Description: In many ways, the show was similar to its predecessor The Rosie O'Donnell Show and the more successful The Ellen DeGeneres Show; all three programs were daytime talk shows that were run like nighttime talk shows, with monologues and house bands and celebrity (and sometimes non-celebrity) guests. Publications including USA Today and Emmy regarded Rhea as the successor to Rosie. Unlike O'Donnell's daytime show, on which audience members opened the shows by announcing the day's guests, announcer.
