The Drew Barrymore Show is returning to screens but it will be down a few writers. The daytime talk show revealed this morning that it would return on Oct. 16. This comes after Barrymore originally planned to return on Sept. 18 when the writers were still striking and then reversed her decision after much picketing and outcry from WGA members. However, the show will now be without three WGA members of its own — Chelsea White, Cristina Kinon and Liz Koe — who have decided not to return to the show. The trio are co-head writers.
The syndicated daytime talk show can now proceed without trouble after the WGA and the AMPTP reached a tentative deal on Sunday.
Drew Barrymore, who drew criticism for taping new episodes of her daytime talk show despite the ongoing writers and actors strikes, now says she’ll wait until the labor issues are resolved. Hours later CBS’s The Talk did the same.
The actress says the fourth season of the show will abide by the rules of the writers and actors strikes in not promoting struck work. However, the WGA argues that The Drew Barrymore Show is a struck show and it plans to picket outside its studios this week.
The Drew Barrymore Show, which CBS called in a press release “the fastest-growing show in daytime,” will kick off its fourth season on Monday, September 18th. “I am so excited […]
Viewers can’t seem to get enough of The Drew Barrymore Show. The syndicated talk show has delivered more than 6.9B minutes viewed season-to-date across platforms including linear television, Paramount+ and Pluto TV streaming, and social video, according to CBS. That makes it the fastest growing talk show on TV, CBS reports, with a 65% increase in total viewers year-over-year. It was also the only talk show to grow from the first to second half of the 2022-23 TV season across key demos, including +17% among adults 25-54.