32 Bits of Trivia About Daytime TV You Can Only Read By Pretending You’re Sick

Daytime TV! Man, old people and sick kids have it made!
32 Bits of Trivia About Daytime TV You Can Only Read By Pretending You’re Sick
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If you work from home (and still click around through broadcast TV channels), you know the lighthearted joys of daytime TV. There’s a brightness to it. Even if the news of the day is tragic, the talking points are heavy and the guy is NOT the father, there’s something about the sun being out that makes the stakes seem a lot lower. 

And don’t even get us started on The Price Is Right. Being home sick as a kid (truly or falsely) with Bob Barker on the tube was a feeling like no other. Hopefully some of these can bring you right back to that sun-soaked couch — without the sniffles, of course.

Kathy Griffin

Kathy CRACKED.COM Kathy Griffin followed up her popular reality show with a talk show co-hosted by her mom, Maggie Griffin. Bravo actually gave it two full seasons to find its legs.

Dr. Phil’s Relationship with Oprah

CRACKED.COM Dr Phil used to be Oprah's legal consultant during a case. She liked him so much she gave him a TV show.

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Dr. Phil’s Moto-Cross Days

CRACKED.COM Dr. Phil used to race moto- cross. Не can still pop a wheelie on a dirt bike.

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Plinko

The Price is Right once forgot to un-rig the Plinko game during a broadcast. is Right the PRICE is Rights 5 YEARS CRACKED.COM The Price Is Right rigs the Plinko game for promotional ads using the fishing line so that the chip lands in the $10,000 slot. The wire was mistakenly left in place and a contestant dropped 3 consecutive chips before it was noticed. She was allowed to keep the money.

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Dr. Oz (Him Again)

Dr. Oz tired to ban breakfast. At the start of 2020, Dr. Oz told TMZ that he was going to swear off breakfast as part of the whole intermittent fasting trend, and encouraged everyone to ban their morning meal. I don't think we need to eat breakfast. That's an advertising ploy. CRACKED.COM

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Tempestt Bledsoe

The Tempestt Bledsoe Show CRACKED.COM Tempestt Bledsoe, who you'll remember as one of the Cosby kids, tried to tap into her remaining reserve of star power 3 years after The Cosby Show ended. Her talk show lasted 5 episodes.

Dr. Phil’s Salary

Dr. Phil DR. PHIL lood Bullet DN omon CRACKED CON PER YEAR OF SHOW $50 million As a producer and star, Dr. Phil makes 50% of the show's advertising profit. (This isn't including product placement and signing bonuses.)

Source: Forbes

Live with Kelly and Michael

Michael Strahan Kelly Ripa LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL CRACKEDcO When Strahan got picked up on Good Morning America, he allegedly didn't give Ripa the heads up that he was about to leave Live! She didn't show up to work the day she found out, and when she did show

Dr. Phil (Yes, for a Fourth Time)

Dr. Phil WILL GIVE BAD ADVICE FOR RATINGS CRACKEDO COM Dr. Phil was homeless. Al 12, McGraw lived out of a car with his father before securing a $5 a

Source: Parade

Terry Kniess

Terry Kniess THE PRICE IS RIGHT oue SHOwdam WINNER CRACKEDco Drew Carey accused Kniess of colluding with audience regular Ted Slauson via intricate ha

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey was named Orpah after a woman in the Bible. Along the way, her name got misspelled as Oprahs SsO often that it just kinda stuck. CRA

Oprah

In 2006, Oprah Winfrey was blackmailed by someone named Keifer Bonvillain, who recorded 12 hours of phone conversations of an employee in her company.

All My Children

on ALL MY CHILDREN, LITITLE BOBBY went UP TO THE ATITIC. And HE WAS never seen AGAIN. When the show began, Dr. Joe Martin's wife Helen had recently di

Wayne Brady

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows SPIDER MA Too From Hama synchrony The Wayne Brady Show Is WAYNE BRADY gonna have to choke a show?! After Whose Line? he hosted THE WAYNE BRADY SHOW, a primetime variety series that morphed into a daytime talk show. It only lasted from 2002 to 2004. CRACKED

Tony Danza

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows L TONY DANZA wanted so much more. Tony Danza THE TONY DANZA SHOW aired on ABC from 2004 to 2006. Danza loved the experience, and said he was pretty devastated when it was canceled. CRACKED

Fran Drescher

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows Tawk about God-awful In 2010, THE FRAN DRESCHER TAWK SHOW clearly leaned heavily into her accent and only had a three-week run on Fox. The Fran CRACKED Dr rescher TAWK

Gabrielle Carteris

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows Is that the lady from 90210? In 1995, producers thought Beverly Hills, 90210 made Gabrielle Carteris popular enough for her own talk show. They were wrong, and GABRIELLE didn't last a full season. CRACKED

Harry Connick Jr.

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows Why was HARRY CONNICK JR.'s show canceled? HARRY only lasted from 2016 to 2018, but its 299 episodes often reached over 1 million viewers, and earned five Daytime Emmy nominations. ARRY CRACKED

Khloe Kardashian

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows KOCK IAILS WITH KHLOE The Kardashians are everywhere! One of 14 Kardashian spin offs, Khloé Kardashian hosted KOCKTAILS WITH KHLOÉ for 14 episodes. Even guests like Kanye, John Legend, and Cardi В couldn't help save it. 0 CRACKED

Kris Jenner

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows KRIS JENNER got a reality check. In 2013, KRIS got a six-week trial run, but Fox said that she was uninteresting and looked not just like a deer in the headlights, but like a deer that already got hit. CRACKED

Queen Latifah

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows QUEEN LATIFAH had two cracks at it. THE QUEEN LATIFAH SHOW aired from 1999 to 2001, then again from 2013 to 2015. She had great guests, won awards, and was thrilled with the experience. CRACKED

John McEnroe

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows Let the racket do the talking. In 2004, tennis star John McEnroe got his own talk show on CNBC, but it only lasted a few months since it dropped below 40,000 viewers and received a 0.0 Nielsen rating. CRACKED

Megan Mullally

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows the Megan Mullally show * MEGAN MULLALLY is not Karen Walker in real life! Months after Will & Grace ended in 2006, THE MEGAN MULLALLY SHOW began. Critics said her W&G charisma didn't translate, and it lasted four months. CRACKED

Caroline Rhea

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows It wasn't Rosie for CAROLINE RHEA. Rosie named Rhea her successor of the highly successful Rosie O'Donnell Show. They renamed it THE CAROLINE RHEA SHOW, but it only lasted one season. The Caroline CRACKED

Martin Short

CELEBRITIES who had their own talk shows THE MARTIN SHORT SHOW THE MARTIN SHORT SHOW was short-lived. And it was so good! Featuring celebrity interviews and sketch comedy, it received several Daytime Emmy noms, but only lasted one season in 1999. CRACKED

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