The Talk suffers lowest ratings EVER after Sharon Osbourne’s dramatic exit & co-host feud
THE Talk suffered its lowest ratings ever this week, after months of feuding on the show and Sharon Osbourne’s exit as host.
The CBS program came in dead last in ratings against other daytime broadcast shows, losing by a lot to ABC’s The View.
left the talk show back in March after a nasty on-air feud with co-host Sheryl Underwood, and the series has been losing viewers ever since.
It hit a new all-time love in households and total viewers this past week.
According to , hit last place in the Women 18-49 demographic for daytime broadcast ratings.
The Sharon-less show came in at number 13 with a 0.2 rating.
That’s 0.04 less than the previous week and 0.01 less than last year.
ABC’s competing talk show, The View, beat it by a few spots, coming in at number 6, with a 0.36 rating, which is up from both the previous week and last year.
The Talk has had a troubling few months, beginning with Sharon’s dramatic departure a few months ago.
The 68-year-old quit the show after receiving backlash for , resulting in an on-air fight with Sheryl, 57, on the March 10 episode.
Sharon felt Sheryl was insinuating she is racist because of her decision to support her friend.
The show took a , and CBS then .
Then, in April, host Carrie Ann Inaba was out for two weeks because of side effects from her various autoimmune conditions.
The 53-year-old later .
Her break from the show Sheryl.
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While Sharon’s replacement has not been announced yet, The Sun exclusively reported that to take over the former host’s position.
Despite changes to its hosting panel and its ratings losing streak, CBS recently .
Though Jerry is in the running, a host replacement for Sharon has "still not been hired" officially for the new season.