‘Sherri’ Makes Producing Changes, Sets Season 2 Premiere Date

Sherri Shepherd’s daytime talk show Sherri, from Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury, today announced the promotion of Emmy-winning producer Fernita Wynn to executive producer and showrunner. Joelle Dawson-Calia will also be upped to executive producer, with Siobhan Schanda and Dan Fitzpatrick rising to become co-executive producers. They have all been with the show since its launch in fall 2022 and will work alongside Shepherd and her producing partner Jawn Murray, who are both executive producers for Sherri.

The promotions of Wynn and Dawson-Calia, both formerly serving as the talker’s co-executive producers, as well Schanda and Fitzpatrick, most recently senior supervising producer and supervising producer, respectively, come as Debmar-Mercury has set the second season premiere of the nationally syndicated talk show for Monday, Sept. 18. Sherri will wrap its first season on Friday, June 16.

Fox Television Stations recently renewed Sherri for two years through the 2024-25 season. As the show enters its sophomore season in 2023-24, Sherri continues to be cleared in 98% of the U.S., including on other leading broadcast groups such as Sinclair, Nexstar and Cox. The weekday talk show originates from New York’s Chelsea Studios in front of a studio audience.

In its first season, the show garnered an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Talk Series and also received four Daytime Emmy nominations. The show is also a Bronze Telly Award Winner for its Season 1 digital launch campaign, “Fun.Joy.Laughter.”