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Ryan Seacrest joins Kelly Ripa on Live

Ryan Seacrest is becoming a regular on morning television, adding his name to Kelly Ripa's on the chat show Live with Kelly.

Decision comes a year after Michael Strahan left as co-host

Ryan Seacrest is becoming a regular on morning television, adding his name to Kelly Ripa's on the ABC chat show Live. (Associated Press)

Ryan Seacrest is becoming a regular on morning television, adding his name to Kelly Ripa's on the chat show Live with Kelly.

He was announced on Monday, a year after Michael Strahan exited the show for Good Morning America.

The way Strahan's departure was handled so annoyed Ripa that she skipped the show for two days in protest.

Michael Strahan, seen with Ripa, exited Live! with Kelly and Michael last May to take on a new job at Good Morning America. (Charles Sykes/Invision/Associated Press)

She has worked with guest co-hosts like Jerry O'Connell, Fred Savage and Andy Cohen since then, a stretch of uncertainty that led some to wonder with Ripa really wanted to go it alone.

But it's a big get: Seacrest is a major star, whose television presence had diminished since American Idolended on Fox.

After the end of Idol, Ryan Seacrest has most prominently been seen on TV hosting red carpet specials during events like the Oscars and leading his annual New Year's Eve special. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)