APPOINTMENT TELEVISION: QVC HUCKSTRESS LEVINE GETS HER OWN TALK SHOW
Guess who's getting her own TV talk show? QVC huckstress extraordinaire, Kathy Levine: insanely watchable, inanely loveable, almost Buddha-like in the happiness she radiates.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the nice folks at Studios USA Domestic Television are developing a daytime talk vehicle for Levine, who's sold more cubic zirconia (Diamonique!) than anyone else on the planet. One of QVC's original hosts, on board since the shopping network launched in 1986, Levine has logged more than 12,000 hours of live airtime-- which we think that entitles her to her own country, though a talk show is nice. The show, which will be syndicated, is expected to debut in the fall of 2001.
We've never actually purchased any of the jewelry, cookware, apparel, makeup, or other items that Levine demonstrates (fondling them, as appropriate, with those perfectly manicured fingers). But for us, Levine does nothing less than define great television-- improbably, of course. She happens to be QVC's star seller, having generated more that $150 million in annual sales, but the real story is bigger than that. Levine has a warmth and authenticity that leaps off the screen-- and rural, bedridden grandmothers with credit cards aren't the only ones susceptible to it, either. We've heard plenty of street thugs praise that certain kittenish quality Levine has, which seems to combine strength and vulnerability. Everybody understands strength and vulnerability. Finally: a talk show that's gonna show what's in back of all that-- a bit more of the Kathy Levine story.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the nice folks at Studios USA Domestic Television are developing a daytime talk vehicle for Levine, who's sold more cubic zirconia (Diamonique!) than anyone else on the planet. One of QVC's original hosts, on board since the shopping network launched in 1986, Levine has logged more than 12,000 hours of live airtime-- which we think that entitles her to her own country, though a talk show is nice. The show, which will be syndicated, is expected to debut in the fall of 2001.
We've never actually purchased any of the jewelry, cookware, apparel, makeup, or other items that Levine demonstrates (fondling them, as appropriate, with those perfectly manicured fingers). But for us, Levine does nothing less than define great television-- improbably, of course. She happens to be QVC's star seller, having generated more that $150 million in annual sales, but the real story is bigger than that. Levine has a warmth and authenticity that leaps off the screen-- and rural, bedridden grandmothers with credit cards aren't the only ones susceptible to it, either. We've heard plenty of street thugs praise that certain kittenish quality Levine has, which seems to combine strength and vulnerability. Everybody understands strength and vulnerability. Finally: a talk show that's gonna show what's in back of all that-- a bit more of the Kathy Levine story.
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