Kelly Ripa Permanent Co-Host to be Announced

Live! will soon have a new name - and a
face to go with it.

Brian Stetler, media reporter for The New York Times, is reporting that the producers of Live! with Kelly (Ripa) will reveal a new co-host on Tuesday, September 4th.

As most know, Kelly Ripa has been without a permanent co-host since Regis Philbin left in November of last year.  She has had a revolving list of fill-ins since then, 59 according to Disney-ABC.

Odds are the person will be Seth Meyers from Saturday Night Live or former NFL player Michael Strahan.  As I've said before, it's too bad Anderson Cooper is not available, because his chemistry with Ripa was the best.  It's also still possible that Ripa's husband, Mark Consuelos will be named co-host.  Singer Josh Groban was also reportedly in the running?

Who would you pick?  Please comment.  I'm interested to hear what readers think.