Not shocking given that NBC itself is focusing on protecting the Peacock app. Syndication TV worked at one point but thats not the case given where we are today.NBCUniversal is leaving the first run syndicated universe
‘Access Hollywood,’ ‘Karamo,’ ‘The Steve Wilkos Show’ Canceled as NBCUniversal Pulls the Plug on First-Run Syndication
NBCUniversal has pulled the plug on production for first-run syndication, ending 'Access Hollywood' and talk shows 'Karamo' and 'Steve Wilkos.'variety.com
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TV Show Cancellation Thread (including ending ones)
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I can understand why and NBC selling most of their cable networks to Versant that NBC is only looking towards NBC and the Peacock App.
Also in Des Moines they don't air Access Hollywood and Access Daily while Koromo airs at Midnight and Steve Wilkos airs at 2:30am. They just stopped being profitable as they were once.
Makes me wonder if the Kelly Clarkson Show ending was really her decision alone.NBCUniversal is leaving the first run syndicated universe
‘Access Hollywood,’ ‘Karamo,’ ‘The Steve Wilkos Show’ Canceled as NBCUniversal Pulls the Plug on First-Run Syndication
NBCUniversal has pulled the plug on production for first-run syndication, ending 'Access Hollywood' and talk shows 'Karamo' and 'Steve Wilkos.'
I believe that the decision was Clarkson alone. Guess that also kills any rumors of Pink replacing Kelly down the road.
Speaking of local markets, its going to be interesting to see how Memphis, Milwaukee, or here in Honolulu will find ways to fill slots come September 2026.
There must be some popularity left with syndicated courtroom shows. The FOX affiliate in San Diego airs two and half hours of it, each weekday. It's a mix of Judy Justice, Judge Judy, and Tribunal Justice. The only other syndicated show they have is Drew Barrymore. This could change if FOX goes ahead with a potential new talk show (Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijin) to go against Kelly and Mark on ABC.
so I guess Colbert won't be moving to syndication nor will someone be launching a show in syndication for the CBS affiliates that will be without a late night show?
That was never a remote possibility.
The show died when Billy Bush was ousted.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
That was a decade ago. You think that's why the show is being cancelled now?
Okay, now I really have to say it in all caps. TRY THINKING THESE THINGS OUT BEFORE YOU POST.
I’m saying that’s when the show became unwatchable. Why is everything an argument with you.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Because you never say what you mean clearly?
"The show died" is not equivalent to "the show became unwatchable" and in the context of the thread it sounded like you thought that was the reason it was cancelled now.
A little more clarity and detail in your posts would clear up any such ambiguity. There's a reason why most of us post longer replies rather than simplistic ones ...
The show jumped the shark after Nancy and Billy left. The fact that it went on as long as it did with a basically new format surprised me. Had the show been making money it would not have been cancelled. They obviously saw the ratings failing for it to be canceled.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I honestly wish you had said that in the first place, Don.
But the question remains (and it's one that you and I don't have the answer to): Why would it take ten years for the cancellation to happen after that? In first-run syndication, the first season in which a long-running show stops turning a profit is that show's last season.
I think it is more likely that Access Hollywood was making money and NBCUniversal has simply decided to get out of the first-run syndication business. The fact that all of their shows are being cancelled simultaneously makes that the most probable answer.
Syndication must still make money. Unless the networks decide not to buy these shows anymore.
What happens to Entertainment Tonight.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Totally agree, which is why I question the ten-year gap between the reason you cite for Access Hollywood being cancelled and the actual cancellation.
If it's "unwatchable" why did it still have another decade of viewership sufficiently high for the stations (not the networks ... they are only buying for their O&Os) to keep running it? It had to still be making money ... which leads back to my conclusion that it is just a matter of Comcast exiting the syndication business entirely.
Let me consult my Magic 8 Ball. Hmmm. It says "ask again later". Probably because ET is syndicated by CBS (it took all of two seconds to check Wikipedia to find that out) and has nothing to do with the NBCUniversal decision to exit that part of the business.
I am afraid to ask why you think ET was in any way affected by this. It is obvious that these one sentence questions can't be adequately answered without you thinking I am starting another argument.
Right now ET is in the middle of the night in most markets. If Skydance buys WBD will they look to cut costs too. Could their first run syndication shows get the same fate.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Skydance already owns CBS Media Ventures. The Warner Bros./Discovery deal has no relevance to the fate of ET. If they want to cancel it, they already can.
And -- once again -- you are framing your own perception as fact without proof. Show me which stations only air it overnight. Not which ones you think do ... ones that do. And show me where "most" markets do that.
Here in Los Angeles, ET runs at 7:30pm on KCBS/2 (a CBS O&O). It replays at 4:00am then has an encore a half-hour later on co-owned KCAL/9. If "running in the middle of the night" includes such repeat broadcasts, that isn't proving anything. Hell, KABC/7 replays "World News Tonight" at 1:00am, in addition to taking the live Eastern feed at 3:30pm and the 6:30pm Pacific refeed. KCBS does the same thing with the "CBS Evening News" at 2:30am, and KNBC/4 with "NBC Nightly News" at 2:00am.
"Inside Edition" runs at 7:00pm on KCBS and repeats on KCAL at 4:00am. "TMZ" is on KTTV/11 at 7:00pm, and repeats twice at 11:30pm and 3:30am. So that practice is common.
So, please show me even a handful of stations whose only airing of ET is overnight. Please!
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I wanted to answer this separately on the presumption that you meant to ask if WBD's first-run syndication programs would be in jeopardy.
Last I checked, most of WBD's syndication is either reruns of WB-produced sitcoms or reruns of "The People's Court" and "Judge Mathis". Neither of those fall under the description of "first-run", obviously.
The two first run shows I am aware of WBD syndicating -- "Extra" and the Jennifer Hudson talker --have already been renewed for the 2026-27 season. That happened last month.