 ", launched the first "Wayne Brady Show" as a primetime variety series that failed to catch on and was cancelled in March 2002.Later that fall, plans to bring the show back as a daily syndicated daytime series came to fruition and "The Wayne Brady Show" premiered on local stations nationwide on September 2, 2002.Although the show was a hit at the start, the ratings began sliding during the first season and continued into its second, and on May 21, 2004 "The Wayne Brady Show" aired its final episode.