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*Viewers are going to be seeing new Wendy Williams episodes well into the summer. Producer-distributor Debmar-Mercury announced Monday that it will add two months of original episodes to the fourth season of “The Wendy Williams Show,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. This comes after numbers from February sweeps revealed the talk show was beating its [...]
*Talk show diva Wendy Williams Hunter and her husband and manager Kevin Hunter have teamed to form the reality production shingle Wendy Williams Prods. WWP will develop and produce unscripted content, including reality programming, game shows and talk shows for cable and broadcast, reports Variety. “This is a dream come true,” Williams Hunter said. “Kevin [...]
*Martin Lawrence and Kelsey Grammer are considering pairing up to star in and produce a multi-camera comedy together for Lionsgate TV and its subsidiary Debmar-Mercury, reports Deadline.com. The idea reportedly started with a meeting right before Thanksgiving between Grammer, Lawrence and Lionsgate where the two actors showed great chemistry. But Grammer’s financial settlement with recently [...]
*Talk show host Wendy Williams and producers Suzanne de Passe and Madison Jones announced Thursday that they have launched what they’re calling a “production alliance” with plans to make movies and TV series aimed at a multicultural audience. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The new projects – among them, a VH1 adaptation of Star Jones’ [...]
*Deadline Hollywood is reporting that TBS has ordered 35 additional episodes of Tyler Perry’s latest sitcom, “Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse,” which revolves around three couples at various stages of their relationships. The comedy, produced by Tyler Perry Studios and distributed by Debmar-Mercury, premiered on TBS on Nov. 25, 2011 and averaged 2.9 million [...]
*“The Wendy Williams Show” has been renewed for an additional two seasons through 2014 on Fox-owned stations, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The syndicated daily one-hour talk show produced by Debmar-Mercury performs well across the country, including being the No. 1 rated show in its timeslot among women 25-54 in the New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, [...]
*Lionsgate has extended its first look movie and home entertainment deal with filmmaker Tyler Perry for at least another two years, continuing a partnership dating back to 2005. According to Variety, the agreement calls for Perry to deliver at least two more “Madea” movies, among other possible films. Perry’s 10 films for Lionsgate over the [...]
*”The Wendy Williams Show,” on fire since its national syndication launch in July 2009, will return for a second season, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Debmar-Mercury talk show on Fox O&O (owned and operated stations) has been renewed in 80% of U.S., including 18 of the top 20 markets. The new additions include stations [...]
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