Damn! Looks like...

[Duff McCartney]

Everybody is taking a shit on Howard Stern, first Clear Channel now this...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050622/ap_en_ce/tv_howard_stern

E! Entertainment TV Pulls Plug on Stern

NEW YORK - E! Entertainment Television said Wednesday it will stop airing new episodes of "The Howard Stern Show." The last episode will be seen July 8.

The televised version of Stern's radio show has been a staple on E! since 1994, shown weeknights at 11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. and then again in the middle of the night.

Stern won't immediately disappear. E! said it would be airing reruns of the show — more than 2,000 were filmed over the years — for the foreseeable future.

"As `The Howard Stern Show' evolves into a premium service, it is time for our late-night programming to evolve as well," said Ted Harbert, the network's president.

Stern's popular radio program will move to Sirius Satellite Radio in January. His manager, Don Buchwald, did not immediately return a call for comment on E! Entertainment's decision.

[E20]

The show is kind of boring but, that is just me.

[Shelly]

That's because he's jumping to Spike TV.

[Marklar MM]

:cuss :makemyday They need to remove the damn blurs. DAYUM. REMOVE THE BLURS ALREADY.

[T Park]

another talentless pathetic hack.

[N.Y. Johnny]

at first I used to listen to Stern alot in NY on K Rock 92.3 and then it just got stale, same old stuff and i lost interest in it...kinda like Rome, i just got burned out on the same old same old.

[Summers]

at first I used to listen to Stern alot in NY on K Rock 92.3 and then it just got stale, same old stuff and i lost interest in it...kinda like Rome, i just got burned out on the same old same old.

I agree! I'm all for free speech, but Stern's just not that funny. How many times can you ask strippers how much their tits cost before you run out of material?

[NameDropper]

Rumor has it the numbers are what matters with TV and Radio.
If people watch and listen then they have an audience.
I mean even "Real World Austin" appears to have a viewing audience.
Rush Limbaugh has been blowing hot air for years and apparently people haven't gotten tired of his same old same old.

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

I thought his tv show was going to HBO?

[TastesLikeChicken]

How that cat is getting his payday 8 years past his prime is beyond me. He's the Dikembe Mutombo of radio.

[ObiwanGinobili]

i agree.
I used to watch howard on E... but it's just gotton sooooooo old.
not funny at all anymore. Liek a 12 yr old playing in the sandbox with preschoolers, except they think he'sa retard.
:vomit

[Shelly]

Howard was funny until he got divorced. And then when Jackie left the show, it went even further downhill. We have some of his old Channel 9 shows on video from the late '80s early '90s and OMG are they hilarious.

Howard Stern shops around as E! stint wraps

By Andrew WallensteinWed Jun 22, 8:26 AM ET

"The Howard Stern Show" is signing off E! Networks next month, ending an 11-year run of racy programing that featured porn stars, amputee beauty pageants and the oddball members of Stern's "wack pack."

After taping more than 2,000 episodes of his daily radio broadcast, the nationally syndicated radio personality is looking for a new television home, with sources indicating Spike TV is at the negotiating table; the Viacom-owned cable channel declined comment.

Stern will tape his final episode July 8, less than half a year before he is scheduled to take leave of terrestrial radio for his new deal at Sirius Satellite Radio. E! retains rights to air library episodes of "Stern," its highest-rated program, which will continue in its regular late-night slots beginning July 11.

"As 'The Howard Stern Show' evolves into a premium service, it is time for our late-night programing to evolve as well," Ted Harbert, president and CEO of E! Networks, said in a statement. "All of us at E! are extremely grateful to Howard for all that he's done for the network."

On his radio show Tuesday, Stern himself referred to the impending end of his contract with E! He alluded to having a post-E! strategy but indicated he wasn't ready to divulge details.

Spike TV would represent a potential home for Stern, given its programing mix is targeted at the young male audience he has lured throughout his career. Stern already has a cartoon series based on his early years in development at Spike TV. Last year, the network took a stab at an original late-night programing block with animated fare that flopped.

What isn't clear is what any basic cable channel would do to handle the relaxed content limits to which Stern is looking forward at Sirius. Despite his routine complaints about the restrictions imposed on him by Viacom-owned parent company Infinity Radio, the show still is among the raciest programs on the air, with E! frequently forced to edit profanities and pixilate nudity.

Sources have indicated E! parent company Comcast Corp. was not thrilled about airing Stern in light of increasing scrutiny of cable programing on Capitol Hill.

An ever racier version of Stern's show conceivably could have a place on premium cable, but HBO already discontinued its discussions with Stern, according to sources.

Representatives for Stern could not be reached for comment.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

[3rdCoast]

what the fuck happened to the kidd chris show on krock 102.7? did kidd leave already?wtf. his show is not on today and his site is down. he made no mention of leaving on yesterdays show.fuck.he must have taken off to Phili already.