''Steve'' is a syndicated

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that was hosted by entertainer

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. It premiered on September 5, 2017, as a successor to Harvey's Chicago-based ''

'' talk show produced by

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. The series was produced from

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in California in partnership with

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and

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, and was described as having a larger focus on celebrity guests and Harvey's comedy (as opposed to the previous series, which focused more on human interest topics). In 2018, the show was dropped by NBCUniversal and its stations for the 2019–2020 television season, in favor of ''

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''. As a result, ''Steve'' was cancelled, and aired its final episode on June 26, 2019. In December 2019, Endeavor Content reached an agreement with

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to revive ''Steve'' as an

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on the platform. ''Steve on Watch'' premiered on January 6, 2020.

History

Harvey's previous talk show, ''

'', was produced by

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, and ran for five seasons. In November 2016, it was announced that the program would be cancelled after the 2016–17 season. Concurrently, it was announced that Harvey had entered into a partnership with

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and his previous distributor,

, to produce a new talk show in

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with an ownership stake, more creative control, and a celebrity-oriented format. The new series, ''Steve'', originated from a new set at Stage 1 at

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Production

''Steve'' tapped Shane Farley as the

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, alongside Gerald Washington, IMG co-president Mark Shapiro, and Mike Antinoro. To accommodate Harvey, production of his radio show ''

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'', and the syndicated game show ''

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'', were both re-located from

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to Los Angeles (the primetime ''

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'' had already been filmed in Los Angeles). The show premiered on September 5, 2017, with guests

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, and

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. ''Steve'' was picked up in 90% of the U.S., including most of the

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group (where it inherited the previous program's timeslots as a lead-in to ''

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''). In January 2018, the show was renewed for a second and final season that premiered on September 4.

Cancellation

On September 19, 2018, it was announced that NBC Owned Television Stations had picked up ''

''—which is produced and distributed by NBCUniversal, to replace ''Steve'' on its stations for the 2019–2020 television season. Insiders reported that IMG had been shopping the series to a new distributor or outlet. In January 2019, Harvey stated that he was caught off-guard by the news, arguing that he "thought it would have been nice of BC to inform that he was being replaced by

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. Harvey noted that, across both shows, he had hosted daytime talk shows for seven consecutive seasons, despite volatility in daytime television due to other options such as streaming. In May 2019, ''Steve'' was officially cancelled, and its final episode aired on June 26.

Format

Harvey described the new show's format as being more akin to a

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and one of his competitors, ''

'', with a monologue, audience games, and celebrity guests. Harvey lamented that it was harder to secure celebrity guests for his previous show in Chicago, explaining that "I designed that show around a great city and those great people. We flew people in, but we didn't have to. In five years, I never had a regular person cancel. I don't expect that to be the case out here. Famous people cancel." Harvey stated that the new show would still feature

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segments, but that he would be able to "interject a little bit more of my personality in terms of humor in a lot more areas".

''Steve on Watch''

It was later announced in December 2019 that Harvey and Endeavor Content had signed a deal with

to produce a continuation of the show as a web series, ''Steve on Watch'', with an initial 10-week run beginning January 6, 2020. Early episodes of the series were filmed at the

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in Atlanta. While later episodes were filmed at

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