Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury has teamed with Night School and Girls Trip producer Will Packer for a new half-hour multicultural entertainment news magazine show Central Ave. The series will air live from Atlanta and is set to launch Nov. 4 on select Fox Television Stations for a five-week preview. Central Ave looks to…

Wendy Williams’ estranged husband Kevin Hunter has been fired as executive producer of The Wendy Williams Show, Deadline has confirmed. “Kevin Hunter is no longer an Executive Producer on The Wendy Williams Show. Debmar-Mercury wishes him well in his future endeavors,” a spokesperson for the show said in a statement…

Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury is moving from its longtime national syndication advertising partner Twentieth Television to CBS Television Distribution Media Sales for its first-run programming. Under the multi-year deal, CTD has added all current and future Debmar-Mercury product — including The Wendy Williams Show,…

After subbing for Wendy Williams, Jerry O'Connell is getting a show of his own. Jerry O, a new entertainment talk and comedy series hosted by the actor and TV personality will get a three-week preview this summer. Per Fox stations’ limited-run model, the series from Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury and Funny Or Die is set…

Wendy Williams said she’ll return to her syndicated daytime talk show March 4 after an extended break as she recovered from a fractured shoulder. Distributor and producer Debmar-Mercury issued a statement on Williams’ return: “Wendy Williams is an incredible talent with the most unique voice in daytime. We can't wait…

Wendy Williams is taking an extended break from her syndicated daytime talk show The Wendy Williams Show. A statement from the Williams Hunter family says Williams, while recovering from a fractured shoulder, has experienced complications from her Graves’ disease which will require hospitalization and she will be…

Sean Spicer, President Donald Trump’s former press secretary who famously made his debut insisting his new boss’s inauguration crows “was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period” in the face of, you know, facts, is shooting a pilot for a “relaxed” talk show at which public figures join him in…

Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury has acquired U.S. broadcast syndication rights to Schitt's Creek, the single-camera comedy that is the top-rated original show on Pop, the cable network co-owned by Lionsgate and CBS. The series, created by Eugene Levy and Daniel Levy, stars Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Chris Elliott…

As the 55th edition of NATPE begins Tuesday morning in Miami, the syndication business that long served as its heartbeat continues to show a faltering pulse. No new shows are getting a splashy, Oprah-esque rollout this time, a departure from what was once was an annual ritual complete with over-the-top parties and…

Courtroom TV queen Judge Judy Sheindlin is expanding into the game show space with iWitness (working title), a new half-hour syndicated game show from her Queen Bee Productions, FremantleMedia North America and Debmar-Mercury, which is set for a six-week test run on the Fox stations this summer. Hosted by comedian…

Syndicated game show Celebrity Name Game will not continue beyond its current third season. The program, hosted by Craig Ferguson, is co-produced by Debmar-Mercury, which distributes it domestically, and FremantleMedia North America, which distributes internationally. Tribune Broadcasting and the Sinclair Broadcast…

Debmar-Mercury co-founders and co-presidents Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein have signed new long-term agreements with Lionsgate.  The two have been at at the studio since 2006, when Lionsgate acquired their Debmar-Mercury production and distribution company. Debmar-Mercury's roster of programming includes the…