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As one new player enters the daytime syndication marketplace for next fall — Sony Pictures TV’s The Queen Latifah Show — another one is departing. Warner Bros Domestic TV started informing the stations this morning that the company won’t seek renewal for a third season of Anderson Live. The talk show of CNN host Anderson Cooper, which will wrap production in the spring, never found traction with viewers. The producers tried a revamp after Season 1 with a new venue, new title and all-live format, but that didn’t make a difference. Facing challenging economics, producer Telepictures opted to pull the plug. The daytime marketplace has not been welcoming to newcomers, with no talk show launched in the past couple of years breaking out. Coincidentally, the news of the demise of Cooper’s daytime talk show came during a hurricane, one of the signature events he is known for covering at CNN. Here are statements from WBTVD and Cooper:
“We are extremely proud of Anderson and the show that he and the entire production team have produced. While we made significant changes to the format, set and produced it live in its second season, the series will not be coming back for a third season in a marketplace that has become increasingly difficult to break through. We will continue to deliver top-quality shows throughout next summer.” – WBTVD spokesperson
“I am very proud of the work that our terrific staff has put into launching and sustaining our show for two seasons. I am also grateful to Telepictures for giving me the opportunity, and indebted to viewers, who have responded so positively. I look forward to doing more great shows this season, and though I’m sorry we won’t be continuing, I have truly enjoyed it.” Anderson Cooper
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My problem with this show was that it was never broadcast LIVE. It was on a one hour delay, allowing for invasive last minute editing and audience reaction shots that were very awkward and non- spontaneous, giving the whole show a canned look and feel.
We can still hear his little girl giggles on CNN unfortunately.
So sorry to see this show go. I always enjoyed it an Anderso did an amazing job bringing forth important issues while having fun at the same time. Can’t wait to see what he does next.
He might try Fox News Network. They cater to all kinds of ideas and formats.
AC had a daytime talk show? No shit.
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Lol wah wah.
Like AC, but his show was more boring than Nate Burkis’s.
he must be bummed…and only weeks after Kelly Ripa named Michael Strahan to be her new co-host.
I thought the same thing – so ironic= He made the c hoice to take the WB deal when he was clearly a favorite to join Kelly…And then even more ironic when Hilary changed the format to have a cohost just like LIVE…We probably wouldve been looking at LIVE WITH KELLY AND ANDERSON an he probably wouldve done well since Kelly was his friend. It wouldve been great for him as hed be done at 10am most days and then could do his CNN work.
I know it wont happen on daytime but maybe on Bravo – Id like to see a VIew-like show with gay men or combination of gay men and women – or something like MTV Canadas 1girl 5guys which is cheap to produce and entertaining. I had heard years ago of Joan Rivers wanting to do a gay view show- There are so many talented folks out there that could do a little spin on the news and pop culture from a gay perspective. SO many open people who could be the main host, youve got openly gay people in all walks of life – from doctors to comedians…I could easily name 15-20 people who could take the 4 or 5 chairs.
I am so upset that Anderson’s talk show will be ending. However, he would have been wonderful co-hosting with Kelly Ripa. Kelly wanted this all along. It’s a shame things turned out the way it did. It makes me sad…
I am sorry to read that Anderson Cooper show will leave the air after two season. I am glad that he still got another show on the air. The new format was very interested. I hope that his last show will be a winner.
What was the new format interested in, though?
very funny………
I will miss this show very much. I loved it and taped it every day when I couldn’t watch.
This is terrible news. Where will we go for smug, self-adoring, featherweight blather?
Try “Katie.”
haha true that.
Ellen is still on. Just go there for a fix of fluff and nothingness.
Just because someone does well in one genre doesn’t mean he/she will do well in another. Oh… you mean to tell me his CNN ratings are horrible… never mind
I’m surprised. He could’ve been the new Donahue and talked about politics, social issues, etc. but instead he devolved into a lesser form of Live With Kelly! blathering Real Housewives a.m. update with C list co-hosts.
How can you do the kind of reporting he did and then take a step BACKWARDS and spend time discussing the Jersey Shore.
buh-bye AC
Very much enjoyed the new format, easy, informative and enjoyable. Better than many other programs that will continue…sad.
As if Queen Latifah has a chance in hell of being successful. Why do these “celebrities” think people care what they think or say?
I only saw it once and cringed for AC. Anyway, do we need more talking heads of this ilk? And now Rikkie Lake has joined the ranks… ugh.
Daytime tv is the trash-bin of trash… second only to the Bravo line-up.
Be content with AC 360, my man.
His show never had a chance. The Republocans no the Religious Right go all out to make sure that a homosexual cant make it on daytime TV. Anyone who is openly gay doesn’t stand a chance. Now, Republicans say blame the black man for everything Bush did, including the global warming that led to this destructive and deadly hurricane. All praise to Obama for making sure this wasn’t like Katrina.
“All praise to Obama?!!” Good grief, Brian, you have really sold out America to support him to any degree! But “praise him”?!! No wqay! No how! Yeeeeesh!
I’m guessing no one cares about the fact that AC has done nothing but book guests so he can try to publicly bash them. He told Nik Richie of thedirty.com that he “obviously wasnt a journalist” while defending a child molester named Sarah Jones on live television. Anderson is a joke and his credentials seem to be slipping away.
I never got the AC hype even during his ascension on CNN a few years ago when women were falling all over him and he was making all the sexiest man alive/hot bachelor lists (little did they know at the time).
In the talk show realm, I felt he was an odd presence. Kinda stiff and lacking the empathy that talk-show hosts seem to need post-Oprah.
Stick to news-reading and the occasional giggle-fit, AC.
I am tired of talk shows and reality tv but I did enjoy AC. I will be said to see it go.
cooper never played to his core audience…educated, well-healed, rabidly liberal gays…most likely he was tethered & muzzled by studio execs…
I loved Anderson Cooper Live and am really sorry to see it go. He is an unbelievably honest, sincere, caring individual. I watch CNN just to hear him talk and express his views. What a great, great guy! I don’t understand how it wasn’t a hit…
I watch Anderson Live here in the Pilippines and i wait up to 11 in the evening just to watch it. All I can say is, it is a very informative show and gives help and assistance to many. I know the show is not a perfect show, there are topics i don’t like and I know Anderson is not a perfect man but who are we to judge him? And who are we to destroy somebody’s personlity? Let God deal with him and speak to his heart. Give him a chance. Jesus is A God of 2nd chances and allow the Oly Spirit to convict him. He is an excellent man who is passionate In what he does. I myself is not perfect and many of us are not perfect and we are not qualified to point a finger on Him. He is a great anchor and hardworking journalist. GOD BLESS YOU ANDERSON God has greater things for you. Greater things are still to come your way. God has great plans and purposes for your life.
I am totally numbed to see Anderson leave daytime. I have been to his show and found it to ne quite enjoyable. Not to mention that Anderson Cooper is one of the most personable. Tv hosts. His interaction with the audience is fabulous. His honesty is welcoming . And he is absolutely adoreable. A very horrid decision to let him go. Yes he was my first choice for Kelly and what a shame they axed him moments before her final decision.
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I was really sorry to learn that Anderson’s daytime show was pulled. It is the only one of them I could watch. As someone else said, it is both enjoyable and informative, and he interacts well with guests and his audience.
Fie on those who don’t appreciate his show and on Warner Brothers.
I am very sorry your show is being taken off the air,,,you were one of the few that really showed feelings an that you truly cared about what you were reporting,,I hope this doesn’t mean your going back over seas an do the stories while there is war happening,,don’t want to see this happen–Mr, Anderson ,do you think it is being cancelled because you ;;came out // few months ago??? better not–who cares what you are -in any sexual way–what you are is a great reporter,,,I wish you the best of luck–ps- I felt so bad for you on new years eve ,,with KathyGriffin—she is a disgrace to any living being–you handle yourself very good other than I would have tossed her over that rail–who does she think she is,,even if you two are friends in real life she had no right putting you in that ordeal–I hope your mom didn’t see it -or read about it,,,good luck in whatever you do..
Love this show. Anderson cooper is very genuine unlike some of the fakes out there. Hope the network changes its tiny mind. Everyone should write in