▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁synd ic ated ▁talk ▁show ▁titled ▁Dr . ▁Laura , ▁which ▁was ▁carried ▁in ▁major ▁mark ets ▁by ▁CBS ' s ▁owned ▁and ▁operated ▁stations ▁and ▁in ▁ 9 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁mark ets ▁overall ▁for ▁fall ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁This ▁was ▁considered ▁somewhat ▁of ▁a ▁coup ▁for ▁Param ount , ▁as ▁they ▁felt ▁that ▁a ▁popular ▁person ality ▁such ▁as ▁Sch less inger ▁was ▁could ▁be ▁a ▁spark ▁they ▁needed ▁to ▁sell ▁themselves ▁as ▁a ▁day time ▁synd ic ation ▁power house ▁rival ing ▁King ▁World ▁and ▁Warner ▁B ros . ▁Television , ▁which ▁distributed ▁the ▁popular ▁top ical ▁talk ▁show ▁The ▁Op rah ▁W inf rey ▁Show ▁and ▁the ▁variety ▁talk ▁show ▁The ▁Ros ie ▁O ' D onn ell ▁Show . ▁ ▁Le ading ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁September ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁premi ere ▁of ▁Dr . ▁Laura , ▁Sch less inger ▁created ▁a ▁significant ▁amount ▁of ▁controvers y . ▁In ▁the ▁months ▁before ▁the ▁premi ere ▁of ▁her ▁TV ▁show , ▁Sch less inger ▁called ▁hom osex ual ity ▁a ▁" bi ological ▁error ", ▁said ▁that ▁hom osex ual ity ▁was ▁acceptable ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁public , ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁hom osex uals ▁should ▁adopt ▁older ▁children . ▁She ▁also ▁expressed ▁her ▁view ▁that ▁" a ▁huge ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁male ▁hom osex ual ▁popul ace ▁is ▁pre dat ory ▁on ▁young ▁boys ." ▁Sch less inger ▁was ▁frequently