As the face to which millions of Americans wake up every morning, Regis Philbin has become a cultural icon in television broadcasting. The energetic host of the a.m. talker “Live with Regis and Kelly” took his daytime success to nighttime with “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” and “Super Millionaire,” and in 2006 returned to primetime with the hit summer program “America’s Got Talent.” In early 2008, he was tapped to host the red carpet arrivals show for the 2008 Academy Awards, and he has once again taken on primetime television with “Million Dollar Password.”

Since Philbin first stepped in front of the camera more than 40 years ago, he has ambitiously tackled talk shows, game shows, the literary world and even the fashion industry. In May 2001, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honored him with a Daytime Emmy as Outstanding Game Show Host for “Who Wants to be a Millionaire,” and another Emmy as Outstanding Talk Show Host for his syndicated program, “Live with Regis.” He and co-host Kelly Ripa received the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Special Class Special for hosting the 2005 “Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade.” In 2006, he broke his own existing Guinness World Record? for Most Hours on Camera, setting a new mark of 15,662 hours accumulated over his illustrious career – a career that was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at the 2008 Daytime Emmy Awards.