Friday, February 12, 2010

No Substitute

You may have seen in the news how Ellen DeGeneres is the new queen of talk.

Ever since Oprah has announced that her talkshow days are numbered, reports have been made public that Ellen's ratings are just as good as Oprah's. Ellen is destined to ascend the throne.

But I object. Ellen is nothing like Oprah and her show is nothing like Oprah's show. She'll never be a substitute because they are apples and oranges.

Ellen is upbeat, goofy, silly. Oprah can be fun, but she also has gravitas. Heck, Oprah has indepth interviews with child molesters and asks them to describe what they've done in graphic detail. Ellen couldn't touch that.

There's still going to be a huge gaping hole in the talk show world when Oprah leaves.

1 comment:

sammy z said...

As long as they keep giving away free Washing machines and cars, I'll still want to get tickets to the Oprah or Ellen or whatever show