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Did you hear the news? The Wendy Williams Show has been picked up by Fox!!! Isn’t that great?! I’ve thought about doing it myself, but have never seen a show like hers before.

It debuted on 7/14/08 on Fox Channel 11 in L.A. I knew of Wendy, like most of us have, from her nationally syndicated radio show “The Wendy Williams Experience”. Or you may have heard her name being thrown about in Whitney Houston’s mouth or in Mariah Carey’s song “Touch My Body”. Wendy is very notorious for her ‘no holds barred’ talk about celebrities. But hey, she’s only telling the truth. Many times, no one likes to hear the truth, especially when it’s airing their dirty laundry. Here in L.A. it’s on KDAY 93.5 11am-3pm PST. Anyways, she starts the show off with hot topics–about 19 minutes worth to be exact, and it’s commercial free. The subject matter, of course, is celebrity entertainment and “talk”. Throughout the show, she allows her audience (which is always dressed to impress) to make comments or ask questions of her guests.

She has at least one celebrity guest on per show, unless she’s doing a cooking segment. If she does cooking, then there will probably be 2 celebrity guests. I have personally enjoyed when Rapper/Director/Producer/Chef Coolio dropped in. He made his “Soul Rolls” which as he calls it, blends the Black and Asian cultures together. They were magnificent!! How do I know?? I made them the very next day for my family and my expertise with them keeps getting better and better. Anyways, during the last 15 minutes of the show, she has a segment called “Ask Wendy”. This is where she goes into the audience and gives her personal opinion of whatever they’re asking. It’s very much like the segment on her radio show. She doesn’t cut any corners or try to dumb anything down. She tells you straight out what she thinks and how you should handle certain situations.

I like the freshness of it. She doesn’t try to hide the fact if she messes up on a name or word. She pulls her notes for Hot Topics somewhere out of her wig, shoes, wardrobe, and even just out of the sky for every show! She’s not afraid to tell you about her personal experiences. It’s like a talk show that’s not scripted. That’s what’s so great about it. She doesn’t take herself seriously and others shouldn’t as well. It’s a fresh approach to new ideas. I love her show, I hope she doesn’t change a thing about it, and I wish her much more success in the future.

Theme Song: “…How you doin’…shout it out!!”

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