''On Air with Ryan Seacrest'' was an American syndicated television talk show, which ran from January 12, 2004 through September 17, 2004. It was distributed in the United States and Canada by

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Series background

The show was broadcast live from a studio in the

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complex in

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and featured a background view of the street scene below. The title came from his morning radio show of the same name, which also debuted in 2004 and later went nationwide as a daily syndicated radio series in 2008. It was recorded live at Noon pacific time, and aired at Noon on

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, Los Angeles' UPN affiliate & there was an encore that aired at 5:00pm on

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, Los Angeles' Fox affiliate ''On Air'' struggled in the ratings throughout its short run. It featured well-known guests, and capitalized upon the fact that host

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concurrently hosted ''

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'' by featuring contestants who had been eliminated from the popular talent program the night before. Seacrest would return to daytime talk television thirteen years later, when he began working in

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on May 1, 2017, as co-host of the syndicated talk show ''

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''.

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* {{U.S. daytime talk shows 2000s American television talk shows 2004 American television series debuts 2004 American television series endings English-language television shows First-run syndicated television programs in the United States Television series by Ryan Seacrest Productions Television series by 20th Century Fox Television