Hope & Faith is an American sitcom airing on ABC in the United States, starring Faith Ford and Kelly Ripa. Ford plays a homemaker in suburban Cleveland, Ohio with a husband (played by Ted McGinley) and three children. Ripa plays her sister, a soap opera star, whose character (and, subsequently, her character's twin) is killed off, leading her to move in with her sister. Hilarity ensues. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... Faith Ford (born Alexis Ford) is an American television and film actress, born September 14th, 1964 in Alexandria, Louisiana, USA. She currently co-stars with Kelly Ripa in Hope and Faith. ... Kelly Ripa, in a still from All My Children. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... City nickname: The Forest City Location within the state of Ohio County Cuyahoga Mayor Jane Campbell Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 213. ... Actor Ted McGinley played Jefferson DArcy on Married with Children from 1991 to 1997. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television...

Guest stars on the show include Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford. The show was created by Joanna Johnson, a former soap opera star herself, having played Caroline Spencer and, later, her twin Karen on The Bold and the Beautiful. The show is semi-biographical. Regis Philbin Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (born August 25, 1931), is an experienced American talk show host whose career has included stints as a game show host and all-purpose television personality. ... Kathie Lee Gifford (born Kathryn Lee Epstein on August 16, 1953 in Paris, France) is an American singer and actress most famous for her stint on the talk show Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin. ... The Bold and the Beautiful is a US television soap opera, created by Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell. ...

Audience

In early November 2003 the show helped ABC tie for the lead in Friday night viewership, with an audience for the show of around twelve million. By February 2004, ABC ordered four more episodes for the show's first season, for a total of 26 episodes; as of then, Hope & Faith was being watched by around nine million viewers each week. It continued at that level for March, though by mid-April, when the show was renewed for a second season, it was down to 6.8 million viewers and a 57th-place showing in the ratings. Anyhow, in May 2005, ABC announced that it would renew Hope and Faith for a 3rd season in 2005-2006. ABC did also announce, though, that it would end the TGIF time slot. This article is about the month of May. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... ABC (disambiguation) ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ABC (disambiguation) ... Tgif (pronounced t-g-i-f) is an Xlib based interactive 2-D drawing tool under X11 on Linux and most UNIX platforms, developed since 1990. ...

External link

• ABC's website for the show