Cyndy Garvey replaced
Sarah Purcell as
Regis Philbin's co-host of the local news/talk show
A.M. Los Angeles on
KABC-TV from 1978 to 1981. She is perhaps best known as being a co-host with
Bryant Gumbel, of the novelty sports series
Games People Play (1980). From 1983 to 1984, she was
Regis Philbin's co-host on
The Morning Show, on
WABC-TV in
New York City, the show which later became the nationally syndicated
Live with Kelly and Mark. In 1986, she participated as a celebrity guest for two weeks on
The $25,000 Pyramid. ==Personal life==