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Cover Your Ears: Fran Drescher Is Getting Her Own Talk Show

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Oy vey. Fran Drescher, the nasal actress with an obnoxious laugh who made a name for herself in the ’90s playing Fran, a nasal woman with an obnoxious laugh, on The Nanny, will be starring in her very own talk show as of next month.

The program, imaginatively called The Fran Drescher Show, will “cover all my passions, everything from pedicures to politics,” according to the star of The Beautician and the Beast. But don’t expect Drescher’s show to be all sweetness, light, and braying; the actress, who is a survivor of both uterine cancer and rape, also plans to share “life lessons” with her audience.

Only lucky viewers in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Minneapolis and Orlando will be able to watch Fran Drescher beginning November 26. Fox Television Studios is testing out the show in those cities; if it does well, it’ll eventually be syndicated nation-wide.

Drescher isn’t the only ’90s sitcom star who’s currently attempting to make a televised comeback; a few days ago, ABC Family announced that it’s ordering a full season of Melissa & Joey, a comedy that stars former teenage witch Melissa Joan Hart and “whoa” aficionado Joey Lawrence. Mayim Bialik, Lawrence’s Blossom costar, began appearing on The Secret Life of the American Teenager and The Big Bang Theory this year. And this summer, TV Land hit pay dirt with Hot in Cleveland, an old-school sitcom featuring three ’90s TV veterans.

Which raises an important question: who’s next? Could Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Carlton on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, host a reality competition that searches for the best spastic dancer? Will Jaleel White make a last-ditch bid for relevance in a show called I’m Not Urkel? Is Tim Allen going to direct and star in a poorly-received, low-budget film? Oh, wait…

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  • stoogedudes

    Fran Drescher: America’s Secret Weapon.

    Using her god-awful voice, we’ll get the terrorists to talk. Who needs waterboarding?!

  • MyRefrigeratorIsRunning

    Ratings schmatings!

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Another lib talk show host. LOL

  • Erebys

    For more entertainment value, you should have found a Youtube video with her obnoxious voice to refresh our memory.

  • fallenchicken

    Proof that there is no god.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Here is a message for all the lib women on talk shows and the females that write for Mediaite. You are on the wrong side of the political arguements. Other women are no longer drinking the Kool-aid.

    Poll: Women see Obama ‘failure’
    By: Carrie Budoff Brown
    October 11, 2010 09:07 PM EDT

    The White House may view the last 18 months as historic, racking up a legislative scorecard that includes a $787 billion stimulus package and an overhaul of the health care system.

    A majority of women, however, see it as a failure, according to a new poll conducted by Kellyanne Conway for The Kitchen Cabinet, a conservative women’s group.

    The findings point to the divide this year between Washington and the electorate, which has yet to give President Barack Obama much credit for his string of legislative victories.

    Fifty-six percent of women consider the health care reform law a failure, while 29 percent view it as a success, according to the poll.

    The economic stimulus package is viewed only slightly more favorably: 53 percent say it was a failure, while 34 percent say it was a success.

    Among independent women – a group that Democrats and Republicans are battling over – a majority viewed the health care overhaul, the stimulus package, the auto industry bailout and the Troubled Asset Relief Program as failures, the poll found. TARP was approved during former President George W. Bush’s administration.

    The negative take on what the White House views as signature achievements helps explain, at least in part, why the president and congressional Democrats have seen their approval ratings plunge since early last year and are struggling to gain traction ahead of the midterm elections. Women historically turn out in larger numbers than men, spelling trouble for incumbents.

    “People who voted for Obama feel just as betrayed by the outcome as conservatives,” said Sonja Eddings Brown, treasurer and creator of The Kitchen Cabinet. “Everybody realizes we’re burying our kids in debt, and even Democrats realize hope and change had a price tag they didn’t expect.”

    In the survey, 41 percent of the women identified themselves as Democrats, 37 percent as Republicans and 15 percent as independents.

    Conway, a Republican who specializes in polling women voters, said she expected to see more optimism about the four major legislative achievements. The poll did not include any questions on the Wall Street reform law.

    “Women are looking at this election almost entirely through an economic lens,” Conway said. “They expect the president to be a mathematician, not a magician. The policies they have seen in the last year literally don’t add with them.”

    A New York Times/CBS News poll released last month suggested that women may be less likely to turnout to vote this year, showing less interest in the election than men.

    But the Conway survey paints the picture of a more motivated electorate. More than two-thirds of women who are registered to vote said they are 100 percent “likely to vote.”

    Conway’s firm, the polling company, inc./Woman Trend, surveyed 600 women. The poll was conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, and has a margin of error of plus or minus four percent.

  • Dandee

    Where are all the Obamabomb people? The polls show there are some that are still liviing in LA LA land and believe this president will eventually do what is right for our country. I can’t seem to find any on any blog site. Maybe they have awakened and realize what he has done to our country? Sure hope so, before it is too late to still be the United States of America! All Independents, Tea Party goers and Republicans: For the sake of OUR country go to the polls and vote out all the Obamabomb people, PLEASE!

  • http://none pyrope

    I can hardly wait to not listen to it.

  • CAconservative

    She’s allot like Obimbo, off script, and she has a hard time putting together a coherent sentence.

  • Meryllouise

    that is really rude

  • Meryllouise

    that is really rude

  • Meryllouise

    Eveyone is very rude

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