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Wanda Sykes on Fox Late Night | 04/01/2009 9:20 am

Wanda Sykes: The Next Face of Fox?

Sykes inked a deal with Fox for own late-night show airing Saturdays, 11 PM

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes may be returning to her old stomping grounds: the Fox Network.

The comedienne, who came out of the closet at a Proposition 8 protest last year, inked a deal to host her own late-night talk show, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The program, described as being similar to HBO’s "Real Time with Bill Maher," will be an hour long.

Sykes’s show will air Saturdays at 11 PM and the first episode will launch either this Fall or January.

Last time the actress appeared on a Fox sitcom was in 2003 in "Wanda at Large." She currently appears on CBS’s "The New Adventures of Old Christine."

Click here to real the full story at B&C.

4 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

I love Wanda Sykes and thinks she’s hilarious. I’ve seen her perform and she’s just as great live as she is on TV. Go Wanda!

By Slinky Binx on 04/01/2009 10:17 am

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This is good news…She is so damn funny!! I excited for her.

By Christi S. on 04/01/2009 10:32 am

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Wanda Sykes doesn’t have the broad appeal to carry off her own night time show. I can not see it going over well, this is not a good idea. But the upside is she’ll make a ton of money for a short time and put a lot of writers and production crew to work. I just hope she doesn’t leave CBS’s The New Adventures of Christine, she is hilarious on that show.

By Belinda Joy on 04/01/2009 1:42 pm

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Yay! Finally, a woman doing a late night talk show ~ and a gay African American woman at that! I love Wanda Sykes and I love that she was chosen for this new show. I, too, hope she stays with The New Adventures of Old Christine. It’s one of my favorite shows, and it wouldn’t be the same without her. Congratulations, Wanda!!

By Nanny hasSeven on 04/01/2009 9:46 pm