The show was hosted by The Osbournes — Ozzy, Sharon, Jack and Kelly — and premiered Tuesday March 31 on Fox following American Idol.

The show consisted of sketches, stunts, celebrity cameos, live action audience participation and live musical acts such as Fall Out Boy, and would have included taped parody skits often featuring Ozzy in drag playing such characters as Audrina from The Hills and Juno.

The Osbourne family appeared together to host Fox's Sunday night Animation Domination block on March 29, 2009.

[11][12] The station manager stated that, as many young people watch its lead in American Idol (especially with, as anchor Brad Hicks said as the special started, the presence of local contestant Danny Gokey in the show[13]), the Osbournes show would be more appropriate for late-night, and that a show on the drug problem (an issue that was heavily covered in the preceding few weeks due to a rash of young adult deaths from drugs in the area) would be more appropriate to follow Idol.

WGHP, the High Point, North Carolina affiliate serving the Piedmont Triad market, opted to delay the program until midnight, filling the original time slot with consumer reports from the news department.