Today, ABC airs the final episode of their daytime series, The Chew. Last month, the network announced that the cooking-themed talk show had been cancelled after more than 1,400 episodes. Will you miss it? Was this the right decision?
Launching in September 2011, The Chew replaced the All My Children soap opera after its 41 years on the network. A talk show that incorporates cooking and lifestyle-related segments, the series was initially hosted by Mario Batali, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly, Daphne Oz, and Michael Symon. Oz departed the show after six seasons and Batali left following sexual misconduct allegations in December 2017.
ABC decided to cancel The Chew in order to expand their Good Morning America series to three hours. NBC’s Today show has had a third hour (with various titles) since October 2000. The current incarnation is Megyn Kelly Today.
While the third hour of Today typically followed the regular program’s two-hour broadcast, hour three of Good Morning America will air separately, in the afternoon. The new hour of GMA is expected to be taped and not presented live, as the regular program is. ABC is making this move as Today has been taking the lead in various demographics in the morning ratings race.
If ABC had wanted to expand GMA to three hours, couldn’t they have replaced either The View or Live with Kelley and Ryan? That was unlikely to happen since both perform better in the ratings than The Chew. In particular, The View has been growing its audience and has been seeing its best ratings since the 2014-15 season (a rarity in today’s landscape). Meanwhile, The Chew has been in last place, ranking 13th out of 13 daytime series.
While ABC may have high hopes for a third hour of GMA, they no doubt have an uphill battle ahead. Daytime audiences often don’t like change and some viewers still hold a grudge against The Chew for replacing All My Children. Time will tell if the new hour of GMA will fare any better than The Chew did.
What do you think? Do you think that ABC should have cancelled The Chew TV series? If not, what could they have done to boost the ratings? Will you check out a third hour of Good Morning America?
Good Ridance Chew. ABC cancelled All My Children, the greatest soap ever for that chew crap. Bring back AMC.
The Chew should stay!! No need for three hours of gma!!
Keep the chew!
I like the Chew. They should leave it!
I would rather have seen Live with Kelly and Ryan cancelled then The Chew! I love both Michael and Sarah and can’t wait for their show to air. and I can live without Kelly Ripa. She acts like she is entitled. I think she is rude and phony. I do like Ryan.
I will miss the Chew. It has inspired me to try new things in the kitchen. They make cooking fun. I think they have made cooking easy and tasty stuff always. Hope ABC brings them back soon.
cooking is supposed to be fun and the chew has made people afraid of cooking, enjoy it. as for the chefs in the world, they stoke the inspiration chefs need from time to time. I hope they bring it back soon.
Cancel.
Just couldn’t get into this show. I watch cooking shows all the time. I dont think the cast was well matched. I see the hosts do other tv food shows and fashion shows that are good, but not together.
.The CHEW allowed viewers to laugh, learn, and relax with 3 of my FAVORITE TV personalities. Michael, Carla, and Clinton…you have made a HUGE mistake…PLEASE Reconsider this awful decision. IT IS MUCH BETTER THAN GMA.
I THINK THE CHEW SHOULD BE CONTINUED. IT IS THE BEST DAY TIME SHOW ON TV. THERE IS NO REASON TO GET RID OF THIS DELIGHTFUL PROGRAM.
PLEASE KEEP IT. Boo to ABC for again getting rid of another good thing. The chew will be missed. GMA is not as good as THE CHEW.
Who in the world wants to watch another hour of good morning America! Bleh! I will miss the fun and antics of the chew, it was like stopping by your friend’s house for a good giggle and some interesting info. Boo to ABC for again getting rid of another good thing. The chew will be missed.
I say cancel all those stupid talk shows
The Chew should not have been cancelled. It is one of the better daytime shows, giving many good cooking tips to viewers. I for one am sorry to see it cancelled.
The Chew should not have been cancelled. It is one of the best shows on television. It is the only daytime show I watch. You should have cancelled the View that show gets mean and I do not like to watch shows that just talk hate. I hope another network picks up the show. I will miss Clinton, Carla and Michel such wonderful personalities.
I myself loved watching The Chew and most of the polls and viewers outlook on this show should let The Chew be continued to be aired by another network instead of ABC who mistakenly cancelled the series themselves. I’d truly like to see The Chew continue more seasons with the same 3 hosts and the viewers get sick of wanting to see GMA be aired for another 3 hours which was not good.
cancel “live Kelly ripa”, rather see the chew!!!!!