A New Talk Show for Marie Osmond

Oprah, Martha, Rachel, and Barbara be forewarned.

Advertisers, alert your media buyers.

There's a new--well, maybe not so new, talk show host vying for the broadcast eyeballs of american women.

Marie Osmond is planning a return to daytime television. The singer-actress, doll-hawker and celebrity dance star is launching an hour-long entertainment/lifestyle talk show targeted to launch in fall 2009.

Of course this isn't Osmond's first stint holding title to her own TV show. Marie and her brother Donny have hosted a variety show in the late '70;s and a talk show in the late-'90s. In her launch announcement Osmond said the new show, called "Marie," will focus on topics of interest to women.

"It will be a real feel-good show," she said. "I've been through a lot of things in life and have no problem talking about it. Women need a safe place where they can laugh, feel good and relate to (other women)."

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