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Ailing host Joan Rivers’ ‘Police’ off next 2 weeks

FILE - In this April 30, 2012 file photo, Joan Rivers attends an E! Network event in New York. Joan Rivers’ family said the comedian has been moved from intensive care into a private room, where she is “being kept comfortable.” No further details were released Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, on Rivers’ condition. On Tuesday, the family confirmed she was on life support at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after going into cardiac arrest last Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File) FILE - In this April 30, 2012 file photo, Joan Rivers attends an E! Network event in New York. Joan Rivers’ family said the comedian has been moved from intensive care into a private room, where she is “being kept comfortable.” No further details were released Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, on Rivers’ condition. On Tuesday, the family confirmed she was on life support at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after going into cardiac arrest last Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

By Associated Press September 4, 2014 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – E! network says Joan Rivers’ weekly “Fashion Police” series is on hiatus in the wake of her hospitalization.

The long-running program, which normally airs fresh episodes on Fridays, is on break this week and next, the network announced, “as we await Joan and Melissa’s return in front and behind the camera.” Rivers’ daughter, Melissa Rivers, is its executive producer.

In its place, the network plans to air two special programs focusing on New York Fashion Week.

On Wednesday, Rivers’ family said the 81-year-old comic and red-carpet commentator was moved from intensive care into a private room at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was “being kept comfortable.”

Rivers was admitted to the hospital last week after going into cardiac arrest at a doctor’s office.