Jerry Springer will take over hosting duties from Regis Philbin on NBC's summer show "America's Got Talent." Springer last appeared on reality television on ABC's "Dancing With The Stars." Philbin
says he steeped down due to difficulties in traveling between New York, where his syndicated show with Kelly Ripa is taped, and Los Angeles, where "Talent" is based.
"Unfortunately,
since the show is taped in Los Angeles, I underestimated the impact the heavy travel schedule would have on my daily syndicated talk show." "Talent" was the No. 4 summer series among adults 18-49 last
year. Like "American Idol," the show has a host and a panel of celebrity judges. NBC has yet to officially determine the identities of the judges for the 2007 edition, but a spokesperson says they
have all the judges in place.
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