...and the reported grumblings and constant changes of hosts at The View, It sounds like Pyramid is strongly being considered as an ABC daytime addition or replacement.
Or a mid-season Millionaire replacement.
Different production companies, I believe. "Millionaire" is Disney, and I imagine "Pyramid" is still Sony. How is the former doing this season?
Would love to see another network daytime show. Without getting too excited, I like Tim's speculation quite a bit.
By luring Strahan off of "Live w/ Kelly", the ABC network owns Michael outright pretty much during the week:
• This prevents most Strahan v Strahan programming in those markets where "Live w/ Kelly" does not air on an ABC affiliate
and on a tape delay (10 AM instead of 9AM). There could still be a rare Strahan v Strahan conflict on Thanksgiving Day in parts of the country where NFL on Fox gets the early game.
• This would also prevent a potential Strahan-a-Thon on ABC where potentially you could have 4-1/2 hours of Michael across 3 shows in-a-row in markets where "Live..." is on an ABC affil at 9AM
and if Pyramid aired at 10AM to go against LMAD in some markets.
• This would be a win-win for Strahan and ABC. Should Pyramid get greenlit for a 13-week daytime trial and they get decent ratiings, the worst that would happen is that Michael stays with Pyramid, goes back to part-time on GMA, yet retains a full-time check from the network as he would still be seen 5-days-a-week. Should a Daytime Pyramid bomb, no harm/no foul as Strahan still remains full-time on GMA.
I call this the Joe Garagiola Theory®