''The Wendy Williams Show'' (often shortened to ''Wendy'') is an American syndicated talk show created and hosted by

Wendy Williams Wendy Williams Hunter ( Wendy Joan Williams; born July 18, 1964) is an American broadcaster and writer. From 2008 to 2021, she hosted the nationally syndicated television talk show ''The Wendy Williams Show.'' Prior to television, Williams ...

, and produced by Wendy Williams Productions, along with Perler Productions. The show is distributed by

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and airs nationally, with

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serving as its primary affiliate base. The talk show first aired on July 14, 2008 in select major U.S. markets and later expanded nationwide on July 13, 2009 due to loyal viewership which proved highly profitable. It aired its final episode on June 17, 2022, with reruns continuing on most TV stations until September 9. ''Wendy'' was broadcast live in front of a

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in New York City on Mondays through Thursdays. The Friday shows were either a first-run episode originally taped after the Thursday for broadcast the next day, or a repeat of a previous episode. The show regularly competed with ''

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'' as the top-ranked syndicated talk show and averaged more than 1.6 million viewers per day including 440,000 in the target demo of women 25–54. In 2021, Williams took an indefinite leave of absence from the show due to various medical issues, with the show regularly hosted by a variety of

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s since the beginning of its 13th season in October 2021 (which itself was delayed from September due to a

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infection). In February 2022, Debmar-Mercury announced that

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would host a successor to ''The Wendy Williams Show'', '' Sherri'', beginning in the 2022–2023 season.

Format

The program is formatted as an entertainment-based talk show, focusing largely on celebrity news and gossip as well as lifestyle features. Each episode begins with "Hot Topics," an opening segment — usually running 18 to 21 minutes (originally lasting 10 to 12 minutes until the third season), depending on the number of stories featured — in which Williams mainly discusses tabloid headlines and celebrity news, provides her opinions, often addressing the celebrities directly and giving them advice to the camera. Williams also shares other stories about her life. The segment incorporates a heavier emphasis on stories about reality stars and African-American entertainers (particularly hip-hop, rap and R&B artists) than are covered on traditional entertainment newsmagazine programs. Occasionally, the topics incorporated into the segment may involve current issues and offbeat news items not related to the entertainment industry; Williams periodically deviates from the topic to elaborate on a particular aspect of it that relates to her own life. The studio audience (who are affectionately termed by Williams as her "co-hosts") have some active participation in the segment, with Williams often surveying them through

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about a particular point of the story being discussed. Periodic segments-within-a-segment are featured during "Hot Topics" including "Wendy's Got You Covered" (detailing cover stories from current issues of entertainment, fashion and lifestyle magazines), the "Hot Shot of the Day" (showcasing a particular celebrity photo), the "Clip of the Day" (usually featuring clips or promos from upcoming television programs) and "Celebrity Shout-Out" (detailing a celebrity-related story highlighting a particular milestone or accomplishment). In addition to "Hot Topics", the program included other in-depth topical segments incorporating guest contributors including the: * "Inside Scoop" (regularly featuring during the Monday show), featuring a contributor who rotates each week (most of whom are correspondents/hosts of entertainment-related newsmagazine programs or magazines) providing detailed analysis of a selection of celebrity-related stories. * "Hot Talk Panel" (regularly featured during the Thursday or Friday editions) in which Williams and a panel of four journalists discuss news items and current issues ranging from social and political issues to tabloid headlines; * "What's Trending Now", an occasional segment that showcases

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s, and details the latest fashion and beauty trends and offbeat stories trending on social media; and * After award shows, Williams will have a "Fashion Squad" panel to discuss the fashion at the award show's red carpet. On the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday editions, Williams interviews a single featured celebrity guest; musical performances are featured occasionally. On Mondays, the show regularly features product giveaways, usually as part of "Trendy@Wendy", a weekly segment showcasing fashion/beauty products and electronics that are given to studio audience members, with at-home viewers being able to purchase the featured items through the show's website at a discount from their estimated retail price. The remainder of the program heavily incorporates feature segments (many of which are featured in the show's "B"-block) including: * "Ask Wendy", a segment in which Williams gives audience members advice on how to deal with their work, family or relationship problems * "Celebrity Fan-Out", featuring photographs submitted by viewers of their celebrity encounters * "Celebrity Lookalikes", featuring photographs of viewers stating their resemblance to a particular celebrity, with Williams and the studio audience judging the closeness in their resemblance * "Hot Topics Sound-Off" in which up to four audience members give their opinion to Williams about the stories discussed in "Hot Topics" or other topical segments mentioned in that day's episode * "Street Talk" (a

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segment in which viewers in public areas in U.S. cities provide their opinions of hypothetical celebrity-related questions, with humorous cutout animations added).

Series history

Early years (2008–16)

On April 21, 2008,

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ordered a test run of the show for the group's

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s to air after their local weekday morning newscasts. ''The Wendy Williams Show'' premiered on July 14, 2008 as a six-week trial run on four Fox-owned outlets:

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/New York City,

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/Los Angeles,

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/Detroit and

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. After the test run concluded,

picked up the program for a full nationwide launch, and through additional station group pickups (including stations owned by

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, LIN TV Corporation,

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and the

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), gained carriage on stations covering more than 95% of the country including all of the 20 largest media markets and 45 of the top 50 markets. On June 4, 2009, BET acquired the cable syndication rights to the show, airing it as part of the cable channel's late night schedule. ''The Wendy Williams Show'' entered into national syndication on broadcast stations and on BET from July 13, 2009. The show debuted outside the United States on

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in July 2010 in Africa and the United Kingdom. ''The Wendy Williams Show'' went on a 17-city "Say It Like You Mean It" promotional tour across the United States in the summer of 2011, presenting mini-versions of the show at local malls. On May 4, 2013, Fox Television Stations announced a deal with Debmar-Mercury to renew the show through the 2016–17 television season.

Health struggles (2017–19)

On October 31, 2017, Williams, dressed in a

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costume on the

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episode, unexpectedly fainted during the live telecast when she was about to announce the winners of the show's Halloween contest. The episode then went into an extended commercial break. Williams resumed stating, "That was not a stunt. I overheated and did pass out, but I'm a champ and I'm back." Williams and her spokesperson cited heat exhaustion from her costume as the cause. In February 2018, Williams canceled three shows due to illness. On February 21, Williams announced that she was taking a three-week hiatus, due to health issues. In March, actor

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served as

for a week during her absence, despite Williams insisting in previous years her show would never utilize a guest host. Williams returned on March 19, 2018. That summer, Williams went on a 10-city tour to celebrate the tenth season of the show. Following further speculation on her health in late 2018, Williams went on an indefinite hiatus in January and February 2019 after a shoulder injury and worsening complications from

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and other personal issues. This time around, several guest hosts such as

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, and

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filled the slot until Williams returned on March 4, 2019. Williams noted on the March 19 episode of her show that she had also begun treatment for a decades-old

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addiction and was living in a sober house when not hosting her show. In April 2019, Debmar-Mercury began distributing with CBS Television Studios, following 20th Century Fox being bought by Disney. On September 16, 2019, Williams announced on the eleventh-season premiere that the series had been renewed through 2022, bringing the series to its thirteenth season.

Final years (2020–22)

In March 2020, production on the series was halted due to the

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. From April to May 2020, the series returned virtually as "Wendy @ Home", with Williams filming the Hot Topics segment from her apartment and a short virtual interview. In July, it was announced that the show would return live for its twelfth season on September 21, 2020, with show staffers as studio audience members wearing masks and physically distancing. In June 2021, the show began using studio audience members again for the final six weeks of the season. The September 2021 premiere of the thirteenth and final season of ''The Wendy Williams Show'' was delayed by several weeks due to Williams contracting a breakthrough case of

and ongoing complications from her

and thyroid condition. It was later announced that the season would premiere on October 18, 2021, with guest hosts such as Leah Remini,

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, Devyn Simone, Bevy Smith,

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, and other panelists filling in for Williams until she was able to return to the show. On February 8, 2022, it was reported that Williams would miss the remainder of the season, and that Shepherd—whom Williams had endorsed as an interim host—had entered talks to potentially host a replacement program should Williams be unable to return. On February 22, 2022, Debmar-Mercury announced that ''The Wendy Williams Show'' would be replaced in the 2022–23 television season by the Sherri Shepherd-hosted ''

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'', with Fox Television Stations signing on to remain its core affiliate group. The show will retain its showrunner, executive producer, and segments such as "Hot Topics". Debmar-Mercury stated that "we believe it is best for our fans, stations and advertising partners to start making this transition now", and that "we hope to be able to work with Wendy again in the future, and continue to wish her a speedy and full recovery." The final episode aired on June 17, with Williams unable to appear. The show's YouTube channel and all the other social media accounts were deleted and related website domains were relinquished by early July. Reruns of Wendy continued to air weekdays on stations across the United States until September 9, 2022, when the show was pulled from syndication.

Controversies

Beyoncé

Although Williams has stated her support for Beyoncé several times, she has made several comments that have upset the singer's fan group "The Beyhive". In 2012, while discussing Beyoncé's

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docufilm '' Life Is But a Dream'', Williams stated she "needs subtitles" for the film because Beyoncé "talks like she has a fifth-grade education". Williams has also made comments several times stating Beyoncé "needs autotune" and is not a contemporary music icon.

Britney Spears

In a June 2021 "Inside Scoop" segment, Williams discussed testimony from

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regarding her conservatorship in which Spears described the conservatorship as "abusive" and spoke of trauma inflicted from her father

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. Williams – who had been a supporter of both Spears' father and the conservatorship in general – said in response to Spears' testimony:

"How dare you, Mr. Spears, you had me fooled. And you too, Mrs. Spears. ''Death'' to all of them."

Her comments were met with shocked and disturbed reactions from her audience and staff, and Williams herself. Several outlets criticized Williams for the comments. The "''Death'' to all of them" portion was edited out from online clips and later airings of the episode.

Death of Amie Harwick

On February 17, 2020, Williams made a joke about Amie Harwick, a Hollywood sex therapist who had died on February 15, 2020 after injuries sustained from being pushed off a three-story balcony. In reference to Harwick's former engagement to ''

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'' host

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, Williams joked using Carey's catchphrase from the show, "Come on down!" and looked down, pretending to watch someone fall to the ground. The joke was met with heavy backlash, with many criticizing her for being insensitive and mocking Harwick's death.

Ellen DeGeneres

In a May 2021 segment discussing

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announcing her

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would be ending the following year, Williams stated she believed that DeGeneres was actually leaving due to negative publicity surrounding a July 2020 investigation into allegations of the series' work environment; the investigation ultimately led to

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firing three executive producers of the show. Williams commented "nineteen years on TV doesn't change your life, it exposes you for the person you really are," and revealed that, during an appearance on her show years earlier, she "wasn't happy s a guest" Several commentators found Williams' comments "shady" and disrespectful.

"Galentine's Day" comments

On February 13, 2020, Williams was accused of

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and

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during a segment discussing the unofficial

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holiday, where she told gay men to "stop wearing our skirts and heels" and that one must menstruate "to be a woman." Williams tearfully apologized for the comments in a video posted to social media, and again on her show.

Awards and recognition

Daytime Emmys

The show has been nominated for eleven

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s, winning one

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for Outstanding Hairstyling in 2011. , - , 2010 , Hadiiya Barbel & D'Angelo Thompson , Outstanding Hairstyling , , - , rowspan=3, 2011 , Antwon Jackson, Hadiiya Barbel & D'Angelo Thompson , Outstanding Hairstyling , , - , Marilyn Rennagel , Outstanding Lighting Direction , , - , Merrell Hollis & D'Angelo Thompson , Outstanding Makeup , , - , 2012 , Antwon Jackson & Jai Williams , Outstanding Hairstyling , , - , rowspan=2, 2015 , ''The Wendy Williams Show'' , Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment , , - ,

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People's Choice Awards

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References

External links

Official website
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