Monday, April 30, 2018

Steve Harvey Retooling His Talk Show


Last year Steve Harvey packed up his daytime talk show in Chicago and moved to LA so he could focus more on celebrity guest interviews [click here if you missed that].

Now Steve has changed his mind...

Steve Harvey tells The Hollywood Reporter
"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.”
Fun Fact: Since the move there have been whispers that A-List celebrities were resisting appearing on the show following Steve's support for Donald Trump [click here if you missed that].