On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:42 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't really see a house conservative in the show's early years, unless > it was [John Henson] Debbie Snuffleupagus [JH] or perhaps Star Jones. > Hasselbeck came on board in 2003, when Jones was still on the panel, and > replaced Lisa Ling as (from the original opening) "a young woman just > starting out." > > Perhaps I have to include the opening as Barbara Walters did it: "I've > always wanted to do a show with women of diffwent genewations, backgwounds, > and views: a working mother; a pwofessional in her 30s; a young woman just > starting out; and then somebody who's done almost evewything and will say > almost anything. And in a perfect world, I'd get to join the gwoup whenever > I wanted." > > And with the youngest panelist 34 these days (Abby Huntsman), is there > anyone today that's the young woman just starting out? > Things have changed since the early years. Political polarization has turned into tribalism and the producers know that a significant portion of their target viewers won't tune in if they don't hear a conservative voice in the mix. Having a woman "just starting out" might simply have been irrelevant to attracting and keeping viewers. And it becomes a paradox that bringing on a young woman like that onto the panel immediately raises her public profile and soon takes her out of the category. Panel talk shows succeed because viewers feel close to the women on the show and the need to have a woman just starting out means replacing that participant frequently, meaning viewers don't get a chance to bond with her. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFxsndHDzQQVyDcHRNhO_Dk6-tPm7-1VwEaevzx00cezQ%40mail.gmail.com.
