time, encouraged vaccination for the season's variant by giving flu shots to the co-hosts live on-air. Gilbert inadvertently administered Collins and Purcell’s respective shots using the same syringe without realizing it until Gilbert remembered just after administering Purcell's vaccine. Afraid the re-used and shared needle might have transmitted a disease between the two hosts, Collins underwent testing for HIV/AIDS and hepatitis immediately after taping the broadcast as a precautionary measure, testing negative for both diseases. Notwithstanding the temporary reprieve due to the network passing on Shirley, Home aired its last broadcast on April 8, 1994; its time slot would be taken over three days later by Mike and Maty, occupying the hour until its final broadcast on June 7, 1996, to be replaced on June 10 of that year by Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends. After only a year, the latter series (following a nearly 2½-month run of repeats) was replaced on August 11, 1997 by The View, which occupies the time slot to this day and eventually gained back all clearance from the network's affiliates at its proper time. (all times ET) January 1988 – September 1988, 11:30am–12:00pm September 1988, 11:00am–12:00pm September 1988 – January 1989, 11:30am–12:00pm January 1989 – July 1991, 11:00am–12:00pm July 1991 – August 1992, 11:00am–12:30pm August 1992 – April 1994, 11:00am–12:00pm References External links 1988 American television series debuts 1994 American television series endings 1980s American television talk shows 1990s American television talk shows American Broadcasting Company original programming Television series by Fremantle (company) Television series by 20th Century Fox Television