Nickelodeon Cancels "The Tiny Chef Show" and the Internet Is Crying Over the 'Raw' Announcement
On June 24, it was revealed that Nickelodeon canceled stop-motion series The Tiny Chef Show
The cancellation announcement took the internet by storm, with tens of thousands of Instagram comments praising the emotional video
The series started as a social media sketch but was picked up by Nickelodeon in 2022The Tiny Chef Show's cancellation is breaking the internet's heart.
On Tuesday, June 24, The Tiny Chef Show shared the sad announcement across all social media platforms that its two-season run on Nickelodeon was ending.
The whimsical stop-motion series is about a felt creature named Tiny Chef who teaches children to cook from his small kitchen. It started as a sketch show on social media and evolved into a two-season Nickelodeon show, which won two Children's and Family Emmy Awards and featured guest stars including Kristen Bell, Tony Hawk and Alan Cumming.
In the video, Chef is cleaning around his tree stump home and gets a phone call from Nickelodeon, which has aired the series since 2022. 'You ready to cook up some more episodes? I got a million ideas,' Tiny Chef says excitedly into the phone before gasping.
'Canceled?' he says aghast. 'What do you mean, canceled?'
He scrambles to convince the person on the other end, saying, 'I have ideas that will blow your minds!'
In a sad tone, he says, 'But we won an Emmy?' before concluding the call. 'I understand. I love you too,' Tiny Chef says.
Tiny Chef hangs up the phone and tries to resume dusting a plant. He quickly covers his face with his hands, moves over to sit on the edge of his bed and cries.
In the caption, the show's creators asked fans to help with crowdfunding to keep the series going after the 'very unexpected' cancellation. They thanked the network for two 'blamazing' seasons and wrote, 'Chef wouldn't want anyone to blame his friends over there, he's just deeply sad he doesn't get to continue hosting a show he adores.'
The announcement blew up, quickly garnering more than 17,000 comments on Instagram. 'The world needs you now more than ever,' one person commented and another wrote, 'This literally just made me cry 😭 keep your head up cheffie!'
'Can we talk about how beautifully raw, honest, and emotional this scene is??? Like I've never seen disappointment encapsulated so perfectly in such a short timeframe,' one person wrote, calling the video 'Oscar worthy.' Other people tagged other TV networks like Food Network, PBS and Disney and asked if they would pick up the series.
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