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Ricki Lake brings updated talk show, life to TV

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Ricki Lake films the first day of taping for her new daytime talk show, "The Ricki Lake Show," in Los Angeles on July 25, 2012. The nationally syndicated show, which will cover topics ranging from parenting, weight loss, health, beauty, career, and love, premieres on Sept. 10.

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Ricki Lake films the first day of taping for her new daytime talk show, "The Ricki Lake Show," in Los Angeles on July 25, 2012. The TV show debuts Monday, Sept. 10, bringing the talk show host back to daytime TV.

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Ricki Lake and physician nutrition specialist, Dr. Melina Jampolis, during the second day of taping for her new daytime talk show, "The Ricki Lake Show."

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Ricki Lake was a babe in the talk show woods when her syndicated program launched nearly two decades ago, although "Ricki Lake" quickly won over a young-adult audience that wanted a peppy take on life and love from someone like them. "I didn't know what I was signing up for. I didn't know how to host a show. I didn't know who I was or have a point of view. I basically was grateful to have the job." Lake, who turns 44 this month, has been changed by marriage, children, divorce and remarriage. So have her ambitions for her return to the daytime arena with "The Ricki Lake Show," debuting Monday.