The end is coming for The Bonnie Hunt Show after two seasons on the air. Hosted by actress and comedian Bonnie Hunt, the Warner Bros. syndicated show has been struggling in the ratings essentially since it debuted.
The series has stayed on the air for two seasons mainly because NBC-owned stations had made a two-year deal. Warners could have pulled the plug last spring but instead showed faith and hoped that ratings would improve. Now that the agreement is coming to an end, so is The Bonnie Hunt Show.
Hunt reportedly gave the bad news to her staff on Monday morning but the cancellation wasn’t officially confirmed until last night.
By all accounts, the daytime series will remain in production and complete the season so there are lots of new episodes to come.
What do you think? Why did the show fail? Is there no room for more than a couple of daytime talk shows, like The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show? Or, is there something lacking in Hunt’s show?
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why oh why are you taking bonnie off the air, this show is giong back to the fun days of tv . i’m so sick of seeing trash on tv like who’s your daddy ?
tv is so disappointing maybe we should just stop watching all together
BONNIE HUNT AND HER SHOW ARE CLASS ACTS! THAT’S THE PROBLEM. PUBLIC TASTE, ALAS, GETS WORSE AND WORSE. HUNT MANAGES TO THE FUNNY, WARM AND FUZZY WITHOUT GETTING INTO SLEAZE…BUT SURELY THERE’S ROOM FOR A LITTLE OF BOTH!
……..AND ITS NOT ONLY BH’S SHOW…. LOOK AT THE STRUGGLE “FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS,” A WONDERFUL DRAMA ON NBC , IS HAVING…. (BUT TO GIVE THE NET IT’S DUE, IT’S TRYING TO HOLD ON TO FNL)
alas, gets worse and worse FOR Tckiness
No WAY!!!!!! I love this talk show. It is the best one out there. Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake and the others are FAR TOO TALENTED to get the axe. Please please please, lets write the network or pray that another picks it up. I love the nostalgia, and the fact that Bonnies mom, Alice comes on via the internet and makes us all laugh. What can we do? Petition????
I know why the Bonnie Hunt has been cancelled. People are not used to watching a truly classy and entertaining show. They are more interested in “Real Housewives” of Whatever! and all the other trashy shows on TV. I stopped watching Oprah and Ellen because Bonnie is on at the same time here. Maybe some other network will pick up her show. One of the best parts of the show is when she includes her entire staff as part of the entertainment. I wish them all the best of luck and just want to say that I think Bonnie Hunt… Read more »
Bonnie Hunt’s show took me through some really sad times. I was dealing with incredible health issues, and the only thing that got me past the pain, was watching, and laughing. Am so very sad to think that the show will be gone. Bonnie is the most down to earth, and loving woman. Is there any way to keep her, and the crew on the air?
How dare you take off such a fantastic show like Bonnie’s! I look forward to her show every day, a person can be so down in the dumps, but after watching Bonnie and every one on her show, your spirits are lifted. A show like Bonnies is cancelled and you let on crap like Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos show. The ones that cancelled this show are complete a–h—- and idiots. Stupid, stupid, stupid!!!
It is just awful the Bonnie Hunt show is being taken off the air. She is a beautiful person inside and out. Has the TV industry really hardened to that degree where now they remove fun, uplifting, normal shows? The Fat Cats in the executive office should think hard before they remove a show like this to once again replace with someone who offensive and unlikable or “whatever”.
I hate that the show is ending! I love the show and would much rather watch her than Kelly Rippa (like nails on a chalkboard) — ugh. Best wishes Bonnie! At my house your show is referred to “The Bunny Hunt Show” — apparently we have vowel problems at my house!
I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU ARE TAKING THIS SHOW OFF THE AIR . WHEN THERE IS A SHOW THAT IS FUN AND RESPECTFUL YOU CANCEL IT . TRY TO THINK THIS ONE OUT . YOU ARE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE
Keep her on the air. Bonnie’s show is better show is better than anyone on talk TV/varity.
So sorry to hear about this show’s cancellation. She is so funny and sweet and I love the segments with her Mom and the dogs. Maybe she’s just not mean-spirited and rude enough to her guests which doesn’t say very much about the other “ladies” talk shows on the air. Maybe she needs more trash guests like Rielle Hunter…….
I’m so disappointed to hear the Bonnie Hunt Show is going off the air.
There is so much junk on the air, and finally when we get someone who is down to earth and knows how to interview guests with laughter, great stories, tears, NBC cancels the show!
It’s sad to see such a wonderful and caring individual being taken off the air and then hearing reports that Rosie O’Donnell is coming back on the air. There is no justice. Bonnie Hunt is refreshing and funny and just a plain down right enjoyable person. It is a shame she is going off the air. I hope someone in the industry has the smarts to find a vehicle for Bonnie Hunt. She deserves it.
Why are you taking Bonnie Hunt off the air???? This is the best talk show on tv. Isn’t there possibly another time slot for such a funny, sweet & refreshing show. It’s very uplifting, irreverent and enjoyable. Isn’t there enough garbage on tv already?
I really wish the BH talkshow wasn’t going off the air. Original telecasts are winding down.
I do hope she closes the two year run with a great final week of shows. How I’d love for her to have a Dean Martin tribute show as one of the final shows.
We will definitely miss you, Bonnie