Oprah was not somebody who was telling us what to do, she wasn't really teaching us like so many people we see today. With Oprah, she was learning and we were learning with her. And I think that's really was the seed that was planted for all of us to just hang in there with her.

In 2002 Hunt returned to television with Life with Bonnie a show known for clean and offbeat humor. The Bonnie Hunt Show taped in Culver City California and was viewed in 17 of the top 20 US television markets in the United States. The Bonnie Hunt Show

In 2007 Bonnie Hunt taped a pilot episode for Telepictures.

Hunt has also starred in the television series Grand and Davis Rules as well as creating producing writing and starring in The Building Bonnie and Life with Bonnie. She has appeared in the films Rain Man Beethoven Beethoven's 2nd Jumanji Jerry Maguire The Green Mile Cheaper by the Dozen and Cheaper by the Dozen 2.