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by Kim Potts, posted Mar 31st 2009 5:00AM
'Osbournes: Reloaded'(9:25PM, Fox) series premiere
Rosie O'Donnell couldn't do it, but the Osbournes – Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack – are back on the tube for the latest attempt to revive the variety series.
Skits, taped segments and audience interaction are all a part of the action, as the show, which will continue on Fox as a series of specials, finds the family travelling to other parts of the country to swap lives with other Osbourne fams, performing non-showbiz gigs (like working at a fast food drive-thru) and unleashing the 'Littlest Osbournes,' in which kiddie versions of Ozzy and Sharon re-enact the couple's greatest hits.
So you can imagine what comes out of the mouths of these babes.
Sharon Osbourne talks Osbournes: Reloaded
by Nick Zaino, posted Mar 28th 2009 1:02PM
For those who might think the new Osbournes: Reloaded variety show is a quick-fix, six-episode ratings boost, think again. Reloaded, which premieres Tuesday at 9PM on Fox, was two years in the making. According to Sharon Osbourne, who spoke with reporters via a conference call Thursday, the family was given a somewhat open-ended invitation to return to television, and they wanted to make sure they picked the right project. They cycled through a few options, rejecting most of them, including one idea that will be a smaller part of the finished product. "It was going around the country just looking for other Osbournes, and I was like, I don't think so," Sharon told the group. "But we did keep that as a segment on the show."
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