Preparing for the launch of “Sherri” and “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” it looks like the FOX Television Stations group is not done cleaning house following the cancellations of “The Wendy Williams Show” and the reported cancellation of “Nick Cannon Show.” The station group has decided against moving forward with a second season of “The Good Dish” which replaced “The Dr. Oz Show” on the core FOX stations in mid-January.
From Sony Pictures Television which also produced “Dr. Oz,” “The Good Dish” combined “good food, good friends and good dish” with the premise that fun could be had in the kitchen without even having to do the dishes (what?). The show was hosted by resident foodies Daphne Oz, Gail Simmons and Jamika Passoa as they shared easy-to-recreate recipes, simple shortcuts, money-saving tips, must-have trends, and effortless how-tos. “It’s all about having confidence and fun in the kitchen… and in life!” read the tag.
According to Deadline, SPT is looking to shop the series with cable or streaming as a likely option. The studio declined to comment on the show’s cancellation by the FOX group, however.
Launched with a 90% clearance rate, including on top stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Dallas, “The Good Dish” was a last-minute replacement for “Dr. Oz” following Dr. Mehmet Oz’s decision to run for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Despite his show being previously renewed through the 2022-2023 television season, which would have marked his 14th season on the air, election laws in the United States bar a political candidate from using a national platform during election season based on equal–time rules which caused the show’s early demise. The medical talk show launched in September 2009 after Oz made multiple appearances on the then long-running Oprah Winfrey-hosted talk show, “Oprah.”
In the ratings, “The Good Dish” never gained any traction, most recently tying the 0.4 household rating of the reportedly canceled “Nick Cannon Show,” according to data released by TVNewsCheck for the week of February 21-25, 2022, the most recent week in which ratings are available for syndicated television.
Among all of the daytime syndicated talk shows, “Good Dish” barely performed higher than last-place finishers “The Real” (0.3 HH rating), “The Doctors” (0.2 HH rating) and reruns of the years ago canceled “Jerry Springer” (0.3 HH rating).