Thankfully Regis Philbin is out of the surgery room and now recovering at home.

It has been reported that the talk show host had a successful triple-bypass surgery on Wednesday and is already "up and joking around with nurses," according to Regis' overly obnoxious co-host, Kelly Ripa from "Live With Regis and Kelly."

Regis Philbin will be disappearing from television screens for a short time to have heart surgery.

The 75-year-old host revealed on his show, "Live With Regis And Kelly" that he has been recommended to undergo bypass surgery.

A Harris poll finds Oprah Winfrey is the favorite U.S. TV personality for the fourth consecutive year and sixth overall, but Jon Stewart is hot on her heels.

Winfrey has finished among the top three in each of the 12 years Harris Interactive has conducted the annual poll. The latest results were culled from an online survey of 960 U.S. adults between Dec. 8 and Dec. 14.

The super vivacious co-host of "Live with Regis and Kelly" is rumored to be on a mission to get her husband Mark Consuelos to fill in for Regis Philbin when he's out.

Philbin just signed a new $60 million contract, which rumor has it, didn't go over very well with Kelly, who really wants her darling hubby to be her co-host each day on the top rated morning show.