Monday’s Season 10 premiere of the roundtable gabfest The Talk was hyped as not only the debut of a new studio design and a new host (Marie Osmond) but also of Sharon Osbourne’s recently lifted face. Newsweek, ET, and Page Six (via TVLine) all ran stories about the unveiling, which I hoped would come via unboxing or at least involve a raised curtain or maybe a “What’s behind Door Number 2″-type scenario in which the answer would be: “SHARON OSBOURNE’S FAAAAAAAAACE!!!”
The preview announcement at the top of the show was gleefully deranged: “It’s Monday, September 9, and our season premiere of The Talk is live! We’ve got a brand new set, a brand new host, Marie, and Mrs. O has a brand new face that we’ll all see for the first time!” Wow, way to hype me up. And then they showed “exclusive” footage of Marie Osmond recently tripping on a Vegas stage “just days before her Talk debut!” This is going great! I thought.