“We’ll see you the following time at any time when we see you. Thanks a lot for being with us for the previous six months. We had a blast.”
The short-lived reign of King Charles appears to have come to an finish. CNN introduced that the collection, which was co-hosted by Charles Barkley and Gayle King, would not be returning following its restricted run with the community.
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Gayle and Charles signed off from their final episode by thanking the staff behind the present and viewers at dwelling for every thing they’ve performed to assist the collection all through its run. Whilst they signed off, although, many wished to higher perceive why the present had been canceled within the first place.
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Why was ‘King Charles’ canceled?
In asserting the information that the present would not be returning following its preliminary run, a CNN spokesperson mentioned that the present had at all times been deliberate as a restricted collection with an outlined finish date within the spring of 2024.
“King Charles has come to the tip of its restricted run as we introduced when it launched final fall and was a fantastic addition to CNN’s lineup, with the youngest, most prosperous, and most various P2+ viewers in its cable information time interval,” informed The Hollywood Reporter.
The present was the brainchild of former CNN CEO Chris Licht, who had a famously brief and tumultuous tenure with the community as he tried to pivot the community away from perceptions that it leaned too far in a single path or one other politically.
Chris had labored with Gayle earlier than, and the notion was to convey her in with the previous NBA star and famously outspoken Charles with the intention to have them touch upon the information of the day.
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Gayle and Charles have been very complimentary of each other.
Because the present got here to an finish, each Gayle and Charles had good issues to say about their co-hosts on the present.
“I’ll say this: I’ve liked working with you and one thing tells me, Charles, this won’t be the final time that we’re working collectively,” Gayle mentioned because the present got here to an finish.
“Name me, Gayle,” Charles replied.
“We’ll see you the following time at any time when we see you,” Gayle informed viewers. “Thanks a lot for being with us for the previous six months. We had a blast.”
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‘King Charles’ wasn’t a scores bonanza.
Whereas the present was introduced as a restricted run, it appears doubtless that CNN would have renewed it had the present been extra profitable with audiences. The scores for the premiere have been low, and whereas it looks like the present could have carried out properly with sure demographics, on the entire, it wasn’t an amazing success for a community that wants good scores to fund its information arm.
After all, each Gayle and Charles produce other TV gigs that ought to hold them busy into the long run. Gayle stays one of many hosts of CBS This Morning, and Charles hosts an Contained in the NBA on TNT. In case you wished to see the 2 of them collectively, although, you could have to attend no less than a short time.