Take Five & Company, originally named Take Five Grand Rapids, is a live talk and entertainment show on WZZM weekdays at 9:00 a.m. (from its premiere in early 2004 to September 2005, it originally aired at 5:00 p.m.). It is hosted by Catherine Behrendt and Stephanie Webb.
Its slogan is "Learn a little. Live a little. Have some fun." It has some of the same soft news features that were on 5:30 Edition in the 1990s, such as movie reviews and cooking segments.
A key segment of this series is "Rescue My Home", which is similar to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Several times a year, a house is chosen for the makeover of a specific room. In early 2005, there was an "Extreme Mini-Makeover," which is similar to Extreme Makeover. In addition to a week's worth of segments about the project, they air primetime "Rescue My Home" specials. Past projects included the living room, bedroom, and the yard.
In addition to segments about gardening, cooking, being a mother, healthy lifestyle, movies, restaurants, money management, and auto maintenance, the show features celebrity interviews and performances by local artists and national artists who are visiting Grand Rapids.
In 2008, Take Five begun a new segment, called the "Take Five Book Club". Each month a book is revealed. Then, on the first Monday of the next month, there is a discussion about the book. Take Five teamed up with the Book Nook & Java Shop in Montague to work on the book club.
On August 25, 2008, when Take Five moved to its new 9:00 am time slot following Good Morning America the show expanded from a half hour to one hour, displacing Live With Regis And Kelly, which had held the 9:00 am time slot at WZZM for more than 20 years. However, Live With Regis and Kelly was picked up by WWMT.
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