''Attitudes'' is an American

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on Lifetime that aired from 1985 to 1991. Hosted originally by

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and

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, it was taped before a live studio audience at EUE Screen Gems Studios, 222 East 44th Street in

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. Glass was replaced by singer Dee Kelly following the show's second season, as Glass left to host the nationally syndicated primetime magazine show ''This Evening''. The show then moved to

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in Queens. Dano's co-host later changed once more, with Jerry Penacoli, who is now host of ''

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''. The show by this time had evolved into more of a tabloid talk format. Dano, uncomfortable with the changes, left the show. Penacoli was subsequently fired from the show. Both were replaced with

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as the new co-hosts. The show's audience, unable to accept the loss of Dano as well as disliking the change in format, quickly dropped off and ''Attitudes'' was canceled soon after. ''Attitudes'' was the first national talk show hosted by two women and was written about during its tenure in such publications as ''

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'' and ''

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'' and parodied on ''

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'' with

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as Dano and

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as Kelly. With its first hosts, Linda Dano and Nancy Glass, the show was nominated for a

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in the category of Outstanding Talk Show but lost to

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's eponymous ''

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''. They were the first cable hosts to be nominated in this category. The show featured numerous celebrity guests from the worlds of entertainment, fashion, and politics. One of the stranger episodes of the show, featuring an incredibly flexible 84-year-old woman, Barbara Moseley,Sunday Mirror
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song " The Hardest Part." The band was digitally inserted into the footage.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Attitudes (Tv Series) Lifetime (TV network) original programming 1980s American television talk shows 1990s American television talk shows 1985 American television series debuts 1991 American television series endings