{"id":782992,"date":"2026-09-26T07:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T07:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/782992\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T07:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T07:32:12","slug":"talktv-presenter-announces-exit-with-immediate-effect-in-bombshell-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/782992\/","title":{"rendered":"TalkTV presenter announces exit &#8216;with immediate effect&#8217; in bombshell statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2251498\/Meghan-Markle-hides-from-public\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Dolan<\/a> has announced his exit from <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/talktv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTV<\/a> with &#8220;immediate effect&#8221;. Confirming his departure on Friday (September 25), the presenter and comedian addressed fans in a video shared on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been on air, hosting the weekend breakfast show from 6am-10am every Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the last 12 months. And it&#8217;s been one of the best jobs of my career, if not the best,&#8221; he began.<\/p>\n<p>After praising Talk management and the teams behind the scenes, as well as the audience, Mark explained, &#8220;What&#8217;s happened is I&#8217;ve seen extraordinary growth in the Mark Dolan Show on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are currently reaching 6.5million people a month in the United Kingdom, in the Republic of Ireland, across Europe, South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and our biggest market &#8211; by an order of magnitude &#8211; the United States. So, the Mark Dolan show has broken America.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Therefore, whilst I was away in the States doing daily videos for my YouTube channel, all of which were going crazy viral. I realised that this project is going to need my time and energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reiterating that he wouldn&#8217;t be leaving current affairs, Mark added that he would be commentating via The Daily Expresso on YouTube, and the sister brand of the Daily Express.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will be writing columns for The Daily Express, I will be appearing on Sky News Australia &#8211; I&#8217;ve got a regular feature every Sunday night with Paul Murray. And, of course, I&#8217;ll be appearing on News Max, where I&#8217;m a regular voice in the United States,&#8221; Mark added.<\/p>\n<p>Referring back to his namesake YouTube channel, the presenter declared: &#8220;We have a simple goal, which is to be the number one talk show in the world. And YouTube is where it&#8217;s at.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7feb8312-c58a-4d4b-a009-e5d255b14ba7.jpg\"><img alt=\"JJ Anisiobi and Mark Dolan on The Daily Expresso\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7feb8312-c58a-4d4b-a009-e5d255b14ba7.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark will continue to appear on The Daily Expresso (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster\/Express)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a person of huge ambition, and I don&#8217;t only want the Mark Dolan Show to be the number one show in the world, I want it to be the number one broadcaster in the world. And I&#8217;ll get there, just watch me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following his announcement, Mark was inundated with messages from fans. &#8220;Nobody does a better opening monologue than you do. All the best for the future,&#8221; replied one. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry to hear that Mark&#8230; You are one of their best presenters,&#8221; mused a second.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Best wishes, fella, on your new adventure and will check out,&#8221; remarked a third. &#8220;You will smash it right out of the park. Can&#8217;t wait to tune in to your new show,&#8221; raved a fourth. TalkTV&#8217;s weekend editor, Dean Spencer, also responded, writing, &#8220;Good luck, Mark. You will be missed on Weekend Breakfast.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Dolan has announced his exit from TalkTV with &#8220;immediate effect&#8221;. 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