NBC Cancels 'Access Hollywood' After Nearly 30 Years
NBC Cancels 'Access Hollywood' After Nearly 30 Years
Erin CrabtreeFri, March 13, 2026 at 10:13 PM UTC
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Access Hollywood is coming to an end after nearly 30 years, NBCUniversal has confirmed.
Along with the entertainment news show hosted by Mario Lopez, Kit Hoover, Scott Evans and Zuri Hall, NBCUniversal has also decided to cancel Access Live, Karamo and The Steve Wilkos Show as the company shifts its first-run syndicated programming strategy.
All four of the series will continue airing new episodes through the summer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Access Hollywood and Access Live are still in production, while Karamo and The Steve Wilkos Show have already completed filming.
“NBCUniversal is making changes to our first-run syndication division to better align with the programming preferences of local stations,” Frances Berwick, chairman of Bravo and Peacock unscripted for NBCUniversal, said in a Friday, March 13, statement. “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. These shows have provided audiences with great talk and entertainment content for many years and we’re very proud of the teams behind them.”
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Access Hollywood premiered in September 1996. Hoover, 55, has been an anchor on the show since 2010, while Lopez, 52, Evans, 39, and Hall, 37, have been in their roles since 2019.
Access Hollywood is the latest entertainment news program to be cancelled after E! News ended in September 2025 following 34 years on the air. Similar shows Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition—both of which are syndicated by CBS—and Extra remain in production.
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Entertainment Tonight, anchored by Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner, has been airing since September 1981, while Inside Edition, hosted by Eva Pilgrim, has been on since January 1989. The Warner Bros. syndicated series Extra, helmed by Derek Hough, has been around since September 1994.
As for NBCUniversal’s other cancellations, Karamo—the daytime talk show hosted by Queer Eye alum Karamo Brown—began airing in September 2022.
The Steve Wilkos Show is a spinoff of Jerry Springer, on which host Steve Wilkos previously served as the director of security. Wilkos’ talk show premiered in September 2007 shortly after he departed Jerry Springer.
NBCUniversal’s latest cancellations follow the company’s announcement in February that The Kelly Clarkson Show will end after its current seventh season. The syndicated daytime talk show has since continued production, with plans to air new episodes through the fall.
While host Kelly Clarkson said in a statement at the time that it was “not an easy decision” to conclude the show, she noted that “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.”
News of Clarkson’s exit came after the August 2025 death of her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, with whom she shared daughter River, 11, and son Remy, 9. Blackstock died of melanoma—a form of skin cancer—at the age of 48.
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