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?
I am not a chef nor do I spend time in the kitchen. Watching this show has given me the confidence I now have when I go in the kitchen,dla a kitchen. Thank you Carla, Michel, nnd Clinton for making it fun! Hope to see you three working together soon.
The Chew is so much better than Kelly and Ryan.
The networks need to review many of their shows…. Kelly and Ryan are a joke…. the kitchen and the Chew are jokes….. Jeff Mauro is a fool…. i could go on and on…. but why bother… people want mindless programming
Keep the chew. Love the hosts and the recipes Nd the crafts and the fun. I laugh with them! Please don’t cancel the show. We have enough stories, drama and violence. Keep such a fun and educational show!
Keep The Chew please. Cancel Kelly n Ryan.
I am so sad thAt such a special, entertaining and educational show gets cancelled, but the View as despicable a show that has ever been on tv remains. I will not be watching the replacement show.
Sorry to see a truly entertaining, refreshingly honest show be replaced by more of the hyperactive grins of the GMA crew.
Really sad to see this show go. It was a great example of diversity working in sync. They were fun, caring and artful. Great recipes but the real fun was watching them work together making them and the comradery. And no I won’t be watching GMA!
ABC is crazy for cancellation of The Chew. LOVE that show and loved that combination of lovely, funny, interesting hosts. What should of have been cancelled is The View. I don’t know one single person who watches that show! The View is plainly a one-sided bad view. Come on ABC, get your act together!! So disappointing….
I like the Chew and will miss it. Keep the View I really look forward to the discussions. In my opinion the Kelly and Ryan show can go, too silly.
THE CHEW IS THE GREATEST COOKING SHOWS THAT HAS EVER BEEN ON TV !! I HATE TO SEE IT END. I LOVE ALL OF THEM. THEY ARE FUN . I LOVE THE RECIPES AND THE CRAFTS.
I do not watch GMA. The Chew is one of the best shows on daytime TV, the three amigos are fun to watch and you can tell they really like each other and the show. I have kept a lot of their recipes and craft ideas. Please do not cancel this show, I don’t want Clinton to cry anymore.
I will not be watching the 3rd hour of GMA. I don’t watch it now and don’t plan on even checking it out. I love The Chew….it was a feel good hour that gave wonderful life tips and awesome recipes!
No do not cancel this show because it is so fun and enlightening, and no I will not look at the third hour of GMA I don’t look at it anyway
I loved The Chew. I have so many recipes from the show. They were personable & fun. They had great tips about cooking.
The Chew would still be on had they not evolved into a second rate comedy club. The silly contests and constant loud yuk yuk killed it for me. I’d rather watch an infomercial.