Celebrity chef Mario Batali has a new legal problem. A Boston woman is suing the former host of ABC’s The Chew and Iron Chef America regular, claiming he groped her at a bar. At least seven women have already accused Batali of alleged inappropriate touching in public, causing him to lose his television jobs. Batali…

The three hosts of ABC’s daytime culinary series The Chew bid farewell today as the show aired its finale episode after seven seasons. Watch a clip below. A few fans were seen wiping tears in the audience as Daytime Emmy winners Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly and Michael Symon — all of whom have been with the show since…

After seven seasons and thousands of culinary delights, ABC’s The Chew taped its final episode today. Check out some first-look photos from the set above and below. Launched in September 2011, the Daytime Emmy-winning series that celebrates life through food will wrap after Friday’s last show. The network cooked The Ch…

Seven additional women are accusing disgraced chef Mario Batali, the former co-host of ABC’s The Chew, of alleged inappropriate touching in public, according to an exclusive story on food site Eater. According to the story, Batali groped fans while posing for photos. One of the women, Natali Tene, a 28-year-old from…

Foodies were upset to hear the news that ABC canceled The Chew after seven seasons. But hosts of the show Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly, and Michael Symon were probably the most bummed. Even so, they took to social media to express their gratitude to fans and for the talk/cooking/lifestyle show. Hall tweeted: “I am so…

ABC News' Good Morning America, will expand to three hours. The new third hour will air at 1 PM. EDT, noon CDT/PDT. The extra hour will replace ABC’s daytime food-themed program The Chew which, after seven seasons, 1454 episodes, multiple Emmy nominations and two Emmy Awards, will cease production at the end of this…

Mario Batali, fired this week from ABC’s The Chew after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment, apologized to fans and followers of his email subscriber list yesterday, blasting out a “no excuses” statement that, bizarrely concluded with a recipe for a “holiday-inspired breakfast”: Pizza Dough Cinnamon…

ABC has ended its relationship with Mario Batali, the veteran celebrity chef who had been on indefinite leave from The Chew since Monday following allegations of sexual misconduct. The network today made that split permanent, even though it noted that “we remain unaware of any type of inappropriate behavior involving…

Restaurateur Mario Batali is stepping down from both his company and ABC’s The Chew for an indefinite period, the result of a lengthy expose on foodie blog Eater New York that accuses the famous chef of sexual harassment of four women. "We have asked Mario Batali to step away from The Chew while we review the…

After six seasons on ABC’s daytime foodie show The Chew, Daphne Oz is leaving as co-host ahead of the September 5 Season 7 premiere. Oz released a statement and announced her departure on social media. An ABC spokesperson confirmed her exit, first reported by Deadline’s sister pub TVLine. "It has been so much fun…

The approach of Hurricane Matthew towards Florida today has led to a state of emergency and has also led to a shift in the shooting schedule of The Chew. With worries that the potentially massive storm could hit the Orlando area later this week, an October 6 filming of the ABC cooking themed daytime show at Epcot has…

CBS' The Talk bagged its largest weekly audience ever in its fourth season premiere – 2.80 million viewers. That's 20% higher then last year's premiere crowd (2.33 million). Among women 25-54, the season debut (1.2 rating) was up 20% and matched the show's all-time high. In its season return, The Talk had featured its…