Well, it seems like everyone is getting a talk show nowadays. This time in the form of Drew Barrymore. CBS Television Distribution is moving ahead with a syndicated daytime talk show hosted by the actress Drew Barrymore, which is on track for a fall 2020 launch. This marks the first talk show for CBS in a very long time. The announcement comes after NBC's newest program with Kelly Clarkson. This is the second syndicated daytime talk show announced for fall 2020, It joins one headlined by Nick Cannon from Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury, which does not have announced station clearances yet.
“We are very excited to be in business with Drew Barrymore and have our stations serve as the launch group for a show that is the brightest prospect I have seen in many years,” said Peter Dunn, President, CBS TV Stations. According to Deadline, Barrymore long had been interested in headlining a daytime talker. She started conversations with Warner Bros. in 2016 for a syndicated talk show, but the project never moved forward. Out of Barrymore’s relationship with Warner Bros. TV’s alternative/first-run syndication team came her recent stint as a judge on the studio’s CBS competition reality series The World’s Best hosted by James Corden.