He’s very smart and well-connected in this industry,” she continues. “Jerry O’Connell is the funniest guy - but he’s not just the comic relief. Then, you bring on two men - that takes great courage to show that men and women can have great conversation.” The consummate newswoman, but a rascal with a sense of humor. “I love Natalie Morales, a Latina, as our moderator. “I love the trailblazing diversity,” she notes.
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Underwood currently hosts the daily one-hour series alongside Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales and Jerry O’Connell. We’re all trying to just do a job, feed our families and get to retirement, but we’re also trying to give the world a respite in their daily lives, and that’s important to me.” “I respect the women that put this show together and all who have come through its doors. 5,” she says, looking back on the decade since she joined the show. “Never in my life would I think I would be No.
Now she’s signed on for Season 13 and beyond. That perspective proved invaluable in Underwood’s journey at “The Talk,” with the host relying on “hopefulness” to carry her through the years. Remember that’s what you’re working for.’ Because both of us have someone in our life that’s going to need us for all of their life.” “And Sherri told me, ‘Remember your sister. “I said, ‘Sherri, how do you do something every single day?’” Underwood reminisces. She called Sherri Shepherd (who was a veteran of “The View” and just booked her own talk series, “Sherri”) for advice.
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What kind of meeting is this?’ They were laughing because I was so naive to the process, so I started telling all these political jokes and they asked, ‘Would you talk like this on a TV show?’”Īfter a series of conversations with CBS brass and the team of then-hosts, Underwood landed a 13-week run on the series. “And I said, ‘You can’t ask that question. When she finally took the meeting, “The first thing they asked was who I was voting for,” she notes. “I did not know that a job was even open I was being called for a general meeting and I’d gotten so tired of general meetings and getting nothing, that I wouldn’t take the call,” she recalls. When she was first approached to board the series, Underwood was best known for her work as a stand-up comic who appeared on HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam,” so she was surprised to learn the network (which was more conservative than her comedy material) was interested.
Having the chance to share her unique voice and storytelling through this new partnership with CBS Studios is a creative way to expand our valued partnership.” On behalf of CBS, CEO George Cheeks stated: “Sheryl has been critical to ‘The Talk’s’ success for more than a decade and we’re excited that she will be part of the conversation for several years to come. Underwood joined “The Talk” in September 2011, as the show entered into its second season, and earned a Daytime Emmy Award alongside her fellow hosts in 2017.
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