Sherri Shepherd is making her wishlist of guests for the first season of her upcoming talk show Sherri, premiering in September. And she would “of course” welcome Wendy Williams as a guest on the show.
Sherri Shepherd's Show Is Officially Taking Over Wendy Williams' Time Slot -- Here's What The Network Says!
22.02.2022 - 20:41 / perezhilton.com
We knew this was coming, and now, it’s official.
Sherri Shepherd, who had recently been named the permanent guest host of The Wendy Williams Show while the daytime TV show’s namesake continues to recover from serious health issues, is now officially replacing Wendy Williams on air.
Of course, insiders first revealed that replacement information late on Sunday, but now, it’s real. On Tuesday morning, network execs officially announced that the 54-year-old Shepherd will helm her own new show, called SHERRI, in Wendy’s old time slot.
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Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, the co-presidents of the show’s production company Debmar-Mercury, revealed their decision to promote Shepherd to her new role, explaining in a statement (below):
Ever concerned about Wendy, the TV execs shared their well-wishes for the 57-year-old now-former daytime TV talk show host, too.
In the second half of their statement, the co-presidents said:
We all certainly feel the same way about that. Shepherd shared her own statement of gratitude about the talk show news, as well. Also on Tuesday morning, the actress and alum of The View revealed her emotions in being elevated to this position:
Wow!
Sherri also took to Twitter to preview the big news with a teaser about the day’s forthcoming new episode of Wendy’s show:
Like we noted, Sherri’s show will inherit the time slot of Wendy’s long-running program. Shepherd is officially an executive producer of the new show in addition to fulfilling hosting duties. Jawn Murray will also executive produce alongside Sherri, with David Perler serving as the showrunner and third executive producer.
Obviously, this is a major move in
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