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Disney/ABC Cancels Talker FABLife After One Season! 3rd Failed Show After Axing Of OLTL!
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As it turns out the Disney/ABC syndicated talker FABLife is not so fabulous after all! The series was officially cancelled late Tuesday after its continued downward spiral, host and executive producer Tyra Banks quit the series in November after a few months with the show, and the ratings bottoming out.
FABLife is now the third consecutive talk show to fail in an hour given back to the ABC affliates after the cancelation of One Life to Live, which ended its run on January 13, 2012. The Revolution and Katie were cancelled predecessors of FABLife.
Janice Marinelli, president of Disney/ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution, in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter on the end of FABLife related: “We’re extremely proud of everyone involved with the show and would like to thank them for all of their contributions and tireless efforts.”
Marinelli went to thank the four remaining FABLife co-hosts: “We are especially appreciative of our talented and dynamic co-hosts Chrissy Teigen, Joe Zee, Leah Ashley and Lauren Makk, and we would also like to extend a huge thanks to our station partners for all of their support.”
Although the show will not return for a second season, the cast will continue to produce original episodes until the end of the season.
So, what do you think about the cancellation of FABLife? Proof positive that the axing of One Life to Live was a major misstep in daytime television history? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!
General Hospital
‘General Hospital’s’ Jonathan Bennett Receives 3 ‘Critics Choice Real TV Awards’ Nominations for Hallmark Series, ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’
Many things are coming up roses for Jonathan Bennett! On the heels of the news that he is set to debut this month in the role of Joe Fitzpatrick on General Hospital, who is rumored to be a new love interest for Lucas Jones (Van Hansis), comes the news that Bennett’s reality series, Finding Mr. Christmas has received 3 nomination for the Critics Choice Real TV Awards.
Bennett’s Hallmark Channel series finds itself in tough competition alongside fellow nominees: RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV), Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix), Survivor 50 (CBS), Top Chef (Bravo) and The Traitors (Peacock). In addition, Jonathan himself is nominated for Best Show Host and the series participants as the Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series.
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) revealed the nominees for the eighth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards on Thursday, which recognize excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. Winners will be announced online at CriticsChoice.com on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 9:00am PT/12:00pm ET.
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Taking to his Instagram to celebrate the nominations, GH’s Bennett, enthused, “3 Critic Choice Nominations! I’m so proud of the FINDING MR CHRISTMAS and to be in the company of all the legends in all these categories is so surreal! Congrats to Hallmark Channel and to our nominated cast and nominated show and everyone who made this magical show possible. This is crazy! This gives FMC 6 Critics Choice nominations in 2 years. Not bad for a little show on Hallmark Channel. What are your thoughts on our show?” Jumping first into the comment thread was one of his new GH co-stars, Dominic Zamprogna (Dante) who expressed, “Yeah buddy!!!🔥🔥”
In the series, Bennett, the host and co-creator spends eight weeks guiding 10 aspiring actors through a series of “festive face-offs” and acting challenges alongside actors like soap opera notables, Hunter King (ex-Summer, Y&R) and Alison Sweeney (Sami, DAYS). Along the way, they develop their skills and a bond with one another. The show, which is available on Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Plus, highlights LGBTQ+ representation with openly gay contestants vying to be the next Hallmark star.
It should be noted that Traitors received the most Critics Choice Real TV Award nominations with 6 nods, followed by Dancing with the Stars with 4.
Bennett is very familiar to daytime fans having started his career as JR Chandler on All My Children in 2000-2001, before landing the part of Aaron Samuels in the motion picture, Mean Girls in 2004 starring Lindsay Lohan, which would become his breakout performance.
You can check out the full list of Critics Choice Real TV Award nominations here.
So, excited for Jonathan Bennett’s General Hospital debut this month? Have you ever watched Finding Mr. Christmas on Hallmark? Let us know via the comment section below.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Kelly Thiebaud on Britt and Cassius Sibling Drama, But Who Will Ultimately Blow His Cover?
On the April 30 episode of General Hospital, Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) had some choice words and warning for her brother Cassius Faison (Ryan Paevey) who has been masquerading as his twin, the very dead, Nathan West.
As the story has unfolded, viewers learned that Britt knew all along that when “Nathan” showed up in Port Charles seemingly resurrected with a missing 7 years of his life unexplained, that Cassius was taking his place.
Now in developments on today’s GH, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) is figuring out that this guy pretending to be Nathan is someone else, and Cassius learns from Britt, that Joss is not just a ditzy sorority girl as he claimed, but a WSB agent! The moment stuns Cassius. Are the walls about to close in on him and his charade?
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Daytime Emmy winner, Kelly Thiebaud spoke to Soap Opera Digest, about the story point and getting the opportunity this time back at GH to work with Ryan Paevey, when she hadn’t had the chance to before.
BROTHERLY LOVE?
Thiebaud expressed on sharing scenes with Ryan Paevey, “It’s just been so wonderful to have him back and to actually work with him! When he first came onto the show (as Nathan at the end of 2013) I was kind of heading out — it was right towards the end of my contract, so we didn’t actually work together a ton. It’s been really refreshing and so much fun to really spend time together and get to know each other and work together. I think we have really great on-camera chemistry and banter with each other. I really enjoy working with him.”
With the stakes at an all-time, Thiebaud explained how she views her on-screen alter-ego’s involvement with her more hot-to-temper sibling and why Britt revealed the truth about Josslyn to him. “People finding out about Cassius would expose what she’s involved in and what she agreed to do,” explains Kelly “And now Josslyn is digging around, and she’s connected to Carly (Laura Wright) to Jason (Steve Burton) and that whole dynamic! It’s messy!”
BRITT’S MURKY FUTURE
Britt has currently also reached her breaking point with Jason being carted away by the WSB, Rocco (Finn Carr), the child she gave birth to, shooting Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) to protect her and Jason, Marco (Adrian Anchondo) being killed after trying to help her, and Cullum holding over her head getting her Huntington’s disease medication to control her symptoms, while blackmailing her into finishing the research on her father, Cesar Faison’s, final project. Thiebaud summed it up best for Britt right now, sharing, “It’s been a really tough time for her.”
So, who do you think will be the person to blow Cassius’ cover? Will it be Britt herself? Josslyn? Liesl? Brennan? Nina? Lulu? Rocco, Maxie, Cullum or someone else? Let us know your pick in the comment section.
Breaking News
Jacob Martinez is ‘Days of Our Lives’ New Javi Hernandez Replacing Al Calderon in the Role
Finally! The casting has been revealed as to just who would be Al Calderon’s successor in the role of Days of our Lives, Javi Hernandez. On Friday, April 30, the long-running soap opera revealed Jacob Martinez is taking on the part and he will first be seen this coming June 30th and then on all-new episodes streaming on Peacock.
As previously reported, the popular Calderon exited the soap opera last year to join the cast of the NBC primetime medical drama, Brilliant Minds as nurse Nico Silva, who in May will air the remainder of their second season. The series has been on the bubble for renewal by the network. His last episodes as Javi will also air this May on DAYS.
Since DAYS tapes ten months ahead of streaming, Martinez has been secretly ensconced in all the drama in Salem for quite some time. When viewers see the new Javi in story, we should learn what will happen in Javi’s relationship with Leo Stark played by Emmy winner, Greg Rikaart, plus his continued relationship with his relatives in the Hernandez clan. Currently, when Javi returned to Salem after taking care of his ailing father, and after the bust-up of his marriage to Leo thanks to Dimitri (Peter Porte), he claimed he had moved on with someone else while he was away from Salem.
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Like Calderon before him, Martinez is a multi-talented actor and singer. Jacob’s resume is impressive having appeared in the musical In Pieces: The Musical at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater and he was hand-picked by Joey Contreras to play the role of Grey. Other credits include: the short film, Memory Swim and the play Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage.
Martinez hails from Norfolk, Nebraska and appeared when he was very young at the Johnny Carson Theatre, and as DAYS fans know, Jacob is now working at the Days of our Lives studios, right where the “Tonight Show” is filled. In addition, Jacob Martinez is a graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA).
Taking to his Instagram on Thursday, April 30 once the news of his casting was revealed, Martinez, expressed, “Way too many people to thank in one post, so I’ll just say THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART to each and every person who continues to pour into me and encourage me to chase my dreams. I cannot even begin to express how grateful I am. I already feel beyond blessed, supported, and loved. See you all in Salem ⏳”
Jacob Martinez appeared on Friday on the Days of our Lives Instagram account announcing his casting. You can check it out below. Deadline was the first to report the casting switch.
So, excited to learn who is the new Javi Hernandez? Please welcome Jacob Martinez to the role and be on the lookout for his debut on June 30. Comment below.
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Not surprised. Never watched. Was not impressed with their performance at the Emmys.
great news… for… GH!… hands off!… lol… pm
Told you so…. OLTL fans will never support this drivel…
Bring back a proven commodity…
Not happening, they are replacing it with a talker/viral video show.
Very slow learners over there! Watching ONE show on ABC (GH) and this will not change that!
Ditto. GH is the only thing I watch on ABCD and I don’t see that changing–especially with their daytime lineup.
I thought ABC/D had a plethora of shows to replace daytime soaps. If that’s the case, then why are they replacing Fablife with Right This Minute? Right This Minute has been on air for at least 4 years already.
Just like all the others, this show was abominable. I could not get through one segment of it.
I understand we are living in a “me-me” world, but a little less of this nonsense would do us all some good. It has gotten so bad now that NBC4 out here in Los Angeles has part of their noon news spent gossiping with Billy Bush from whatever that stupid entertainment show he hosts as a tie-in to the show when it airs later. Like I really need to watch my news anchor gossip about the latest celebrity. I could care less!
was not surprised. the show was terrible. cancelling OLTL was not very smart. all of it’s replacement shows have been duds,and have flopped in the ratings. GH has no solid surrounding shows anymore. it could really use a good lead in
So how much money did Disney and ABC save with three replacements cancelled. OLTL was a fantastic show. The internet reboot was terrific as well. The fans are wild for the shows, beloved characters and strong acting. The actors are just wonderful. Just attend a fan event and the evidence is there. Clearly cancelling OLTL and AMC was a huge mistake. Honestly I enjoy seeing the poor choices garnering poor ratings and cancellations. Perhaps the network could reconsider. After all……saving money does not save a show.
OLTL is the only thing that will work in this time slot. You can’t bring the original show, but perhaps something like it? With the old cast of course.
many viewers are boycotting abc in the talk show timeslots to make them pay for the cancellations of oltl and amc . talk show viewers formed part of the viewers who watched soaps . i think this show which i never watched was probably atrocious as well which explains the ratings too . Frons should have returned all 3 soaps to their original 30 minutes duration , most people would have been happy and he could have launched his new shows which may have worked . There is the old saying that ” you should never put your eggs in the same basket ” , Frons forgot that basic concept
CANCELLING One Life to Live and ALL MY CHILDREN was the worst decision that
ABC-TV has ever made, and Lord knows they have made many mistakes in programming – they are getting what they deserve.
THEY should bring back One Life to Live in a half hour format along with ALL MY CHILDREN. They won’t of course, since they are idiots over at ABC-TV, but that’s what they should do.
Thank god, FabLife is cancelled. What a terrible talk show, the has beens will all be gone.
Another talk show bites the dust, ABC will never admit there mistake, in cancelling OLTL. ABC will never bring back OLTL. I hope they choke on it.
yep. cancelling OLTL was the worst decision in daytime television history. when it was cancelled,it was healthy and was the number 2 rated soap in the demos. abc will never admit they made a mistake. abc daytime is practically extinct
THREE? I count at least FOUR … Remember “Good Afternoon, America” with Josh Elliott and Lara Spencer? If you’d have blinked, you’d missed it. … Four years and I’m STILL missing my nightly trip to Llanview, Pa.
Technically that show was meant to be a short-term show, it was never meant or planned to stay.
To the powers that be at the alphabet network and mouse company:
One Life to Live worked just fine in that time slot. But, you couldn’t be satisfied with success. Now, choke on your continued failures.
Sincerely,
A former viewer.
I new that canceling those shows was a huge mistake. They should have made them an 1/2 each. Bring them back in any format. I I’ll help!! Please soaps will always be the best shows on TV!
This crap will never replace One Life to Live.
I’m glad to hear this, ABC was so stupid to cancel OLTL. One of the biggest blunders I have seen. I wouldn’t watch anything in that time slot either.
I found out the other day that my mom and sister refuse to watch the Wayne Brady game show that took Guiding Light’s place. I was so happy to hear that because I do the same thing.
Ditto, we should all boycott anything that replaces a soap, I still won’t watch the GL and ATWT timeslot programming and certainly won’t watch this crap either. It seems many of us are doing this, hence another cancellation!
Good, I’m so glad most of us are doing it. They think soaps are a dying breed? Well so are the shows that come on in their place.
ABC should just accept they made the biggest mistake in daytime TV and bring back the soaps.
No, dont you know they are much smarter than you or I? They wont admit nothing! AND all these crappy shows are a fraction of what it costs to air a soap. Laugh if you must but when primetime goes away, these networks will be crying in their soup!
I don’t care if ABC ever becomes successful in that time slot; it should have kept One Life to Live . Live ,but don’t learn!
S-o…that dreadful, ridiculous and unwatchable FABLife got cancelled after just one season??? Oh, Boo Hoo Hoo…what a surprise…N-O-T!!!!! One other thing: As far as I’m concerned, that Tyra Banks chick has gotten W-A-Y TOO BIG for her britches, and, therefore, needs to go away FOREVER!!!!!
Peace.
Soaps are too expensive, folks. These new shows are cheap to produce. It’s the way of the world.
And it is a cheap and extremely shallow world we live in unfortunately.
TPTB need to come up with a solution to make producing a new daytime soap opera less expensive.
But ABC-TV did not even CONSIDER presenting a shortened version of One Life to Live, or combining it with the residents of Pine Valley from All My Children.
I understand that the shows were getting too expensive, but they didn’t experiment with other “models”
of the shows. Instead they were pushed over to Prospect Park which made a noble attempt (I guess, I never thought they were that great as on line presentations but whatever) and now are lost in a sea of legal troubles.
Those of us who loved the 2 Agnes Nixon creations were left adrift, so now ABC-TV, which makes one atrocious programming error after another, can suffer the consequences.
I have plenty of friends who no longer watch NBC daytime . Some of them stopped watching when the soap ” Santa Barbara ” was cancelled , a few more of them stopped watching when ” Another World ” got cancelled too .
I think this issue definitely proof positive One Life to Live should be brought back to regular tv, and I think back in its old time slot, and move GH back to its original one too, with Merediith Viera going off the air it makesc perfect sense.
Just another reason why GH is not going anywhere. Every other new protect that ABC daytime has tried to develop since they got rid of OLTL has flopped in record time. The Revolution bombed out, as did the Katie Couric show, and now Fablife.
The View just had their least watched year ever and the show is a mess cause of the constant turnover in the panel while the Chew is a lousy lead-in for GH. ABC daytime is an absolute mess right now and the fact that GH can still draw three million viewers in a week is pretty impressive given the show lineup that preceeds it.
Bring back OLTL with Bo, Nora, Clint, and Vicky as the anchors. Easton, Archer, DePavia, and Alderson are all free to return as John, Natalie, Blair, and Starr. ABC needs to do whatever it takes to get OLTL back from PP.
I miss One Life to Live and All My Children. I wish they could come back. Its important to note that it has been so long that I think to get all those actors and actresses, that it would take to rebuild those shows is almost impossible. I am for helping the soap genre by creating a new soap opera. A new soap opera rebuilt with some of our beloved soap actors and actresses with some fresh blood also incorporated into a new soap would be exciting. New characters and new adventures to explore. I think a new soap opera has a better chance to survive than the continuance of pushing talk shows onto the audience. I wish we could turn back time and undo those cancellations and something tells me ABC probably does too.
This thread is disingenuous. fAb Life was syndicated and aired mostly in the morning. It aired on a variety of local stations, in my market the local Fox station aired it and has moved it around to various times,
Katie was syndicated as well, my market aired it on the local NBC affiliate at 3pm.
Meredith Viera was also syndicated and it airs on my local NBC affiliate.
Yes it is true that all of these three Shows were syndicated BUT in many, many television markets all three were shown on ABC stations replacing OLTL or AMC. In my T.V. market, Chicago/Milwaukee (a huge maarket) ALL THREE OF THE CANCELLED TALK SHOWS were broadcast on ABC-WLS station in OLTL’s time slot. Only the Meredith Viera Show was on NBC. Just because your local area did not show these failed Talk show during OLTL old time slot does not mean that is what was going on in the rest of the Country. Oh by the Meredith’s was all so produced by ABC/Disney and it has also been cancelled, so in my book ABC/Disney has 4 Talk Shows that have been cancelled since OLTL went off the air.
Funny how things work out. I miss OLTL as well but they are the ones with the pie in their faces. Wasted money on so many people , lot of lost money on crap.
Well, it isn’t surprising. I have not watched ABC since the last day OLTL aired.
All of these three Shows were syndicated BUT in many television markets all three were shown on ABC stations replacing OLTL or AMC. In my T.V. market, Chicago/Milwaukee (a huge maarket) ALL THREE OF THE CANCELLED TALK SHOWS were broadcast and shown on ABC-WLS station in OLTL’s time slot. The Meredith Viera Show, which was also produced by Disney was shown in Chicago area on NBC and it has also been cancelled, Sooooo in my book ABC/Disney has 4 Talk Shows that have been cancelled since OLTL went off the air. How many People does it take to change a light bulb?? I guess at ABC/Disney it takes allot.
If the legal dust ever settles between Prospect Park and ABC-TV, then the powers that be need to produce a one-half hour show called LANDVIEW, featuring the residents from Landview (One Life to Live) and Pine Valley (All My Children), both creations of Agnes Nixon.
Victoria Lord would be the matriarch of the show, as played by Erika Slezak. The cast surrounding her would be the residents of both Pine Valley and Landview with some new faces sprinkled in. It should be utilized as a lead-in to General Hospital. They could do it with limited sets and a smaller but stellar cast. It could be done – but will it happen? Oh, probably not, they’ll come up with some inane cooking show or another stupid Talk Show.
We keep dreaming though, don’t we?
Good riddance! It was the worst thing I’ve seen on TV in a long time ~ and that is really saying something!
Maybe we should get some kind of online petition going,and send it to ABC. The ideas that some of you have suggested would absolutely work.I only watch GH on their daytime lineup.I still miss OLTL.
It’s been done.
Absolutely ABC can find a lower cost solution for taping the soaps. It can’t be rocket science. One of the biggest problems that some of pine valley and land view residents have moved to Genoa city but even at that there is still a lot of talent available.
I still can’t understand how the Chew stays on the air.
Me too I’m not sure how The Chew has gained popularity when a number of AMC fans were upset that The Chew replaced AMC.