The Rachael Ray Show Plans Exit After 17 Years - Vanity Fair

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Rachael Ray on October 12 2019 in New York City.

Your afternoon TV pal is eyeing more “in the kitchen” content for her future.

March 4, 2023

Rachael Ray, the Emmy-winning talk show host, is planning some big changes for her career. On Friday, she announced that her daily chat program, The Rachael Ray Show, is coming to an end. The New York-based production, syndicated via CBS Media Ventures (though airing on ABC in most of the major markets, which is confusing!), has been a sunny midday respite featuring celebs, the host’s good cheer, some breezy humor, and tantalizing kitchen creations for 17 years.

Ray's new production company, Free Food Studios, plans to focus more specifically on “in the kitchen content.” Play to your strengths, Rachel!

In a statement released to V.F., Ray said, “in my more than 20 plus years in television, I have had 17 wonderful seasons working in daytime television.” She continued, “I’ve made the decision that it’s time for me to move on to the next exciting chapter in my broadcast career.”

“I am truly excited to be able to introduce and develop new and upcoming epicurean talent on all platforms,” she added. “That is why I am looking forward to putting all my energies into my recently announced production arm.” In 2019, she revived her series 30 Minute Meals, which originally aired from 2001 until 2012 on Food Network, for a 30-episode run.

Her daily syndicated chat show kicked off in 2006, and has won three Daytime Emmy Awards off of 18 nominations.

While this reporter will not falsely represent being an appointment viewer, it is fair to say that coming across the program in a waiting room is typically more welcome than most of the louder, more histrionic shows frequently seen during that time period. Upon reflection, we stan.

Seventeen years is a long time, and the upstate New York native secured no shortage of great guests over the years. If this database is correct (and who on Earth would create a false one?), visiting celebs have included everyone from Alan Alda to Trisha Yearwood. (We really need more ‘Z’s in Hollywood to make that framing work better.) Some perhaps unexpected names on the list include Ed McMahon and Barack Obama. Prior to his involvement in politics, Donald Trump appeared in a bit called “Stump the Trump,” in which he made jokes about sex toys. Here’s 50 Cent talking about being starstruck upon seeing Meryl Streep. You’ll get a good sense of her “just hangin’ out, chattin’” vibe here.

The theme song for the first five seasons was a variant of the Neville Brothers’s “Yellow Moon,” until her husband, musician John Cusimano, recorded a new one. There was that time, though, when she solicited new ideas for an opening ditty from fans, and even had Paul Shaffer judge the applicants.

A specific last date for the show was not given.