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Nick Cannon’s talk show has been canceled.
Varietywas first to report the newson Thursday, just over five months after Cannon’s eponymous talk show,The Nick Cannon Show, premiered on Fox and in syndication in September 2021.
Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, co-presidents of the show’s producer-distributor, Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury, confirmed the show’s cancelation in a statement to PEOPLE.
“It’s never easy to cancel a production with clear potential, but after a great deal of deliberation and examining various options, we have made the difficult business decision to end production onNick Cannon,” said Marcus and Bernstein.
Viewers will still get new episodes of the daytime talk show “through the remainder of this season,” the pair added, perVariety.
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“Our thanks go to the very talented Nick Cannon and our wonderful production team, and we wish Nick continued success with his many hit ventures,” Marcus and Bernstein concluded.
According to Deadline, Cannon’s show hasn’t been strong in ratings and was the lowest-rated single-host daytime syndicated talk show this season.
According toVariety, show staff was informed Thursday that production was ending. The show reportedly has enough episodes taped to complete the season.
The Nick Cannon Showis expected to wrap up its first and now only season in May, per the report.
Variety also reported that Cannon was soon planning to take a five-week hiatus from his talk show while working on his other projects includingThe Masked SingerandWild ‘N Out.
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The Nick Cannon Showis one of several daytime shows coming to an end this year. Also axed areJerry Springer’s court showJudge Jerry, which ran for three seasons, and Dr. Oz Show spinoffThe Good Dish, which will end after just a single season.
Other shows such asThe Ellen DeGeneres Show, which has aired for 19 seasons, andTheWendy WilliamsShow, which has aired for 14 seasons, will also wrap in 2022.
source: people.com
