Montel Williams, the longtime host of his own daytime talk show, said goodbye to his program last March after 17 years on the air.
The cancellation came as a result of key FOX stations opting not to renew the series. More than a few people have suggested that this was due, at least in part, to Williams’ criticism of the media’s excessive coverage of Heath Ledger’s death compared to little coverage of the Iraq War. Whatever the reason for the cancellation, Williams isn’t done with daytime just yet.
Williams is already shopping a new show to syndicators. If all goes according to plan, the new series will be called Living Well with Montel and will be based on the lifestyle and diet guide that was published last January. The book is described as containing the host’s “personal recipe for healthy and happy living” as well as a 21-day fitness and nutrition program. Williams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999 and attributes much his good health to exercise and diet.
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The energetic host has reportedly been shopping the new series to affiliate stations and distributors ever since he learned that The Montel Williams Show would be coming to an end. A distributor or exact show format haven’t been locked down as yet.
Though his new show isn’t ready for daytime just yet, Williams won’t be leaving the air anytime soon. CBS has been selling stations a “best of” package of the Williams Show for the 2008-09 season. The deal gives affiliates a selection of rerun episodes and additional advertising time. Stay tuned! 
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I watched Montel with Sylvia every week for years and she has helped the lives of people who come on the show and those I have seen in person!!!!! The uninformed and unscrupulous slammers of sylvia need to read up on thier subject matter before saying anything more….
I would love to see Montel back on tv with Sylvia Browne…..The 2 of them have such a rapport. I am personally dismayed that Sylvia is taking such nasty hits, in my opinion, she is helping a great number of people, I guess it goes back to the old thoughts, “hate what you don`t understand”. Please come back to TV Montel, and bring Sylvia with you…..
I was at a taping of Living Well with Montel Williams a few weeks back, and after personally witnessing his purportedly “new and exciting” television show format I can tell you that what Montel is now producing is nothing short of a run of the mill, low budget/low quality infomercial.
It is a travesty that news sources (i.e. NY Times) have picked up his press release and publically recognized this format as anything more than the pathetic effort to sell low quality products in a totally ordinary and standard approach. The claim that these programs offer a unique combination of talk show with high quality commercials/infomercials is entirely inaccurate.
Montel’s staff buses in audience members and utilizes a very ordinary infomercial approach with dishonest motivation tactics (promises of high quality food and prizes that don’t materialize) all to motivate inauthentic applause and promotion for his low quality “made for Montel” products.
After tasting the food that came out of the pressure cooker he was hocking in the taping I saw, I can honestly tell you that the food was neither high quality nor was it any healthier or less expensive than the same home cooked meal prepared through other methods.
Additionally, Montel’s personality leaves much to be desired; he treats his staff horribly, and has little regard for the audience. His lack of authentic concern for helping others to live well became all too clear when meals were served to the studio audience; Donuts for breakfast, cold cuts for lunch (after he preached to the audience for an hour about the dangers of sodium and nitrates from cold cuts), and soda (after he preached to the audience about the hazards of aspartame, artificial colors and flavors, and sugar).
It is clear that this program is nothing but a dishonest ploy to con trusting consumers into purchasing a product they neither need, nor will they receive any true value. In fact, after discussing the hazards of non-stick coatings in cooking materials, he immediately went on camera to tout the benefits of the non-stick coating on his pressure cooker…pathetic.
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i am from Canada and i love her alot i wish i could see her myself and ask her some question myself thank you
Dear Montel
I hope you will have a new show . i also hope you have sylivia brown back on your show . Also my mom love watching your tv show and she loves sylvia brown.
i am asking you if you could find out from sylvia brown how my sister passed away so my mom can put her to rest because my brother-in-law is keeping the information from us. and it is hurting my mom very much. her name is pauline phillips and she can be reached at 315-298-3466 i am her daughter susie and i hate to see my mom hurting. my sister has been gone for 4 years and we need to know her cause of her death. i hope you can really help us . thank you .
your friens susie mac millan
Montel I for one would love for you to come back to daytime tv. I would love it if you and Sylvia could reunite. I miss seeing the both of you on TV.
take care
Lisa
funny the poll results! I know it’s down to the fact that this link is posted on randi’s forum. not very accurate polling. get sylvia back on. she is great!!!!!!!
Dear Montel- I hope you come back. I really miss your show. I have watched your show for the last 13 years. I just bought your new book Living Well Emotionally. I am enjoying it. I also have 4 of your other books. I also have a copy of the movie The Peacekeeper. I watched you as you were on All My Children and Touch By an Angel. I also saw you on Extreme Homemake Over. I myself have major health issues. I was born with my heart on the right with holes in the chambers. I am on 5 liters of oxygen 24/7. I have Epilepsy, Asthma, COPD,Ostoprosis and Diabetic. I developed the Epilepsy after my 2nd open heart surgery from a blood clot in the brain. I had my 3rd open heart at 27. I hope your new show works. I was sad the day your show went off the air. Best of luck with the show. Your #1 fan Bill Berger
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