Unlike O'Donnell's daytime show, on which audience members opened the shows by announcing the day's guests, announcer Chip Zien would begin each episode by saying, "Live from New York, it's The Caroline Rhea Show!
On today's show: [names of guests]...Here's Caroline!"
The show's house band was led by trumpeter Chris Botti.
[4] Some stations that aired Rosie also aired Caroline Rhea, but some (like WABC-TV in New York, which gave the former Rosie spot to The Wayne Brady Show) aired the show in an undesirable late-night time slot.
New York station WLNY-TV, which was a secondary carrier of both series, added Ellen while WABC did not; it was instead given to WNBC.