Several reliable sources (and Perez Hilton) report that Bonnie told her staff Monday that "The Bonnie Hunt Show" will call it a day at the end of the season after a bumpy two-year run, although neither Warner Bros. nor the NBC-owned stations that carry her show in the biggest markets have indicated anything:
http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/buh-bye-bonnie-hunt-says-her-talk-show-over-11423 The show seems to be hurt by stations not willing to pay license fees for shows other than the biggest hits, preferring to take barter instead. However, Hunt seemed to run a much blander route on her show than in her exchanges with David Letterman that probably got her the gig--and at some point, she is going to have to cut loose her buddies Don Lake and Holly Wortell from her TV projects (Lake and Wortell were both actors on her unsuccessful sitcoms--on the talk show, Lake was announcer/sidekick and a producer, Wortell was a writer). Hunt also fought with Warner Bros. over having a live house band led by another buddy, Nick Pike--she won, but Warners responded by banning clearance of music not owned by Warners and then, this season, cutting the band's work down to one day a week, where they play one live show and record cues, if needed, for the rest of the week (Pike appears on camera miming playing a keyboard in ludicrous close-ups that still reveal that there are no other musicians around). Meanwhile, the NBC-owned stations are expected to replace Bonnie with a repackage of Bravo's "Real Housewives" franchise from NBCU Distribution (despite the fact that reality and cable show repeats have never achieved mainstream success in syndication), while Warners is pitching its "View" clone "MomLogic" (with Kate Gosselin as a panelist--eewww!). Both, needless to say, are barter deals. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
