The Kitchen's Sunny Anderson Jokes About Food Network Cancellation

Sunny Anderson, who cohosts Food Network’s The Kitchen alongside Katie Lee Biegel, Jeff Mauro, Geoffrey Zakarian and Alex Guarnaschelli, shared her reaction to the show ending after 40 seasons.

By Bentley Maddox Oct 21, 2025 10:06 PM
| Updated Oct 22, 2025 2:26 AM
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Sunny Anderson is cutting up some jokes.

Amid the news that her Food Network show The Kitchen will end in December after 12 years on air, the cohost had some fun while engaging with supportive fan comments. 

“Those Kitchen mugs are collector items now!” one fan wrote to Sunny, as seen in a screenshot on her Instagram Story Oct. 21. “Can’t wait to see what’s next for you on Food Network!”

And the 50-year-old agreed about the coffee cups, quipping back, “Happy I ‘stole’ them from set to share.”

In addition to “stealing” some gifts from the show, the Drew Barrymore Show correspondent—who currently helms The Kitchen alongside Katie Lee Biegel, Jeff Mauro and Geoffrey Zakarian, as well as guest host Alex Guarnaschelli—received a bouquet of flowers from Food Network, which she showcased alongside a note that read, “Congrats on a successful run!”

“That’s what I’m talking about,” Sunny said in the clip shared to her Instagram Story. “Y’all sweet, super sweet.” 

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Earlier in the day, the Sunny’s Kitchen author shared her heartfelt appreciation for her 40-season run on The Kitchen, too.

“For such a loud, talkative chick,” she wrote on Instagram, “I have 2 words… Thank you!”

Sunny’s cohost Katie also reminisced on “the end of an era.” 

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“Thank you so much to all of our fans,” she wrote on her Instagram Story Oct. 21. “The Kitchen was the greatest professional honor of my life and I will be forever grateful.”

Meanwhile, fellow cohost Jeff celebrated the “cooking, laughing, and eating life-changing bites” he shared with his fellow chefs, whom he called his “best friends.”

“We laughed so much,” he wrote on Instagram Oct. 20. “We ate so much. I learned so much. I could write a book the size of a schooner—in fact, I just might. I didn’t expect to feel this sad, but my optimism for what lies ahead outweighs the sadness.”

Jeff concluded, “More than anything, I’m deeply grateful and humbled for this immense opportunity that I will never forget.”

In addition to The Kitchen, read on for more shows that were canceled or renewed this year. 

Renewed: Honest Renovations

Jessica Alba and Lizzy Mathis' Roku home renovation show will tackle new constructions on season four.

Renewed: Love Island: Beyond the Villa

The second season of Peacock's Love Island spinoff will debut in 2026.

Renewed: Nobody Wants This 

Everybody wants more of this. The Netflix comedy will be back for season three.

Canceled: Ridiculousness

After 14 years, the hit MTV clip show hosted by Rob Dyrdek is coming to an end.

Renewed: King of the Hill

The beloved animated comedy will continue grilling through seasons 16 and 17 on Hulu.

Renewed: Adults

The comedy about a group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people will return for season two.

Renewed: Only Murders in the Building

OMITB is alive and well because the Hulu series is returning for season six in 2026.

The show will film overseas for the first time, with the beloved crime-solving trio leaving New York City to investigate London’s newest mystery.

Renewed: The Rainmaker

The USA Network legal drama will return to the courtroom for season two.

Canceled: The Kitchen

Food Network announced that the weekend culinary talk show hosted by Sunny AndersonJeff MauroGeoffrey ZakarianKatie Lee and Alex Guarnaschelli will end at the end in December 2025 after 12 years and 40 seasons.

Renewed: The Buccaneers

The Apple TV+ drama inspired by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s final novel will return for season three.

Renewed: Lioness 

The Paramount+ thriller starring Zoe Saldana and Nicole Kidman was renewed for a third season, according to multiple outlets.

Canceled: The Ultimatum: Queer Love

The Netflix dating reality show won't be back for season three, Varity reported in October.

Canceled: Mid-Century Modern

The Hulu comedy inspired by The Golden Girls won't be returning for a second season.

Renewed: The Morning Show

The Apple TV+ drama, starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, will be back for season five.

Canceled: Catfish

The MTV series will end with season nine.

“After 12 years,” host Nev Schulman said as he sat next to Max Joseph in a Sept. 22 Instagram video, “300 episodes and just a lot of traveling around this incredible country, Catfish has officially been cancelled. Sorry.”

Renewed: Hunting Wives

After the May Cobb novel adaptation became a smash hit on Netflix when it was added to the platform in summer of 2025, the streamer confirmed it had picked up the series as an original for season two. 

 

Renewed: Foundation

The apocalyptic sci-fi drama will be back for season four.

Renewed: Overcompensating

The Prime Video comedy will head back to school for season two.

Renewed: Berlin ER

Apple TV+ renewed the German-language drama for a second season.

Renewed: The Paper

Stop the presses: The Office spinoff will be back for season two on Peacock.

Ending: Bel-Air

Peacock's reimagined drama will debut it's fourth and final season Nov. 24.

Renewed: Password

Get ready for more outrageous clues, wild guesses and comedic moments as Keke Palmer returns as host alongside wordplay master Jimmy Fallon for season three.

Renewed: The Institute

The horror series was for season two, which should come as no surprise given that The Institute ranks as the best premiere ever on MGM+.

Renewed: America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys

Season three will follow the 2025-2026 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad from start to finish—kicking off at auditions and training camp and continuing all the way through the NFL season.

Renewed: Solo Traveling

Tracee Ellis Ross' Roku Channel travel series will continue jet-setting to fabulous destinations with season two.

Renewed: American Ninja Warrior

The intense NBC competition series will continue to make jaws drop when more contestants compete for the $250,000 price on the upcoming 18th season.

Ending: And Just Like That...

Series creator Michael Patrick King revealed the Sex And The City spin-off starring Sarah Jessica Parker will end after the current third season in a two-part finale.

“And just like that…the ongoing storytelling of the Sex and the City universe is coming to an end,” Michael said in an Aug 1 Instagram post. “While I was writing the last episode of And Just Like That…season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop.”

“SJP and I held off announcing the news until now because we didn’t want the word ‘final’ to overshadow the fun of watching the season,” he added. “It’s with great gratitude we thank all the viewers who have let these characters into their homes and their hearts over these many years.”

Renewed: Untamed

Netflix's new series set in Yellowstone National Park and starring Eric Bana scored a season two renewal, according to Variety.

Renewed: Pluribus

The new series, in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness, was renewed by Apple TV+ even before its season one premiere.

Renewed: Days of Our Lives

The long-running Peacock soap opera will return with more drama for seasons 62 and 63.

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