‘Jennifer Hudson Present’ Delaying Season 2 Premiere Amid Strikes – Deadline

The Jennifer Hudson Present is following The Drew Barrymore Show and The Speak in delaying its upcoming season whereas the writers stay on strike.

A supply near the manufacturing confirms to Deadline that after a lot dialogue, and at Hudson’s urging, The Jennifer Hudson Show is pausing manufacturing and its season two premiere, which was slated for Monday, September 18.

Hosted by the Oscar winner, The Jennifer Hudson Present, distributed by Warner Bros.,  options superstar interviews, topical tales, neighborhood heroes, viral sensations, and music.

Earlier at the moment, Drew Barrymore announced she was putting the return of her syndicated talk show on hold, and CBS also announced The Talk was delaying its season premiere and was evaluating plans for a brand new launch date. Each exhibits additionally have been set to premiere tomorrow September 18, and had come underneath intense criticism from hanging actors.

Deadline introduced on Sept. 4 that The Drew Barrymore Present would return for a fourth season on Monday, Sept. 18, sparking backlash. Barrymore defended the transfer in an Instagram publish final weekend, saying the choice “is greater than me.” Over the previous week, the controversy continued to develop, with the E.T. star drawing intense criticism from the WGA and her fellow actors.

“Drew Barrymore shouldn’t be on the air whereas her writers are on strike combating for a good deal,” a guild spokesperson informed Deadline final week after her announcement. “In actuality, exhibits like this can not function with out writing, and that’s struck work.”

On Friday, Barrymore posted an emotional apology video on Instagram, which was met by extra criticism. She later took the video down.

 A spokesperson for CBS Media Ventures, which is behind the daytime talker, defended the present’s return in an announcement Friday to Deadline, saying they “are very aware and delicate to the complicated circumstances surrounding the present’s return and we can be in full compliance with all our labor agreements and any strike guidelines.”

WGA picketers had focused The Speak outdoors CBS Radford since it was announced that the present deliberate to return.

The Speak, hosted by Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell and Sheryl Underwood, went darkish in Could because of the writers strike.

Produced by CBS Studios, The Speak is heading into Season 14.