Important analysis of the news that Michael Strahan will be the new, permanent co-host of 'Live With Kelly.'

Ever since Regis Philbin stepped down as co-host of Live!, to live a life full of Pepsi commercials and Donald Trump-assisted Christmas albums, the talk show has been looking for a new host

I don't know who, exactly, would sit through three-plus hours of the Oscars, then watch the local news, THEN stay tuned for a late-night show on a Sunday night, but anyone who did was treated to a star-studded episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live.

This fall, NBC rolled out what might have been the best two-hour block of Thursday comedy programming in network history.