''The Fran Drescher Show'' (also called ''The Fran Drescher Tawk Show'') is an American
talk show
A talk show (or chat show in British English) is a television programming or radio programming genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Sh ...
hosted by actress
Fran Drescher
Francine Joy Drescher (born September 30, 1957) is an American actress, comedian, writer, activist, and trade union leader. She is known for her role as Fran Fine in the television sitcom '' The Nanny'' (1993–1999), which she created and prod ...
. The series premiered on November 26, 2010, in six cities on
Fox owned stations: New York on
WNYW
WNYW (channel 5) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the Fox network. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside Secaucus, New Jersey–licensed MyNetworkTV flagsh ...
, Los Angeles on
KTTV
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, Philadelphia on
WTXF
WTXF-TV (channel 29) is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, airing programming from the Fox network. Owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division, the station maintains studios on Market ...
, Phoenix on
KSAZ, Minneapolis on
KMSP and Orlando on
WOFL
WOFL (channel 35) is a television station in Orlando, Florida, United States, airing programming from the Fox network. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNetworkTV outlet WRBW (channel 65) ...
. ''The Fran Drescher Show'' was given a three-week trial run with the option of being nationally
syndicated. In its debut, the program placed a 0.8 rating/2 share in six metered markets. With declining ratings throughout its run, the show did not return.
Background
Drescher described what she would bring to the program: "I'm thrilled to be able to bring ''The Fran Drescher Tawk Show'' to daytime TV, which fits me hand in glove," and added that "It will cover all of my passions, everything from pedicures to politics. America will have a chance to see the real Fran Drescher, beyond ''
The Nanny
''The Nanny'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from November 3, 1993, to June 23, 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish fashionista from Flushing, Queens, New York, who becomes the nanny of three ch ...
''. I'm the girl next door, a self-made woman who has been to hell and back a few times."
The house band on the show was led by
Foo Fighters and
Wallflowers member
Rami Jaffee
Rami Jaffee (born March 11, 1969) is an American musician. He is best known as the keyboardist for the rock band Foo Fighters, whom he initially joined in a touring and session capacity in 2005. Jaffee has contributed to six of the band's studi ...
.
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2010s American television talk shows
2010 American television series debuts
English-language television shows
First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
Television series by Lionsgate Television
2010 American television series endings