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Is Dish Nation Cancelled 2021? – Celebrity

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Sarah Oconnor

Updated on January 18, 2026

25 Words or Less, Dish Nation, and Divorce Court are not going away anytime soon. The syndicated television shows have all been renewed for two more seasons on Fox Television Stations, per Deadline.

After the rating success of its first 100 episodes, 20th Television announced on January 25, 2013 that Dish Nation had been picked up for a second season. Stephen Brown, EVP of programming and development at 20th Television, credited the show’s success to the viral and real-time nature of the program.

Fox Corp. has renewed four syndicated shows — You Bet Your Life, 25 Words or Less, Dish Nation, and Divorce Court — through the 2022-23 season. Stephen Brown, EVP of Programming for Fox Television Stations, said the following about their programming, per Deadline:

On July 25, 2011, Dish Nation premiered in a limited test run in seven markets. With the help of Madeleine Smithberg, co-creator of The Daily Show and Scott Rockett, co-creator of Hollywood Uncensored, the show began as a fast-paced entertainment round-table covering pop culture and celebrity news through four radio teams.

Who owns Dish Nation?

Dish Nation is an American broadcast syndication tabloid television news broadcasting program that is distributed by Fox Corporation for Fox Television Stations throughout the United States and owned by Fox Corporation.

Conception. Dish Nation was conceived in 2008 by broadcast marketing veteran and former radio DJ and TV weatherman, Stu Weiss. 20th Television, who oversaw Entertainment Tonight in its heyday and launched The Insider while the head of CBS Television Distribution, greenlit the limited market test of Dish Nation, …

On February 22, 2019, Porsha Williams announced a temporary leave of absence from the show for her maternity leave. Williams returned to Dish Nation on June 24. Eva Marcille filled in for Williams during her leave.

The Dallas team, The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, left the show in late December 2016. In January 2017, Dish Nation was renewed for two years. Dish Nation averaged 4.1 million weekly viewers in the fifth season and continued to skew towards a younger audience, with a median age of 49.8.

Blaine Fowler & Allyson Martinek in the Morning on WDVD in Detroit was also part of the original lineup, as was New York’s Scott & Todd, starring Scott Shannon and Todd Pettengill on WPLJ. The DJ Laz Morning Show was added to the show’s first season.

After the rating success of its first 100 episodes, 20th Television announced on January 25, 2013 that Dish Nation had been picked up for a second season. Stephen Brown, EVP of programming and development at 20th Television, credited the show’s success to the viral and real-time nature of the program.

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