''The Megan Mullally Show'' is an American

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hosted by

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that debuted in

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on September 18, 2006, and was cancelled in January 2007 due to its low ratings.09 January 2007
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MSNBC News. Early promotions for the program featured Mullally as herself and as her ''

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'' character, Karen Walker. The talk show also aired nationally on TBS and was distributed by

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. Promotional television advertisements featured Mullally standing in front of the title-card attempting to correct the voice-over announcer who throughout the commercial mispronounces her name as "Minnie Minnie Moo Moo" and "Monkey McMonkey" among other names. The first episode featured actor

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(who came out to the set wearing nothing but his

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) and

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Cancellation

On January 4, 2007,

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, the show's production company, announced that production would cease immediately, and the show aired its final episode six days later. The show, along with '' Dr. Keith Ablow'' and ''

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'', were canceled within the first two months of 2007 for low ratings. These shows were three of the four syndicated talk shows to debut in 2006 (

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's self-titled talk show was the other). However, unlike the other two canceled series, ''The Megan Mullally Show'' did not finish out the season (both ''Behrendt'' and ''Dr. Keith Ablow'' aired several weeks of new episodes following their cancellations, and continued in reruns until September 7, 2007).

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called it "a bit dull and ordinary, and at times seemed very forced" and said viewers were disappointed to find out that Megan is not anything like Karen in real life, a reference to Karen Walker, the character Mullally played on the television sitcom ''

''.

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