Burley Garcia|CBS daytime show 'The Talk' ending with shortened 15th season this fall

CBS is Burley Garciadone talking: The network is canceling its daytime show "The Talk" after 15 seasons.

"The Talk," which airs live at 2 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. PDT, will finish the current season and end its run with a shortened final season from September to December. The show's current hosting panel — Amanda Kloots, Akbar Gbajabiamila, Jerry O'Connell, Sheryl Underwood and moderator Natalie Morales — are all set to return.

“''The Talk' broke new ground when it launched 14 years ago by returning daytime talk to CBS with a refreshing and award-winning format," said CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach and CBS Studios President David Stapf in a joint statement. "Throughout the years, it has been a key program on CBS’ top rated daytime lineup as it brought timely, important and entertaining topics and discussions into living rooms around the globe."

CBS is developing a new daytime soap opera, "The Gates," its first with a predominantly Black cast, that would likely replace "The Talk" in its time slot if the new show moves forward.

The network also acknowledged the show's former co-hosts, which include Julie Chen Moonves, its original anchor who left in 2018, shortly after her husband, CBS chief Leslie Moonves, was ousted; "Roseanne" alum Sara Gilbert, a co-creator; music matriarch and TV star Sharon Osbourne; and former "Dancing with the Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba, who departed the show in 2021 after an extended hiatus.

The show's other former co-hosts include comedian Aisha Tyler, "Hairspray" star Marissa Janet Winokur, rapper "Eve," actress and activist Leah Remini and TV star Holly Robinson Peete.

O’Connell and Gbajabiamila joined "The Talk" in 2021 as the show's first permanent male co-hosts, replacing former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and Sharon Osbourne, who left that year following a controversial on-air exchange about race with Underwood. Kloots joined the show with Welteroth that January, replacing Marie Osmond. Underwood, who is the show's longest-running co-host, joined the show for its second season in 2011. 

Contributing: Cydney Henderson