AINSLEY HARRIOT SHOW
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This British import "celebrity" chef tried to emulate Emeril Lagasse's charm and charisma but failed miserably to achieve his success. The TV show lasted one season before the Pepto Bismol police were called in. |
ALI AND JACK - Living It Up with Ali and Jack
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Jack Ford's news experience and Ali Wentworth's comedic edge wasn't enough to get this Regis and Kelly look-a-like TV show with a canned laughter track and lackluster ratings off the ground. The show was canceled in 2004, after one season. |
ANANDA LEWIS
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Although quite hip and smart, The Ananda Lewis Show only appealed to a vertical "MTV type" market which is so fickle that it only kept her around for one season. |
CHANGE OF HEART
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This LA dating game TV show moved to New York City but couldn't compete with the numerous other dating shows clogging the airwaves at the time - or else the pool of singles willing to humiliate themselves on television finally dried up. |
CHRIS ROCK SHOW
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Chris Rock's HBO behemoth TV show of the same name had a glorious three seasons and established Chris as a household name in comedy. He moved on to big Hollywood movies, vacations in St. Bart's and he never looked back. |
COLD PIZZA
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All heart and no gumption - New York's most poorly funded TV show of all time had no set, no audience, no backdrop, no effects, no guests and only one camera - It lasted four seasons on a shoestring budget until it went stone cold itself. |
COLIN QUINN
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Funnyman Colin Quinn and his "Tough Crowd" of comedian pals kept this late night yakker alive for two seasons. Colin Quinn lives on as a staple in Comedy Central's Celebrity Roasts. |
CONAN O BRIEN
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This New York TV Show staple changed ownership to Jimmy Fallon when Conan moved to replace Jay Leno on the Tonight Show in Los Angeles in Feb. 2009. |
COSBY
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In a bid to resurrect his success as Dr. Huxtable, Bill Cosby tried his hand at one more sitcom before nailing his coffin shut, but it did poorly in the ratings but managed to squeeze out four seasons before getting the axe. |
DAILY DOWNLOAD
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This upmarket "TRL" by Fuse TV was a video countdown show that was pretty popular before suddenly and mysteriously going on indefinite hiatus. |
DAVE CHAPPELLE SHOW
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Dave Chappelle's "I'm Rick James, Bitch" mental breakdown and meager salary from Comedy Central made this top comedian go AWOL to Africa right in the middle of the taping of the third season - He came back, but the show is still dead. |
DR JOY BROWNE
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This radio psychologist's popularity did not translate to TV, and her show ended after one season. |
DR KEITH ABLOW SHOW
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Keith Ablow was a talented shrink, but his self-named television talk show just couldn't find an audience and it died after just one year on the air. |
EMERIL LIVE
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After a wildly popular run on the Food Network, Emeril Live, Emeril Lagasse's live cooking show was inexplicably canceled, leaving Emeril's fans bereft. Bam! |
FORGIVE OR FORGET
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An intriguing premise -- people try to make amends with someone they've wronged -- wasn't enough to keep this show going beyond two seasons. |
GRAHAM NORTON
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This openly gay and brash British import late night talker didn't survive long in the States doing his way-over-the-top gay jokes. Ratings suffered and advertisers pulled out when they had his jokes translated. |
HOPE AND FAITH
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Real hope and faith wasn't enough to keep this "Kelly Ripa" vehicle alive - the sitcom was canceled after three seasons and Kelly continued with her Live with Regis Philbin early morning yakker. |
IYANLA VANZANT
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Billed as the East Coast Oprah Winfrey and produced by Barbara Walters, this self-help guru's show made it only one season before execs pulled the plug on the life support. |
JANE PAULEY
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Fresh from NBC's Today Show, Jane Pauley used this show to educate people through her own experiences. The execs weren't so helpful, canceling the show after one season. |
JOHN EDWARD
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This TV psychic from Long Island didn't foretell his own cancellation and he went down like the ceramic pot creation in Ghost - quick and messy. |
JOHN WALSH
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Though his America's Most Wanted TV show has been running 20 years, John Walsh was only able to keep this solo effort alive for two seasons before execs executed him. |
JUDGE DAVID YOUNG
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This openly gay judge may have delivered "justice with a snap," but audiences dismissed his court TV show and it was gone in a snap. |
JUDGE HATCHETT
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Judge Hatchett lasted eight seasons before getting the ax. Her show was like most judge shows, except that she also included a few trashy talk show staples like wild teens and paternity tests. |
JUDGE KAREN
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No-nonsense Miami judge Karen Francis-Mills only ruled for a short time before her court show was canceled. |
LATER TODAY
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NBC's 1999 attempt to add another hour to the popular morning news program The Today Show was called Later Today and featured Brady Bunch mom Florence Henderson, Asha Blake and Jodi Applegate. but the show only lasted a year. |
LIFE AND STYLE
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Like The View, but for people younger than 50. Four beautiful women talked about clothes and makeovers and stuff for about a year, and then they were canceled. |
LINDA VESTER
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Vester was the popular host of Fox's lunchtime show DaySide until she left on maternity and never came back. After a season with different hosts, the show was finally replaced. |
MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD
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Following the success of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, Regis Philbin tried to make lightning strike twice with this reboot of an old celeb-driven TV game show - but to no avail. Only a dozen episodes were aired before it disappeared from TV. |
MONTEL WILLIAMS
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After over 15 years on the air, the Montel Williams Show ended its lengthy run in 2008. He featured a number of topics and guests on the program, but his most popular was psychic Sylvia Browne. |
NAOMI'S NEW MORNING
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This short-lived Hallmark Channel show, which featured health topics, family issues, inspiring personal stories, and music, aired on Sunday mornings and was hosted by country singer Naomi Judd. |
QUEEN LATIFAH
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Having conquered music charts and TV comedy, the Queen reigned over her own talk show for two seasons before poor ratings forced her to step down. |
QUITE FRANKLY
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An unusual mix of sports and current events, this ESPN2 show featured interviews with some fascinating people, but was canceled after a year and a half because of poor ratings. |
RICKI LAKE
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Ricki's hit show was canceled in August 2004 after 11 tremendously successful seasons. Martha Stewart is now in her studio - alas, Ricki's devoted audience is not. |
ROBIN QUIVERS
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This TV show was canceled well before it even shot an episode. This TV show was Robin Quivers' insurance policy in case her switch to Sirius radio with Howard Stern failed - in the end she didn't need it and it never happened. |
ROSIE O'DONNELL SHOW
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Rosie's TV show was a hit for six seasons until she quit to do more important things, like raise a family, create the Rosie Gay Family Cruise, and then co-host The View for one mindless season. Her varied career post 'view' continues to flourish |
RUPAUL
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Everyone's favorite drag queen lasted two seasons on VH1 with his/her lively celebrity interviews and variety TV show. Notable mention of sidekick Michelle Visage who served as co-host. RuPaul went onto host "Drag Race" in 2009 |
SALLY JESSY RAPHAEL
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A pioneer of the issue-oriented daytime TV talk show in the mid-'80s, Sally Jesse went on to provide several seasons of mindless "low road" entertainment until lousy ratings finally got her show canceled in 2002. |
TONY DANZA SHOW
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Brooklyn boy Tony Danza of Who's the Boss? and Taxi fame charmed his audience for two seasons with his song and dance routine on this daytime yakker. House fraus loved him, NBC ad execs barfed up their $100 lunches. |
TOTAL REQUEST LIVE (TRL)
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This MTV video countdown show was massively popular, but between the departure of host Carson Daly and the increasing popularity of watching videos online, TRL just couldn't attract enough of an audience to stay on air. |
TYRA BANKS SHOW
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America's Next Top Model guru Tyra Banks became a hero to women everywhere with her brash, female-focused daily talk show, but after five seasons Tyra decided to cancel the show so that she could concentrate on producing projects. |
WHOOPI
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One season was all it took for the TV execs to determine that this vehicle for Whoopi Goldberg's amazing comedic talent was a non-starter. Whoopi later went on to co-host "The View" to replace Rosie O Donnell. |