The Wayne Brady Show is an American variety show hosted by comedian Wayne Brady that aired in two separate forms. On August 8, 2001, ABC, for whom Brady had been working as a panelist on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, launched the first Wayne Brady Show as a primetime variety series that failed to catch on and was cancelled in March 2002. Later that fall, plans to bring the show back as a daily syndicated daytime series came to fruition and The Wayne Brady Show premiered on local stations nationwide on September 2, 2002. Although the show was a hit at the start, the ratings began sliding during the first season and continued into its second, and on May 21, 2004, The Wayne Brady Show aired its final episode. Awards During its time in syndication, it was nominated for several awards: Won Daytime Emmy Award: Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct to Tape Sound Mixing (2003) Outstanding Directing in a Talk Show (2003) Outstanding Talk Show (2003) (tied with The View) Outstanding Talk Show Host (2003) Outstanding Talk Show Host (2004) American Choreography Award: Outstanding Achievement in Television – Variety or Special (2003) Nominated Daytime Emmy Award: Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Design (2004) Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing (2004) Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition (2004) Outstanding Directing in a Talk Show (2004) Outstanding Talk Show (2004) References External links Official ABC era site (via Internet Archive) 2000s American variety television series 2001 American television series debuts 2004 American television series endings American Broadcasting Company original programming 2000s American television talk shows Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show winners English-language television shows First-run syndicated television programs in the United States Television series by Disney–ABC Domestic Television