Thursday marks the final day of production for “The Steve Harvey Show”after five years in Chicago. After that, it’s packing up and moving to Los Angeles, where the syndicated talk show will morph into a new daytime series simply called “Steve.”

Most if not all of the estimated 80 employees who worked for Harvey here will be out of work after the show closes down at NBC Tower. – Robert Feder

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I’m a Steve Harvey fan. Most of that stems from his Kings of Comedy standup, hosting of Family Feud and Kenan Thompson’s impression, but he always seemed like a pretty cool guy. Well it turns out he’s actually the opposite of a cool guy. I don’t know what it’s like being a celebrity, but you have to be quite the douchebag to write a letter like that to your staff. If you don’t want to sign autographs or give people hugs while your eating dinner or trying to take a piss that’s understandable. But these people are doing their jobs, the main part of which is to make you look good and make your show run smooth. Also, you’re the host of a daily talk show. How hard is your life? You’re getting paid at least a couple million dollars to sit in a chair and make stupid jokes. Lock it up, Steve Harvey.