Steve (talk show)

Steve tapped Shane Farley as the executive producer, alongside Gerald Washington, Mark Shapiro, and Mike Antinoro.[4] To accommodate the new series, Family Feud and Harvey's syndicated radio morning show were re-located from Atlanta to Los Angeles (the primetime Celebrity Family Feud had already been filmed in Los Angeles ahead of the move of the main, syndicated series).[5][6] The show premiered on September 5, 2017,[7] with guests Chelsea Handler, Marlon Wayans, and James Arthur.[8]

Steve was picked up in 90% of the U.S., including most of the NBC Owned Television Stations group (where it inherited the previous program's timeslots as a lead-in to The Ellen DeGeneres Show).[9] In January 2018, the show was renewed for a second and final season (seventh overall) that premiered on September 4.[4][10]

On September 19, 2018, it was announced that NBC Owned Television Stations had picked up The Kelly Clarkson Show—which is produced and distributed by NBCUniversal, to replace Steve on its stations for the 2019–20 television season. Insiders reported that IMG had been shopping the series to a new distributor or outlet.[11][9]

In January 2019, Harvey stated that he was caught off-guard by the news, arguing that he "thought it would have been nice of [NBC]" to inform that he was being replaced by Kelly Clarkson. Harvey noted that, across both shows, he had hosted daytime talk shows for seven consecutive seasons, despite volatility in daytime television due to other options such as streaming.[12] In May 2019, Steve was officially cancelled, and its final episode aired on June 26.[13][14][15]

It was later announced in December 2019 that Harvey and Endeavor Content had signed a deal with Facebook Watch to produce a continuation of the show as a web series, Steve on Watch, with an initial 10-week run beginning January 6, 2020. The new program is filmed at the Tyler Perry Studios in Steve Harvey's hometown Atlanta.[16]