Sherri Shepherd appears during her final Mother’s Day episode of “The Sherri Shepherd Show.” (YouTube)
Stand-up comic and actor Sherri Shepherd was surprised and saddened when her syndicated talk show was canceled earlier this year after four seasons.
Despite solid ratings, she was a victim of shrinking audiences and ad revenue for traditional broadcast TV as viewers shift more to streaming.
Sherri Shepherd taped more than 600 episodes of “The Sherri Shepherd Show,” which began airing on Fox 5 in Atlanta in 2022 and will run through September of this year. (Courtesy of Debmar-Mercury)
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Sherri Shepherd’s syndicated talk show has run for four seasons, airing in Atlanta on Fox 5 at 11 a.m. It was canceled earlier this year but will run through September. (Courtesy of “The Sherri Shepherd Show”)
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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.
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