Saturday, December 10, 2011

BREAKING. The Nate Berkus Show cancelled after 2 seasons; throwing a spanner in the works for SABC3's new talk show plans.


The Nate Berkus Show, a spin-off of sorts from The Oprah Winfrey Show with that show's regular makeover expert Nate Berkus has been cancelled, Broadcasting & Cable reports.

This development is significant since TV with Thinus broke the news RIGHT HERE last month that SABC3 is picking up The Nate Berkus Show as a replacement for Oprah which will take over the timeslot from 2 January.

The Nate Berkus Show from Sony Pictures Television and Harpo Productions that just started its second season, will complete the talk show's second season run, but won't be renewed for a third season. The Nate Berkus Show that was expensive to produce will also not be moving over out of syndication to Oprah Winfrey's OWN TV channel.

It means that SABC3 which was looking for a long proposition talk show in the vein of The View, Dr Oz and Three Talk already on its schedule, will now be getting a limited run show for two years.

''After careful consideration, we have decided that The Nate Berkus Show will not return for a third season in the fall," said Sony Pictures Television and Harpo Productions in a joint statement. "We are grateful for the hard work and heart that Nate, executive producer Corin Nelson and their entire team have poured into the show, and we're very proud of what they've delivered."