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Hirschfeld left her position as Executive Producer in September 2009, and was replaced by former ''Holmes'' producer Pip Keane.
On 9 April 2015 TV3 owner [[MediaWorks New Zealand|MediaWorks]] announced the show is under review due to declining ratings, weeks after the show celebrated 10 years on the air. There was talk of dropping of the show and rumours that the show would be replaced with a show similar to [[Jono and Ben]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/67670289/campbell-live-to-be-reviewed|title=Campbell Live to be reviewed|date=9 April 2015}}</ref> The following day the show reported its highest ratings for 2015 after many viewers showed their support for the show by watching the show and posting photos on a Facebook Event page of their TV screening Campbell Live.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/67696456/john-campbell-lawyers-up-over-campbell-live-review|title=Higher ratings achieved as John Campbell lawyers up|date=11 April 2015}}</ref> A petition at website Action Station has over 63,000 signatures as at 12 April 2015 to save the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.actionstation.org.nz/savecampbelllive|title=Save Campbell Live|date=12 April 2015|access-date=12 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412113809/http://www.actionstation.org.nz/savecampbelllive|archive-date=12 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 21 May 2015 TV3 announced (on Budget day) that the show was to be axed, and replaced by a Monday to Thursday current affairs programme to follow the news.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/68750151/the-sad-end-of-john-campbell |title= The sad end of John Campbell |publisher= Stuff (Fairfax) |date=21 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/68739990/john-campbell-thanks-fans-after-departure-news |title= John Campbell thanks fans after departure news |publisher= Stuff (Fairfax) |date=21 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/68751208/what-now-for-john-campbell |title= What now for John Campbell? |publisher= Stuff (Fairfax) |date=22 May 2015}}</ref> It was also announced that Campbell had decided to leave TV3, despite having been offered a position co-hosting a replacement current affairs programme.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11452468|title=John Campbell leaves Campbell Live|publisher=The New Zealand Herald|date=21 May 2015|first=Matt|last=Nippert}}</ref>
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