BREAKING. Chelsea Lately on E! Entertainment is over; Chelsea Handler done with E! and ending her late night talk show on 26 August.

Chelsea Handler is done with E! Entertainment (DStv 124) and the late night talk show Chelsea Lately will end on 26 August in America.

Chelsea Handler's disdain of E! Entertainment surfaced in March when she blasted E! Entertainment saying E! Entertainment is "a sad, sad place to live" and that "they don't know what they're doing. They have no ideas. It's a failure".

"Chelsea brought a distinct voice to late night with her acerbic wit and fearless commentary and we look forward to providing fans with a memorable send-off that lives up to that tradition," says Suzanne Kolb, E! president in a statement announcing that Chelsea Lately is over.

"We are grateful to the Chelsea Lately team for making this show so special for seven years".

Chelsea Lately will tellingly end production months before the contract ends in December this year - a telling indication of just how much the relation between Chelsea Handler and E! Entertainment soured.

"It was a fantastic seven years," says Chelsea Handler in the press statement. "I will always look back at my time on E! as most people look back at their time in college. I'm glad I went".

Hello Ross on E! Entertainment also just abruptly ended its second season, with no explanation, and also before it was supposed to - Hello Ross is of course being produced by the same production company as the one doing Chelsea Lately.

BREAKING. Chelsea Handler is done with E! Entertainment, her late night talk show and satirical After Lately show, says her manager.

Comedienne and American female late night talk show host Chelsea Handler is done with E! Entertainment (DStv 124), her late night talk show Chelsea Lately and the spin-off satirical mockumentary show, After Lately.

Her manager Irving Azoff told The Hollywood Reporter that Chelsea Handler "intends to leave when her contract expires".

Chelsea Handler's current contract runs out with E! at the end of the year, which means that if she leaves, it will end her late night talk show seen in South Africa after 8 years.

Earlier this month Chelsea Handler blasted E! Entertainment saying E! Entertainment is "a sad, sad place to live" and that "they don't know what they're doing. They have no ideas. It's a failure".

E! Entertainment in a statement only says "Chelsea Handler has nine months left on her contract and E! will not comment on the future of Chelsea Lately at this time."

Chelsea Lately on E! Entertainment moving to the historic Stage 1 at Universal Studios from Monday 15 October with a week of special guests.

Chelsea Lately, Chelsea Handler's talk show on E! Entertainment (DStv 124) is relocating to the historic Stage 1 at Universal Studios, with a new state-of-the-art contemporary set which will be unveiled on Monday 15 October.

Chelsea Handler's guest on Monday 15 October will be Jennifer Aniston, with Fergie on Tuesday, Miley Cyrus on Wednesday and Christina Aguilera on Thursday.

The new massive sound stage can accomodate 200 audience members (up from 75) and features the latest sound and lighting technology.

The five story Stage 1 was built in 1962 for The Jack Benny Show and has since been the home to The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, Desperate Housewives and Knight Rider.

BREAKING. E! Entertainment's Chelsea Handler announces break-up with Animal Planet's Dave Salmoni.

Chelsea Handler of E! Entertainment (DStv 124) just announced her break-up with Dave Salmoni from the Animal Planet (DStv 264).

On her talk show, Chelsea Lately, Tuesdays to Fridays at 23:15 on E! Entertainment (DStv 124) Chelsea Handler (35) just started her monologue by basically saying - in not so many words - that she and Dave Salmoni (34) have called it quits and are no longer a couple.

''I have been working for the E! network for over three years now, and in addition to hosting this chucklefest of a show, I've given many suggestions on how to improve the quality of their entire network,'' Chelsea Handler said. ''Up until a couple weeks ago, I was working very intimately with the Animal Planet, but unfortunately, that contract was terminated,'' she said. ''However, I enjoyed being in bed with them and may hook up for an occasional project.''

Chelsea Lately with Chelsea Handler, Tuesdays to Fridays on E! Entertainment (DStv 124), 23:15
Into the Lion's Den with Dave Salmoni, starts Monday, 6 September on Animal Planet (DStv 264), 20:05
Into the Pride with Dave Salmoni, starts Monday, 20 September on Animal Planet (DStv 264), 20:05