The Talk Ends on CBS
CBS announced on Friday that the Emmy-winning daytime talk show has been renewed for a shorter 15th and final season.
The last season will start in the autumn, and the final episode will air in December 2024.
“The Talk broke new ground when it launched 14 years ago by returning daytime talk to CBS with a refreshing and award-winning format,” CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach and CBS Studios president David Stapf said in a joint statement. “Throughout the years, it has been a key program on CBS’ top rated daytime line-up as it brought timely, important and entertaining topics and discussions into living rooms around the globe.”
They added.
“It goes without saying that hosting and producing a year-round talk show is no easy task, and we express our sincere gratitude to our amazing hosts Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell and Sheryl Underwood, our executive producer/showrunner Rob Crabbe and the hardworking producing team and crew,” the statement continued.
“We also want to acknowledge our former show hosts and colleagues who contributed throughout the seasons. We truly appreciate the skill, creativity, and dedication everyone involved brought to the show every day,” they said. “And of course, we thank the numerous guests who appeared, and the millions of viewers who tuned in daily. For the final season, we plan to celebrate the show and give it the proper sendoff it deserves when it concludes in December 2024.”
For weeks, there have been rumors circulating that the show would be coming to an end after CBS revealed their plans in early March to create a new daytime soap opera called The Gates, which focuses on a wealthy Black family.
Sara Gilbert is the creator of The Talk, a show that first aired in 2010. Gilbert, Julie Chen Moonves, Sharon Osbourne, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Holly Robinson Peete, and Leah Remini were the original hosts.
Other hosts have included Marie Osmond, Aisha Tyler, Carrie Ann Inaba, Eve, and Elaine Welteroth, who was the editor-in-chief at Teen Vogue.
In March 2021, the show encountered controversy when Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood engaged in a heated on-air discussion about racism.
