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#26

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:03pm

Yay Whoop!

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#27

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:06pm

YES!!!!!!!!!! This is great news!

#28

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:23pm

Yay! I love her!

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#29

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:33pm

I think she is a good choice also. Rosie was mentioned earlier in this thread. Something tells me CBS doesn't want to go near her right now. Even though the dust has settled from the View, I am thinking they don't want to take any chances. Just my thoughts.

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#30

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:33pm

Awesome! She will be fantastic!! :)

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#31

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:34pm

I hate Whoppi Goldberg, so it will now be complete. I officially watch no award shows.

#32

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:35pm

Whoopi will be great. And it should help the shows ratings. Especially if she talks about it before hand on The View.

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#33

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:35pm

She is a great choice, and will hopefully attract more viewers.

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#34

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:41pm

I think Whoopi's cool. She has some odd ideas that I don't totally agree with, but I love her presence on the View. Especially compared to Rosie. (Whose show I loved, might I add. I just didn't like her on the View.)

#35

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:43pm

All I can say is they sure as hell have down on the hosting food chain since the days of Angela Lansbury and Julie Andrews!

#36

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:44pm

I hope she comes up with a good Broadway opening number! For some reason I am seeing her doing something hysterical involving Legally Blonde.

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#37

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:45pm

Not really. If they put those two on they would only be appealing to the queens and the geriatric crowd.

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#38

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:45pm

Whoopi will do well because she wants to make the award show about the shows - not the host. Which is why Chenoweth would be a horrible idea. She gets annoying after 15 minutes, and it's all about HER HER HER. As energetic and good as Rosie was, it was all about HER. And let's not even talk about Hugh Jackman. Hopefully Whoopi's ideas implemented with her as the host will have a positive affect on the future of the Tonys broadcast.

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#39

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:50pm

Not really. If they put those two on they would only be appealing to the queens and the geriatric crowd

And Whoppi's appealing to whom, exactly?

#40

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 2:22pm

"And Whoppi's appealing to whom, exactly?"

I think that she's appealing to a lot of people, and also because of her, some of The View audience that would've skipped the show otherwise might tune in this time.

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#41

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 2:23pm

Whoopi's a good thing!

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#42

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 2:25pm

The View's audience? Oh you mean, "queens and the geriatric crowd".

#43

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 2:41pm

And let's be realistic here. The vast majority of America doesn't know who the hell Chenoweth is. You'd never hear a commercial on CBS promoting the show with the announcer saying "Kristen Chenoweth hosts this year's Tony Awards.. Sunday on CBS!" Most people would say.. "who?"

Bottom line... Whoopi has name recognition and wide appeal. Non-theatre people will tune in just to see her. And hopefully for Broadway's sake, they'll stick around.

Updated On: 5/8/08 at 02:41 PM

#44

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 3:28pm

Any chance of the Tonys being broadcast online? I'd kill to watch them this year.

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#45

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 3:39pm

I bet Whoopi will do a good job.

#46

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 3:41pm

Thread discussing watching the Tonys online:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=937885

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#47

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 3:42pm

I think she'll be terrific, and I'm so glad the Tonys are going back to having a host.

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#48

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 3:48pm

I don't know, I was sort of partial to a hostless Tony Ceremony, but at least whoopi has a history with broadway- enough to know what she's doing.

#49

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 3:49pm

Thanks!

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#50

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Posted: 5/8/08 at 4:10pm

How can you be partial to a hostless ceremony? Last year's ceremony was awful.