Overview
- The Oct. 31 broadcast is set to deliver roughly 65–67 rapid costume changes in a format built around viral moments and trending topics.
- Entertainment Weekly’s first look shows Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos in Severance-inspired office attire with blue lanyard IDs.
- Billboard reveals pop-star homages including Ripa channeling Chappell Roan and Consuelos paying tribute to Benson Boone.
- The episode features special guest Leslie Odom Jr., with Billboard also reporting cameos by Ryan Seacrest and Lionel Richie in a Kitchen Idol sketch tied to the Kitchen Singing series.
- Live’s audience Halloween costume contest returns with prizes valued at over $18,000, including an eight-day Romantic Danube River cruise from Viking.