well we can’t all be Carson or Letterman
it’s weird
early on used to just be The Tonight
Show you know this is for everybody now
is all sorts of Mexican show in the
black show and then they got the midget
hour you know welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten short-lived celebrity
talk shows well I took a look back at
some past episodes and found some
segments that didn’t quite work out I’d
like to I’d like to show you a
compilation of these segments that we
regret take a look for this list we’re
taking a look at talk shows hosted by
celebrities that essentially and likely
notoriously flopped the shorter the run
and the more famous the celebrity the
better things are about to get
interesting Kris coming this summer
number 10
Lopez tonight to the show oh man you
know what you was telling me to come
this this is how to show me this is hot
comedian George Lopez entered into the
not so diverse world of late-night TV
in November 2009 via TBS favorite gem
back in the day favorite junior
summertime Jack well my summertime jam I
loved 92 was the chronic dr. Dre as he
was the first mexican-american to host a
show in the US on an English language
network there were high hopes for Lopez
tonight while his studio audience was
always lively the home viewing audience
was not as enthusiastic the cancellation
came about a year after the show’s
timeslot was moved from 11:00 p.m. back
to its original midnight airing the move
which Lopez made voluntarily was to make
room for Conan O’Brien’s new show
following the 2010 Tonight Show debacle
yes where you going I’m going I’m
staying I’m going to midnight he’s
coming at 11:00 o’clock and I’m going to
midnight hell out here so you gonna move
for the white man
oh yeah unsurprisingly TBS executives
weren’t happy with the sharp decline in
ratings or the fact that Lopez’s show
had less social media chatter and online
views than of
this is it
the banished or late night best year
number nine dick of the night
furthermore did you ever notice these
chairs as a bad thing that’s right one
of America’s favorite 80s TV dad’s had
his own talk show prior to his finding
fame as dr. Jason Seaver show me more I
could kiss the kids later the syndicated
attempt was meant to be a fresh
alternative to and compete with Johnny
Carson’s The Tonight Show yes we are
talking about Alan Thicke and not his
son Robin who would have been 6 or 7 in
this pre blurred lines era to be fair
early reviews of the show seemed fairly
positive plus you’d think mud wrestling
and moments like the Playmate Olympics
would be huge rating grabbers
pre-internet they’re taking balloons
this is what they do in the playoffs but
the show’s ratings continued to drop
despite caste changes and Thicke of the
night was cancelled after its first
season
number 8 the wanda sykes show
Fox gave talented writer and stand-up
comedian Wanda Sykes a shot when they
gave her MADtv and talk show with spike
feresten Saturday night 11:00 p.m.
timeslot for her talk show well they did
for 21 episodes anyway her shows format
was similar to Bill Maher’s real time
monologue sketches and a guest panel
discussion except with boos yep the
guests were allowed to drink if this had
led to some drunken celebrity on-air
mishaps
maybe the ratings would have fared
better but then again if an awkward skit
about environmentally friendly sex toys
won’t bring people in what will I wife
likes to roleplay but I got a short
attention span so I could get you I am
unfortunately or fortunately depending
on your point of view we’ll never know
as the show was halted after season 1
the sights the sights
I’ll always be here number 7 Brand X
with Russell Brand you made the face I
made the face I pays the price between
2012 and 2013 English comedian and actor
Russell Brand tried his hand at American
late-night TV for 26 episodes on FX also
another sex tip don’t ignore the bummer
get right in there as well his bombastic
personality was allowed to risk
unfiltered on current events politics
and pop culture unfortunately his
riffing ability may have been overvalued
by everyone involved I like that you
look like a lion man you gorgeous
critics believed they were watching a
televised open mic night with a little
funny to be found this is happening now
this is live being broadcast you might
buy the second season changes had been
made to the supporting cast as well as
to the show structure extending it to 60
minutes and airing it live this
ultimately didn’t work for FX either as
they opted not to order a third season
stop saying
I tried new place to be on the phone
because hariya number six
McEnroe my question the question jerk
John McEnroe is known for his incredible
skill as a professional tennis player as
well as his trademark hot temper on the
court his talk show however was barely
known at all with few people even being
aware of its short-lived existence we
can start the show you cannot be serious
reportedly McEnroe achieved not once but
twice a zero point zero Nielsen rating
what is that bullsh sandwich spread you
have in there watch your language
I watch my I get the kind of treatment
I’m entitled to despite getting a few
big-name guests the show didn’t even
make it to the end of the calendar year
at least McEnroe’s wife Patti Smith was
kind enough to sing the theme song
brother I’m a fighter and another and
I’m saying what I mean and I mean what I
say
number five Alps hit talk show I said no
soda pop it’s not soda pop its beer
Europe all out of course it only took 14
years of Alf being off the air for TV
land to give the universe’s most famous
Mel Maki in his own talk show thank you
wow you guys are great I haven’t had
this many people screaming at me since I
cut off that bus full of nuns on the
freeway too bad pudding hit in the title
didn’t fool the audience
though it perhaps fooled an 81 year-old
Ed McMahon into playing sidekick as he
agreed to make conversation with yet
another former NBC cash cow the weekly
30-minute talk show had skits and guests
like any similar series you subscribe to
that philosophy live fast die young and
being out of shape corpse viewer
bewilderment may have stemmed from the
fact that it was hosted by a freaking
alien puppet that hadn’t been popular
since the 80s oh I’ve learned my lesson
it may have only lasted 7 episodes but
it can’t be denied that Alps hit talk
show certainly holds a place in
television history even if it’s for
being one of the greatest talk show
flops
ever for instance this show here things
were a little weird I found out that the
the bathroom attendant working backstage
is actually the show’s executive
producer number 4 the Jon Stewart Show
warning this product contains small
parts which may be a choking hazard
I want to see what they’re talking about
this entry stands out because the host
actually became far more famous after
his initial talk show went off the air
can you stick around for a little bit
cuz we got a go to commercial Wow
alright with Conan then in his early 30s
and suit las’ Jon Stewart who was
originally a contender to take
Letterman’s NBC spot in the early 1990s
got his own half-hour talk show on MTV
instead initially it was a top rating
success for the network
second only to beavis and butthead
wonder what that feels like kids in the
90s everything was second to Beavis and
Butthead
after Paramount cancelled Arsenio Hall’s
original talk show the studio extended
Stewart’s show to an hour and put it in
our CEO spot though this move proved
fatal we hear Stewart later found work
elsewhere number three the Magic Hour
Irvin Magic Johnson he may be a legend
on the court but he was a disappearing
act for late-night viewers the reasoning
for green lighting a talk show hosted by
a man with no experience in show
business other than his owning a movie
theater chain was never clear you gonna
like stick with this gig or you’re going
back to ball no I’m gonna stick with it
I’m not gonna keep switching going back
and forth I’m gonna stick if you get as
many points in the ratings as you did on
the court you before as ratings began to
drop executives began to shift
strategies for the Magic Hour
this included moving magics original
sidekick Craig shoemaker aside for Tommy
Davidson due to a lack of chemistry it
probably also had to do with the fact
that shoemaker stated the show was quote
an absolute nightmare because this is
the first time you probably have a
famous that is not true I make them
famous other people in the biz like
Howard Stern echoed similar sentiments
the show needs some work some work
and despite Stern’s controversial and
attention-grabbing appearance on
Johnson’s show the Magic Hour would see
its demise shortly thereafter he was
repping a top off number two the Pat
Sajak show because I’ve been doing the
show about seven years now and this
my last daytime wheel of fortune but I
will continue to be on the nighttime
show and I know we’ll be seeing a lot of
you there okay five words 18 letters
we’d like to solve Pat don’t quit your
day job that’s right one of America’s
favorite game show hosts Pat Sajak once
had his own talk show
thank you that was a tremendous
reception and it fills me with the
energy I need because I didn’t sleep
well last night a lot of anxiety about
the new show
CBS’s attempt to get back into the
late-night interview format was giving a
Vanna White list Pat Sajak a 90-minute
talk show pretty much a straight-up
ripoff of Johnny Carson’s formula it was
cut back to 60 minutes a few months
later and just flat out canceled a few
months after that what do you weigh
I weigh about 200 dish how much
seriously about 200 ish does that mean
up to 10 that’s good because you’re
about six nine the show fell behind the
ratings of Arsenio Hall and David
Letterman shows and Sajak was even
replaced by guest hosts once a week
during the weeks before its cancellation
after just one season
it’s kind of an exclusive isn’t it it’s
what makes us special yeah before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions pectoral muscles in
shape you know her family is the talk of
the town and now she’s doing all the
talking on her new show well imagine
that now do you have to work out to get
a body like that I work out because let
me see
number one the Chevy Chase show and I
cannot imagine finding something after I
leave tonight in television that would
give me as much joy and pleasure and a
sense of exhilaration as this show has
given me when Johnny Carson retired the
network’s late-night Wars began and the
man that Carson once said quote couldn’t
ad-lib a fart after a baked bean dinner
was the first casualty originally Fox
wanted Dolly Parton to be their
late-night host but Parton’s management
said no and suggested chubby we always
keep a seat right down in front for
dangerous loners it’s easier to keep an
eye on her that way the result was a
show whose average ratings were far
below what Fox promised advertisers
among critics the show was about his
liked as Chevy’s personality was by the
cast’s of SNL and community he made some
remarks that were deemed to be racist a
comment that he made and I think that
was kind of it Chevy said he found it to
be a quote very constraining format and
later admitted that he’d wanted
something quote much darker and with
more improv after a little over a month
on the air Fox announced its
cancellation and the network has yet to
attempt similar weeknight late-night
programming buddy
it’s so close do you agree with our list
what’s your pick for a short-lived
celebrity talk show at the different
benefits out me about it for more
timeless top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com when
we come back my hour-long sit-down with
Lou Ferrigno
you
it’s weird
early on used to just be The Tonight
Show you know this is for everybody now
is all sorts of Mexican show in the
black show and then they got the midget
hour you know welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten short-lived celebrity
talk shows well I took a look back at
some past episodes and found some
segments that didn’t quite work out I’d
like to I’d like to show you a
compilation of these segments that we
regret take a look for this list we’re
taking a look at talk shows hosted by
celebrities that essentially and likely
notoriously flopped the shorter the run
and the more famous the celebrity the
better things are about to get
interesting Kris coming this summer
number 10
Lopez tonight to the show oh man you
know what you was telling me to come
this this is how to show me this is hot
comedian George Lopez entered into the
not so diverse world of late-night TV
in November 2009 via TBS favorite gem
back in the day favorite junior
summertime Jack well my summertime jam I
loved 92 was the chronic dr. Dre as he
was the first mexican-american to host a
show in the US on an English language
network there were high hopes for Lopez
tonight while his studio audience was
always lively the home viewing audience
was not as enthusiastic the cancellation
came about a year after the show’s
timeslot was moved from 11:00 p.m. back
to its original midnight airing the move
which Lopez made voluntarily was to make
room for Conan O’Brien’s new show
following the 2010 Tonight Show debacle
yes where you going I’m going I’m
staying I’m going to midnight he’s
coming at 11:00 o’clock and I’m going to
midnight hell out here so you gonna move
for the white man
oh yeah unsurprisingly TBS executives
weren’t happy with the sharp decline in
ratings or the fact that Lopez’s show
had less social media chatter and online
views than of
this is it
the banished or late night best year
number nine dick of the night
furthermore did you ever notice these
chairs as a bad thing that’s right one
of America’s favorite 80s TV dad’s had
his own talk show prior to his finding
fame as dr. Jason Seaver show me more I
could kiss the kids later the syndicated
attempt was meant to be a fresh
alternative to and compete with Johnny
Carson’s The Tonight Show yes we are
talking about Alan Thicke and not his
son Robin who would have been 6 or 7 in
this pre blurred lines era to be fair
early reviews of the show seemed fairly
positive plus you’d think mud wrestling
and moments like the Playmate Olympics
would be huge rating grabbers
pre-internet they’re taking balloons
this is what they do in the playoffs but
the show’s ratings continued to drop
despite caste changes and Thicke of the
night was cancelled after its first
season
number 8 the wanda sykes show
Fox gave talented writer and stand-up
comedian Wanda Sykes a shot when they
gave her MADtv and talk show with spike
feresten Saturday night 11:00 p.m.
timeslot for her talk show well they did
for 21 episodes anyway her shows format
was similar to Bill Maher’s real time
monologue sketches and a guest panel
discussion except with boos yep the
guests were allowed to drink if this had
led to some drunken celebrity on-air
mishaps
maybe the ratings would have fared
better but then again if an awkward skit
about environmentally friendly sex toys
won’t bring people in what will I wife
likes to roleplay but I got a short
attention span so I could get you I am
unfortunately or fortunately depending
on your point of view we’ll never know
as the show was halted after season 1
the sights the sights
I’ll always be here number 7 Brand X
with Russell Brand you made the face I
made the face I pays the price between
2012 and 2013 English comedian and actor
Russell Brand tried his hand at American
late-night TV for 26 episodes on FX also
another sex tip don’t ignore the bummer
get right in there as well his bombastic
personality was allowed to risk
unfiltered on current events politics
and pop culture unfortunately his
riffing ability may have been overvalued
by everyone involved I like that you
look like a lion man you gorgeous
critics believed they were watching a
televised open mic night with a little
funny to be found this is happening now
this is live being broadcast you might
buy the second season changes had been
made to the supporting cast as well as
to the show structure extending it to 60
minutes and airing it live this
ultimately didn’t work for FX either as
they opted not to order a third season
stop saying
I tried new place to be on the phone
because hariya number six
McEnroe my question the question jerk
John McEnroe is known for his incredible
skill as a professional tennis player as
well as his trademark hot temper on the
court his talk show however was barely
known at all with few people even being
aware of its short-lived existence we
can start the show you cannot be serious
reportedly McEnroe achieved not once but
twice a zero point zero Nielsen rating
what is that bullsh sandwich spread you
have in there watch your language
I watch my I get the kind of treatment
I’m entitled to despite getting a few
big-name guests the show didn’t even
make it to the end of the calendar year
at least McEnroe’s wife Patti Smith was
kind enough to sing the theme song
brother I’m a fighter and another and
I’m saying what I mean and I mean what I
say
number five Alps hit talk show I said no
soda pop it’s not soda pop its beer
Europe all out of course it only took 14
years of Alf being off the air for TV
land to give the universe’s most famous
Mel Maki in his own talk show thank you
wow you guys are great I haven’t had
this many people screaming at me since I
cut off that bus full of nuns on the
freeway too bad pudding hit in the title
didn’t fool the audience
though it perhaps fooled an 81 year-old
Ed McMahon into playing sidekick as he
agreed to make conversation with yet
another former NBC cash cow the weekly
30-minute talk show had skits and guests
like any similar series you subscribe to
that philosophy live fast die young and
being out of shape corpse viewer
bewilderment may have stemmed from the
fact that it was hosted by a freaking
alien puppet that hadn’t been popular
since the 80s oh I’ve learned my lesson
it may have only lasted 7 episodes but
it can’t be denied that Alps hit talk
show certainly holds a place in
television history even if it’s for
being one of the greatest talk show
flops
ever for instance this show here things
were a little weird I found out that the
the bathroom attendant working backstage
is actually the show’s executive
producer number 4 the Jon Stewart Show
warning this product contains small
parts which may be a choking hazard
I want to see what they’re talking about
this entry stands out because the host
actually became far more famous after
his initial talk show went off the air
can you stick around for a little bit
cuz we got a go to commercial Wow
alright with Conan then in his early 30s
and suit las’ Jon Stewart who was
originally a contender to take
Letterman’s NBC spot in the early 1990s
got his own half-hour talk show on MTV
instead initially it was a top rating
success for the network
second only to beavis and butthead
wonder what that feels like kids in the
90s everything was second to Beavis and
Butthead
after Paramount cancelled Arsenio Hall’s
original talk show the studio extended
Stewart’s show to an hour and put it in
our CEO spot though this move proved
fatal we hear Stewart later found work
elsewhere number three the Magic Hour
Irvin Magic Johnson he may be a legend
on the court but he was a disappearing
act for late-night viewers the reasoning
for green lighting a talk show hosted by
a man with no experience in show
business other than his owning a movie
theater chain was never clear you gonna
like stick with this gig or you’re going
back to ball no I’m gonna stick with it
I’m not gonna keep switching going back
and forth I’m gonna stick if you get as
many points in the ratings as you did on
the court you before as ratings began to
drop executives began to shift
strategies for the Magic Hour
this included moving magics original
sidekick Craig shoemaker aside for Tommy
Davidson due to a lack of chemistry it
probably also had to do with the fact
that shoemaker stated the show was quote
an absolute nightmare because this is
the first time you probably have a
famous that is not true I make them
famous other people in the biz like
Howard Stern echoed similar sentiments
the show needs some work some work
and despite Stern’s controversial and
attention-grabbing appearance on
Johnson’s show the Magic Hour would see
its demise shortly thereafter he was
repping a top off number two the Pat
Sajak show because I’ve been doing the
show about seven years now and this
my last daytime wheel of fortune but I
will continue to be on the nighttime
show and I know we’ll be seeing a lot of
you there okay five words 18 letters
we’d like to solve Pat don’t quit your
day job that’s right one of America’s
favorite game show hosts Pat Sajak once
had his own talk show
thank you that was a tremendous
reception and it fills me with the
energy I need because I didn’t sleep
well last night a lot of anxiety about
the new show
CBS’s attempt to get back into the
late-night interview format was giving a
Vanna White list Pat Sajak a 90-minute
talk show pretty much a straight-up
ripoff of Johnny Carson’s formula it was
cut back to 60 minutes a few months
later and just flat out canceled a few
months after that what do you weigh
I weigh about 200 dish how much
seriously about 200 ish does that mean
up to 10 that’s good because you’re
about six nine the show fell behind the
ratings of Arsenio Hall and David
Letterman shows and Sajak was even
replaced by guest hosts once a week
during the weeks before its cancellation
after just one season
it’s kind of an exclusive isn’t it it’s
what makes us special yeah before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions pectoral muscles in
shape you know her family is the talk of
the town and now she’s doing all the
talking on her new show well imagine
that now do you have to work out to get
a body like that I work out because let
me see
number one the Chevy Chase show and I
cannot imagine finding something after I
leave tonight in television that would
give me as much joy and pleasure and a
sense of exhilaration as this show has
given me when Johnny Carson retired the
network’s late-night Wars began and the
man that Carson once said quote couldn’t
ad-lib a fart after a baked bean dinner
was the first casualty originally Fox
wanted Dolly Parton to be their
late-night host but Parton’s management
said no and suggested chubby we always
keep a seat right down in front for
dangerous loners it’s easier to keep an
eye on her that way the result was a
show whose average ratings were far
below what Fox promised advertisers
among critics the show was about his
liked as Chevy’s personality was by the
cast’s of SNL and community he made some
remarks that were deemed to be racist a
comment that he made and I think that
was kind of it Chevy said he found it to
be a quote very constraining format and
later admitted that he’d wanted
something quote much darker and with
more improv after a little over a month
on the air Fox announced its
cancellation and the network has yet to
attempt similar weeknight late-night
programming buddy
it’s so close do you agree with our list
what’s your pick for a short-lived
celebrity talk show at the different
benefits out me about it for more
timeless top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com when
we come back my hour-long sit-down with
Lou Ferrigno
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