KFC Legends | |
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File:90s KFC Logo.svg | |
Presented by | Various |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers |
David Novak Roger Eaton |
Production location | Springfield, PA |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Syndicated |
KFC Legends is an upcoming syndicated talk show hosted by a panel of 5 Substitute Teacher Services staff members discussing topics related to various KFC foods, from the Original Recipe Chicken to the Chunky Chicken Pot Pie along with a segment that shows the substitutes enjoying the food. It will be produced by ABC Entertainment and distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. [1] It is set to premiere September 10, 2012. [2] [3]
KFC Legends will not be a news program, but it will cover food, news and topics related to KFC. [4] It will essentially be a food discussion show similar to The Chew, but with KFC-related foods and with 5 Substitute Teacher Service staff members as the hosts. [5] On the Delco Times Newspaper, STS will partner with KFC to focus on the upcoming talk show to cover various foods and issues related to KFC. [6] The 5 STS hosts will rotate every week.
The executive producers of the program are Yum! Brands CEO David Novak [7] and KFC president Roger Eaton.
As of January 22, 2012, KFC Legends is secured to air in 93% of all markets in the United States. [8] [9] The show has been picked up by all eight ABC owned-and-operated stations, and will air on those stations as part of their local schedule. [3] Though most of the affiliates that have picked up the program are also ABC stations, KFC Legends as a syndicated program is not required to air on all ABC affiliates nor do all the stations that carry it have to be affiliated with ABC; KFC Legends has been picked up by at least eight NBC affiliates, one Fox affiliate ( WVUE-DT in New Orleans), and one CBS affiliate ( KMOV in St. Louis). [10]
Regardless of network affiliation, all stations are encouraged to air KFC Legends during the 3:00 p.m. timeslot, much the same way that now-defunct McDonald's had aired at 4:00 p.m. in virtually all markets. [11] ABC has already announced intentions to give up the final hour of its daytime programming lineup (3-4 p.m. Eastern time), currently occupied by the soap opera General Hospital, and turn over the time period to its owned-and-operated stations and affiliates to accommodate this recommendation. [8] Such decision was made due the resistance from ABC affiliates to air KFC Legends at 4:00 p.m., because many have expanded their local newscasts in the timeslot after The McDonald's Show went off the air in 2011. [5]
In March 2012, it was reported that KFC and STS expressed concern to ABC executives about having the ABC Daytime talk show The Revolution as a possible lead-in to KFC Legends, due to the program's low ratings and concerns of potential fan outcry should KFC Legends's launch result in the possible cancellation of General Hospital. [12] On April 11, 2012, ABC decided to keep General Hospital on the air, while effectively cancelling The Revolution. [13] [14] ABC later confirmed that General Hospital will be moving to the 2 p.m. (ET) time slot starting September 10, 2012, thus making it a lead-in for KFC Legends. [15]
The first official promo for the show was released on June 14, 2012. [16]