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After a week plagued by controversy, Megyn Kelly‘s daytime talk show Megyn Kelly Today has been cancelled, just over a year after its debut, NBC news announced Friday. Kelly, meanwhile, is currently negotiating her exit from NBC. (Watch Kelly’s ‘best’ Today moments.)
“Megyn Kelly Today is not returning,” an NBC News rep confirmed. “Next week, the 9 am hour will be hosted by other Today co-anchors.”
NBC hired Kelly away from Fox News in January 2017, handing her a reported three-year, $69 million contract to join the NBC News team and host Megyn Kelly Today, among other contributions. The former Fox News anchor took over the cherished post-Today time slot from Tamron Hall and Al Roker’s third hour of Today in September of that year.
But Megyn Kelly Today stumbled from the start, with Kelly making a number of embarrassing on-air gaffes during her first week. She again came under fire this week for not understanding why dressing in blackface for Halloween was offensive. Kelly later apologized, saying in an internal NBC email that “I realize now that such behavior is indeed wrong, and I am sorry. The history of blackface in our culture is abhorrent; the wounds too deep.” She also offered an apology on-air, but the mistake seemed to be the last straw that led to her departure.
The ratings weren’t great, either: Megyn Kelly Today was regularly topped by rival Live! With Kelly and Ryan, and couldn’t even match the ratings of Hall and Roker’s third Today hour. Kelly’s nighttime news magazine Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly was a misfire as well, with NBC quietly pulling it off the schedule after just eight airings.
Will you miss Megyn Kelly Today? Share your thoughts on the cancellation in a comment below.
No…I always felt Megyn Kelly was terrible from the start. And to replace Tamron Hall and Al Roker with her a huge mistake!! Tamron Hall was/is so beautiful, and articulate, and intelligent…to replace her with someone who’s claim to fame was being ridiculed by the WH idiot! Wow!! Never understood this at all!!
I did not watch the show, so it doesn’t matter to me if it’s cancelled or not. Just saying, on the Halloween episode of “Super Store”, a comment was made about “blackface”. Also an NBC show. Wonder if that show will stay on. Just saying.
Totally predicted. She was never a good fit for NBC, and now she goes down the same path as Matt Lauer and his bad behavior. Does NBC finally have the balls to get rid of its NBC News President too?
No great loss.
I wish her the best in the future. She made a mistake which will haunt her always,
Pretty easy to be haunted with a 30 million walkaway money…maybe more.
Dump her for the ratings, not the blackface comment. Poor excuse NBC.
Hope she gets all her millions NBC promised her. Can’t wait to watch Al at 9am, HA.
Kelly and Ryan see you soon.
Where I live her shows aired right after Kelly and Ryan, so her show is up against the View, Price is Right and Wendy, and some court shows, then my favorite alcoholic Kathy Lee and Hoda is on after her. I found Megyn show boring and a bit droll for my taste.
Never understood how NBC expected to fit her in between the 7-9 soft news and the 10-11 drink and joke show. She clearly was a fish out of water from the beginning. She wants to do hard news. She wants to share her opinions which are decidedly not PC. Not the right place for sure. Her comment was certainly milder than when Whoopie dressed then-boyfriend Ted Danson in blackface for a party and laughed and said it was her idea. She’s too smart and sophisticated for the time slot. NBC didn’t want her show to be anything more than puff.
I will not miss Magyn Kelly.
And yet The View goes on with all the venom they spill
They need to get rid of The View! The spiteful things that have been said, it’s mind-boggling to me that the show still exists. I’m not saying that what Megyn said was right however it makes no sense that some people can say reprehensible things and others cannot .
The View was designed to have opposing opinions… that’s the whole concept of the show. Some of the women tick off the liberal segment of the audience and some p.o the conservatives, but there are active, intelligent discussions, which is always a good thing.. everyone’s opinion matters.. I like The View, and watch it occasionally.; its never as boring as some of the other shows on daytime.
In 2014, Nick Cannon did “white face” to promote his music. He was still the host of America’s Got Talent on NBC at the time too. He wasn’t fired. While that was four years ago, it’d be nice if their ethical-standards stayed constant. This seems more like an opportune time to ditch an anchor who wasn’t doing well in the ratings.
I think it’s beyond disgusting that our ability to express our opinions are held to some politically correct standard. Offending people by commenting about kids trick or treating with black make up on. its highly doubtful the child or parents are aware of the meaning black face. Should kids be allowed to dress as an Indian or devil cause there may be some hidden message or meaning?
Like “Columbo” always said, “Just one more thing”, What about on, “AGT”, another, “NBC” show, when Nick Cannon, did an “act” using “whiteface”? That show, I did, and still watch. Just saying.
First of all- She was OVER Hyped & OVER Rated . 2- I’m not a MK fan, but you do HAVE to wonder- if she was a male like Stephen Colbert, who is opinionated, but does engage his guests- without insulting them- would he/she then be invited to continue their contract? Her other show was a big bomb- so nothing lost there- but she was never able to beat the 3rd hour Today ratings- and that musta been a deal killer too. Good bye- Certainly won’t miss ya
I never watched this show. I watch (ed) Live with Kelly and Ryan.
Fine with me. Just put Al, Dylan and Shanelle back on, (with their regular assortment of guest hosts like Ellie Kemper and Jane Krakowski), and we can pretend none of this ever happened.
That is a wonderful idea!
Good riddance!
I knew this show would be a disaster from day one! Megyn is a news reporter definitely not a talk show host! She got what she deserved leaving Fox but her actions on Trump winning was enough for some viewers to stop watching her!
Unfortunately someone who speaks her mind has to be removed from the Today. Trump gets to spew what he wants and is never held accountable!!! I loved watching Megan so now I will no longer watch the Today Show at any hour!!!!
Not surprised; the ratings weren’t good before she made the stupid comment.. Won’t miss her.. I didn’t think we needed more daytime reality programming,news or talk shows anyway, there is already too much of that crap on daytime.. I watch the news shows in the morning and early evening and soaps in the daytime.. that’s it, don’t need anything else to keep me happy.
I won’t miss her show because I didn’t watch it. I enjoyed the previous nine o’clock show with Al
Rocker and Tamron Hall.
Found her arrogant & annoying – even in print “puff” pieces. I did try to watch her evening show – once – but still fiund her to be arrogant & annoying. Doubt if she’ll be missed pass this news cycle.
She was annoying and arrogant on th Five, you too but she was going to change? Couldn’t stand her ten, couldn’t stand her in her show! Bad choice or little thinking!!
That does it for me with NBC news. They are firing Megyn Kelly because she is smart and is not in step with their liberal agenda. God forbid someone would not just sit there and be a pretty face. I really liked her show. She will be better off away from the rest of those MSM parrots. I’m done.
NO!!! Brang back hall.
Well, it erased my first comment but I’ll try again. My main complaint about Megan or Megyn Kelly was the fact she interrupted her guests ALL the time as if her opinion was the main thing everyone wanted to hear. She finished the guests sentences, stopped them mid-sentence to go to a commercial, talked over the guest, asked other guests if they agreed with said guest then finished THEIR sentence!! It also seemed like she interjected Trump’s name or opinion into every show as if she was trying to show Trump’s opinion was supreme or that she agreed that he was correct in his opinion. Many guests looked at her interrupting them as rude, inconsiderate and unwanted. When they tried to correct her , she talked over them as if to say no you’re opinion is going to be this! I finally got tired of listening to her being rude and I would just watch something else.
when are u fools going to learn white privilege is not white privilege anymore. kelly the old saying u know it, What goes around comes around, Blackface. God never has like ugly. Kelly and ur not an exception to the rules honey. P.S. Don’t forget where ever you go from here kelly God is watching you. About time NBC.