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CBS is done with the talk: The network has canceled its daytime show “The Talk” after 15 seasons.
“The Talk,” which airs live at 2 PM ET/1 PM PDT, will end the current season and end its run with a shortened final season from September to December. The show's current hosting panel – Amanda Kloots, Akbar Gbajabiamila, Jerry O'Connell, Sheryl Underwood, and moderator Natalie Morales – are set to return.
“The Talk broke new ground when it launched 14 years ago by bringing daytime talk back to CBS in a refreshing, award-winning format,” CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach and CBS Studios President David Stapf said in a joint statement. . Over the years, it has been a staple of CBS's top-rated daytime programming lineup because it brought important, entertaining and timely topics and discussions into living rooms around the world.
CBS is developing a new daytime television series called “The Gates,” the first of its kind with a majority-Black cast, which will likely replace “The Talk” in its timeslot if the new show moves forward.
The network also recognized the show's former co-hosts, including Julie Chen Moonves, the show's original anchor who departed in 2018, shortly after the firing of her husband, CBS president Leslie Moonves; “Roseanne” alum Sarah Gilbert, co-creator; mother of musician and TV star Sharon Osbourne; And former “Dancing with the Stars” judge Carrie Ann Inaba, who left the show in 2021 after a long hiatus.
Other former hosts of the show include comedian Aisha Tyler, “Hairspray” star Marissa Janet Winokur, rapper “Eve,” actress and activist Leah Remini and TV star Holly Robinson Peete.
O'Connell and Gbajabiamila joined “The Talk” in 2021 as the show's first permanent co-hosts, replacing former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and Sharon Osbourne, who departed that year after a controversial on-air exchange about race with Underwood. Kloots joined the show with Welteroth in January, replacing Marie Osmond. Underwood, the show's longest-serving co-host, joined the show for its second season in 2011.
Contributing: Sydney Henderson
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