Ricki Lake
American television host and actress
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| March 19 2014 | Ricki Lake tweeted about her confrontation with Reverend Fred Phelps after his death, recalling how he had made an offensive remark to her during his appearance on her show, which led her to take action to remove him from the set. |
| September 6 2013 | The Ricki Lake Show aired for the final time. |
| June 16 2013 | Ricki Lake won the Daytime Emmy Award for 'Outstanding Talk Show Host'. |
| March 21 2013 | Final production of The Ricki Lake Show completed. |
| February 4 2013 | Announcement made that The Ricki Lake Show would not return for a second season due to low ratings, averaging only 926,000 viewers. |
| 2012 | Ricki Lake was nominated for Favorite New Talk Show Host at the 39th People's Choice Awards, but did not win, losing to Steve Harvey. |
| November 5 2012 | The Ricki Lake Show averaged 924,000 viewers during this week, ranking fourth among new talk shows in the 2012-2013 television season. |
| September 10 2012 | The Ricki Lake Show officially debuted in the United States and Canada, with Lake serving as both host and producer in partnership with 20th Television. |
| July 25 2012 | Ricki Lake began taping episodes for her new talk show at Culver Studios, marking her return to daytime television after an 8-year absence. |
| March 2012 | Ricki Lake launched an interactive platform called 'Friends of Ricki', which connected the public directly with Lake and her production staff for her new talk show. Simultaneously, she introduced Ricki, a digital magazine covering parenting, fashion, and fitness, available for free download on iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon App Store. |
| November 17 2011 | Lake's show was cleared in over 50% of the United States, with major market commitments from Fox, Local TV, and Sinclair stations. |
| November 8 2011 | Twentieth announced that 11 of Tribune Broadcasting's stations picked up the show, including WPIX/New York City. |
| May 23 2011 | A U.S. federal trademark registration was filed by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation for 'The Ricki Lake Show'. |
| April 20 2011 | Lake signed with 20th Television to develop a new talk show with an Oprah-like format, planned for a September 2012 launch. |
| March 2011 | Three television studios (Disney–ABC, Universal Media Studios, and CBS) showed interest in bringing Lake back to talk television in 2012. |
| February 2011 | During an appearance on The View, Lake expressed interest in potentially hosting another show, stating she 'misses the platform'. |
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