What’s been the biggest lesson in relaunching the talk show?
Moving the show out here, the intent was to bring on a bunch of celebrities and have a late-night feel. But the daytime audience is totally different. They just like what they like, cooking segments and makeovers. We got a second year pickup, so we’ve already started changing it more into what people have grown to expect from me. I’m a die-hard believer in reinvention. But sometimes you just have to leave the wheel alone, and let it roll down the hill. They have this thing in television called “research.” (Laughs.) It’s a dangerous thing, because research keeps you married to stuff. If a segment rates well, they go, “Well, why would you change that?” My thought is to try for something that could rate better, but they don’t like that. You have to listen to that, because I don’t own any TV stations. You’ve got to play the game.
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Hazel says
I stopped early on when this new season started here in California. I did not like the format. A few of the things I enjoyed on previous seasons was LESS celebrity guests (marketing their OR a comeback story); and generally the interaction with the audience, cooking episodes, acknowledging people doing good things for people, and Steve’s other topics (marriage, dating, cooking, etc.). The main reason I enjoyed his show in past seasons was the fact that he didn’t have celebrities on everyday.