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‘The View’ Alum, Meghan McCain, On Why Daytime Talk Shows are Being Canceled: ‘They are Sublimely Boring and All the Hosts Want to be Loved’
Meghan McCain was a co-host on The View for four seasons, appearing from October 2017 until her final episode in August 2021. Hired to provide a conservative voice, she announced her departure in July 2021. In actuality, McCain left with two years remaining on her contract, and her time on the ABC morning talk show was marked by contentious and highly-publicized moments with co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg.
This past week saw the daytime television talk shows in 2026 have a major shake-up with more exit predictions forthcoming. First, Kelly Clarkson confirmed that The Kelly Clarkson Show is concluding after its current 7th season. Clarkson’s show is expected to end its run in the fall.
On the heels of Clarkson’s show deciding to wrap, came word that Debmar-Mercury, the producers and syndicators of comedian Sherri Shepherd’s talk show, Sherri has been canceled in its present form. Sherri will continue to air through its 4th and final season until the fall.
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There have been reports that The Jennifer Hudson Show may be the next to go, and that she and the show’s producer’s, were already told they would end after their current 4th season. Overall, the decline of the daytime talkers are said to be because the economics to keep these types of shows going just do not work anymore.
Taking to her account on X, Meghan McCain has a different perspective on why daytime talk shows are having a demise, “The reason all these daytime talk shows are being canceled is because they are sublimely boring and all the hosts want to be loved,” said McCain. “Wendy Williams was the GOAT because she said the quiet things we all were thinking out loud. She was messy, raw, real and wildly entertaining.”
Does Megan have a point? The daytime talk show canvas ate up the soap operas for a long time. Have they become so passe, with no excitement? Was Wendy Williams the best talk show queen of them all? Sadly, Williams had been diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) and primary progressive aphasia back in 2023, although recent evaluations have noted her dementia diagnosis may not have been correct. Williams also battles Graves’ disease and lymphedema. Wendy Williams last appearance on her talk show was back on July 16, 2021, for the Season 12 finale. Her talk show came to an end in 2022 without her present.
So, do you agree with Meghan McCain? Are your favorite talk shows boring as well as the hosts? Do you think the end of many talks shows, could open the doors to a soap resurgence given the launch of Beyond the Gates? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
The reason all these daytime talk shows are being canceled is because they are sublimely boring and all the hosts want to be loved.
Wendy Williams was the GOAT because she said the quiet things we all were thinking out loud. She was messy, raw, real and wildly entertaining.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) February 6, 2026
I’m didn’t think I would agree with anything that comes from her, but I think the talk show genre has changed for the worst in the past 10 years. I miss the days of Donahue and Oprah Winfrey, who didn’t;t have celeb-focused interviews every day. Back then, we learned about subjects that have be taboo to discuss.
I would love to see “All My Children” come back. If soaps are not the answer, I would like to see a few more game shows. Locally, all we are getting is HOURS of news that basically says the same thing over and over.
Did she manage to get through this subject without saying “Do you know who my daddy is”?
Right!
Exactly.
She’s just jealous because no one loved her on The View and wouldn’t let it become Meghan’s View or My Dad, John McCain’s, View.
It’s not like The View is any sort of lovable group. She’s not wrong. Just a bunch of narcissistic morons.
The expansion of the morning shows with their 3rd and 4th hours of news and light entertainment killed the talk shows. You are watching the same news, features and celebrities all day long. It’s mind numbing after 12pm. At least the soaps change the topic.
That part right there.
Being well liked by the populace is something Meghan doesn’t need to worry about. She ought to start her own talk show with that other insufferable jerk, Megyn Kelly. They could call it “ The Meghan and Megyn Hate Show.”
Please mention NutMeg ever again. I liked all three shows – similar in tone but with different personalities because of the hosts. I say this with zero knowledge, talk show WERE cheaper but it seems like they have let the budgets skyrocket and the media landscape has changed.
Her Dad was classy, but she is not.
some talk shows are sublimely boring and Megan mccain is sublimely annoying, so there you go.
It looks like the current run of Lucas Adams (Noah) and Tamara Braun (Sienna) on The Young and the Restless is coming to an end, after the Monday, August 3 edition of the CBS daytime drama revealed that Noah and Sienna are leaving Genoa City and heading back to Los Angeles.
In the storyline, Noah informed his mother, Sharon (Sharon Case) and half-sister Mariah (Camryn Grimes) that he and Sienna made the decision to move back to the West Coast to put distance between themselves and Matt Clark (Roger Howarth). Although Noah did not say it was a permanent move, he did assure his mom that once Matt is hopefully gone from Genoa City they could return.
However, as previewed already on the video teaser for this week’s episodes of Y&R (see below), it appears Noah left Genoa City’s The Shadow Room to be run by a returning Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian). So with that, coupled with today’s episode, it would appear the move could wind up being more permanent.
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COMINGS AND GOINGS
Adams made his Y&R debut on November 4, 2025 as the successor to Rory Gibson who last played Noah on-screen in April of 2023. Earlier in 2025, Gibson took over the role of Michael Corinthos on Genera Hospital replacing Chad Duell, who stepped away from the part after 15 years.
Braun who played Adam’s mother on Days of Our Lives when she was Ava Vitali and he was Tripp Dalton, first appeared on Y&R back on October 14, 2025, where we soon learned she had become Noah’s lover as the new character, Sienna Bacall. It should be noted, Adams was on contract with the number #1 soap, while Braun has been on recurring status.
With Josh Griffith now exited as head writer of The Young and the Restless, and the newly announced co-head writing team of Jamey Giddens and Dan O’Connor having taken his place and starting their new tenure this week, it will be interesting to see how the duo resets the show, and if a Noah and Sienna return is in the cards for the future or not.
So, what do you think about the seeming departures of Lucas Adams and Tamara Braun from The Young and the Restless? Weigh-in via the comment section. But first, check out our recent live chat with Tamara and Lucas on the Michael Fairman Channel.
Rosie O’Donnell revealed that she plans to head back to a seat at the table of ABC’s morning talk show The View.
The announcement came during Monday’s episode of The Tangle Podcast where she shared she will participate in “in whatever way they want” her or “just as a guest” for its upcoming 30th season.
The View’s season 30 will kick-off this fall in September. O’Donnell explained, “They’re bringing back all the hosts, I think. And, you know, I’m pretty proud of that show, what it’s become and how it really speaks to the people and to politics.”
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ROSIE ON HER PREVIOUS GO-ROUNDS ON THE VIEW
As fans of The View know, O’Donnell famously had two different one-year stints on the talk show in 2007 and again in 2014- 2015. She often feuded with then co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck.
However, during her discussion with host, Kyle Ridley on The Tangle Podcast, O’Donnell also noted she often had tense moments with longtime moderator and anchor, Whoopi Goldberg.
O’Donnell also expressed, “Many, many people got the short end of the stick there. It was, you know, it was a factory where people were being churned in and out and their tenuous security, nobody got to be calm. It also was a show at the time that was run by a man. A show created by a woman, for women, about women, and the man was deciding what we should talk about. And that didn’t sit right with me, you know.”
Back in 2023, Brooke Shields had asked Rosie on her podcast, Now What? with Brooke Shields, about how she felt on her two stints at The View and all the controversy that surrounded it. Rosie at that time, stated, “I know this, it’s not the best use of my talent to get in a show where I have to argue and defend basic principles of humanity and kindness. It was not something I’d ever do again.”
You can check out the clip with Rosie and Kyle Ridley discussing her return to The View in some form for its upcoming 30th season below.
Then weigh-in: Would you be excited to see Rosie, even for a one-day or a week guest stint on the upcoming celebratory season of The View, or not so much? Let us know via the comment section.
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General Hospital Fan Club Weekend brought out many of your favorites to the four day event; with the main cast gathering on Saturday, August 1. Fans near and far attended the weekend held this year at the Burbank Marriott Hotel. Whether it be the main cast event or the smaller more intimate events featuring two or three cast members a great time was had by all.
Some of the cast participating in the main cast event included: Cyrus Hobbi (Yuri), Gary James Fuller (James), Bradford Anderson (Spinelli), Viron Weaver (Wiley), Paige Herschell (Jacinda), Chris McKenna (Brennan), Josh Kelly (Cody), Kayden Brenna Tokarsi (Scout), Cassandra James (Terry), Laura Wright (Carly), Dominic Zamprogna (Dante), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane), Rick Hearst (Ric), Adrian Anchondo (ex-Marco), and Chloe Lanier (ex-Nelle).
In addition to, Van Hansis (Lucas), Cameron Mathison (Drew), Ryan Paevey (ex-Cassius), Easton Rocket Sweda (Leo), Maurice Benard (Sonny), Kristen Vaganos (Molly), Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Kate Mansi (ex-Kristina), Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth), Cynthia Watros (Nina), Kristina Wagner (Felicia) and more.
Take a look at some of the snaps from the main event arrivals below:
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GH’s Rick Hearst with on-screen daughter, Kristen Vaganos, plus Nancy Lee Grahn, and Kate Mansi.
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GH’s Maurice Benard on-hand to meet the fans.
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Jack Brennan in the house … Chris McKenna.
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Adrian Anchondo, Van Hansis and Anchondo’s boyfriend, Days of Our Lives, Colton Little.
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GH’s Josh Kelly and his gal, the former Nelle Benson of Port Charles, Chloe Lanier.
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Who is James’ father? Not Cassius or Spinelli, actually. Actors Gary James Fuller, Ryan Paevey and Bradford Anderson!
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One of General Hospital’s newest cast members, Kayden Brenna Tokarski attends her first GHFCW event.
Michael Fairman TV will be adding more images to this post in the day ahead.
So, were you glad to see so many of your GH favorites attending this year’s General Hospital Fan Club Weekend? Let us know via the comment section.
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