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Variety reports:

Sherri Shepherd will launch her own daytime talk show in fall 2022, Variety has learned. The new syndicated series, titled “Sherri,” will slide into the Fox O&O time slots that are currently held by “The Wendy Williams Show,” as the hit gossip queen, Wendy Williams, continues to be in recovery for health-related issues.

In a statement to Variety, a representative for Williams, PR veteran Howard Bragman, said: “It’s been a challenging time for Wendy as she deals with her health issues. She is incredibly grateful to Debmar-Mercury, to Sherri and everybody else who has supported the show through this time. She, more than anyone, understands the reality of syndicated television — you can’t go to the marketplace and sell a show that’s the ‘Maybe Wendy Show’.”

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Wendy Williams’ representative says she “has been assured by Debmar-Mercury that should her health get to a point where she can host again and should her desire be that she hosts again that she would be back on TV at that time.” https://t.co/ZL7wsgWLQg

— Variety (@Variety) February 22, 2022

‘Wendy Williams Show’ is Ending, Sherri Shepherd Will Take Over https://t.co/WsHZgJoXtA

— TMZ (@TMZ) February 22, 2022