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Jerry O’Connell Made Official Co-Host of ‘The Talk’
After speculation that Jerry O’Connell would become the first male host to join the ladies on The Talk, today it became official.
O’Connell will join the CBS afternoon series other hosts: Sheryl Underwood, Elaine Welteroth and Amanda Kloots as a permanent host.
Jerry will will appear on the show for the remainder of the week before taking a break until the end of the month due to a previous film commitment. He’ll join The Talk full-time for its upcoming 12th season this fall.
In a video, O’Connell shared on the announcement: “It’s real exciting. First of all, I want to say, you ladies have been so welcoming to me. I mean, I came here as a guest months ago, and just from the moment I walked in, you’re just gracious, you’re kind, you’re fun, and it worked. And here we are. We’re going to have a lot of fun, we really are.” At the end of today’s episode, he expressed: “I’m excited to be a part of the family.”
In a statement, The Talk’s executive producers Heather Gray and Kristin Matthews expressed, “We are beyond thrilled Jerry O’Connell is our new host. We loved his infectious enthusiasm, humor, openness and insights as a guest co-host and look forward to him now bringing those dynamic qualities to the show every day. As an accomplished actor, devoted husband and father, Jerry will bring a unique and entertaining perspective to the conversation.”
O’Connell takes over the seat that for 11 seasons belonged to Sharon Osbourne who left the series amid controversy.
Watch below how The Talk made Jerry an official member of the family with this spoof on “Rocky” to “Eye of the Tiger”.
Now that it’s a done deal, are you excited for Jerry to co-host The Talk? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
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Join us in welcoming @MrJerryOC to The Talk family 🙌 pic.twitter.com/agEbTwagJL— The Talk (@TheTalkCBS) July 14, 2021
He’s pathetic and very unfunny! He’s been so desperate to get on any talk show for awhile now.Somebody finally threw him a bone and hired him.
I like Jerry O’Connell and think he will be a good addition. He’s funny which brings a bit of humor to the show, but he can also be compassionate when it’s a serious subject. I think this is a good mix of co-hosts!
Just one if the gals at a coffee
I always thought that he was a big jerk, so he’ll fit right in.
I don’t watch now. What they did to Sharon Osbourne was inexcusable and evil.
Sharon did it too herself. She publicly DEFENDED Piers Morgan’s racist behaviour which was/is inexcusable.
What Piers said was not racist. It is not racist to accuse someone of lying. Soon the left will run out of things to label “racist”. Sharon was deliberately sabotaged.
Sharon sabotages herself on a regular basis. That is, when she’s not busy sabotaging poor Ozzy’s life by one means or another. Like “remastering” albums to avoid paying royalties to musicians who didn’t put up with her dragonshit. Ask Iron Maiden about how she forced them off the Ozzfest 2004 tour. And let’s just say that there have been questions about the plane crash that killed Randy Rhoads. Yeah, there’s a reason Ozzy almost strangled her a while back. She’s not a very nice mortal at all.
If he can hold his own with those harpies and keep Sheryl off of his neck, he’ll be lucky.
CBS has made a big mistake to renew TheTalk for another year! Ratings are dismal at 1.2 Million viewers. Jerry cannot save that mess. Bring back a soap please. 30 minutes in Oakdale and 30 minutes in Springfield would be the answer!
Bringing back Oakdale and Springfield would be too expensive for the network. Talk shows are cheaper to operate.
This show should have been cancelled in March!!
Who cares? The Talk is a joke. They need to cancel that show and fill the hour with a soap. Bring back ATWT or another classic soap reboot. A reboot of Capitol would be great especially in today’s world. CBS wake up and bring back some more soaps.
I love Jerry and think he will make a great addition!
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George Cheeks, CBS President & CEO, on Timeline to Launch New Daytime Drama, ‘The Gates’: “We’re So Focused on Getting it Right”
March 2024 will be remembered in the TV and soap world when the news broke that CBS is prepping a brand new daytime drama. Many had thought a major network would never bring a new daytime soap into the world, given that the last time it was attempted was 25 years ago when the now defunct Passions bowed on NBC.
However, The Gates is definitely in development and moving forward with some major players associated with it including: Michele Val Jean as The Gates writer, showrunner and one of its executive producers, and Sheila Ducksworth from NAACP Venture
Now, for the first time since its announcement, George Cheeks, the president and CEO of CBS and chief content officer for news and sports at Paramount+, spoke on the project that will feature a Black family as its central focus who live in a wealthy gated community.
Speaking with Vulture, and when asked if The Gates is really something that truly has a chance of getting on the air, Cheeks clarified, “It’s super real. And just to give you a little bit of the backstory, when we hired Sheila Ducksworth to run the NAACP Venture, she and I had multiple meetings talking about what different genres she was going to lean into, and we talked a lot about daytime.”
Cheeks added, “One of the things that the data made very clear to both of us is that daytime soap operas over index with Black women, and yet when you look at soap operas, it’s usually sort of a white-led family with supporting characters that reflect more of our society. So we just thought, wouldn’t it be interesting to flip that and make the core anchor family a Black family, and then make the other characters reflect more the broader scope of society?”
The CEO gave props to Michele Val Jean, and how Ducksworth came to the table with the former B&B and GH writer. “She found this great writer, Michele Val Jean, who’s been in the soap opera space for 30 years. She came up with a pitch, and we loved it,” shares Cheeks. “We brought Procter & Gamble into it as well, because if there were going to be (product) integrations, we could do it more holistically and organically. All of that is to say, we did a lot of work on the front end to put this together. So while yes, it’s development, it’s accelerated development.”
When prodded on the timeline of when The Gates could come to full fruition, Gates related, “The actual timeline and when we’re going to do it is still uncertain, because we want to get this right. I mean, there hasn’t been a new soap opera launch since I can’t even begin to tell you when. But we have great success with Bold and the Beautiful and Young and the Restless, and so we think we’re the right folks to be launching a new soap. I wish I could tell you more about exact timing, but we’re so focused on getting it right, and that will dictate when we’re ready to launch it.”
The CBS exec also shared that whether The Gates will wind up an hour soap or half-hour is not yet determined, but that it is being developed as an hour show.
So, after reading what George Cheeks, the CBS President & CEO had to say about ‘The Gates’, are you even more excited for what looks to the first new network soap in 25 years? Comment below.
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Robyn Bernard, ‘General Hospital’s’ Terry Brock, Dead at 64
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51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Announce Broadcast Date on CBS
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) revealed on Tuesday, that the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be broadcast live on Friday night, June 7th (8 – 10 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+*.
This year will mark the 18th time CBS has broadcast the Daytime Emmy Awards, which is more than any other network.
The 2024 Daytime Emmys will take place at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles. Back in December of 2023, the delayed 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were also held at that venue. The June 7th date for the upcoming ceremony will be the first time in several years that the event is scheduled a few weeks earlier than normal; excluding last year’s revised date to the actors and writers strikes.
Lifetime Achievement honoree, nominations, host, and additional information will be announced in the coming weeks.
In a statement, Adam Sharp, President and CEO of NATAS noted, “We eagerly anticipate our return in June as we once again partner with CBS to recognize the exceptional and talented individuals who make daytime television great. We’re thrilled to kick off our second half-century of the Daytime Emmys.”
The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting, culinary, and legal/courtroom programs. In 2021, NATAS and the Television Academy jointly announced plans to realign the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards to be organized by content genre, as opposed to program airtime.
The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will once again be produced by NATAS and Associated Television International (ATI), which produced Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies on The CW in 2009 and on CBS in 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Adam Sharp and Lisa Armstrong are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie is executive producer from ATI.
So, glad to know that the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards honoring performance and shows in the 2023 calendar year, will be held in early June this year, and once again broadcast on CBS? Comment below.
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