Say It Ain't So, Kathy.(QVC's Kathy Levine to resign)(Brief Article)

Multichannel News, March, 2000 by Haugsted, Linda

QVC's popular cubiczirconia diva, Kathy Levine, is leaving the world of home shopping to host her own daytime talk show. Levine -- a former Spanish teacher who has been a top host on QVC for 14 years -- gave notice to the network's customers that she was leaving, effective the end of April, in a letter on QVC's web site.

But so far, she has been mum about where the talk show will appear. One source said it would be for cable, raising the question of whether Levine be working at other cable outlets that Comcast, which owns 57 percent of QVC, has stakes in, such as E! or spinoff Style. After all, Levine is typically paired with E! fashion commentator Joan Rivers when the tart-tongued comedian hawks her costume-jewelry line on the shopping network. All Levine's...

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