Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent “The Jennifer Hudson Show” has pushed back its previously-planned premiere date and paused production amid backlash during the writers strike, Variety has learned.
Jennifer Hudson’s talk show was supposed to premiere its new season on Monday, Sept. 18. But after mounting criticism — spurred by Drew Barrymore publicly announcing her talk show would be returning while writers are on the picket lines, and then reversing course — all eyes on have been on daytime.
On Sunday, Barrymore announced that her talk show would not be returning, after all. Her decision has now created a domino effect across daytime.
Barrymore had been facing intense blowback after she posted on her Instagram that her talk show would be returning amid the strikes.
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