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Regis to Leave LIVE!

(02:25 min.)

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Added: January 18, 2011

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BY CHANCE SEALES

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Prepare yourselves. The end of days must be near. Regis Philbin -- daytime's everlasting gabber-- is saying goodbye. Here's the announcement and Kelly's response.

PHILBIN: "I don't want to alarm anybody, but I have to tell you this because it's going to happen and the station needs to know and Gelman needs to know and we all need to know. This will be my last year on this show."

RIPA: "It is been a pleasure and a privilege and a dream come true and I wish I could do something to make you change your mind."

The titan of morning talk will turn 80 this year. But even so, HLN says -- this was unexpected.

"It was surprising. Co-host Kelly Ripa got choked up—as you can imagine—talking about what a dream come true it was to work with Regis. He simply said it was time, but he doesn't know when his last day will be."

Reege joins the ranks of other aging celebs looking for a break -- or a pick up game of bridge? Here's The View's take.

BEHAR: "Regis is retiring, Betty White I was reading is cutting back -- she's saying she feels...--but Hugh Hefner is picking out engagement rings. I mean, what does this say about older people? (More power to him!)"

Alright, now that we've said 60 seconds of goodbyes -- let's get down to business. Who will replace Philbin? CNN questions -- is it even possible?

HAMMER: "Can the show go on? I love Kelly. Kelly's fantastic—she's terrific. But it's always been his show. It's called LIVE! With Regis and -- of course Kathie Gifford was there for a number of years as well. Kelly just fit right in and she's amazing. But the question is...who can they get to fill seat that will make people want to stick around and stay with the formula?"

Meanwhile, NBC's Kathie Lee -- who spent 15 years in the chair next to Reege -- dishes on what's happening behind the scenes.

GIFFORD: "I tell you what's happening right at this very moment—about 50 guys are calling their agents right now saying, 'I want that job!" (Cause that's the show.) That's the way it goes. And it will have a whole new life hopefully, but it will never be the same. There's only one Reege."

Kathie Lee threw out Jeff Probst as a potential replacement. But the San Francisco Chronicle has a few others in mind, including....

"...Kelly Ripa's husband, Mark Consuelos, Neil Patrick Harris and Anderson Cooper have been regular fill-ins, over the years..."

Finding a replacement is expected to take a several months. So do you think the show will go on? Or is LIVE! dead without the hardest working man in TV?

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This guy is GORGEOUS! And he's going gray on the sides, above his pretty ears. And he is a reporter! Anderson has found his predecessor. He should teach Chance the ropes the way only Anderson knows how.