E! News to End After 34 Years on the Air

E! News is set to end after 34 years.

PEOPLE has learned E! News — which is currently hosted by Keltie Knight and Justin Sylvester — will air its last episode on Sept. 25.

Employees of the entertainment news show were informed of the network’s decision on July 24. E! News will air a repeat episode tonight — with new episodes set to air next week.

After the show ends this fall, E! News will continue as a digital brand — including its website E! Online and social media offerings.

The brand’s digital shows including E! News’ The Rundown on Snapchat, Hot Goss on Instagram and RE!CAP on YouTube.

On the air, E! will continue its red carpet coverage with Live from E! in addition to its original programming including Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind and Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour as well as its acquired content.

The network also recently announced two new shows: Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane and E!’s Dirty Rotten Scandals. 

The news comes after NBCUniversal divided its broadcasting offerings. NBC, Peacock and Bravo will remain parts of the original brand, while the rest of its cable channels  — including E!, USA Network, Syfy, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen and Golf Channel —  and websites like Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes will move to the new company, Versant.

Some E! News correspondents will transition to Versant, but opportunities for these employees are still being determined.

E! News premiered on Sept. 1, 1991 with original host Dagny Hultgreen.

There have been several iterations of the show since its debut. In 2006, Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic took the reins of the show.

Seacrest left the show in April 2012 and was replaced by Jason Kennedy. As Rancic reduced her role on the show after welcoming son Duke with husband Bill Rancic in 2012, Catt Sadler joined.

Sadler exited the network in December 2017 after a pay dispute. She claimed Kennedy was  being paid double her salary.

In a statement to PEOPLE at the time, an E! spokesperson said on behalf of the network and Kennedy, “E! compensates employees fairly and appropriately based on their roles, regardless of gender. We appreciate Catt Sadler’s many contributions at E! News and wish her all the best following her decision to leave the network.”

Two years later, E! News moved its broadcast to New York. The move conceded with Rancic announcing that she would no longer be anchoring the show as  she planned to stay in Los Angeles.

Lilliana Vazquez and Scott Tweedie became new co-anchors in New York in January 2020 — but the show was cancelled seven months later amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The show was brought back two years later with hosts Adrienne Bailon-Houghton and Sylvester. Knight was later promoted to co-anchor after Bailon-Houghton’s exit in October 2023.

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E! News airs weekdays at 11:30 p.m. ET on E!