Sherri Shepherdis set to host her very own talk show on FOX.
“OMG! I am so excited to have my dream come true and debut my very own talk show SHERRI in the fall. I can’t wait until I return to NY to host the show and merge everything I love…pop culture, talk, entertainment and comedy. I am thankful to Debmar-Mercury and FOX for partnering with me on this show and look forward to this new journey,” she said in a statement.
Shepherd’s new show will inherit the time slot ofTheWendy WilliamsShow. Shepherd and her producing partner Jawn Murray will serve as executive producers along with executive producer and showrunner David Perler, who held similar roles for 12 out of 13 seasons ofTheWendy WilliamsShow. (Shepherd, 54, will be guest hostingTheWendy WilliamsShowall this week.)
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“Sherri is a natural who proved her hosting skills for many years as a panelist on The View, on FOX’s Dish Nation and again this season as a popular guest host of Wendy,” Debmar-Mercury Co-Presidents Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein said in a statement.
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“This is also a bitter-sweet moment for us and our partners at FOX. We all have a great love and affinity for Wendy, who grew into a true icon during her 12 incredible seasons as the solo host of a live, daily talk show dishing on ‘Hot Topics’ and interviewing celebrities,” Marcus and Bernstein added.
“Since Wendy is still not available to host the show as she continues on her road to recovery, we believe it is best for our fans, stations and advertising partners to start making this transition now. We hope to be able to work with Wendy again in the future, and continue to wish her a speedy and full recovery,” they concluded.
In addition, she also has experience guest-hosting other shows includingWho Wants to Be a MillionaireandTo Tell The Truth. More recently, she has been a co-host on FOX’sDish Nation.
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TheSex Lives of College Girlsactress hasguest-hosted multiple timessince.
As for Williams, her continued absence will remain for the “rest of” season 13, a source close to the situation previouslytold PEOPLEearlier this month.
“Wendy won’t be returning to the show for the rest of this season. Her healing is going slower than everyone had hoped. She continues to deal with a number of medical issues, including Graves' disease, and she and her team are taking it one day at a time,” the source said.
“But reports of a stroke, drugs or addiction issues or a dementia diagnosis are all false. Whether Wendy can return in the fall will depend on how her healing goes over the summer. Her health is the most important thing,” the source added.
Williams, 57, experienced serious complications as a direct result of Graves' Disease and her thyroid condition last year.
source: people.com
