Hudson’s is the latest daytime show to halt production, following similar announcements from The Drew Barrymore Show and The Talk.
TheJennifer HudsonShowhas paused production and pushed back its return to the air following backlash from the writers' strike, EW has learned.
The EGOT’s daytime talk show was set to premiere its newest season on Monday, Sept. 18, but that was beforeDrew Barrymoreattempted to cross the picket line.
The Jennifer Hudson Show.Chris Millard/Warner Bros.
Barrymore hadannouncedher decision to resume her eponymous talk show on Sept. 18 in spite of the Writer’s Guild of America strike, now in its 18th week.
TheNever Been Kissedactress faced a heap of criticism for the move, leading her topauseher show’s return until the resolution of the strike.
“I have no words to express my deepest apologies to anyone I have hurt and, of course, to our incredible team who works on the show and has made it what it is today,” Barrymorewrote on social mediaearlier today.
Shortly after that news,The Talkfollowed suit, pausing its season premiere, which was also set for Sept. 18.
A rep for CBS told EW the internet would “continue to evaluate plans for a new launch date.”
Since the strikes began, other daytime talk shows, includingThe View,Tamron Hall,andLive With Kelly and Mark, have been filming new episodes.The Sherri Shepherd Showis currently scheduled to premiere its new season as planned on Monday.
After more than two months of picketing, the WGA writers were joined by SAG-AFTRA actors in striking against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), bringing Hollywood to heel.
While SAG card-carrying performers can technically still appear on talk shows, they can’t promote any work distributed, produced, or financed by AMPTP studios or streaming platforms.
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