“The Discuss” govt producer Rob Crabbe is getting a little bit too accustomed to TV goodbyes. A yr and a half after his earlier talker, “The Late Late Present With James Corden,” signed off, he’s now doing the identical factor on Friday with “The Discuss.”

It’s a unique type of present, and due to this fact a unique type of goodbye. However nonetheless, there are similarities to the sign-off. “The emotional undercurrent of what the reveals had been attempting to perform is similar,” Crabbe informed Selection. “You’re attempting to precise joyfulness. You’re attempting to make individuals really feel one thing. And with ‘The Discuss,’ we’re giving all people a little bit break of their day, the routine of it. This can be a respite in your day, the place you possibly can come and snort and watch 5 individuals that basically like one another have a extremely good time on tv. That emotional forex will likely be missed for lots of people within the viewers.”

“The Discuss” ends its 15-year run on Friday with one ultimate reside episodes, which Crabbe mentioned will likely be dedicated to celebrating the present’s historical past and its hosts, previous and current. There received’t be any company on the goodbye, aside from one: Howie Mandel, who made common appearances on “The Discuss,” will pop his head in another time to pay tribute to hosts Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell and Sheryl Underwood.

“He’s approaching as a very long time buddy of the present to shock the hosts with some superlatives that the workers got here up with for them,” Crabbe mentioned. “After which, I feel it’s essential to pay tribute to the workers and the crew that make the present. And so there’ll be a few of that in there as properly. It’s fairly the top of an period for our daytime viewers and for the people who work right here. And so if I used to be a betting man, I feel I’d take the over on some tears as properly.”

The ultimate episode will function a pre-tape bundle wanting again at Underwood’s tenure on the present, having been there the longest (becoming a member of for Season 2 in 2011). “The Discuss” has been paying tribute to the entire hosts, one-by-one, every single day this week.

“The present has a protracted historical past, and 15 seasons is an unbelievable quantity to wrap your head round,” Crabbe says. “With this finale week, it’s essential to essentially deal with these hosts. So we’ve been giving every host a full section the place we’re shocking them with a retrospective tape that they haven’t seen, after which having them react to it. We’ve type of gone in reverse chronological order once they began the present. For the finale day, we’ll end with Sheryl’s retrospective. She’s the longest tenured host right here. And I feel these are very nice, as a result of they’re experiencing their journey on the present in nearly actual time.”

Crabbe plans to present the hosts loads of time within the finale to mirror on what “The Discuss” meant to them, and to say goodbye. “For the finale, I needed to essentially be reflective for the hosts,” he says. “I feel that they’ll every have one thing that they need to say about their expertise and what it’s been like for them and what it’s meant to them.”

“The Discuss” started in 2010 off an thought by Sara Gilbert, who was one of many present’s first hosts, together with Julie Chen Moonves, Sharon Osbourne, Leah Remini, Holly Robinson Peete and Marissa Jaret Winokur. Others who’ve hosted embrace Aisha Tyler, Eve, Carrie Ann Inaba, Marie Osmond and Elaine Welteroth. There’s no plan for earlier hosts to make cameos within the finale, however they are going to be seen in clips.

“You’ll see imagery, actually of different hosts in these spotlight packages,” he says. “However we don’t have any plans for any shock appearances by previous hosts. Additionally a variety of clips function the previous hosts, it was their present as properly. And we need to be respectful to the complete run of the present. All of the work that’s gone into it and all these previous seasons with all these different hosts. So it’ll be a full look again at every thing.”

Crabbe says issues have been getting more and more emotional on set, notably because the viewers involves the conclusion that that is it for “The Discuss.”

“One of many issues that impressed me is how a lot the present means to the viewers and the in studio viewers,” he says. “It’s a really loyal group, and the outpouring has simply been super. There’s a pair that met within the viewers and obtained married, and we attempt to function a few of these viewers tales as properly. Lots of people who credit score the present sparking the enjoyment that saved their lives.

“I’m undecided that they had been essentially clocking that the top was coming, however now it’s change into very clear, and so we have now viewers in tears every single day in studio,” he provides. “The present means loads to lots of people. And so I feel it’s going to be missed on this area.”

The present has spent the week discussing their impending departure, and even had some enjoyable with it in a chilly open the place they teased their variations of iconic collection finales like “Seinfeld,” “The Sopranos” and “The Bob Newhart Present.”

“The Discuss” will likely be changed within the new yr by a brand new cleaning soap opera, “Past the Gates,” which premieres on Feb. 24.