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Jennifer Hudson Is Pitching a Talk Show, Will Use 'Ellen' Team After That Show Ends

Jennifer Hudson Is Pitching a Talk Show, Will Use 'Ellen' Team After That Show Ends

Jennifer Hudson might become the next queen of daytime TV!

The Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy-winning superstar is pitching a new talk show and she has the team from The Ellen DeGeneres Show attached to her potential series.

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Variety reports that Jennifer has already shot a test show with Ellen executive producers Andy Lassner and Mary Connelly serving as the showrunners. The test show was even show on Ellen‘s stage.

It’s being reported that Jennifer‘s talk show is not a continuation of Ellen and is being shopped as an “entirely new series,” though it’s considered to be Warner Bros. TV’s new flagship daytime talk show once Ellen ends.

Variety says that “meetings are taking place this week and appear to be going well so far; the show has been developed as a first-run syndicated broadcast TV daily strip, and there are currently no plans to pitch to other platforms, including streamers.”

Jennifer was picked as the new Warner Bros. talk show host after the studio spoke to “around 30 people,” according to the report.

Recently, Jennifer picked up her first Emmy Award!

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