Kristin Chenoweth will kick off the second season of Anderson Live, Anderson Cooper’s daily
syndicated talk show, on Monday, September 10. Other guest co-hosts to follow include Goldie Hawn, Kelly Osbourne, Cyndi Lauper, Howie Mandel, Erin Andrews, D.L. Hughley and Kellie Pickler. Celebrity guests for the upcoming season include Richard Gere, Beyonce, Jake Gyllenhaal, Claire Danes, Meg Ryan, Ben Affleck, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Kerry Washington, Kelsey Grammer, Carol Burnett and Stephen Colbert The show, which tapes in front of a live studio audience at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City, returns with a new show name, new set and new live format with rotating co-hosts. “We’ve got a lot of fun, great things planned for the new season. I am really excited to be joined by daily co-hosts and look forward to switching to a live format, which allows us more freedom to cover topical issues as well as connect more with the viewer at home,” said Anderson Cooper. Anderson Live is produced by StrongChild Productions in association with Telepictures Productions. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, Cooper and Terence Noonan serve as Executive Producers.


Ive lost interest in the Anderson show and not sure I like this idea of guest hosts every single day. Is he going to have host chat like Hoda And KLG and Kelly? If the idea is to go live for timeliness , is he going to be focusing on news and pop culture headlines? Has the same celebs that go on every other talk show on their junket tours. If he was going to copy the Live with Kelly format then he should have just signed on to be their new co-host as I think he was one of their top choices and hes already personal friends with Kelly. Mistake to have signed with Telepictures early and he probably had a 2 year contract so theyre trying again where he might be better off with Live with Kelly & Anderson instead of Live with Kelly & Michael (which Im really not looking for anymore)…Im curious to see Katie (although I have a feeling shes not the next Oprah and could be very boring) and Ricki – although the fact that shes been taping shows six weeks ahead of her premiere date make me think shes NOT going to be timely at all. I hope Kristins health is better. At least its a good PR move to start with her as if thats her first real public appearnce and turn to tell her side of what happened, it will get press
Not sure I’ll be tuning in to see Anderson selling out.
The old set was beautiful! But I guess, the fact that I can remember the set and none of the Anderson shows might indicate that a change was necessary.
Why not for the week like Mike Douglas? Could be fun.
I’m so sorry to see A.C.’s set and format change. It almost seems painful to watch him. He talks fast and conveys much without the interruption of a co-host that I feel has nothing constructive to offer but to slow him down. I feel they interject needlessly for the sake of just not sitting there. I miss the openess of his other set and the light and the beautiful view. Anderson does not need a co-host to keep things moving along. His hour on his own was the fastest hour on daytime TV. Now I get a headache watching him being uncomfortable. (so it seems to me). Sorry, but I’m running out of Alieve so taking the show off Tivo.:(