Variety, Jan. 19, 2016: "FABLife Officially Canceled Following Tyra Banks’ Departure, Disney/ABC Picks Up Right This Minute"
It’s official. Exactly two months after Tyra Banks announced her departure from FABLife, the daytime talk show has been cancelled after just one season. The news was announced by Disney/ABC late Tuesday evening.
While the syndicated show will not return for second season, original episodes will continue to be produced and air for the remainder of the current season. Meanwhile, the 10 ABC-owned stations that had carried FABLife have picked up the viral video clip series Right This Minute staring in the fall, while Disney/ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution has taken over distribution of Right This Minute from MGM Television...
The cancellation does not came as a shock, as the show experienced a major shake-up when Banks announced she’d be leaving the show at the end of 2015. No replacement for Banks was set either, indicating a lacking effort to boost the show. Paired with struggling ratings and mixed reviews from critics, insiders tell Variety FABLife was all-but-canceled at the time of Banks’ exit. The show ranked as the lowest-rated of the 15 daytime syndicated talk shows this past fall, averaging just 934,000 viewers, according to Nielsen...
On FABLife, Banks’ departure, announced in late November, just two months into the series’ run was a surprise. Banks, who also served as an exec producer on the talker, stated that she decided to exit the show to focus on her cosmetics line, TYRA Beauty, which she did not realize would occupy so much of her time. Sources say other reasons came into play, namely the show’s weak ratings and clashing personalities on set.
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So Tyra pulled a Sarah Palin and quit halfway? Honestly, I didn't even miss her on the show: I only have eyes for Chrissy Teigen (and her pregnancy-boosted boobs) and the amazing Lauren Makk. My advice is to record every single remaining episode since who knows when we will see the likes of this woman on-air again.