After 15 seasons, 'The Talk' comes to an end this week

I'd love to see videos of Diddy going down on AKBAR GBAJABIAMILA ! Please tell me he was a guest at Diddy's "Freak Offs" ! Please tell me Diddy shoved his cock up his raw ass !

No. I loathe The Squawk and will NOT be tuning in.

They should have kept the Chenbot.

I wonder whether Sharon Osborne will be making an appearance this week ? She can school Sheryl and Akbar on racism.

Dear God, OP’s photo is like looking at a sea of plastic.

Poor Sheryl has finally lost her good CBS Job. Guess she and her pocketbook are back to the Laugh Factory next weekend.

I'm not the fucking weirdo bad actor troll who's obsessed with As The World Turns, but what a waste it was to cancel it for this. 60 years of history down the drain, only for the timeslot to get another soap in the end.

Natalie Morales must have lost brain cells working with O'Connell and Underwood. Natalie has 48 Hours to fall back on. The other 2 23- Akbar and the blonde whose name eludes me, were ok. I always got a vibe they were fucking.

Morales' credibility as a journalist has been shot to hell after making the mistake of joining this crap. Akbar needs to do solo porn on OnlyFans. Guy is incredible looking with a great body.

I hope Sheryl and Jerry are never again hired to host anything on television. There have never been two more annoying people.

[quote]CBS' "The Talk", a lame rip-off of ABC's "The View",

The credits said it was created by Sara Gilbert.

R11 Yes, for years Gilbert pretended she 'came up with this show' and presented it to CBS when she realized there was no other show on television with women hosts talking about 'issues' that mattered to them. Apparently, Gilbert never heard of 'The View' which had aired on ABC from 1997 - 2010.

In reality, CBS was looking to clone 'The View' for some time. A few years before 'The Talk', they had set up a 'copycat' pilot show with moderator Paula Dean and cohosts Valerie Bertinelli and Kate Gosselin* (who was popular back then). They were trying out different 'fourth hosts' (including Marie Osmond) with live studio test audiences, yet never got high enough approval ratings. They soon realized the problem was Deen, Bertinelli and Gosselin - there was no chemistry between them.

The project was then shelved, until Gilbert had her wonderful idea.

*Gosselin was also trying out for a spot on 'The View' when Hasslebeck left in 2013, but it was said Walters never took to her and crossed her off the list.

Gilbert's original concept for "The Squawk" that was supposed to set them apart from "The Spew" was for the assembled women to discuss current events from the perspective of them all being MOTHERS. That didn't last long.

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[quote]they had set up a 'copycat' pilot show with moderator Paula Dean and cohosts Valerie Bertinelli and Kate Gosselin

That's a show I would watch.

I hope Sharon Osborne shows up and kicks Sheryl untalented Underwood in the cunt!

They should have kept As The World Turns on the air instead.

The View will be next.

I like the hot football dude. Sheryl Underwood used to be very funny.

Now will that creepy Kloots woman continue to use her husband's tragic Covid death to get a new job? I just remember her posting after each of his limbs were removed....and then she became a talk show co-host. Also, is Sheryl the Barrel looking for work on "Beyond the Gates"?

R20 Kloots is already working another job with that twinkie gay medium, Tyler Henry, as host-moderator of his new Netflix series. And yes, when she announced this, she made sure to mention how since her husband died she's had readings by several mediums, so apparently that makes her some kind of expert on this .. lol.

R21. She has no shame...and I'm not talking about Ms. Henry.

[quote]Gilbert's original concept for "The Squawk" that was supposed to set them apart from "The Spew" was for the assembled women to discuss current events from the perspective of them all being MOTHERS. That didn't last long.

It lasted a few weeks as CBS saw their new talk show tanking in the ratings and needed for an over-haul. And that was the problem - there was no 'focus' for the show from the beginning. They went from 'mother issues' to 'celebrity gossip' mid-way through the season. Not a good sign.

When they returned from their mid-season break in January, 2011 , their first fatality was announced: host Marissa Jaret Winokur had been axed from the show after just a couple of months. (They claimed she wanted to leave, but the insiders said she was fired - and two others had their heads on the chopping block as ratings were so bad). Sure enough, Leah Remini and Holly Robinson Peete were fired at the end of season 1.

They could put a pair of wind-up chatter teeth on Sheryl's chair and nobody would know the difference.

Those gummy choppers of Sheryl’s were always a turn off. She was a horny old FAT cow who thought Shemar Moore would fuck her. Gross!

Then, there's Jerry O'Connell's elastic face. His facial contortions are another turn off. Totally unwatchable.

The five of them look like they were chosen at the bus station to come in the studio and host the show. There is no connection between any of them.

[quote] I'd love to see videos of Diddy going down on AKBAR GBAJABIAMILA !

No, don’t! IT’S A TRAP!!!

If Jerry O’Connell never works again, it’ll be too soon.

Sheryl was always monopolizing conversations even before she became the main host of the 5 after the retooling. She was always using each and every episode to practice her stand up routine.

Amanda Kloots is a cluster B narcissist who will use her deceased husband for financial gain and sympathy until the end of time.

Jerry O'Connell is hot as fuck but just as annoying. I wouldn't pound his ass unless he took some Ritalin and put a ball gag in his mouth first.

The other two are a couple of bland forgettable no name cardboard cutouts with no personality.

The show has always been a vacuous (Inside Edition/Entertainment Tonightesque) tabloid pop culture dumpster fire. Its cancelation is but a small and somewhat hollow consolation prize after the 5 alarm combination grease fire/forest fire that was November 5th.

Gabe

Kaplan?

[quote] She was a horny old FAT cow who thought Shemar Moore would fuck her.

That only means she's as delusional as his other 4.3 million "Baby Girl" followers.

For some reason, Jerry O'Connell was always tapped to fill-in at 'The View' whenever a guest couldn't make it. I believe he lived near their NY studio at the time, and it seemed whenever the city got hit with a snowstorm, he was always the 'go to' to fill in. The hosts adored him (including Whoopi) whereas I found him sexy but annoying.

Of course, once he started 'auditioning' for 'The Talk' (filling in regularly) and then getting the job - he wasn't ever mentioned again on 'The View'.

Nothing of value will be lost.

Jerry was hoping this gig on The Squawk would lead to him and the wife getting their own talker.

R36 That has been rumored since the cancellation was announced, yet nothing has happened for them.

R37 I think Paramount-CBS tested the duo out a couple years ago by giving Mr. & Mrs. O'Connell the hosting gig on its series, "The Real Love Boat." The Decider reported, "Its ratings were so low that it has been branded the broadcast network's least watched primetime series of the fall."

I'm recording this week. Today's show was just awful with the focus on moderator Natalie Morales who was the last of this cast to join the show. Then they had their guests on to 'share memories' of being on the show - Danny DeVito and his daughter Lucy (who had her shoulders up to her ears, she looked so afraid). They shared nothing about their memories on the show - just talked about the Broadway play they were starring in.

Good riddance

Guest list for the rest of the week:

Tu - Eric McCormack

W - Lisa Rinna

Th - Morris Chestnut

F - Howie Mandel

They're really going out with a whimper.

[quote] She was a horny old FAT cow who thought Shemar Moore would fuck her.

He wouldn't fuck her because he's a HOMO.

If these clowns wanted to get extra viewers during their final week, they should have brought in some soap opera actors from Y&R and B&B. Those were often The Squawk's most-watched episodes. Then, on its final episode on Friday, they could have brought in some old actors from ATWT and let them throw pies in their faces.

I want Julie Chen-Moonves and Sara Gilbert and Sharon Osborne on Friday’s show!

R45. And Marie Osmond!

Don't let the door hit you in the fat asses on the way out.

How does it feel to be canceled, bitches?? Ha ha!

I wonder if Natalie Morales will return to the TODAY Show in January and replace Hoda with 'fourth hour of Today' , cohosting with Jenna Bush. Apparently, Craig Melvin isn't doing that hour and the search is on.

I wonder if Willie Geist is slated for The Today Show spot with Jenna??? He can't be happy with MSNBC and the Mourning Joe b.s.

R49 Morales is still a CBS News Correspondent and part of the 48 Hrs. team.

Every episode this week of 'The Talk' limping to the finish line has been absolutely beyond awful. It's no wonder this show has been circling the ratings drain for so long - who would want to watch this crap on a regular basis ?

Today they 'celebrated' host Jerry O'Connell, who replaced Sharon Osborne a couple of seasons ago. Five minutes of manic O'Connell goes a long way, while one hour of him makes the show unwatchable. The only good thing was they showed a close-up of his naked muscled chest - and he has a beautiful chest for a fifty year old man (nice hair and perky nipples).

Lisa Rinna was on as the guest - what a mess her face is these days. Do people really tell her she looks 'beautiful' ?

So they aren’t bringing back any former co-hosts for a drive by appearance. Petty. That Sheryl Underwood is a piece of work. And she’s not even talented. Fuck the fuck off, The Talk. Buh bye now.

R44, I love you. Imagine the LOOK Elizabeth Hubbard would have given these cunts, particularly that Koons woman and that O’Connell thing. Lucinda Walsh wouldn’t need a pie to wither them.

I have never watched the show but didn't that black lady in op's pic used to be huge? She looked like a man.

Calling The Talk a lame ripoff of The View is like calling Mario Lopez a lame ripoff of Scott Baio.

And nothing of value was lost.

OP pic looks like a Benetton ad. Couldn't they find an Asian?

R58. They had one until they ran her off...

[quote]The View will be next

What kills television shows a lot of the time is the longevity of the cast/crew (including "credited" producers who don't do shit).

There is a reason Grey's Anatomy/ER/Law & Order was able to be on so long. They rotated/retired the cast and crew.

For The View to survive, they will have to find new (and cheaper) hosts soon. I assume the crew has turned over several times at this point.

[quote]Calling The Talk a lame ripoff of The View is like calling Mario Lopez a lame ripoff of Scott Baio.

Speaking of Mario Lopez and panel shows ....

For this parody of Tom Cruise alone, I’ll always have a soft spot for Jerry O’Connell.

R55 it's been reported that Underwood takes Wegovy, one of those weight loss drugs. And she also cleans herself out with Metamucil every day.

R63. I'd hate to follow her into that restroom.

Underwood has the shits on air sometimes, according to Kloots. Sheryl wears the diapers.

And oh the difference to me.

You would think they would at least have their former cohost and creator of the show - the drippy Sara Gilbert - on the show this week. This was supposedly 'her baby'. But no.

I remember when Underwood was added in the second season, one of the former 'un-named' hosts (I always believed it was Holly Robinson Peete) said the producers were trying to find their own 'Sherri Shepard' for the show, since (at that time) Sherri had been a hit on 'The View' for the past few seasons.

Speaking of Holly Robinson Peete - she was on for one season (along with Leah Remini) before being axed. I remember those good ol'days when HRP would have the white knuckle grip on her coffee mug, shitting her pants because she was so scared of cohost Sharon Osborne (whom everyone treated like royalty). Osborn really intimidated the cohosts, and everyone was happy to see her go a few years ago.

Doubtful anyone really wanted drippy Sara Gilbert on in the first place except for Nina Tassler, who'd been Gilbert's agent 25 years prior to Sara's pitch to her when she was CBS President of Entertainment.

Interesting to review an old article from Variety on the other projects that were under consideration to replace ATWT:

[quote] “The Talk” has gone through several iterations in its year-long development. Gilbert, whom Tassler repped as an agent 25 years ago, was inspired to pitch the show after holding a “Mommy and Me”-style gathering in her living room. The Eye offered to pay for a low-budget $25,000 Internet presentation, and then it picked up momentum from there.

[quote] Once CBS decided to cancel “As the World Turns,” the Eye opted to pilot “The Talk,” along with a game/talk hybrid hosted by celeb chef Emeril Lagasse; a new take on gamer “Pyramid,” fronted by Andy Richter; and a yakker hosted by Valerie Bertinelli and Australian host Rove McManus.

[quote] With such competition, one critic noted that Gilbert may have employed some savvy strategy in “hiring the CEO’s wife” (Julie Chen) as a panelist.

Today they celebrated Amanda's "journey" on the show. She went from crying new widow to happy, giddy widow on the show within months. Good for her ! If they tried to clone Sherrie Shepherd with Sheryl Underwood, then they obviously tried to clone Sara Haines (from 'The View') with Amanda Kloots - and failed miserably.

One more dreary episode to go...

They were no "Dinah's Place"!

The last episode aired today, and showed why this talk show was in the toilet for the past few years (and longer). Every clip they showed from the past fifteen years showed the hosts (usually dressed in some inane costume or barely clothed at all) doing some kind of sophomoric stunt : falling down, dropping from the ceiling, doing cartwheels, pies in faces, stripteases, pillow fights, wig pulling, riding tricycles, etc. These were the highlights of fifteen years of the talk show.

Did they show or refer to the one 'important' event that took place in fifteen seasons - when Sharon Osborne schooled Sheryl Underwood on 'racism', which lead to her firing ? Nope.

They had clips of all the past hosts except for Leah Remini, Holly Robinson Peete, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Elaine Wentworth (in other words, the fired ones). Sharon Osborne got quick glances, as she was the most revered until she wasn't, but none of her 'shocking' statements made it to audio. We never heard 'Mrs. O's voice'. Julie, Carrie Ann, Sara Gilbert, and Ayisha got most of the attention from the past.

Good riddance to this shit show.

R71 Thanks for that nice recap. .. I actually forgot that today was The Squawk's finale, but from what you wrote, I can tell that I missed absolutely nothing, and there's no need to watch this totally forgettable mess.

Mrs. Chen- Moonves should have been brought back for the finale.

R73 It's more likely you'll find Mrs. Chen-Moonves on the 700 Club talking about how being forced off The Squawk led to her finding God.

R74 I was stunned to see Julie on the 700 Club of all shows. I wonder what her Jewish husband, Les Moonves thinks of that. I'm sure he's always right there with his dick out when she's on her knees praying to her lord.

People can criticize 'The View' all they want, but I think they survived for 28 seasons by not acting like buffoons on the show the way the hosts of 'The Talk' did.

I'll take Sunny's "racial talking points" any day of the week over Jerry O'Connell doing a striptease dance on his chair.

I'll take Anna's misguided attempts at sexual jokes over Sheryl Underwood's "I'm a sexy middle-aged over-sexed black woman which hunky young men can't get enough of" running joke she has been running with for 14 years.

I'll take Sara's "I'm a conservative midwestern girl who masks my depression and unhappy marriage with stories of positivity" over Amanda Kloots throwing stage props at her cohosts each day when she wants them to stop talking so she can speak.

I'll take moderator Whoopi's bored, disinterested looks in topics she has no connection with over moderator Natalie Morales throwing a pie in a cohost's face.

I just saw Jerry O'Connell doing a schmaltzy ad for "Quick Hit Slots" -- an app to bring Vegas slots and other gambling to your phone.

Gee, it didn't take him long to find his future.