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I was sorry that I haven’t had a chance to catch the show, but after reading the reviews, I think I might have made the right choice, for me anyway.  The fears that I had about Rachael Ray’s new daytime talk show, which premiered this week, were that her bubbly attitude would go on for an hour.  According to many reviews, it did.  Don’t get me wrong, I love Rachael Ray, but I can only take 30 minutes of her.  I can actually only take 30 Minute Meals of here, I’ve never gotten into her other Food Network shows. 

According to viewers, Ray sticks to what she knows, quick time saving tricks and never ceasing energy.  I have to admit, this combination might work.  She doesn’t claim to be an expert on anything.  She doesn’t even claim to be a gormet cook.  She’s just trying to be everyone’s overachieving big sister, which kind of works for her.  She does say, and do, everything with a smile.  Alessandra Stanley of the New York Times News Service, agrees that this one-two cheerfulness punch might turn out to be a winner.  To read her full story on the show, click here for an article in the Chronic Herald .

For a more comprehensive run-down of the show, feel free to go to our blogging Rachael Ray guru, Madeline with her Everything Rachael Ray site.  She has many more reviews along with her own take on the show.  Feel free to let me know what you think.

Check local listings for Rachael Ray’s new daytime show.  Here in the O.C. her show is on CBS at 9am.  Set those Tivos!