Michael Seth Gelman is the executive producer of Live with Kelly (formerly Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee, Live! with Regis, and Live! with Regis and Kelly). He also occasionally takes small roles on television, appearing in two episodes of Kelly Ripa

Kelly Ripa

Kelly Ripa is an American actress and television host. Since February 2001, she has served as the co-host of talk show Live with Regis and Kelly, along with Regis Philbin and now solo host of Live! With Kelly...

's ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 sitcom Hope and Faith.

Gelman grew up in the Chicago

Chicago

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 suburb of Highland Park

Highland Park, Illinois

Highland Park is a suburban municipality in Lake County, Illinois, United States, about north of downtown Chicago. As of 2009, the population is 33,492. Highland Park is one of several municipalities located on the North Shore of the Chicago Metropolitan Area.-Overview:Highland Park was founded...

, Illinois

Illinois

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. While earning a degree in broadcast production management from the University of Colorado

University of Colorado

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 School of Journalism, Gelman worked for the U.S. Ski Association

United States Ski and Snowboard Association

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association is the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding. Founded in 1905, the century-old organization provides leadership and direction for tens of thousands of young skiers and snowboarders from over 400 member clubs who share an Olympic...

 covering pre-Olympic trials all over the country as a cameraman, field producer and editor. Gelman's most important internship came during the summer of his junior year at WABC-TV

WABC-TV

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 in New York which is the station which produces Live with Kelly.

Gelman has been parodied on The Dana Carvey Show

The Dana Carvey Show

The Dana Carvey Show is an American sketch comedy television show that aired on ABC during the spring of 1996. Dana Carvey was the host and principal player on the show while Louis CK served as head writer....

by Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert

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, and on Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

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by Chris Kattan

Chris Kattan

Christopher Lee "Chris" Kattan is an American actor/comedian, best known for his work on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California. His father, Kip King, was an actor and voice actor who appeared on the series Reno 911! as Larrie Plum. His mother, Hajnalka E....

 and Rachel Dratch

Rachel Dratch

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 as a flamboyant, ambiguously gay character.

In 2000, he married Laurie Hibberd

Laurie Hibberd

Laurie Hibberd is a Canadian television personality and entertainment news reporter. She is married to Michael Gelman; they have two children. As of 2007 she was working on two Canadian-based talk shows, The Mom Show and Doctor in the House...

, a television personality originally from Canada

Canada

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. They have two daughters, Jamie and Misha.

External links

• Michael Gelman's Page at the official website for Live with Regis and Kelly