Host, comedian, and actor Nick Cannon is headed to daytime TV.
Today, Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury announced a deal to have the multi-talented Cannon host a new, nationally syndicated daytime talk show next year.
The entertainer caught the attention of the media company who produces “The Wendy Williams Show” after he guest-hosted with the talk show phenom.
Debmar-Mercury co-presidents, Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein spoke about the new deal.“
We are excited to be able to announce this collaboration with Nick, who has proven himself to be such a dominant creative and entrepreneurial force across film, primetime TV, music, comedy, stage and online platforms. The daytime audience got to see that firsthand earlier this year with his stellar performance guest-hosting ‘The Wendy Williams Show.’ Now we can’t wait to see Nick put his own unique stamp on talk and add daytime to his impressive list of accomplishments.”
Cannon who is known for his fan-favorite MTV sketch show, “Wild ‘N Out” which has been on for 13 seasons also has had hosting experience on network TV.
He previously hosted two buzzworthy hit network series – FOX’s “The Masked
Singer,” and NBC’s talent competition “America’s Got Talent.”
Cannon shared that he’s always had dreams of his own talk show.
“After leaving ‘America’s Got Talent,’ I wanted to focus on developing my own talk show. I’ve always dreamed of a platform where I can speak to America and discuss pop culture, as well as the topics on everyone’s mind,” said Cannon. “When I had the opportunity to guest host at my good friend Wendy Williams’ show this year, I experienced the energy and excitement of a daytime talk show and instantly knew I found my audience.”
Cannon’s daytime talk show which will cover pop-culture, entertainment, celebrities and more will premiere next year. The show is set to be co-produced with his production company, Ncredible Entertainment.
