THEIR 'SEX AIN'T SELLING
TV nixing TJ & Amy
Major TV networks are steering clear of former “GMA3” co-hosts TJ Holmes and Amy Robach as the disgraced lovers “desperately” attempt to get back on the air, The Post has learned.
CBS Media Ventures — the syndicate arm of CBS that’s responsible for daytime broadcasts like “Dr. Phil” and “The Drew Barrymore Show” — recently turned down a talk show proposal from the duo, according to sources close to the situation.
Ditto for CNN, which was pitched last month by Holmes and Robach’s talent agency CAA, insiders said.
“If they did a talk show, what would they talk about? What’s their expertise — infidelity?” a skeptical TV expert said, opining, “They’d take anything. I think they’d host a game show at this point.”
Holmes and Robach also have approached entertainment companies including Fox Entertainment and Fox Television Stations for a syndicated show and met with executives for “general meetings” on “various opportunities” that were not necessarily limited to a dedicated talk show, a source said.
“I don’t think the talks are serious at all,” said an insider close to Fox. “CAA set up these meetings and everybody took them. I don’t think anyone is serious. I don’t think there’s any there there.”
Reps for CBS, CNN and Fox — which shares a common owner with News Corp., the parent of The Post — did not comment. Reps for Holmes and Robach did not comment.
A source close to the situation said Holmes and Robach are in the process of meeting with other media companies.
Last week, Page Six reported that Holmes and Robach have been “pitching a show à la Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos” and that they approached the producers behind “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”
While the couple has been “selling their chemistry,” Page Six sources noted they previously had more of a “brother/ sister chemistry” and “now they’re selling sex” — which might not work.
Further details of their pitch have been described as “vague” by insiders, with a TMZ-style gossip show also floated as a possibility. One source said Robach and Holmes have told execs they “can be whatever you want us to be.”
“One thing’s for sure,” the insider said. “They can’t do news.”
The pair are no longer “credible” as newspeople, the source opined, citing a flurry of reports that included leaked photos of their affair, as well as allegations that Holmes had prior affairs with junior staffers at ABC News.
Those reports spiraled into an investigation by ABC News, which ultimately led to their ousting from ABC in January. The network did not disclose the findings of the probe, but both Holmes and Robach hired lawyers to negotiate their exit packages at the time.
One source close to the couple, who were seen running the New York City Half Marathon on Sunday, said the press and paparazzi following their every move appears to have clouded their judgment as they try to claw their way back onto TV.
“They think they are Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, or Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the source said. “They think they are superstars. It’s insane.
“They are not as famous as they think. Nobody is going to watch them. America does not like adulterers.”