They could just put her on The View... I hear there's a slot open.
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From: "Kevin G. Barkes" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 11:40 PM
Subject: {NOISE. A LOUD, ANNOYING NOISE]
Fran Drescher Gets Talk Show On FOX O&Os
By Kevin Downey
TVNewsCheck, October 11, 2010 12:12 PM EDT
Fox Television Stations and Debmar-Mercury will co-produce a preview of
The
Fran Drescher Show. Starting Friday, Nov. 26, the daily weekday program
will
be available on the Fox O&Os in New York (WNYW), Los Angeles (KTTV),
Philadelphia (WTXF), Phoenix (KSAZ), Minneapolis (KMSP) and Orlando
(WOFL).
The Fran Drescher Show will be a daily, one-hour entertainment talk show
starring the actress, comedian, screenwriter, television director,
producer
and author. Broadcast live from Los Angeles, the program will feature
Drescher's commentary on "captivating topics, current events, pop culture
and interviews," according to FTS.
Drescher starred in the 1990's CBS sitcom The Nanny, which earned
Primetime
Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations. After a six-year run, the series
became a success in off-network syndication. A rape and cancer survivor,
Drescher went on to become a leading proponent of cancer prevention,
rehabilitation and medical research following her diagnosis in 2000.
Ira Bernstein, co-president of Debmar-Mercury, said today: "With a talent
who hasn't done a talk show, we test it. We believe in testing as a method
to find out if you have a great talk show host or a great guest. We think
she will be a great talk show host, which is why we're investing money in
this and Fox is investing money.
"We don't want to miss the fall 2011 season. If you wait to test it in the
summer, you're really looking at 2012.
"We're working on the format right now. I think it will be a combination
of
guests and issues. There will be celebrities on it, but it will probably
be
more topic driven than guest driven, since Fran has been through so much
and
come out the other side with humor. She has empathy for the most difficult
things women can go through.
"We think the female daytime audience will embrace this woman who had
everything - she was rich, famous, a sitcom star and producer - and yet
she
has survived the most horrible things you can survive. Not only did she
survive, she came out the side with a sense of humor.
"There won't be political issues in the sense of Republican versus
Democrat.
But she will tackle issues like health care. She may have a famous actress
on, who isn't promoting a movie, but they're promoting a cause they're
passionate about.
"We're not prepared to discuss the exact scheduling, but it's a daytime
show
that will air anywhere from 10 or 11 in the morning to 2 or 3 in the
afternoon. We're not looking to test at 4 o'clock, to start. And there may
be a couple of markets where The Wendy Williams Show is the lead in, but
that has not been finalized."
Serving as executive producer of the talk show, Drescher will work
alongside
talk, game and reality show producer Scott Sternberg and producing
partner,
Peter Marc Jacobson. Lonnie Burstein, executive vice president of
programming and production for Debmar-Mercury, spearheaded the development
of the project and will oversee it on behalf of Debmar-Mercury. Scott
Sternberg Productions will produce the preview episodes.
Regards,
KGB
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