When Does 'Live With Kelly and Mark' Return With New Episodes? Inside Talk Show's Season 38 Release Date, Special Guests and More

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos will return to fans' television screens for yet another fun-filled season of Live.

ABC revealed via a press release on Friday, August 22, that Live With Kelly and Mark will premiere Season 38 on Tuesday, September 2, after a summer of pre-recorded episodes and guest interview re-runs.

The memo additionally highlighted how Live remains the longest-running daytime television talk show in history and still holds its title as the No. 1 entertainment talk series on TV.

Special guests for the upcoming season include Mark Ruffalo, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rose Byrne, Derek Hough, Julianne Hough, Lola Tung, Alix Earle, Taylor Kitsch and a performance by KALEO.

There will also be exciting theme weeks throughout the series of new episodes — some of which include "Kelly and Mark Do It Week," where the married couple will attempt to complete viral challenges, and "Pet Week," as Ripa and Consuelos try finding animals their forever homes.

Season 38 comes months after Live moved to a brand new studio in Disney’s New York headquarters last spring.

This year, the show also received well-deserved Emmy nominations for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series and Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Hosts.

Season 37 of Live will conclude on Monday, September 1, with a special Labor Day celebration featuring chats with Paul Wesley and Carson Kressley. The show's executive producer Michael Gelman will also provide the best tips for cooking steaks at home during the episode.

The show's latest season brought new highs for the broadcast, as July was Live's best numbers in more than three months.

According to Deadline and data collected from Nielsen, Live With Kelly and Mark reached a summertime high during the week of July 21 — with numbers soaring to an average of 2.2 million viewers.

The impressive total saw a seven percent spike from the week before and was the show's best weekly performance since April.

In addition to overall ratings skyrocketing, the week of July 21 also resulted in an increase in views from women ages 18-49 by about 15 percent.

Meanwhile, women aged 24-54 had ratings improve from 0.39 ratings to 0.43 ratings.

Total viewership for the month of July in comparison to last year increased by eight percent. Ratings from women ages 18-49 rose by 15 percent.

Live continues to lead daytime talk shows with the highest ratings among women ages 25-54, as it has for the past six seasons.