"LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL" RETURNS TO HOLLYWOOD FOR ITS SECOND POST-OSCARS(R) BROADCAST, LIVE FROM THE DOLBY THEATRE(TM)

"LIVE with Kelly and Michael's After Oscar(R) Show" Airs 9:00 a.m. ET Monday, February 25, 2012

NEW YORK, NY - January 9, 2013 - Oscar Sunday is the entertainment industry's biggest event, and award-winning talk show "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" is making sure that the glitz, glamour and excitement carry over to Monday morning with "LIVE's After Oscar Show." "LIVE" is returning to Hollywood for its second post-Oscars(R) broadcast, airing live on Monday, February 25, 2013, 9 a.m. ET.

For the second year in a row, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" will broadcast live on location from Dolby Theatre(TM) at Hollywood & Highland Center(R), the very stage on which the Academy Awards(R) will have wrapped up just hours before. Last year "LIVE" welcomed the top winners from the major categories, and this year hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan will sit down with Oscar's best and brightest. They'll also share star-studded red carpet exclusives and backstage interviews with presenters and winners fresh from their acceptance speeches. Plus they'll get all the scoop on the biggest parties, recap Oscar's legendary red carpet and showcase the fabulous gowns, shoes and jewelry of the ceremony's A-List attendees.

Tickets to attend "LIVE with Kelly and Michael's After Oscar Show" are available through "LIVE's" website, LIVEKellyandMichael.com, and will be sent via email the week of February 11, 2013.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

About The Academy

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards - in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners - the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.

About "LIVE with Kelly and Michael"

Emmy Award-winning talk show "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" is distributed in national syndication by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. Produced by WABC-TV in New York and executive produced by Michael Gelman, "LIVE" airs in more than 200 markets across the U.S. Visit "LIVE" on the web at LIVEKellyandMichael.com, on Facebook, or follow "LIVE" on Twitter, @KellyandMichael.