The Tragedy of FOX After Breakfast

[TMC]

In this video, we unpack the story of the Fox After Breakfast, the ill-fated network adaptation of a brilliant cable morning show called Breakfast Time. Co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Laurie Hibberd provide their perspectives on what went wrong, in what is, to my knowledge, their first public reunion since the show's demise.

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:12 Background
• 04:21 Moving to FOX
• 08:56 The End of Breakfast Time
• 12:19 Concerning Signs
• 16:12 The Buildup
• 17:25 The Premiere
• 23:34 Something's Not Right...
• 26:10 Memories of Breakfast Time
• 30:16 "This Isn't The Same Show"
• 34:42 Laurie's Departure
• 37:50 After Laurie
• 40:06 More Departures
• 45:33 Running Out The Clock
• 47:43 Vicki Lawrence
• 50:00 Reflection
• 51:10 Epilogues
• 56:50 Conclusion

[TMC]

Tom Bergeron discusses "Breakfast Time" on Fox - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

[Hawkee]

With CBS NBC and ABC being crowned the best morning show champions FOX decided to jump on the morning bandwagon by having FOX After Breakfast and in my eyes FOX wanted to compete badly with NBC's Today and one of the reasons I think it had an early demise was FOX knew what audience was attracted to morning shows and what topics were popular at the time with the 90's crowd which is anything from celebrity gossip to movie reviews to cooking. If you look at any morning show today you'll see that 99% of them is all about celebrity gossip and movie review and that I think caused FOX After Breakfast it's early demise. But if they had more interesting subjects FOX After Breakfast would've been a winner. But if there was a hall of fame of failed FOX shows this show would be at the top
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