Fox dumps Talk Show

Spike Feresten.

One of the surprising players in providing late-night talk-show viral videos over the past year was Fox's Talk Show With Spike Feresten, a largely under-the-radar late-night filler that just seemed to be hitting its stride. Don't expect any more Lil' Bill O'Reilly video clips in your e-mail box though; Fox just cancelled Talk Show.

Fox is retooling its late-night Saturday night, and those plans do not involve Spike Feresten, says Broadcasting & Cable. It was already announced that MadTV--which ran from 11 p.m. to midnight on Saturdays--was ending its run this season, and the removal of Talk Show leaves things wide open for Rupert Murdoch's network.

Filling the 11 p.m. hour will be a new talk show from The New Adventures of Old Christine's Wanda Sykes. That program is due out sometime next fall.

Are you going to miss Talk Show With Spike Feresten and its sketches Lil' Bill O'Reilly, Comedy for Stoners, or Girl's Fathers Gone Wild?

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