ABC cancels The Chew as Mario Batali faces more allegations of sexual misconduct

The hosts of The Chew with Disney characters in 2016.
(Image credit: Todd Anderson/Disney Parks via Getty Images)

On Wednesday, ABC canceled The Chew to make room for a third hour of Good Morning America, which will air in the afternoon.

The new Good Morning America program will take over The Chew's time slot in September. Staffers were notified Wednesday and "completely blindsided," one person with knowledge of the situation told Us Weekly. "They were under the impression that the show was still strong and would continue." New episodes of The Chew, now in its seventh season, will start taping in June, to air through the summer.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.