Melissa Grelo Departs 'The Social' as CTV Daytime Show Becomes a Video Podcast
Melissa Grelo is leaving to focus on her health and wellness podcast as the daytime series shifts to a livestream format with three continuing hosts.
- On Wednesday, CTV announced that The Social will transition to a video podcast format in its 14th season, with co-host and moderator Melissa Grelo departing after 13 years.
- Grelo, who co-hosted the series for 13 seasons, said the show was one of the "great privileges of my career," but is leaving to focus on her own health and wellness podcast, Aging Powerfully.
- Executive producer Laura Scarfo said the reimagined series will be filmed on the Toronto set without a studio audience, allowing it "to expand and reach Canadian and international audiences."
- Hosts Jess Allen, Andrea Bain, and Cynthia Loyst will continue to host The Social while the show remains on "hiatus" until it returns on Sept. 9 in its new format.
- Future episodes will stream live on YouTube at 1:00 p.m. ET, followed by an immediate broadcast of the recorded one-hour episodes on CTV at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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Melissa Grelo exists The Social' after 13 seasons
Longtime co-host of CTV’s The Social, Melissa Grelo, is officially leaving the daytime talk show after 13 seasons, as the series prepares for a major format change this fall. Bell Media announced on Wednesday that The Social will be evolving from its current weekday television format into a “premium video podcast” when it returns for its 14th season this September. The new season will also mark the departure of co-host and moderator Melissa Grel…
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The Hamilton SpectatorCTV's 'The Social' is set to become a video podcast as founding co-host Melissa Grelo departs
After 13 seasons, the daytime TV show will be making some big changes.
Melissa Grelo Leaves CTV's The Social After 13 Seasons
After 18 years at Bell Media, and 13 seasons of The Social, Melissa Grelo is moving on. In related news, The Social is shifting away from traditional daytime television broadcasting to become a video podcast.I know Melissa a little via my relationship with Dana Levenson, and I've always been keen to have her as my guest on Toronto Mike'd. Prior to launching The Social, Melissa Grelo hosted CP24 Breakfast.My mom and wife at a taping of The Social
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