Karamo Brown Speaks Out on Daytime Talk Show Cancellation

Karamo Brown has no regrets when it comes to the end of his self-titled talk show, Karamo.

Back in March, it was announced that NBCUniversal would be ending its first-run syndicated TV programming, resulting in the cancellations of Karamo, Access Hollywood, and The Steve Wilkos Show.

“The company will remain active in the distribution of our existing program library and other off-network titles, while winding down production of our first-run shows,” Frances Berwick, chairman of Bravo and Peacock unscripted for NBCU, said in a statement at the time. “These shows have provided audiences with great talk and entertainment content for many years and we’re very proud of the teams behind them.”

Brown stopped by Today With Jenna & Sheinelle on Tuesday, June 23, during which he opened up about his talk show’s cancellation. “I miss my talk show!” he exclaimed. “But you know what? I’ll tell you this really quickly. When my talk show ended, I did not feel like a failure because my experience at NBC was so good.”

He went on to tell Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones, “I loved every minute of it, the people that I touched. And the fact that, y’all know, the restructuring, they got rid of everybody. So, I was like, ‘Well, it ain’t personal!’”

The Queer Eye alum debuted his own syndicated talk show back in 2022. The series featured Brown sitting down with guests to work through everything from relationship conflicts and personal crossroads to infidelity, family drama, and more. The Hollywood Reporter shared in March that production on Karamo had already wrapped, and that new episodes would continue to air through the summer.

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The cancellations of Karamo, Access Hollywood, and The Steve Wilkos Show come amid shakeups in the world of daytime TV. Back in December 2024, The Talk came to an end after 15 seasons on CBS. Earlier this year, news broke that both Sherri and The Kelly Clarkson show would be ending their runs. While Sherri was canceled after four seasons, Kelly Clarkson chose to end her eponymous talk show after Season 7 to focus on her family.

“Stepping away from the daily schedule will allow me to prioritize my kids, which feels necessary and right for this next chapter of our lives,” she wrote via Instagram on February 2. (Clarkson shares her two kids, River and Remy, with her late ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, who died in August 2025.)

Sherri Shepherd, meanwhile, vowed to fight for her series during Sherri‘s February 9 episode. “I want to be clear. I’m not ready to throw in the towel on this show just yet. I’m not. We’re going to be airing episodes all through the fall, and we’re going to continue to fight to keep the show alive in some way, shape, or form,” she told viewers at the time. “If anybody knows me, they know I’m a fighter. I don’t know exactly what it’s going to look like, but I promise I will continue to spread joy.”

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