Get the latest celebrity news delivered straight to your inbox. Seacrest began serving as the primary host in 2005 alongside Clark, who died in April 2012. Dick Clark, who first hosted the annual New Year’s Rockin’ Eve celebration in 1973 and appeared in a limited capacity following a stroke suffered in 2004.Seacrest followed former NFL player Michael Strahan in assuming Philbin’s chair in 2017 and held it through April 2023. Philbin retired from the talk show in 2011. Regis Philbin, who served as co-host with Kathie Lee Gifford and then Kelly Ripa on the Live morning program.Seacrest took over the microphone for good in 2004. Known for his on-air sincerity and authority when it came to music trivia, Kasem, who died in June 2014, hosted the program through 1988 and during another six-year stretch starting in 1998. Casey Kasem, the popular DJ who began hosting the weekly American Top 40 music countdown in July 1970.However, Seacrest can already say he’s followed in the path of three additional superstars with his TV and radio roles: Replacing Sajak, who earned a Guinness World Record for his lengthy tenure on Wheel, is a major brag in itself. Seacrest has hosted the music countdown show since 2004. Ryan Seacrest interacts with former American Top 40 host Casey Kasem in 2005.

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