Hosts Leaving

Are you for real? How would you know that the younger hosts have no “work ethic” or are “entitled.?” It sounds like the one who is engaging in age discrimination is you! You are discriminating against the younger hosts. Don’t forget, these “seasoned” hosts started when they were young, too.

Unless you have some inside scoop, there is no proof that the seasoned hosts were “forced out” or “fired.” Your argument is ridiculous and sounds like bitter grapes.

There are hosts I like and hosts I don’t like, regardless of their ages. I, for one, will not discriminate against the younger, newer hosts JUST because they are younger and/or newer by refusing to watch.

I feel sorry for you. Btw, I am the age of these seasoned hosts.

Bobbi Ray is probably one of the oldest ones and she isn’t being let go. The older hosts I think try to hard (not Bobbi) to be upbeat and it isn’t believable. To me the younger hosts seem more natural. Voices change too (deeper) with age and I find it hard to listen to.

sad situation,many of us are upset with the firing,no warning just pull them off of their shift and tell them you are fired ,leave immediately.shame on you.

Bobbi and Bob Circosta were the first to introduce people to home shopping. If I remember correctly, they sold an item over the radio. It sold out quite fast. Then it was up to Bobbi and Bob to box or wrap the item and then send it off to the customer.

I too feel that there are too many hosts on both QVC and HSN that are very annoying, don’t explain the product and overtalk the vendors, and the chattering among themselves needs to stop. I don’t tune in to hear about their weekend, their home life or anything. Just talk about the product please. You are going to lose your longtime customers with this continued behavior.

Hi everyone ~ I miss our dear Shannon Smith. And Shannon Fox.
Remember the days when HSN was fun ~ on all night ~ and the merch was so much better ~
sigh ~ Group Hug ~

wow I’ve been slow on the uptake ~ dear Lesley Machado is no longer on HSN ~ what’s going on? I love the host that are still there ~ but “but things they are a changing”
Have an awesome day wonderful people 🙂

Hi, new to posting here but this topic on hosts is of interest, so please excuse me if this isn’t the place to say that there are some of the younger hosts that I simply cannot watch. Won’t name names, but the non-stop banter with continual, almost mumbling, “side comments” and under their breath comments to self that are meant to be humorous just kill any momentum of the presentation which is moving too “hard sell” to begin with. A good sales person knows how to make a connection with the purchaser by “talking” directly to them, stating a usable and desirable feature of a product, then pausing (and PLEASE take a non-gasping breath). The pause allows the customer to think about how that feature is going to help them and makes them want to know more. A couple of the younger ones make it all about themselves, watching themselves in the monitors, immature behavior, and failing to give good product information.

“Watching themselves in the monitors”, oh yes, a lot of the hosts do that, including some of them who are “not so young”!!! Let the models do their jobs and quit trying to model the items while you prance and twirl around looking silly. Some hosts on QVC also do this, one in particular. I miss the professionalism that made watching HSN a pleasure. So sad to see those days gone forever.

None of us are wrong for how we feel yet, I don’t feel any of the hosts are my friends. I guess if one has watched for years and years, these people’s TV persona becomes familiar to us. But we don’t really know these people that we watch on TV. We are watching them on their job, watching them work. They work hard to make us think they have our backs, are not selling when they are selling. It is a matter of personal preference really – the hosts many say they love simply irritate me. I find that I watch during commercials from other shows only. I don’t sit and watch the entire sales show. It is simply too painful and boring to watch grown adults gushing and emoting over a product and telling us how we need to buy two. So I guess I’d say I am ambivalent and I share my opinion to hopefully give another perspective.

This drives me nuts – how ALL the HSN hostesses slaughter the first name of the lady spokesperson for M. Asam beauty products. All they have to do is go to Howtopronounce.com and type in “Beata.” They will sound much more intelligent if they would just do this. It is NOT pronounced as “Bee-uh- tay.” I cringe every time they say it incorrectly, which is ALL the time. The lady herself is too polite to correct them. End of my rant. Thanks for reading.

Amen to this post!! I truly hope these seasoned hosts go to other shopping networks. ShopHQ etc.

I’m so sad to hear our amazing Bobbi Ray is leaving HSN. And that HSN is moving to Pa.
I’ve watched Bobby Ray for yeas, she’s an amazing talent, ultra-professional, and a pleasure to listen to.
I think Bobby Ray should have her own talk show – I’ve thought that for years. Something on style, beauty, health,, uplifting chat etc. We Love You Bobby Ray, and we’re with you – God Bless (((Huge Hugs)))