The Bill Cunningham Show
Tabloid talk show with a conservative viewpoint.
The Bill Cunningham Show is an American television tabloid talk show hosted by radio host Bill Cunningham. It aired for four of its five seasons on The CW as part of that network's daytime hour, after initially having limited distribution on Tribune Broadcasting owned stations. The series debuted on September 19, 2011, and was produced by ITV Studios America.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Talk show
- Presenter
- Bill Cunningham
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Seasons
- 5
- Episodes
- 650
- Executive producers
- Kim Brechka
- Runtime
- 42 minutes
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Did You Know?
- The show was taped in front of a live audience at NEP Broadcasting's Penn Studios.
- It was produced by former Montel producer Kim Brechka.
- The series premiered the same day as the American iteration of Jeremy Kyle, also produced by ITV Studios.
Ratings
In New York City, where the show aired locally on CW affiliate WPIX, it averaged a 0.7 in adults 18–49 in January, outperforming all other talk shows in the market across all timeslots. On February 9, 2012, it won its time slot with a 1.2 rating in adults 25–54, and also finished first in that demo in Los Angeles and Dallas. During the second week of the February 2012 sweeps period, WPIX airings averaged a 1.4 household rating.
Cancellation
On May 27, 2016, Cunningham announced he would not sign a new contract, citing a grinding taping schedule that required recording all episodes of the last season between August and September 2015 before the season started, keeping him away from family in Cincinnati and disrupting his WLW radio show. The new contract also included a non-negotiable three-year commitment he could not agree to. The Robert Irvine Show replaced it in September 2016.
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