Rosie was the only one who came close to being the next Oprah before she began taking her *power* and herself WAYYY too seriously. Cooper is too wry, too sharp, too icy to endear like Oprah, Ellen to sly, too calculated, too power bent behind the masque for us ever to tust her quite like O.

You've got alot of good points there. If you think of who has been the most successful in the talk show arena throughout history, you have people are really personable, accesible EMOTIONALLY... and that very well may be Anderson's Achilles heel. Each of the most successful, Oprah, Dinah Shore, Mike douglas, Rosie, Merv Griffin, are all different from each other, but all share a common thread as well... and that's that ability to endear an audience like you said. And yet.. Rosie let her power go to her head, and turned from the "Queen of nice" into a "Loudmouthed dyke". And I don't say that lightly.

Yeah, all of those names you gave, you kind of smile warmly at the mere mention of their names. I think Anderson is perfect for the job he has now, he is an interesting anchor-like personality who gets to show glimpses of his witty real-life persona, he's always popular when he subs for Regis for example. But even still, would anyone ever call him "warm"? I don't think so. And I think people need "warm" if you're going to be an Oprah-like mega media in-my-home-every-day-I-do-everything-you-tell-me-to-do personality. Ellen is fun but there is something I just don't trust about her, I would have guessed that she was a stark raving bitch perfectionist BTS before I'd have guessed Rosie. Not bitchy all the time of course, but just very protective of her image and climb to the top. Folks like Dinah and Mike, you could just sit and talk to them all day, they had NO agendas. Sigh, remember those days?

I hardly do!

Yeah, all of those names you gave, you kind of smile warmly at the mere mention of their names. I think Anderson is perfect for the job he has now, he is an interesting anchor-like personality who gets to show glimpses of his witty real-life persona, he's always popular when he subs for Regis for example. But even still, would anyone ever call him "warm"? I don't think so. And I think people need "warm" if you're going to be an Oprah-like mega media in-my-home-every-day-I-do-everything-you-tell-me-to-do personality. Ellen is fun but there is something I just don't trust about her, I would have guessed that she was a stark raving bitch perfectionist BTS before I'd have guessed Rosie. Not bitchy all the time of course, but just very protective of her image and climb to the top. Folks like Dinah and Mike, you could just sit and talk to them all day, they had NO agendas. Sigh, remember those days?

I hardly do!

Yes.... such innocence...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DVanamgDds&feature=related

That was so nice, so charming and laid back, like they had nowhere else to be. And the clothes! I mean, I know The Jacksons were in costume, but McLean's jacket...

I can't see how a nice lady like Dinah got involved with a snake like Burt. Actually, am I being fair? Was he a sleaze or did he just look it?

That was so nice, so charming and laid back, like they had nowhere else to be. And the clothes! I mean, I know The Jacksons were in costume, but McLean's jacket...

I can't see how a nice lady like Dinah got involved with a snake like Burt. Actually, am I being fair? Was he a sleaze or did he just look it?

I know... that jacket was something else, wasn't it? that's what I miss. COLOR, distinct style, panache. In the last decade, I can't really point to a specific style how people looked. Sometime in the 90's we lost our way... and now everyone dresses so BORING, so afraid of color (Except Joan Collins) I think 20 years from now, people will look back on today and be saying "How could we have been so BORING!! Everyone looks like they just came from a funeral!"

I know... that jacket was something else, wasn't it? that's what I miss. COLOR, distinct style, panache. In the last decade, I can't really point to a specific style how people looked. Sometime in the 90's we lost our way... and now everyone dresses so BORING, so afraid of color (Except Joan Collins) I think 20 years from now, people will look back on today and be saying "How could we have been so BORING!! Everyone looks like they just came from a funeral!"

Agreed. Nothing has really changed in the past 15 years in fashion, except that we became aware of the "mom jeans" look and women have lightened up on wearing such dark, harsh make-up, especially when one is fair-skinned.

Cleared in top markets:

http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/anderson-coopers-new-syndication-show-cleared-in-top-markets/

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/live-feed/anderson-coopers-talk-show-sold-57872

So his new show will be named "Anderson."

I haven't heard such a clever choice since "Tempsett."

Laser Tag, Castlevania, Tempestt, you're really trying to kill me today aren't you?

Only with kindness...(I swear I didn't put anything in your coffee).

Though my rice pudding did taste a little off Gloria Carl.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-stations-snapping-anderson-coopers-61589

As he is getting ready to take on daytime with his new syndicated talk show next fall, Anderson Cooper's primetime fortunes are falling. His CNN show Anderson Cooper 360 is wrapping 2010 as its lowest rated year ever in primetime among adults 25-54 and second lowest in total viewers behind only its primetime debut in 2005. Year-to-year, Anderson Cooper (665,000 viewers, 207,000 in 25-54) is down 33% in 25-54 and 32% in total viewers. Cooper's declines are not isolated as they mirror CNN's 34% year-to-year drop in total viewers and 25-54. In primetime, 2010 marks the cable news network'a lowest-rated year in both categories in at least 14 years. Still, Cooper's sharp ratings declines would probably give a pause to Warner Bros., which produces and distributes his daytime talk show, Anderson. For comparison, Nancy Grace, who hosts a primetime show on CNN's sibling channel HLN, was on the rise, hitting all-time-high ratings last year when she was signed on to do a syndicated show. Her Swift Justice with Nancy Grace has been the highest-rated first-year syndicated series this season.

http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/cnns-anderson-cooper-hits-primetime-low/