It’s the end of an era.
E! News, the show that began reporting on entertainment the same month that Nirvana dropped its iconic song “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and moviegoers were being scared silly with Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, will end its nightly program as viewers know it, Entertainment Weekly has learned.
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The show’s final episode is set for Sept. 25. Currently hosted by Keltie Knight and Justin Sylvester, it airs Monday through Thursday at 11 p.m. ET/PT.
About 20 employees who work on the series now were told about the change on Thursday, according to Deadline. Some of them are expected to be offered different positions at the company.
If this feels like déjà vu, that’s because the cable show signed off before, during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, an E! network spokesperson confirmed to EW that the show had been canceled because of financial issues caused by the pandemic. It was revived, however, in 2022.
Over the years, the show has been hosted by the likes of Ryan Seacrest, Giuliana Rancic, Adrienne Bailon-Houghton, Jason Kennedy, Catt Sadler, Steve Kmetko, Maria Menounos, and more. It has covered general entertainment news, focusing on red carpet looks, movie premieres, celebrity interviews, and coverage of the royal family.
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The brand still isn’t going away completely. Instead, E! will focus on updating its digital content and social media channels throughout the day.
On the channel, original shows such as Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour and Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind aren’t going anywhere.
The move comes amid an already changing late-night television landscape. Last week, host Stephen Colbert explained that his The Late Show With Stephen Colbert would be departing the airwaves — and so would the franchise. The CBS talk show premiered in 1993, when it was first hosted by David Letterman. The final episode is set for May.
