"The Wendy Williams Show has as much momentum as any show on our air right now, both qualitatively and quantitatively," said Frank Cicha, SVP of programming for the Fox Television Stations. "Over the last few years, it's evolved into the ideal lead-out to our morning news blocks."
Fox Renews ‘Wendy’ Through 2016-17
Debmar-Mercury has renewed the nationally syndicated The Wendy Williams Show through the 2016-17 television season on Fox Television Stations.
“The Wendy Williams Show has as much momentum as any show on our air right now, both qualitatively and quantitatively,” said Frank Cicha, SVP of programming for the Fox Television Stations. “Over the last few years, it’s evolved into the ideal lead-out to our morning news blocks. Like our news, the show delivers a day/date immediacy that serves as a blueprint for where we want to be the rest of the day.”
The multi-season Fox commitment, which comes on the heels of a previous two-year deal, follows a strong May metered market sweeps performance for Wendy. Airing at 10 a.m. on Fox’s WNYW New York, Wendy doubled in rating year-to-year in the key daytime demo of women 25-54 (1.2 rating/9 share to 2.4/16). Additionally, it rose 58% on Fox’s KTTV Los Angeles airing at 11 a.m. and 139% on Fox’s WFLD Chicago at 10 a.m.
According to Debmar-Mercury,Wendy also grew 43% year to year, to a 1.2/8 in the demo.
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