
If you love your daily dose of “Hot Topics” and “Ask Wendy” then get excited, as it was just announced on Tuesday that Lionsgate TV has extended Wendy Williams’ contract by seven years to 2022 according to Deadline.
The show itself however has not yet been renewed as of yet. The Lionsgate-owned Debmar-Mercury’s syndicated “The Wendy Williams Show”, which continues to pull in strong ratings, so far is scheduled to run through the 2016-17 television season..but with it being the number one show in daytime its no doubt that the show itself will also be returning for at least another few years. Via Deadline:
Given the news this morning from Lionsgate that Discovery and Liberty Global are investing in the studio (each company will own about 3.4%), the signing of Williams also makes sense as she in business with both Lionsgate and Discovery. The daytime diva is also doing a show with Investigation Discovery — a network owned by Discovery Communications. Death by Gossip With Wendy Williams, which she executive produces and hosts, bowed in September on the network.
