Sherri Shepherd wants show to be a mix of Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres

Sherri Shepherd wants to inspire viewers and make them laugh when her new eponymous daytime talk show debuts this fall.

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And we hear she’ll be taking cues from Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres’ former talk show.

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“She’s bringing comedy back to TV… What she plans to do for the show is take Ellen and Oprah and combine it. It will be a funny, inspirational show."

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Shepherd and her team have been schmoozing top publicists from coast-to-coast ahead of her big premiere.

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On Wednesday, she hosted a mixer with top agencies like PMK and Jonesworks, which counts Tom Brady and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as clients, at Ink 48 in New York.

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Shepherd also hosted a similar event in LA last month that brought out execs from Amazon and Interscope.

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