{"id":1898,"date":"2026-02-02T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:26:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:26:39","slug":"sherri-shepherds-daytime-talk-show-canceled-citing-evolving-daytime-television-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898","title":{"rendered":"Sherri Shepherd\u2019s Daytime Talk Show Canceled, Citing \u201cEvolving Daytime Television Landscape\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Debmar-Mercury says it will try to explore alternatives for the program on other platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Alex Weprin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sherri
Sherri Shepherd Photo by Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another syndicated daytime talk show will end its run after this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debmar-Mercury, the Lionsgate-owned syndicated TV production company, says that it is canceling Sherri<\/em>, the talker hosted by Sherri Shepherd<\/a>, after four seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis decision is driven by the evolving daytime television landscape and does not reflect on the strength of the show, its production \u2014 which has found strong creative momentum this season \u2014 or the incredibly talented Sherri Shepherd,\u201d said Debmar-Mercury co-presidents Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. \u201cWe believe in this show and in Sherri and intend to explore alternatives for it on other platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production on Sherri\u2019s <\/em>fourth season will continue as planned, with the final episodes slated to air this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news of\u00a0Sherri\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0cancellation came just hours after NBCUniversal announced plans to sunset The Kelly Clarkson Show after seven seasons. As the Debmar-Mercury executives noted, the marketplace for daytime talk shows (and frankly, TV talk shows in general) has deteriorated in recent years amid pay-TV declines, a challenging advertising environment, and fierce competition from video podcasts on platforms like YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While daytime talk show hosts were once some of the most prominent people in all of TV (just ask Oprah Winfrey or Ellen DeGeneres), the market has cooled off in recent years. It is not clear what other platforms the production company could pursue for the show or if it would retain its format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sherri\u00a0debuted in 2022, with the comedian delivering celebrity interviews, pop culture talk, and comedy bits typical of the genre. The show utilized the Fox TV stations as a primary affiliate partner in the major cities, with Nexstar, Hearst, and Sinclair also picking it up in smaller markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Debmar-Mercury says it will try to explore alternatives for the program on other platforms. By\u00a0Alex Weprin Another syndicated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-television"],"yoast_head":"\nSherri Shepherd\u2019s Daytime Talk Show Canceled, Citing \u201cEvolving Daytime Television Landscape\u201d - WDEP Radio<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sherri Shepherd\u2019s Daytime Talk Show Canceled, Citing \u201cEvolving Daytime Television Landscape\u201d - WDEP Radio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Debmar-Mercury says it will try to explore alternatives for the program on other platforms. By\u00a0Alex Weprin Another syndicated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WDEP Radio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-02T23:25:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-08T20:26:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"681\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"383\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"WDEP Radio\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"WDEP Radio\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"WDEP Radio\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fe4e6b3409d7267f23b17375c0ed0eb2\"},\"headline\":\"Sherri Shepherd\u2019s Daytime Talk Show Canceled, Citing \u201cEvolving Daytime Television Landscape\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-02T23:25:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-08T20:26:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898\"},\"wordCount\":328,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\",\"Television\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898\",\"name\":\"Sherri Shepherd\u2019s Daytime Talk Show Canceled, Citing \u201cEvolving Daytime Television Landscape\u201d - WDEP Radio\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-02T23:25:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-08T20:26:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fe4e6b3409d7267f23b17375c0ed0eb2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp\",\"width\":681,\"height\":383},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?p=1898#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sherri Shepherd\u2019s Daytime Talk Show Canceled, Citing \u201cEvolving Daytime Television Landscape\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"WDEP Radio\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fe4e6b3409d7267f23b17375c0ed0eb2\",\"name\":\"WDEP Radio\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/799668ec0f0b2711f215483977768f1ce3010b86a7d72476fd57910d95ea16b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/799668ec0f0b2711f215483977768f1ce3010b86a7d72476fd57910d95ea16b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/799668ec0f0b2711f215483977768f1ce3010b86a7d72476fd57910d95ea16b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"WDEP Radio\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wdepradio.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sherri Shepherd\u2019s Daytime Talk Show Canceled, Citing \u201cEvolving Daytime Television Landscape\u201d - WDEP Radio","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sherri Shepherd\u2019s Daytime Talk Show Canceled, Citing \u201cEvolving Daytime Television Landscape\u201d - WDEP Radio","og_description":"Debmar-Mercury says it will try to explore alternatives for the program on other platforms. By\u00a0Alex Weprin Another syndicated","og_url":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898","og_site_name":"WDEP Radio","article_published_time":"2026-02-02T23:25:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-08T20:26:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":681,"height":383,"url":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"WDEP Radio","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"WDEP Radio","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898"},"author":{"name":"WDEP Radio","@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fe4e6b3409d7267f23b17375c0ed0eb2"},"headline":"Sherri Shepherd\u2019s Daytime Talk Show Canceled, Citing \u201cEvolving Daytime Television Landscape\u201d","datePublished":"2026-02-02T23:25:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-08T20:26:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898"},"wordCount":328,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp","articleSection":["Entertainment","Television"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898","url":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898","name":"Sherri Shepherd\u2019s Daytime Talk Show Canceled, Citing \u201cEvolving Daytime Television Landscape\u201d - WDEP Radio","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp","datePublished":"2026-02-02T23:25:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-08T20:26:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fe4e6b3409d7267f23b17375c0ed0eb2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp","width":681,"height":383},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?p=1898#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sherri Shepherd\u2019s Daytime Talk Show Canceled, Citing \u201cEvolving Daytime Television Landscape\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/","name":"WDEP Radio","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fe4e6b3409d7267f23b17375c0ed0eb2","name":"WDEP Radio","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/799668ec0f0b2711f215483977768f1ce3010b86a7d72476fd57910d95ea16b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/799668ec0f0b2711f215483977768f1ce3010b86a7d72476fd57910d95ea16b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/799668ec0f0b2711f215483977768f1ce3010b86a7d72476fd57910d95ea16b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"WDEP Radio"},"url":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?author=2"}]}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp",681,383,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312-300x169.webp",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp",640,360,false],"large":["https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp",640,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp",681,383,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp",681,383,false],"reviewnews-large":["https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp",681,383,false],"reviewnews-medium":["https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2234570312.webp",590,332,false]},"author_info":{"info":["WDEP Radio"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?cat=164\" rel=\"category\">Entertainment<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/?cat=171\" rel=\"category\">Television<\/a>","tag_info":"Television","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1900,"href":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions\/1900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wdepradio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}