours. That's up 24% in comparison towards the show's November 2010 sweep average (2.9/10). "Live! With Kelly" would be a repeat with Russell Brand on Thanksgiving, which show was broadly preempted. Actor Jerry O'Connell co-located the following day. The 2nd weeks time of "Live!" publish-Philbin saw "The Way I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris co-hosting with Ripa, producing a 3.3/11 along with a 3.2/11 within the weighted metered marketplaces because of its first couple of days, lower a little from Seinfeld's run but nonetheless up 14% within the show's 2010 November sweep performance. Harris is frequently pointed out just as one alternative for Philbin or because the host of their own talk/variety show.The producers of "Live!" possess a lengthy listing of guest co-hosts with this month, including Derek Hough of "Dwts,Inch performers Josh Groban and Michael Buble, actor Taye Diggs and veteran broadcaster Bryant Gumbel -- plus they don't appear to stay in a rush to title a lasting co-host alongside Ripa. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com