Amelia Dimoldenberg is ending Chicken Shop Date, the YouTube interview series that helped establish the platform as a genuine rival to television. The show, in which Dimoldenberg took celebrity guests for fried chicken and needled them with deadpan, flirtatious questioning, became a genuine pop culture phenomenon, though its recent episodes had increasingly felt like just another stop on the standard promotional circuit rather than the spontaneous, tension-filled encounters that first made it popular.

Over its run, Chicken Shop Date racked up 34 million hours of views and reached 97% of the world's countries. Standout moments included Louis Theroux reprising a viral rap, an awkward but hugely watched 2024 episode with Andrew Garfield that drew 13 million views, and flirtatious exchanges with guests such as Matty Healy and Billie Eilish, alongside earlier, more offbeat interviews with British musicians like Ghetts and Raleigh Ritchie. Dimoldenberg is moving on to other projects, including red carpet hosting duties, a romcom film and a YA series for the BBC.