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The Roku Channel has now become the exclusive AVOD streaming home for The Jennifer Hudson Show. All previously aired episodes are available beginning Thursday, and new episodes will hit the platform the day after they air. "The authentic spirit that Jennifer Hudson brings to each episode of the…

CBS has set a date for Byron Allen presents theGrio Awards special where African-American excellence is honored. Co-hosted by Sheryl Underwood from The Talk and Taye Diggs, the two-hour award show will air on Saturday, Nov. 26 starting at 8 p.m. ET. Honorees include Dave Chappelle (Cultural Icon…

Simon Cowell — together with Magic Johnson, Hannah Waddingham and Viola Davis — will help Jennifer Hudson launch her eponymous talk show. The Jennifer Hudson Show kicks off Sept. 12 in syndication. As previously announced, Hudson will begin her new daytime gig with a conversation with her former American Idol judge…

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. Col. Sanders and Bill Gates both had business failures early in their career. Joe Biden had several presidential runs derail. And Jennifer Hudson finished seventh in Season 3 of American Idol. But the EGOT winner hasn’t let that misstep hold her down, and…

EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson is ready to vie for her second Daytime Emmy. Her eponymous talk show that’s launching this fall has been cleared in over 95% of the U.S. by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. The Jennifer Hudson Show will air on Fox Television Stations…

Jennifer Hudson, one of the celebrity producers of Broadway’s A Strange Loop, achieved EGOT status tonight when that musical took the Tony Award for Best Musical. Hudson, who won the Academy Award in 2007 for her performance in Dreamgirls, is a double-Grammy winner and won a Daytime Emmy Award for Interactive…

Jennifer Hudson, host of the forthcoming eponymous Warner Bros. Unscripted TV daytime talk show, kicked things off at Warner Bros. Discovery's upfront with some help from Discovery and CNN stars. Hudson followed David Zaslav – who positioned the merged company as essentially the fifth broadcast network in a speech…

Sam Worthington, Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Quvenzhané Wallis and Common are set to star in Stefon Bristol's action-thriller Breathe. Bristol directs from a Black List screen play written by Doug Simon (Demonic). Principal photography is expected to begin in Pennsylvania this summer. The feature, described as an…

Multi-hyphenate Jennifer Hudson has found her back to television, this time with her self-titled talk series The Jennifer Hudson Show landing at Fox Television Stations. The sale of the one-hour daytime talk show, which will debut in the fall, was announced Wednesday Mike Darnell, President, Warner Bros. Unscripted…

The Harder They Fall was named Outstanding Motion Picture during Saturday’s televised portion of the 53rd NAACP Image Awards after the five non-televised ceremonies this week. The Western led the field with five wins overall during the week after being shut out of the Academy Award nominations. Will Smith and Jennifer…

Welcome to another episode of Deadline’s Scene 2 Seen Podcast. Today’s guest is Liesl Tommy, the director and executive producer of the 2021 Aretha Franklin biopic Respect which stars Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, and Marlon Wayans. The director has some amazing credits on her resume including The Walking Dead…

EXCLUSIVE: Believe it or not, musical legend Carole King is turning 80 years old on February 9, which just happens to be the day this year’s Oscar nominations are announced. King has had many career pinnacles in her songwriting and singing career including numerous Grammys, Kennedy Center Honors, and twice inducted…