Kelly Ripa, one of Regis Philbin's second banana's plays Faith, a washed up daytime Soap Star who goes to live with her homemaking sister Hope(Faith Ford from Murphy Brown.) and her husband(Ted McGinley: The Monkey Paw of DOOM for TV.) who detests the dim 30 something actress still desperately pretending to be a teenager and famous when she is ridiculously not to hilarious consequences.This tired sitcom has been on for three years and is no more complicated than an episode of I love Lucy with out the old world charm. For some reason all the good TV has gone off the air and this cud has found its way into prime time so I got a more than unpleasant look at it last Wednesday night. They were Tom Sawyering a fake death which excused the brutish husband into being extra coarse, telling Kelly Ripa to die for real, which is when I noticed the plot and the characters were from A Street Car Named Desire.So, yes that guy who killed Happy Days and Love boat(Ted might not have made the head shot, but he gets partial credit for the fall of Sports Night.) is Stanley, and Kelly Ripa is Blanche. I wonder if Kelly's oblivious to playing one of the greatest America female parts, or she's ten times smarter than Regis silently laughing at the inside joke? I'm really curious how Tennessee would have reacted seeing such a freaking cartoon? He was an angry drunk right? Of course the only really serious point to take from all this is that Ted McGinley is walking in Brando's shadow.... OMG! Even compare Ted and Marlon's characters names are bizzarro counterparts of one another!Charley Shanowski Stanley KowalskiThat's a wonky spoonerism. This is no accident, hell, it's probably always been pitched as a homage and I'm just dim.

I am surprised to find that many people on here have stated that Hope and Faith is a poorly produced show and won't pass season 1. Well with no surprise at all it has 3 seasons currently and I am amazed at each episode.The actors behind the characters are just all so great! Kelly and Faith work really well together and the idea of two sisters with completely different ambitions, personalities and ideas clashing is so hiarious - it's an addictive show with the spontaneous and random plots which arise.There is not an episode when I don't roll around on the floor (not literally of course) laughing in stitches through Kelly's (Faith) ditzy blonde pure attitude and over the top acting and reactions.Congratulations to the actors, writers, producers, everyone involved! You have such a great show running - It will be a sad, sad day when Hope and Faith gets cancelled.

One of my favorite series since 2003 has been "Hope & Faith" which airs on ABC, the show is so funny and heartwarming at the same time. You have Faith Fairfield(Kelly Ripa) a recently fired and unemployed actress who goes to Cleveland, Ohio to move in with her sister Hope who is played well by Faith Ford, and Faith will find life is much different from Hollywood, as the family that sister Hope has evolves around loving her three children and husband and respect and discipline. Like all families they have petty differences but love conquers all when it comes to these two sisters and family. The shows always have funny stories and laughter, plus guest appearances by Regis Philbin as a lovable car salesman Hal, as you know that is Kelly Ripa's talk show host partner in real-life, the two always make such beautiful music together! I must say finally that Kelly Ripa really perks me up! I also happen to think that she is one of the world's sexiest women period. Kelly sure shows it on a couple of episodes over the years I remember certain scenes when I noticed that Kelly would be wearing sexy colored bras, once I believe a purple one then another time a green one. Now if Kelly wasn't married, that would be my wife!

I am from the UK and the first time i watched hope and faith i thought it was so corny and cheesy! I decided to watch another episode which to my surprise was much better and since then i'm addicted. Although i'm a female myself i find kelly ripa (faith) and hope ford (hope) very attractive and great to watch. Kelly ripas clothes are amazing and get sexier every time. A lot of people say that the show isn't funny but i disagree, yeah some of the lines are a bit crappy but i've had myself in stitches many times, mainly because of kelly ripa's blonde bimbo image. I recommend this show for people who want to watch a "fun comedy" and want a laugh. Season 1 has a few dodgey episodes (not very funny) but mainly all 3 seasons are great! Season 3 is slightly more grown up and i really hope that the show has many more seasons to come