Sherri Shepherd called hosting her own talk show a “dream” come true. That dream is now ending after four seasons.
Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury, which produces and distributes the daytime program, announced Monday, Feb. 2 that the show’s current fourth season will be its last.
“This decision is driven by the evolving daytime television landscape and does not reflect on the strength of the show, its production – which has found strong creative momentum this season – or the incredibly talented Sherri Shepherd,” Debmar-Mercury co-presidents Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus said in a joint statement to Urban Hollywood 411.
For the 2025-2026 TV season, Sherri airs in national syndication on local stations owned by Fox, Nexstar, Hearst, Sinclair, Gray, Tegna, and Sunbeam. It’s unclear if any of the station groups decided not to continue airing the program.
Production on season 4 is scheduled to continue as planned and the series will air its final episodes in the fall.
But it may not be the end. Bernstein and Marcus said they are looking for a path for Sherri to continue.
“We believe in this show and in Sherri and intend to explore alternatives for it on other platforms,” the two said.
Sherri debuted in fall 2022, and was renewed for a fourth season in March 2025.
When the show premiered, David Perler and Jawn Murray served as co-executive producers alongside Shepherd. Murray exited the program in September 2025.
Shepherd, a Daytime Emmy-winner and comedian, got her big break in daytime TV as a co-host on The View, where she worked from 2007 to 2014. She won multiple Emmys for her contributions to the ABC program.
She later joined Dish Nation before being tapped as a fill-in host on The Wendy Williams Show, while Williams battled health problems.
Williams was absent throughout the entire 13th season of her show.
A string of celebrities sat in her purple chair and filled in — including Nick Cannon, Jerry O’Connell, Remy Ma and Fat Joe, Bill Belamy, Michael Rapaport, and Lea Remini. While filling in, Shepherd made a connection with the audience, was called back multiple times, and eventually named permanent guest host.
Viewers gave her high marks and Shepherd was given her own show when Williams’ show ended after 13 seasons.
Shepherd received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in November 2025, and said she always wanted to host a talk show.
“I’ve dreamed about having my own talk show since I was a little girl,” she said. “I used to always dream that I was going to be somebody, ’cause on my report card it always said, ‘Sherri is amazing and she’s wonderful, but she talks too much.’”
Her show is recorded at Chelsea Studios in New York, and regularly welcomes A-list guests, including Teyana Taylor, Katt Williams, Henry Winkler, Mary J. Blige, Jonathan Majors, and Ken Jeong.
News that Sherri would be ending came just hours after Kelly Clarkson announced she is stepping away from her daytime talk show after its current seventh season to focus on her children following their father’s death.
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