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  All Talked Out: Talk Show host Montel Williams has announced that he'll bid farewell to his high-rated daytime talk show at the end of this season. The 51-year-old's self-titled talk show has been on air for 17 years, but when production wraps this spring, it will be for the final time. In a statement released by CBS Television Distribution, Williams expressed his gratitude for lasting on television for almost two decades. "I can't say thank you enough to those who've welcomed me into their homes for the past seventeen years. It has been both an honor and a joy," said the TV talker. Williams, a former Lieutenant Commander in the Navy, has traveled the world because of the 'Montel Williams Show.' "[I] talked with over 30,000 guests and over a half million studio audience members," he said. While there won't be any new episodes of the show airing, CBS Television Distribution disclosed plans to provide a series of best-of episodes for fall 2008 that will consist of a full-year of programming highlighting "the most exciting episodes from the last 17 years." "We have been honored to have Montel as a part of our family for the past 17 years, and we're very excited that Montel will live on through these 'Best of' episodes," John Nagasaki, president and COO of CBS Television Distribution, said in the release. Since debuting in 1991, the Emmy-winning talk show host was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and launched his Montel Williams MS Foundation to raise awareness for the disease. Prior announcing on Jan. 30 that his talk show would end, Williams had been on a whirlwind publicity tour over the last several weeks promoting his latest book, 'Living Well: 21 Days to Transform Your Life, Supercharge Your Health, and Feel Spectacular,' which was co-written with William Doyle. Reader Comments 1. Talk show hosts must find a niche' or fill a role to make their
way on television. One person fills that specific role and two means
someone is getting fired. Montel's role was to challenge young females
to change their lives. He'd get in their faces to yell and scream
or even scare them straight, but 17 years of this means the babies
just aren't getting it. What other niche can he take? Maury has a
strangle hold on "Baby Mama Drama." Steve Wilkos has all
the "Dead Beat Dad's" booked. Jerry is a "Broadway
Show." Oprah has the "Bookworld, Politics, and Scientology" covered
for years. What else can Montel do? The man can't pass a drug test
and now employers can fire him with a perscription. Damn, that's
cold. I wouldn't say a word if I didn't care. The man can't smoke
weed with a perscription? 2. I bet that this is all due to his MS. I pray
that he gets better and they find a cure for his pain. I have worked
with MS patients before 3. Montel is doing the right thing stepping down.
In case none of you notice, things are really bad for anybody that
make a living in the News Media. People are no longer supporting
anyone because it's all about the bottom line, MONEY! 4. Well I watch Montel everyday I'm going to miss
his show 5. oh no!I am going to miss you Montel. I will be
on the look out for your next venture. It's been great sharing the
last 17 years with you. I have learned a lot. 6. HE JUST WANTS TO SMOKE HIS BLUNT IN PEACE ! 7. Found this on the Daily Kos and thought it was worth providing to MS readers. I always liked Montel's style, though I surely do not always agree with him. But, this is very cool. For the record 37 soldiers have died this month in an increasingly violent Iraq. The Surge is a joke and is prolonging our decision to leave this country to the Iraqis, if that is at all possible. For just over three minutes on Saturday morning, TV talk show host Montel Williams owned the hosts of Fox and Friends. A former Marine and Naval officer, Montel lectured the stunned hosts on the stupidity of spending air time on the death of Heath Ledger, rather than covering the war in Iraq. It was a spectacle rarely seen on live cable television, as Montel exposed and condemned both tabloid "news" shows and much of American culture for what they have each become: shallow and greedy.Three minutes into this awkward segment on Fox, one host cut off Montel in order to go to a commercial. Montel did not return after the break. Four days later, after 17 years as a television host, Montel lost his job. DARK'S NOTE: Heath Ledger is dead. Get the fu*k
over it. Stop supporting this kind of "junk food media" and
join the already ongoing boycott of FOX & NEWS Corp. Let them
know you are fed up with this kind of sh*t! FOX, CNN, NBC, CBS and
the rest of the MAIN STREAM media no longer provide us NEWS.....just
contrived entertainment and distractions. WAKE UP and DO SOMETHING
about it! CONTACT FOX HERE! From:KoyaanisqatsiBettyEricyaKir ♂911
TRUTH Bronx NYCRonnie Killuminati Free Thought DARK PROPHECY 8. No offense to Montel, but was anyone even watching
him? I stopped watching him like 4 years ago. 9. I think Montel is very sick from MS.That is what
this is all about. Montel needs the Lord now.... not Crazy Sylvia
the phychic. 10. I had the opportunity to meeting Montel in person, the man is
indeed a family man with a good spirit and kindred heart..Montel,
thanks for sharing your joy, tears, and your pains..I'll miss your
segments with reknown psychic Sylvia Brown...as Bob Hope would say "Thanks
for the memories" and for your work and with the MS Foundation,
and your support in providing adequate healthcare coverage in terms
of "affordable medications" for Senior Citizens... 11. I think it's the MS. Montel needs Jesus...now. Not Sylvia the CRAZY phychic. Open your eyes and see this Montel... PLEASE! Gods speed Montel...you had a good run. 12. I really will miss his show, I watched every
Wednesday for Sylvia Browne. He appeared to be a good man. Good Luck
to you in the future. 13. For BettyJ and Harry Asmen: please let's not
get stupid!!! Let the man retire in peace. And Harry? puh-leeze!!!! 14. Montel wasn't smoking weed, he was eating it...he said it himself
and he was ouraged that someone would even question him about the
situation. He must be in a great deal of pain. I don't know anything
about MS, but I wish him the best. 15. I know that Montel has serious medical issues, and I truly hope
that he can benefit from a cure one day, but I'm not particularly
impressed with the man himself. While in Savannah, GA about 2 months
ago, he verbally attacked a 17 year old student reporter for our
local newspaper by threatening to find where she lives and "blow" her
up. His attack was totally unprovoked and senseless. Being ill is
no excuse for threatening a child or his gross display of bad manners.
This is the Deep South, manners and hospitality mean everything to
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