Long Live Wendy Williams
On Tuesday's episode of The Wendy Williams Show, Sherri Shepherd announced her own talk show, all but confirming the cancelation of Williams's.
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At last we have an answer to the question Wendy Williams asked her audiences repeatedly for the 12 years she hosted her talk show (and, prior to that, on the radio): “How you doin’?” She isn’t, in fact, doin’. For all intents and purposes, The Wendy Williams Show is apparently canceled.
On Tuesday’s episode of The Wendy Williams Show, guest host Sherri Shepherd announced what has been suspected for weeks now: She’ll be replacing Williams permanently. In September, the talk show Sherri will debut and, according to a report from Deadline, it will take over The Wendy Williams Show’s syndicated Fox time slots, be produced by Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury, and boast The Wendy Williams Show’s producing team.
Shepherd, who has subbed in regularly as a host during the current 13th season of The Wendy Williams Show during Williams’s season-long absence, was careful to refrain from claiming a total takeover. “No one can replace the queen, nobody,” she said. “And trust me, I am not trying to at all. It is Wendy’s place to share her story with you. But I do want to give the queen her props and her flowers, because Wendy had a legendary career in radio and this show was crafted specifically for her. No one can do this format but Wendy. Nobody can sit in a purple chair and sip the tea like Wendy Williams. Because when you talk about the greatest talk shows of all time—Oprah Winfrey, Phil Donahue, Ricki Lake, The View, Montel Williams—you have got to mention The Wendy Williams Show.”