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The Arsenio Hall show has been canceled after one season. The late night talk show host was unable to return the show to its 1990's glory. Hall was given a second chance after spending nearly 20 years off air, but not a second season to build its audience. CBS planned to run the program for a second season, but local stations were pushing it into later time slots and ratings were already low according the the Associate Press. In a statement Hall said"I'm gratified for the year we've had and proud of the show we created," the actor and comedian added.
There was no dearth of late night shows on network or cable television when Hall returned to the television market. Fallon, Kimmel, Stewart, Colbert (although is leaving to fill the "Late Show" slot on CBS next year) all had loyal followers. So did Hall, but he did not have enough of them. The Arsenio Hall Show had difficulty competing with those hosts and making up for lost time.
“Unfortunately, The Arsenio Hall Show will not return for a second season; while there are many loyal fans of the show, the series did not grow its audience enough to continue," CBSTVD said in a statement Friday. "Arsenio is a tremendous talent and we’d like to thank him for all the hard work and energy he put into the show. We’d also like to thank Tribune and all our station group partners for their support of the show.”
As the Associate Press noted, "the cancellation of Hall's show returns the late-night talk show scene to almost uniformly white male hosts, with a few exceptions such as Tavis Smiley on PBS."
The Arsenio Hall show has been canceled after one season. The late night talk show host was unable to return the show to its 1990's glory. Hall was given a second chance after spending nearly 20 years off air, but not a second season to build its audience. CBS planned to run the program for a second season, but local stations were pushing it into later time slots and ratings were already low according the the Associate Press. In a statement Hall said"I'm gratified for the year we've had and proud of the show we created," the actor and comedian added.
There was no dearth of late night shows on network or cable television when Hall returned to the television market. Fallon, Kimmel, Stewart, Colbert (although is leaving to fill the "Late Show" slot on CBS next year) all had loyal followers. So did Hall, but he did not have enough of them. The Arsenio Hall Show had difficulty competing with those hosts and making up for lost time.
“Unfortunately, The Arsenio Hall Show will not return for a second season; while there are many loyal fans of the show, the series did not grow its audience enough to continue," CBSTVD said in a statement Friday. "Arsenio is a tremendous talent and we’d like to thank him for all the hard work and energy he put into the show. We’d also like to thank Tribune and all our station group partners for their support of the show.”
As the Associate Press noted, "the cancellation of Hall's show returns the late-night talk show scene to almost uniformly white male hosts, with a few exceptions such as Tavis Smiley on PBS."