Anderson Live, the daytime talker from CNN news personality Anderson Cooper, won't be getting a third season from Telepictures, the syndicated division of Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. executives started telling stations on Friday of the decision not to renew the series.
Cooper joined the daytime fray in 2011, with then-titled Anderson. After the show failed to generate solid numbers, a number of changes took place to usher in the second season: a new show title, a live format, a studio audience, revolving guest co-hosts and a new location for the studio.
But the alterations did little to boost the show's prospects, especially as it faced a crowd of new talk shows from Katie Couric, Steve Harvey, Jeff Probst and Ricki Lake. Its most recent week averaged just 1.45 million viewers - putting it behind daytime heavyweights such as Dr. Phil and even newbies Katie and Steve Harvey.
The decision was the side effect of not being able to create a "viable economic business model" to move the show forward. Anderson Live will wrap after the summer of 2013. The news was not addressed on Monday's show - but maybe Cooper was preoccupied keeping tabs on superstorm Sandy.
"I am very proud of the work that our terrific staff has put into launching and sustaining our show for two seasons," Cooper said in a statement.
