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Hosts Leaving?

0516 — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:43:12 GMT

What is the deal with so many hosts leaving? The products on QVC seem cheap to me these days (since they took over HSN). Is the pandemic hurting QVC in the $ department? Everybody has their favorites, I guess, but most of the hosts I will watch are gone or leaving. Sad.

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Love my grandkids — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:44:35 GMT

@0516 Don't be naive. They are not choosing to leave, they have been shown the door. I don't get attached to any of them but I would miss David. Wouldn't miss Jane T. for sure.

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amyb — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 01:06:05 GMT

I just saw on Facebook that Antonella is leaving. QVC is certainly turning over the old guard. I don't watch that much anymore...and certainly during these times, haven't needed or ordered much, other than food in the beginning of shutdown. Oh well...everything changes.

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Etoile308 — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 01:27:23 GMT

I'm sympathetic to anyone without a job right now, don't get me wrong, but I watch QVC solely for the products. Why do so many posters care who comes and goes? I get the sense that some people really need to step back and realize the host, vendors, models aren't your friends or family. They're people on TV.

I learned thirty years ago in my career that no one is irreplaceable.

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FLGranny — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 01:30:53 GMT

I hate to say this but I've been watching HSN more than QVC lately and I kind of like their hosts better. They're fun but not overly silly. I just like their demeanor better. I do admit I would miss David but I've kinda had it with the rest.

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rms1954 — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 01:45:32 GMT

Cleaning house ... clearance items and hosts. I think they were given the boot. Don't know what they based their choices on. I will miss Antonella but she was rarely on lately. I just hope my favs will stay.

All their FB posts start the same way. Sounded generic or like maybe they were coached. Very impersonal and lacked genuine feeling.

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SandySparkles — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 01:54:41 GMT

@Etoile308 wrote:
I'm sympathetic to anyone without a job right now, don't get me wrong, but I watch QVC solely for the products. Why do so many posters care who comes and goes? I get the sense that some people really need to step back and realize the host, vendors, models aren't your friends or family. They're people on TV.

I learned thirty years ago in my career that no one is irreplaceable.

I can't speak for all posters, but some of us have been watching The Q for years, and having done so, connected with the hosts we favored. It is part of the human experience to miss that which is familiar, and is suddenly taken away. They are not family, nor personal friends, but they are familiar.😁

How wonderful it is to have freedom of choice in how we experience our entertainment.😊

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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spursfan2 — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 01:55:47 GMT

@Etoile308 I am going to answer your question but I am borrowing my response from another poster. I dont remember who it was or I would give them the credit.
Viewers get attached to hosts because they see them from their first days, watch them develop and improve, see them get married, have children, etc.
I thought that was a really good explanation why viewers are fiercely loyal to their favorites.
I think the same theory might apply to soap opera characters, a favorite singer or band or an actor/actress.

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handygal2 — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:20:47 GMT

And oddly enough, a day after the wholesale firings, the Meet Our Hosts page has not been updated...

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jlrbr — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:32:40 GMT

I'm just disappointed that after 18 years Antonella is gone, I certainly hope she chose to leave, I'd hate to think some of the newer hosts were chosen over her. Smh so disappointed.

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Reever — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 13:14:36 GMT

@handygal2 wrote:
And oddly enough, a day after the wholesale firings, the Meet Our Hosts page has not been updated...

The entire episode has been handled rather poorly by QVC. From the abrupt shutdown of QVC2 to the dismissals. I read on another thread that even a vendor was not informed that his show would not go on. Very sloppy indeed.

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FranandZoe — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:42:59 GMT

I wonder how they chose who to let go? Seniority obviously meant nothing. Nor professionalism. Sales figures? Maybe they cut the higher salaried ones? I feel bad for them. I always liked Antonella - she was the best at the jewelry shows. Gabrielle and Stacey were always very professional - good at their jobs. Oh well...

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QVCPhobe — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 13:25:38 GMT

With the pandemic my husband was laid off, so I haven’t watched QVC for months. I cannot afford the spending. I still get some ADs but that is all.

It is sad that the horse hosts are gone. I really liked Antonella and Stacey.

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tarytoo — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 13:49:12 GMT

could you put a list of all the hosts names that are leaving. thanks.

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Spurt — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 21:36:06 GMT

@Etoile308 wrote:
I'm sympathetic to anyone without a job right now, don't get me wrong, but I watch QVC solely for the products. Why do so many posters care who comes and goes? I get the sense that some people really need to step back and realize the host, vendors, models aren't your friends or family. They're people on TV.

I learned thirty years ago in my career that no one is irreplaceable.

@Etoile308

I totally agree with you....as much as QVC pushes it, in reality, the hosts aren't our friends.....

Why do viewers care who comes and goes? Because some hosts do a better job than others presenting the products---Some make sure the viewer gets product details and important information, while others focus the show on themselves & their families, and not much at all about the product, except colors .... And others seem bored and disinterested in their job..... Thats why viewers care who stays and who goes.... Some hosts make the shows watchable, while others don't (and we turn the channel = less sales for QVC too)

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Spurt — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 14:17:02 GMT

@handygal2 wrote:
And oddly enough, a day after the wholesale firings, the Meet Our Hosts page has not been updated...

@handygal2

I wondered the same thing, perhaps the Tech folks are just busy....or does this mean ...... (as Johnny Carson's Show used to say....."more to come")

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Spurt — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 17:50:44 GMT

@tarytoo wrote:
could you put a list of all the hosts names that are leaving. thanks.

@tarytoo

Stacey

Gabrielle

Antonella

Kristine Zell (corrected thanks to the heads up from @queen75 I dont know what I was thinking)...

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tarytoo — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 14:20:17 GMT

thanks. i didn't know who they were.

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wagirl — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 14:31:39 GMT

I think the current situation with the virus raging and the economy tanking, and the HORRIBLE state of our nation is a huge reson for the purging of many things---if you can't make money from something, you shave it down to the bare miniums. and this will be the new normal for many years----for many businesses. the hosts need to move on to find some way to take care of their families and QVC needs ways to take care of their bottom line----am not buying much from the Q these past few years as their shipping and processing orders and then the returns are so ridiculously long----they have to buck up and get with the program.

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handygal2 — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 15:03:20 GMT

@Spurt wrote:
@handygal2 wrote:
And oddly enough, a day after the wholesale firings, the Meet Our Hosts page has not been updated...
@handygal2

I wondered the same thing, perhaps the Tech folks are just busy....or does this mean ...... (as Johnny Carson's Show used to say....."more to come")

@Spurt : Good point. It's STILL not updated. Hmmmm....