( CNN ) -- E ! will keep producing `` Fashion Police '' without Joan Rivers , the talk show 's ringleader who died earlier this month . The legendary comedian passed away at age 81 a week after suffering cardiac arrest during an appointment at Manhattan 's Yorkville Endoscopy clinic . The cable channel said Friday that it had decided , with the blessing of Rivers ' daughter Melissa , `` that Joan would have wanted the franchise to continue . '' Joan Rivers gets showbiz send-off with New York funeral . `` Fashion Police '' will resume in January 2015 with coverage of the Golden Globes awards ceremony and red carpet . E ! did not say who would host the show . Joan Rivers was the original star of `` Fashion Police , '' which premiered in 2010 and became a fixture of the cable channel . Her daughter was an executive producer of it . On the show , Rivers led group dissections of celebrity wardrobe triumphs and tragedies . Joan Rivers was a pointed , pioneering comedian . While a number of other E ! personalities were program regulars , Rivers was `` Fashion Police 's '' snarky heart ; that 's why , when she died , some observers predicted that E ! would not re-cast the show . E ! , however , would have lost one of its best-known franchises . `` We are deeply saddened by the loss of Joan Rivers and , for the last two weeks , have turned our attention to honoring her memory on all of our platforms , '' E ! said in a statement Friday . `` We have also thought long and hard about what Joan would have wanted as it pertains to the future of 'Fashion Police , ' '' which led to the decision to continue the show , the channel said .
E ! is still well - known ' ` ` Fashion Police '' in Canada . The announcement of its cancellation came about with the death of Joan Rivers . Rivers ' daughter Melissa said her mother ` ` would have wanted '' the show to continue . ` ` Fashion Police '' will resume in January 2015 .