The final episode of “The Chew” is set to air on Friday, concluding its seven-year run.
ABC has released a few new photos from the upcoming finale, showing hosts Michael Symon, Clinton Kelly and Carla Hall raising a glass to the daytime talk show’s 1,500-episode run and bidding goodbye to the show they’ve hosted since 2011.
The very first episode of #TheChew aired on September 26, 2011, and with 1500 shows later, the final taping is officially in the history books! Tune in tomorrow for our special farewell. You seriously don’t want to miss it. We love you @Clinton_Kelly, @ChefSymon, and @carlahall! pic.twitter.com/8c8L5uqbeG
— The Chew (@thechew) June 14, 2018
The episode, taped Thursday to air Friday, is the final episode of the show to be produced, but previously unaired episodes will continue to air on ABC through June 28. Reruns of “The Chew” will then air throughout the rest of summer.
Last month, ABC announced that it had canceled the show, which had been seeing declining ratings, with plans to replace it with a third hour of “Good Morning America.”
In celebration of the show’s final episodes, ABC also shared a few stats about “The Chew’s” seven-year run:
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 1500
Audience members: 201,343
Recipes made: 6,630
Celebrity guests: 1121
Crafts created: 228
Michael’s “5 in 5s”: 164
Carla’s desserts: 437
Emmys: In 2015, the co-hosts of “The Chew” won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host; and in 2016, “The Chew” won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show.
Since its premiere in September 2011, “The Chew” has starred celebrity chefs Symon and Hall and “entertaining expert” Kelly. “Wellness expert” Daphne Oz also served as co-host for the show’s first six seasons, and co-host Mario Batali was ousted late last year following a sexual misconduct scandal.
The talk show, which focuses on cooking and lifestyle tips, is produced by Gordon Elliott’s Chew Productions. The show has received six Daytime Emmy nominations, with two wins.
