Posted on 03/14/2005 6:49:16 AM PST by pissant
LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- "The Jane Pauley Show" will call it a wrap next month.
NBC Universal Television Distribution confirmed Friday that the first-run daytime talk show hosted by the former "Today" and "Dateline NBC" anchor will end production by the middle of April, though original episodes will run through early September.
"Jane Pauley" was last year's most high-profile talk show debut as NBC Universal sought to develop a talk show franchise that would serve as the late-afternoon bridge between entertainment fare and local news on its owned-and-operated (O&O) outlets, much as "The Oprah Winfrey Show" does for the ABC O&O station group.
NBC Uni had secured two-year clearance commitments from many stations when the show initially was offered to stations nearly two years ago.
"Jane Pauley" launched with mediocre ratings and was never able to build momentum with daytime viewers. In a statement, NBC Uni TV Distribution said it is "proud of the quality work Jane, the producers and the entire team at 'The Jane Pauley Show' have put forward this season."
Pauley said in a statement that she was grateful for the commitment demonstrated by her staff and proud of the work they'd done during the past eight months. "Jane Pauley" debuted in late August on the heels of NBC's Summer Olympics coverage.
"I remain deeply grateful to NBC for the chance of a lifetime," Pauley said in the statement. "I absolutely loved it."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Think about it.
If you want something to get you moving, and out of the house on time, what better motivator could you ask for?
Wow Jane Pauley is married to Trudeau and her show was cancelled??? HAPPY MONDAY ALL!!!!
"I wish they would cancel Ellen"
The "next" Johnny Carson?
/sarcasm
YUP, MARRIED TO TRUDEAU.
the reason i stopped watching junk like this 15 years ago is because the message is the image.
the image is how she looks, how her guests look, etc., always loaded with lots of ideology.
in contrast, talk radio is about ideas. there are no images to get hung up in.
Jane who? Must have been on pay per puke.
Color me a lovely schade of freude.
Game called on account of BLANDNESS.
Yikes. I have trouble holding down breakfast with an image of Katie in my head!
Another has-been bites the dust.
Jane Pauley had a show?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.