'Live with Kelly and Mark' will debut new set
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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ cafeteria days are finally coming to an end.

The couple will debut “Live with Kelly and Mark” on their new Hudson Square set on Monday, following a challenging week in their makeshift studio.

According to Page Six, the hosts have been using a temporary space near the ABC cafeteria while finalizing their permanent set.

They returned to the show on April 7, and let’s just say, it wasn’t the smoothest week in the interim space.

Viewers of Monday’s episode, for example, were dishing more about the show’s sound system than the guest, “The Handmaid’s Tale” star Elisabeth Moss.

One commenter wrote on X, “They better do something about the echo because I can’t listen to this.”

Many social media users also mentioned the “annoying echo” on the stage, with one person noting the temporary set had an unwelcoming industrial feel.

“Even the audience seems uncomfortable,” they wrote.

Ripa at times seemed uncomfortable, too.

She noted the sound snafu during one segment, acknowledging, “We are clearly beta testing the sound here.”

The married hosts even had to adjust to the icy temperature. “We are just getting hit with a cold arctic blast of air, coming from maybe the outside, I don’t know, but it just rained on us. I am now, I’m frozen,” Ripa said.

The “Live” vet playfully acknowledged the awkward set location when welcoming “The White Lotus” star Walton Goggins as their guest earlier in the week: Ripa warned the studio audience that if didn’t want to hear any spoilers from Sunday’s season finale, “go into the cafeteria!”

But a production source described filming from “the Great Room” this week as “fantastic,” and “a nice way to transition into the building.”

“Everyone is really happy. The space is big, so we had to make some tweaks to the audio at the beginning of the week — but overall these past few days have been a huge hit,” they said.

“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Porsha Williams will be their first guest in their permanent spot.

David Oyelowo, Josh Duhamel and Lake Bell are expected to swing by later in the week.

“[We’re] excited for the studio on Monday!” the production source said.

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