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KFC Legends is an upcoming syndicated talk show hosted by a panel of 5 Substitute Teacher Services staff members discussing topics related to various KFC foods, from the Original Recipe Chicken to the Chunky Chicken Pot Pie along with a segment that shows the substitutes enjoying the food. It will be produced by ABC Entertainment and distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. It is set to premiere September 10, 2012.

Format
KFC Legends will not be a news program, but it will cover food, news and topics related to KFC. It will essentially be a food discussion show similar to The Chew, but with KFC-related foods and with 5 Substitute Teacher Service staff members as the hosts. On the Delco Times Newspaper, STS will partner with KFC to focus on the upcoming talk show to cover various foods and issues related to KFC. The 5 STS hosts will rotate every week.

The executive producers of the program are Yum! Brands CEO David Novak and KFC president Roger Eaton.

Development and distribution
As of January 22, 2012, KFC Legends is secured to air in 93% of all markets in the United States. The show has been picked up by all eight ABC owned-and-operated stations, and will air on those stations as part of their local schedule. Though most of the affiliates that have picked up the program are also ABC stations, KFC Legends as a syndicated program is not required to air on all ABC affiliates nor do all the stations that carry it have to be affiliated with ABC; KFC Legends has been picked up by at least eight NBC affiliates, one Fox affiliate (WVUE-DT in New Orleans), and one CBS affiliate (KMOV in St. Louis).

Regardless of network affiliation, all stations are encouraged to air KFC Legends during the 3:00 p.m. timeslot, much the same way that now-defunct McDonald's had aired at 4:00 p.m. in virtually all markets. ABC has already announced intentions to give up the final hour of its daytime programming lineup (3-4 p.m. Eastern time), currently occupied by the soap opera General Hospital, and turn over the time period to its owned-and-operated stations and affiliates to accommodate this recommendation. Such decision was made due the resistance from ABC affiliates to air KFC Legends at 4:00 p.m., because many have expanded their local newscasts in the timeslot after The McDonald's Show went off the air in 2011.

In March 2012, it was reported that KFC and STS expressed concern to ABC executives about having the ABC Daytime talk show The Revolution as a possible lead-in to KFC Legends, due to the program's low ratings and concerns of potential fan outcry should KFC Legends ' s launch result in the possible cancellation of General Hospital. On April 11, 2012, ABC decided to keep General Hospital on the air, while effectively cancelling The Revolution. ABC later confirmed that General Hospital will be moving to the 2 p.m. (ET) time slot starting September 10, 2012, thus making it a lead-in for KFC Legends.

The first official promo for the show was released on June 14, 2012.