Chelsea Handler will not renew her E! channel late night show contract after eight years, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Handler's manager Irving Azoff explained to THR the late night host wants to move on from "Chelsea Lately" and already has offers for other projects in the works.
"Chelsea intends to leave when her contract expires. She hired me to figure out her life after E! We have at least seven suitors and many ideas," Azoff told THR.
An E! spokesperson confirmed to THR Handler has nine months left in her contract, but refused to release a statement about the show host's future with the network. However, Handler has been vocal in the past about her discontent with the E! network. The comedian recently did an interview on Howard Stern's radio show where she stated the network is a "sad place" with "no ideas," with contributes to its "failure."
Conversely, Handler's comments about E! have made her potential "suitors" uneasy about signing her onto their network, seeing as though she doesn't have a problem voicing her discontent.
"When you see talent go after a network like that, you think one day it could be me," an inside source told THR.
The insider also revealed to THR they don't expect Handler to receive a $9 million a year contract at another network.
"Handler is the lone female late-night host with a proven track record amid a sea of male hosts across broadcast and cable," THR reports. "And Azoff says his research shows Handler's performance is stronger than those figures suggest. Despite shrinking overall viewership at E!, his numbers show that Chelsea Lately consistently has built on its lead-in and that this year, her show is averaging a 67 percent increase in viewers over that lead-in, the largest build in the show's eight-year run."
