TV briefs: Rivers duo may leave E! for TV Guide Channel
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E! Entertainment TV may be losing two of its most recognizable faces. According to media reports, Joan Rivers may be on the verge of ditching E! in favor of a vastly more lucrative deal with the TV Guide Channel, with doting daughter Melissa tagging along.
Rivers has reportedly been offered between $6 million and $8 million in a three-year deal that would easily exceed the value of her current E! pact.
Rivers' departure would forever alter E!'s handling of awards-show coverage. This year, more than 3.54 million viewers watched E!'s pre-show coverage of the Oscars, in large part to see Rivers' reactions to the celebrity attire.
The Rivers duo would instantly become the highest-profile on-air talent for the TV Guide Channel, which has a circulation of 75 million homes, short of the 84 million cable and satellite homes that receive E!
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