Bethenny (talk show)

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Bethenny
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Genre Talk show
Created by
Presented by Bethenny Frankel
Theme music composerSirens of Soho
Opening theme"Calling All My Girls"
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes170
Production
Executive producers
  • Bethenny Frankel
  • Ellen DeGeneres
  • Meghan Schaefer Spielberg
  • Terence Noonan
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Syndication
ReleaseJune 11, 2012 (2012-06-11) 
July 4, 2014 (2014-07-04)

Bethenny is an American syndicated television talk show that was hosted by Bethenny Frankel, who also served as co-producer and creator with Ellen DeGeneres. The series debuted as a summer test run on June 11, 2012 on six stations owned by Fox Television Stations. It premiered nationwide across the United States and Canada starting on September 9, 2013. [1]

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Production

The idea to bring Frankel to talk television had been in the planning stages in 2011, but disagreements over the series' concept and failure to clear the show in major television markets resulted in the project being shelved that November. [2] In January 2012, however, the project was revived when the Fox Stations group approached Warner Bros. Television about testing the show out as a summer replacement for some of the syndicated programs that were cancelled or had ended production. [3]

The summer test showed promising results. [4] Warner Bros. Television announced that once the show finished its six-week test run, it would put the show on hiatus and syndicate it nationally in fall 2013. On July 6, 2012, Warner Bros. Television announced Bethenny was cleared by the entire Fox Television Stations Group, well ahead of its September 2013 launch. [5] In some markets, the show was used to replace the cancelled Anderson Live , which was also distributed by Warner Bros. Television.

In Canada, the show airs on CMT with air times varying by market to allow for simsubbing.

On February 14, 2014, Bethenny was cancelled due to a loss of affiliate clearances to NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution's upcoming The Meredith Vieira Show . [6] [7] Despite the "final show" airing in May 2014, new episodes continued to air until July 4, 2014. [8]

Ratings

Ratings for the series were fair. Though the series did not place first in ratings since its September 2013 relaunch, the show opened with a 0.9 rating. [9] Bethenny averaged a 0.9 household rating, ranking No.14 among talk shows above only The Arsenio Hall Show , The Test , and Trisha , all of whom were also cancelled in May 2014 along with Bethenny. [10]

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