KELLY RIPA
Show: "Live with Regis and Kelly" (ABC)
Age: 34
Love interest: Husband, actor Mark Consuelos
Children: Michael, 7; Lola, 3; Joaquin, 2
Big break: Playing Hayley on "All My Children" in 1990
Reported contract: $40 million for 5 years
Personal style: Downtown cool
Shade of blond: Beach
Pet cause: Kids
Viewers: 3.6 million a week
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KATIE COURIC
Show: "Today" (NBC)
Age: 48
Love interest: Sometime boyfriend, Red Sox co-owner Tom Werner
Children: Elinor, 9; Caroline, 5
Big break: Replacing Deborah Norville on "Today" in 1991
Reported contract: $65 million for 5 years
Personal style: Westchester mom
Shade of blond: Honey
Pet cause: Colon cancer awareness
Viewers: 6 million a week
I would rather watch Kelly any day. I wish I would have had the drive for TV when I was in school. Eight to 13 million bucks a year to drink coffee, laugh on cue and read a teleprompter sounds like a pretty good gig to me.
BTW: Is "Westchester Mom" the same as "Bitch"?
I still don't understand what possessed NBC to dump Deborah Norville, who is still gorgeous, for the Perky Commie.