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Ryan Lochte has been in the news a lot recently for both good and bad reasons. After winning one gold medal at the Rio Olympics earlier this month, the swimmer made headlines again for claiming that he and three other teammates were robbed at gunpoint after a night out in the Brazilian city. He went on to admit that he fabricated his story, blaming the incident on a language barrier. But if you want a break from the controversial headlines, then look no further than his throwback interview he did with Fox 29's Good Day Philadelphia in April 2013. After talking to news anchors Sheinelle Jones and Mike Jerrick about how he was training for the Rio Games, he also touched on his short-lived E! reality series, What Would Ryan Lochte Do? He delivers some hilarious one-liners during their chat, including, "If you're a man at night, you gotta be a man in the morning.

”Seriously how are they gonna get enough material?” asked anchor Mike Jerrick after a ridiculous interview with Ryan Lochte. That right there, that is the question. About halfway through the show Ryan’s mom asks him what he’s been doing and we see a quick montage of what has happened in the episode up to that point. Ryan coyly tells his mom ”Nothing,” and nothing in the history of the world has been more true. There’s even a part where he says his life is like Seinfeld so even he knows it’s a show about nothing (minus...

Here's a much lighter post at the end of a week that has brought us an enormous amount of frightening, upsetting news. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte made an appearance on Good Day Philly to promote his reality show What Would Ryan Lochte Do? (Which is apparently a thing.) After a bit of an awkward interview, the anchors, Sheinelle Jones and Mike Jerrick, could not contain themselves, bursting out in laughter.

If you need a laugh right about now, you’ll want to watch this. Good Day, the morning show on Philadelphia’s Fox 29, did a satellite interview yesterday with Ryan Lochte, who’s promoting Sunday’s premiere of his E! reality show What Would Ryan Lochte Do?. Here’s the full interview. Below is the part you’ll care about — anchors Mike Jerrick and Sheinelle Jones laughing uncontrollably afterward. She almost loses a false eyelash from crying.

If you can’t watch the videos, the hilarity is how earnest Lochte is when describing his unique lifestyle (he likes to dance,...

Local Fox anchors Mike Jerrick and Sheinelle Jones, who host "Good Day Philadelphia," could not contain themselves after interviewing olympic athlete and budding reality star, Ryan Lochte.

Even as Jerrick and Jones were asking Lochte questions, viewers could here impending laughter in their voices. When the interview ended, they both collapsed into fits of laughter so severe that Jones was heard snorting on more than one occasion. Jerrick also took a moment to mock a response Lochte gave during the interview. "My philosophy is that if you're a man at night you gotta be a man in the morning," Lochte said, before describing this so-called philosophy without much success.

Jerrick looked straight into the camera, loosened his tie, and repeated the line as Jones wailed with laughter behind him. "He is good looking," she said. "We're going to get in trouble for this!"

"Seriously, how are they going to put together ... 13 weeks of programming?...

Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte made an adoring "Good Day Philadelphia" anchor laugh so hard on Thursday, she was on the verge of tears, but he wasn't telling any jokes. On the contrary, Lochte was simply answering (or not) questions from local Fox television personalities Mike Jerrick and Sheinelle Jones about his E! reality show "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?" Also read: Ryan Lochte Gets E! Reality Show "What is the premise," Jones asked, after openly fawning over the athlete's good looks. "Not that we shouldn't care what you do, but why should we care?" "I'm a...

This interview pretty much justifies everything I have been saying about a particular Olympian for some time now: I just don't get the big Ryan Lochte deal. I mean, I get that his face is objectively attractive, but I understand literally nothing else about what makes the swimmer so jaw-droppingly appealing to ladies. I'd rather smoke weed with Michael Phelps than do anything with Lochte, and that's not just because tomorrow is 4/20. That's any day of the year.

Ryan Lochte hits the all-important promo trail for his new E! reality show What Would Ryan Lochte Do? in order to assert himself as The Worst Olympian Ever. This included a spot on Good Day Philly with Mike Jerrick and Sheinelle Jones, who realized pretty quickly that Ryan Lochte is a f*cking idiot. They basically hold his hand during the entire interview while he mutters things like, "if you're a man at night,...

This interview pretty much justifies everything I have been saying about a particular Olympian for some time now: I just don't get the big Ryan Lochte deal. I mean, I get that his face is objectively attractive, but I understand literally nothing else about what makes the swimmer so jaw-droppingly appealing to ladies. I'd rather smoke weed with Michael Phelps than do anything with Lochte, and that's not just because tomorrow is 4/20. That's any day of the year.

Ryan Lochte hits the all-important promo trail for his new E! reality show What Would Ryan Lochte Do? in order to assert himself as The Worst Olympian Ever. This included a spot on Good Day Philly with Mike Jerrick and Sheinelle Jones, who realized pretty quickly that Ryan Lochte is a f*cking idiot. They basically hold his hand during the entire interview while he mutters things like, "if you're a man at night,...

Kim and Kourtney Kardashian were mocked on live television by a local Fox news anchor last week. The reality TV sisters were promoting their brand 'The Kardashian Collection' on Fox 29's Good Day Philadelphia. As soon as the interview came to a close, anchor Mike Jerrick was already giggling. Jerrick began mocking their high-pitched voices and their pointy shoulder pads, causing co-host Sheinelle Jones to hit him. He joked: "Can they (more)...

As we reported months ago, Kevin Keller is being integrated into all the Archie titles, including Life With Archie, which imagines the kids of Riverdale High as adults. And in an upcoming edition (February, I believe), Kevin Keller will return home to Riverdale a war hero, just like his dad, and marry the man of his dreams. Fox News is losing their minds, and lined up their standard chorus of folks like Peter Spriggs of the Family Research Council for quotes like this: "I think whatever boost in sales might come from the novelty or curiosity factors will be more than offset by the number of both kids and parents who will be turned off by this storyline and its obvious social and political agenda."

In news that shocks even me, House Republicans are planning to hold up money for disaster aid for hurricane victims and the like unless they...

Twentieth Television has opted not to renew its syndicated talker "The Morning Show With Mike and Juliet," citing economic concerns.

Meanwhile, the distributor also said Thursday that it has cleared off-net sitcom "My Name Is Earl" in more than 25 markets, representing 47% of the country, for its fall 2009 launch in syndication.

As for "The Morning Show," Twentieth TV president and COO Bob Cook said: "Over the past two years, we set out to produce a high-quality show that provided viewers with an engaging source of entertainment; we believe we accomplished this goal. Unfortunately, the current serious economic conditions made it challenging to continue producing the type of unique program that we wanted to deliver."

The New York-based strip will produce original episodes through June and will be broadcast until September.

It's understood that some of the stations airing "The Morning Show" are considering expanding their local news programming to fill the void.

Daytime talkers The Martha Stewart Show and The Morning Show With Mike and Juliet are coming back for another season in syndication.

Twentieth Television said Wednesday that it has renewed the rookie Mike and Juliet for the 2008-09 season in all top 15 markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia.

The show, hosted by Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy, is broadcast live from the Fox studios in New York.

Meanwhile, NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution said it has cleared Martha for its upcoming fourth season in 85% of the country. It has been sold to the NBC O&O stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas, Miami and San Diego as well as to stations from Fox, Belo, Fisher, Scripps, Hearst, Allbritton, LIN, Young, Raycom, Clear Channel and other groups for the 2008-09 season.

The series is produced by Stewart's MSLO Prods. and Mark Burnett Prods., with Stewart and Burnett serving as executive producers.

In other syndication news, Mighty Oak Entertainment has cleared its weekly comedic clip series Whacked Out Sports in 85% of the country for its upcoming third season in syndication.

NEW YORK -- Two weeks after picking an executive producer for its new national morning show, Fox has named two co-executive producers.

The untitled morning show will debut in January, hosted live from New York by Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy from 9-10 a.m. EST. It will air at the start on Fox's owned and operated stations.

The network said Monday that Patricia Ciano and Terence Noonan will be co-executive producers. Ciano had been supervising producer at Sony Pictures Television, where she launched Judge Hatchett and Judge Maria Lopez. She also worked with RDF Media on ABC's Wife Swap as well as on Ricki Lake, "Life & Style" and Jenny Jones.

Noonan had been executive creative consultant at SPT. He had been executive producer of Plum TV's Beauty Beat and also worked on "Life & Style" as senior producer plus Living It Up With Ali and Jack, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, ElimiDate and The Rosie O'Donnell Show.

They join executive producer Tom Mazzarelli, who left his job as senior producer at NBC's Today to become executive producer of the morning show.

Tom Mazzarelli, who most recently was senior producer on NBC's Today, has been named executive producer of Fox's new national morning program, set to debut in January on the Fox O&Os.

The as-yet-untitled show, hosted by former Fox News Channel DaySide hosts Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy, will originate from New York and feature celebrity and newsmaker interviews as well as general-interest programming.

 The program, a joint production of Fox Television Stations and Twentieth Television, will be live in most markets from 9-10 a.m. Mazzarelli also spent four years at MSNBC as a producer for the cable news channel's primetime programs. He also worked on CNN's Larry King Live.

NEW YORK -- Fox News Channel is canceling its long-running Dayside, creating a new program with Martha MacCallum as the Dayside team prepares for a new morning show that will begin next year on Fox Broadcasting. Dayside co-hosts Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy will co-host the morning show. No jobs have been lost in the result, Fox News said. MacCallum will anchor the 1-2 p.m. ET show, The Live Desk With Martha MacCallum, which will replace Dayside beginning Sept. 25. She will anchor the show from the Fox News Channel control room, which Fox said will bring viewers closer to the news.

NEW YORK -- Fox News Channel is canceling its long-running Dayside, creating a new program with Martha MacCallum as the Dayside team prepares for a new morning show that will begin next year on Fox Broadcasting. Dayside co-hosts Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy will co-host the morning show. No jobs have been lost in the result, Fox News said. MacCallum will anchor the 1-2 p.m. ET show, The Live Desk with Martha MacCallum, which will replace Dayside beginning Sept. 25. She'll anchor the show from the Fox News Channel control room, which Fox said will bring viewers closer to the news.