00:00Is Tiffany Haddish the next Ellen DeGeneres?
00:02After DeGeneres announced she is leaving her talk show in spring 2022,
00:06the big question is who will replace her on daytime TV?
00:09Insiders suggest the top contenders to host their own new daytime talk show,
00:13like The Ellen DeGeneres Show, are likely to be bold-faced names.
00:17Haddish is widely seen as a dream get and, per sources, is being heavily courted.
00:21She's already proved she has an act for the format
00:22after filling in for DeGeneres multiple times this season.
00:26I'm your guest host, Tiffany Haddish,
00:28and, as usual, she ready!
00:31Plus, touring comics like Haddish and DeGeneres
00:34are typically well-suited to the grind of a daytime talk show
00:36and its some 170 episodes a year.
00:39Haddish is said to have expressed interest in the role,
00:41but it's not clear if she's ready to jump in at this busy stage of her career.
00:45She'd have to forego at least some feature films to accommodate a talk show schedule.
00:49Others say NBC, which has carried The Ellen DeGeneres Show in major markets,
00:52might try to secure the slot for The Kelly Clarkson Show,
00:55though its lukewarm ratings of late could make that a tough sell.
00:58NBC has also inked deals with Meghan Trainor and Miley Cyrus
01:01and could consider either for a daytime role.
01:03Cyrus showcased her skills earlier in the pandemic
01:06with a popular Instagram live talk show titled Bright-Minded Live with Miley.
01:10However, syndication executives say the risk with Cyrus
01:13is that she could be too edgy for advertisers
01:15and too young for typical daytime TV viewers.
01:18For more on this story, go to THR.com.
01:20For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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