With Ellen DeGeneres and Wendy Williams Leaving, Daytime TV Sees Biggest Shake-Up Since Oprah’s Departure
20.05.2022 - 19:09
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Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentIn 2017, Wendy Williams fainted on live television. The daytime gossip queen quickly got up and continued her show, but that episode signaled the beginning of health issues that plagued Williams. At the start of the fall 2021 TV season, the host went on a hiatus due to complications from Graves’ disease but, ultimately, never returned.
As a result, “The Wendy Williams Show” is coming to a sudden end next month after a 14-year run.Williams, who helped redefined the daytime space after conquering radio with her gift for gab, has said in various interviews that she plans to return to her show this fall. But with plans charging ahead for the 2022-23 television season, Williams isn’t reclaiming her purple chair so soon — and even if she did, she’d return to a daytime landscape that has dramatically changed almost overnight. Not since “The Oprah Winfrey Show” ended in 2011 has the daytime world been rocked by such a sea change.
That starts with the monumental exit of Ellen DeGeneres from the space, as she ends her signature show after 19 years. Also out is Dr. Oz, who dumped his show and ventured into politics.
This year, television’s grim reaper also took hold of “The Nick Cannon Show,” “The Good Dish,” “Maury,” “Judge Jerry,” “The Doctors” and “The Real.”“Daytime is important. People rely on it,” says Jack Abernethy, CEO of the Fox Television Stations. “But look at soaps — daytime has to be refreshed, just like every medium.
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