It was officially announced by Distributor Debmar-Mercury that the Wendy Williams show will end in the Summer and Sherri Shepherds’ new show “Sherri” will take over the daytime slot in September.
“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,” said Debmar-Mercury co-presidents Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein in a statement.
“Like our viewers, we have been impressed by the unique comedic twist Sherri puts on our daily live ‘Hot Topics’ segment, her creativity and interactions with our guests.
Her love for the content and daytime fans is obvious, and we are excited to partner with her to create another long-term talk franchise.”
“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.
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.”
Sherri Shephard spoke candidly about the transition dismissing all the rumors online on Tuesday morning giving Wendy her flowers and making note that nobody can replace the queen.
Towards the end of her announcement she tearfully said from 2004 to 2014 after years of hearing no maybe God was just saying “not yet”.
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