Red Table Talk
[2] Facebook Watch ended the series run in April 2023 as part of the cancellation of all TV shows of original programming on Facebook Watch, although Red Table Talk producers, Westbrook Studios, will continue the project and are reportedly seeking a new home for the series, which was originally slated to return in 2024.The cancellation was related to the discontinuation of all original programming by Facebook Watch; a shift of emphasis by parent company Meta Platforms toward content for its virtual reality service Horizon Worlds; and ongoing layoffs at Meta that included the departure of Mina Lefevre, Facebook Watch's head of development and programming.The reports also indicated that Westbrook Studios, the producer of Red Table Talk, is seeking a new distributor for future episodes of the series.[3][11] In a positive review, USA Today's Maeve McDermott praised the series for its "insightful guests, no-holds-barred topics and Smith’s magnetic hosting presence" and favorably compared to other television series saying, "Unlike the web of other celebrity TV shows featuring manufactured family drama and few moments of actual clarity, though, the revealing conversations on Red Table Talk have authentic, difficult lessons at their center."[14] In another encouraging criticism, The Washington Post's Bethonie Butler was equally approving saying, "It's a shrewd business move for the Smiths to acknowledge and address long-standing rumors about their family in a format they can control.