How ‘The Osbournes: Reloaded’ will fare on Fox

Why Ozzy Osbourne and his family might be too much for network TV

No variety show has succeeded on broadcast TV since The Carol Burnett Show went off the air in 1978, said McClatchy Newspapers’ Robert Philpot in Macon.com, so Fox is taking a gamble with The Osbournes: Reloaded, which features “the bat-biting former Black Sabbath vocalist” Ozzy Osbourne and his "unconventional" family playing pranks on audience members and breaking into song. But “Rosie O'Donnell tried it. Wayne Brady tried it. Even Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey tried it.” Why not Ozzy?

If The Osbournes: Reloaded can succeed anywhere, it’s on Fox, said Lacey Rose in Forbes. “From lie detectors ending marriages, swimsuit models behind news desks and self-conscious women undergoing plastic surgery for the camera, the edgy News Corp.-owned network remains ready—even eager—to do whatever it takes to keep America rubbernecking for ratings."

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