So Joan and Melissa have been booted off the TV Guide Channel, their safety red-carpet outlet after having been bounced from E! (where they were initially supplanted by Miss Star Jones Reynolds).
What a burn…and to be replaced by harelipped has-been Lisa Rinna, who rode a couple of years on The Bold and the Beautiful and a marriage to equally lame ’80s throwback Harry Hamlin to inexplicable semi-fame. It must really hurt.
Old Joan may be past her prime, as her recent Bravo special illustrated, but for better or worse, she is the founding Grande Dame of Red Carpet Mania, and should be treated with some respect in that regard. And as much as I used to disdain Melissa for being a talentless, dogfaced opportunist, compared to the E!-vil Giuliana dePandi and Ryan Seacrest, her Rabelaisian wit is a credit to the medium of television.
Bottom line: We know a few old-school homos who are going to be pretty upset about this news. Meanwhile, Joan’s blog hints at forthcoming revenge, and I for one can’t wait for it.
Joan & Melissa replaced by ‘Dancing’ fembot [TMZ]
Stay tuned for new news [Joan Rivers Blog]
A crime, it is… but frankly, who is going to care? Since the only reason anyone sought out TV Guide Channel was their telecasts, and since E! and the other rival products didn’t shine (what does Seacrest have photos of people in power doing?) I think there’s still a better home for the Rivers klan…
While the Bravo special mined some old classics, her live act is still hot stuff (as long as she avoids the Amy Carter jokes) and she’ll surely have tales to tell about this experience that will make her early days at Fox look like a love-fest…
I can’t wait, even if it means watching QVC at 4:00 am to find out (who are you to judge me??)