I recall working on the (thankfully) short lived DreamMaker talk show hosted by Richard Simmons. For those who (mercifully) missed it, each episode Simmons would have on a guest who would tell his/her sob story about some event which caused their entire life to come crashing down, after which Simmons would give that person an appliance of some kind. At the conclusion of every episode, Simmons would read a letter from a previous guest thanking him for the appliance.
Except for one day. They made it to the final commercial break, which is when the producers pulled Simmons aside and talked to him. When he came back from commercial, a hysterically crying Richard Simmons had announced that the series had been cancelled. Yep, the show was so bad that they cancelled it mid-episode. I mention this because the official announcement stated that Simmons voluntarily left the series to focus on other creative challenges. So, I’m thinking she was shit-canned. On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 11:04 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Having not watched this show, I don't know how to interpret her state > reason for discontinuing “the show is no longer a creative challenge.” Is > this just a dodge to allow her to deny it is because her “Be Nice” cover > was blown, or is she saying she has been running on automatic? > > She lost 1.1 million viewers in current season - more than a 40% drop. Is > that more or roughly same as comparable daytime talk shows. > > On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 8:32 AM Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> https://ew.com/tv/ellen-degeneres-talk-show-ending/ >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/F92C3328-B6B1-43C8-ACBD-02126B2E041F%40suddenlink.net >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYK_PqTri8Nxhj%2B8fA9QWL%2BEjmGNf-%3DsZ%2BL%3D_V27UuGTuw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYK_PqTri8Nxhj%2B8fA9QWL%2BEjmGNf-%3DsZ%2BL%3D_V27UuGTuw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CHEg%2B_hBJ54wu%2B513DKACLc7kMRWGx42-o8nPpn6UmWA%40mail.gmail.com.
