TV networks move on Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes’ ‘determined’ return bid
Main TV networks are steering away from former “GMA3” co-hosts T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach because the disgraced lovers “desperately” try and get again on the air, The Submit has realized.
CBS Media Ventures — the syndicate arm of CBS that’s answerable for daytime broadcasts like “Dr. Phil” and “The Drew Barrymore Present” — just lately turned down a chat present proposal from the duo, in response to sources near the state of affairs.
Ditto for CNN, which was pitched final month by Holmes and Robach’s expertise company, CAA, insiders stated.
“In the event that they did a chat present, what would they discuss? What’s their experience — infidelity?” a skeptical TV skilled stated, opining, “They’d take something. I feel they’d host a recreation present at this level.”
Holmes and Robach even have approached leisure firms together with Fox Leisure and Fox Tv Stations for a syndicated present and met with executives for “normal conferences” on “varied alternatives” that weren’t essentially restricted to a devoted speak present, a supply stated.
“I don’t assume the talks are severe in any respect,” stated an insider near Fox. “CAA arrange these conferences and everyone took them. I don’t assume anybody is severe. I don’t assume there’s any there there.”
Reps for CBS, CNN and Fox — which shares a typical proprietor with Information Corp., the mother or father of the New York Submit — didn’t remark. Reps for Holmes and Robach didn’t remark.
A supply near the state of affairs stated Holmes and Robach are within the technique of assembly with different media firms.
Final week, Page Six reported that Holmes and Robach have been “pitching a present a la Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos” and that they approached the producers behind “The Ellen DeGeneres Present.”
Whereas the couple have been “promoting their chemistry,” Web page Six sources famous they beforehand had extra of a “brother/sister chemistry” and that “now they’re promoting intercourse” — which could not work.
Additional particulars of Holmes and Robach’s pitch have been described as “obscure” by insiders, with a TMZ-style gossip present additionally floated as a risk. One supply stated Robach and Holmes have advised execs they “could be no matter you need us to be.”
“One factor’s for certain,” the insider stated. “They will’t do information.”
The pair are now not “credible” as newspeople, the supply opined, citing a flurry of studies that included leaked images of their adulterous affair, in addition to allegations that Holmes had prior affairs with junior staffers at ABC News.
These studies spiraled into an investigation by ABC Information, which finally led to their ouster from ABC News in January. The community didn’t disclose the findings of the probe, however both Holmes and Robach hired lawyers to negotiate their exit packages on the time.
One supply near the couple — who most just lately turned out to run the New York City Half Marathon together on Sunday — stated the press and paparazzi following their each transfer seem to have clouded their judgment as they attempt to claw their method again into TV.
“They assume they’re Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, or Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie,” the supply stated. “They assume they’re superstars. It’s insane. They aren’t as well-known as they assume. No person goes to look at them. America doesn’t like adulterers.”
“Taking a gathering isn’t promoting a present,” the supply added. “It’s virtually like novice hour and they need to know higher. They assume that if somebody takes a gathering, they’re .”
The couple’s mad rush to get work comes after ABC Information gave the pair severance packages to decamp from the network.
The quantity of their severance couldn’t be realized, however sources advised The Submit that it isn’t sufficient to maintain the co-hosts indefinitely — particularly given their high-flying existence and messy, public divorces.
Following their dismissal, Robach and Holmes have been spotted on a romantic getaway in Mexico final month earlier than returning to run the New York City Half Marathon on Sunday.
Final week, Robach quietly finalized her divorce from actor Andrew Shue, with the pair amicably dividing their property by mediation.
Holmes remains to be within the midst of settling his divorce from lawyer Marilee Fiebig, whom he married in 2010. The estranged couple are dad and mom to 10-year-old daughter Sabine.