Drew has some news: “The Drew Barrymore Show” has been renewed for 2 seasons, keeping it on the air through 2028. Which means the daytime talk strip will proceed for a seventh and eighth season.
CBS Media Ventures, which produces and distributes the show, announced the renewal on Monday. The news comes during a difficult time for each day talk shows: In late night, CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” will end in May; in daytime, NBCUniversal’s “The Kelly Clarkson Show” and Debmar-Mercury’s “Sherri” can be wrapping their runs by the tip of the 12 months. “Drew Barrymore” joins Warner Bros./Telepictures’ “Jennifer Hudson” in recently securing a renewal in daytime.
The “Drew Barrymore” renewal includes CBS-owned stations in key markets (including Recent York, Los Angeles and Chicago), in addition to renewals on Nexstar and Sinclair outlets. In line with CBS Media Ventures, “Drew Barrymore” has been given time slot upgrades in Seattle, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Charlotte, Baltimore, Kansas City and Cincinnati.
“Drew Barrymore” is helped by CBS synergy, in addition to CBS Media Ventures’ strategy of distributing “The Drew Barrymore Show” as two half hours, which may be run as an hour block or split and paired with local news.
“Drew is the unique influencer – a real trendsetter and culture-driving force who has consistently stayed ahead of the conversation,” said exec producer Jason Kurtz in a press release. The success of this show is rooted within the undeniable fact that Drew shows up as her unfiltered, authentic self each day, continually difficult the conventions of daytime television and reimagining what the format may be in a multiplatform world.”
In line with CBS Media Ventures, “The Drew Barrymore Show” is averaging 1.6 million viewers, making it the talker’s most-watched season. The show has began taking longform, audience-free interviews with guests and distributing them in two ways — as a broadcast edit and as an prolonged digital cut on the show’s YouTube channel.
“This show began as an area for intimate conversation, and we’re continuing to plant our flag as a really multiplatform experience,” Barrymore said in a press release. “We live in a world where people discover content in so many alternative ways, and from the very start in 2020, our mission was to interrupt the mold slightly than conform to the standard daytime landscape. I hold myself accountable to staying savvy about how and where this show is seen – feeding every corner that counts, while daring to simply be myself and work out life with others. My curiosity about people is what fuels me. I’m so excited to proceed as I see this endeavor as a possibility and a present. Our show family is deeply grateful for the support of CBS and George Cheeks, who all helped us get here.”
The show, which originates from Recent York, is exec produced by Barrymore and Kurtz.