https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/drew-barrymore-daytime-talk-show-cbs-1203365927/

As Variety reported in August, Barrymore shot a pilot (https://www.primetimer.com/item/Drew-Barrymores-next-TV-role-may-be-as-daytime-talk-show-host-z8Sw0Z) in August for her own daytime talk show. Barrymore's talk show has now been picked up for a fall 2020 launch. “It is beyond my wildest dreams to have this opportunity for a daily talk show,” Barrymore said. “I’m truly thrilled and honored to be creating this show with CBS.”

If its coming to CBS Daytime next year then it should be taking place of either The Talk(more likely) or The Young & The Restless. otherwise, her upcoming talk show will be syndicated.

Drew Barrymore calls her daytime talk show "Optimism TV" (https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/drew-barrymore-cbs-talk-show-natpe-miami-1203475387/)

“I’m in the joy business,” she said of The Drew Barrymore Show, launching in syndication on CBS stations this fall. “I don’t carry the umbrella of darkness with me.” Barrymore added that she was doing a talk show because it was easy schedule-wise in terms of raising a family. “I didn’t want to let go of everything I’ve done and who I was,” Barrymore said. “I wanted to make a new application of all that in a way that better served me schedule-wise.”

The Drew Barrymore Show cleared for 85% of the country (https://deadline.com/2020/01/the-drew-barrymore-show-has-been-cleared-by-cbs-in-85-of-u-s-natpe-1202836822/)

Drew Barrymore's talk show is scheduled to premiere this fall, joining fellow new daytime talker Nick Cannon.

She has done just about everything! Good for her!!!

Do you know when it will premiere?

The Drew Barrymore Show kicking off with Charlie's Angels and 50 First Dates reunions (https://www.thewrap.com/drew-barrymore-show-charlies-angels-50-first-dates-cameron-diaz-lucy-liu-adam-sandler/)

Drew Barrymore's daytime talk show debuts next Monday with guest appearances by her former co-stars Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Adam Sandler. ALSO: Watch the making of The Drew Barrymore Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVKfVORg1lc).

The Drew Barrymore Show kicking off with Charlie's Angels and 50 First Dates reunions

We were just sitting around the campfire last night wondering when someone was going to do a Charlie's Angel movie reunion show. Who would have thunk it?

I saw part of The Drew Barrymore Show's debut episode this morning and what it seems like Drew is trying to become the next Oprah Winfrey and she hopes that her talk show will be huge like Ellen DeGeneres's show is. So Ellen better watch out because Drew Barrymore may become the next best thing on TV
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The Drew Barrymore Show's premiere seemed to be going for Oprah but landed somewhere closer to Tyra (https://themuse.jezebel.com/drew-barrymores-talk-show-premiere-was-a-real-emotional-1845050982)

Monday's premiere was a real emotional roller coaster, says Rich Juzwiak. "The enthusiasm was massive, the veracity was questionable, the performance was distracting," he says. "She shifted gears in the next paragraph of her monologue to reintroduce herself, remind us that she is exactly who we think she is, and suggest that she’s so much more. With the impassioned face of a celebrity raising funds on a telethon, Barrymore said emphatically that, 'I’m also someone who is learning all the time, and I’m so excited to figure out this thing called life with you!' Wait, that’s what we’re doing here? Then she started shouting that, 'We’re gonna learn! Laugh! Cry! Cook! Heal! ALL OF IT!' Well, paint that on a piece of wood and hang it in your country kitchen. 'And I’m committed to putting all aspects of life into this show every day,' she continued. It’s only an hourlong show?"

Watch The Drew Barrymore Show make it appear that the Charlie's Angels stars are all in one room (https://www.primetimer.com/item/Watch-The-Drew-Barrymore-Show-make-it-appear-that-the-Charlies-Angels-stars-are-all-in-one-room-BRSYL2)

Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz reunited this morning for the first episode of The Drew Barrymore Show. But while it looked like all three were together in Barrymore's New York City studio, the group later revealed that one of them was virtually there. "I'm the one in Los Angeles," Cameron confessed before poking fun at technology. "You've got to try this it's so incredible. The ether, the little particles going out into space and coming back re-massing into this beautiful space. You guys, it's crazy, you should try it, it tingles!"

Drew Barrymore hopes to use the pandemic to her advantage in launching The Drew Barrymore Show (https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/drew-barrymore-talk-show-1234764332/)

“I think the limitations of the pandemic made us a more modern show,” says Barrymore, whose CBS-distributed syndicated daytime talk show debuts today. “When forced to think differently, we tried to turn every obstacle into an opportunity.” Since Barrymore can't have an in-person audience, she'll be utilizing an Audience From Anywhere service that allows her to assemble customized virtual audiences to adapt to the needs of each day's show, such as a virtual crowd of mothers for a segment about parenthood. As The Washington Post's Emily Yahr reports, The Drew Barrymore Show "will take place with a small crew in a New York studio, with pandemic-related rules and precautions. Instead of an in-person audience, members of a virtual crowd will be beamed in via Zoom and projected on a large display behind Barrymore. Guests who live on the West Coast have the option to appear via green-screen and sit across from the host, hologram-style (https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/09/14/drew-barrymore-new-talk-show/)." CBS Television Distribution's Rich Cervini says Barrymore and his team never seriously considered delaying the show from its fall start due to the pandemic. “We were so determined to do this show and to do it in New York. Drew was the guiding light on that. She was so determined to fulfill this dream of hers. That made us determined to figure out a way to make Plan B better than Plan A.” In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Barrymore was reflective of her past. When Barrymore was asked about flashing David Letterman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXKAaIRt0O0) in 1995 when she was 20, she responded: "I think if there's one thing I've learned in a very long life in front of people is there is a line. There is TMI (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-new-role-for-drew-barrymore/). And I kind of know what that line is, and it's a feeling." Meanwhile, Barrymore tells The New York Post she hopes to inject her well-known brand of humor and positivity into the show (https://nypost.com/2020/09/14/drew-barrymore-on-her-new-talk-show-the-rule-book-is-on-fire/). “I love optimism and happiness but I’m really desperate to show that happiness is a choice and the choice isn’t always easy,” she says. “It isn’t always available and it’s not just a silly, blind happiness, it’s the one we work for. You have to fight for it. I can’t think of a better reward.” ALSO: Watch Barrymore and Adam Sandler "reboot" 50 First Dates (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLaZPK4Cvow).

So far, Drew Barrymore seems too famous to succeed as a daytime talk show host (https://variety.com/2020/tv/reviews/drew-barrymore-show-review-1234773574/)

"The best talk show hosts are made into stars by the medium," says Daniel D'Addario. "To wit: Rosie O’Donnell was a well-known comic and actor but hardly the dynamo she eventually became when she began her daily show. She reinvented the medium that had, before her, been dominated by former local news anchor Oprah Winfrey. Both these stars did not bring to bear huge amounts of persona that was already known to the audience, so they had to work to carry across an idea of themself with each episode and segment. At their best, you walked away from their shows knowing O’Donnell and Winfrey in a way you might not otherwise have, before. Drew Barrymore, a newly-minted talk show host with her Drew Barrymore Show carried in daytime by CBS stations, has less of herself to introduce, and, more crucially, less apparent desire to do so." Barrymore, he says, was hampered in her first week by her reliance on celebrity friends. "Barrymore’s show is squarely in her comfort zone, and as such is in the comfort zone of any celebrity; it’s so soft and unthreatening, though, as to often make us feel we know subjects and interviewer both less well when the interview is done," says D'Addario. "We hardly need a Mike Wallace-style expose on the stars Barrymore books; that’d be weird in daytime, and it’s not what viewers look to Barrymore for. But — speaking as a Barrymore fan who was excited to see her in conversation — there is as yet untapped potential for her to dig deeper, to show us more of what she really believes or finds important."

ALSO:


Drew Barrymore's show is so weird, it's almost hypnotic (https://news.avclub.com/drew-barrymores-talk-show-is-so-weird-its-almost-hypno-1845100399): There have been two major takeaways from The Drew Barrymore Show after one week: "Drew Barrymore definitely has a lot of cool, famous friends, and Drew Barrymore sometimes acts in ways that are tremendously weird when asked to talk into a camera by herself," says William Hughes. "The combination has formed some of the most hypnotically, authentically strange TV the internet has had a chance to dine out on in a while, as Barrymore jumps between recreating famous movies she’s made with her buddies, to monologuing, for minutes at a time, about her love of removing stains from T-shirts."
Barrymore has been a nonstop ball of energy, which can be exhausting and endearing (https://themuse.jezebel.com/drew-barrymores-wild-week-1845105577)


The Drew Barrymore Show is a "radically messy, life-affirming trip" (https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/10/drew-barrymore-talk-show-review)

It's remarkable that "something so offbeat is happening on daytime at all," says Tracy Moore of the "low-key insanity" of Drew Barrymore's new daytime talk show. "She cooks; she interior designs; she feels," Moore says of Barrymore. "She talks in hashtags, and casually drops quotes from Gayle King, Patti Smith, and e.e. cummings. She is, it seems, genuinely in awe of everyone and everything, a self-described 'human scrapbook of news,' a 'pop culture junkie,' a lover of people and stain removal. She has 'abused this carcass' to no end, she says at one point, referring to her well-documented addiction problems. Her weight, Barrymore tells us, has always fluctuated within 20 to 30 pounds, and she just wants to find a balance. She is still obsessed with Marie Kondo, and would very much like guidance on how to fold her granny panties. Reviews have called the show everything from absurdist theater to an emotional rollercoaster. They’re not wrong. And though they’re largely in agreement that Barrymore’s concoction is a welcome departure from expectation, some opine that it’s all a bit too much. Viewers have suggested that Barrymore is putting us on, that she can’t really be this frantic, this animated, this over the top. Can she? She can. Idiosyncratic sincerity dialed to 11 has been Barrymore’s personality all along, from television interviews of yore—given alone and with her mother, Jaid Barrymore—to the final scene of the 2004 documentary My Date With Drew, where a goofy semi-stalker tracks Barrymore down. Spoiler: He eventually gets to meet her, and she’s the exact same person you see on this show, mannerisms and all. There’s no getting around the fact that Barrymore’s quirks have their origins in her rough beginnings as a child star, ’90s It Girl, and tragic Hollywood royalty. She may be a relentlessly sunny kook, but she’s one who survived taking her first drink at 9, being addicted to cocaine at 11, and going to rehab at 14. She became emancipated from her parents as a teen; then, when most child stars would have self-destructed, she turned it around. It’s difficult to imagine anyone who’s lived a life like Barrymore’s not sounding like, well, a bit of a lost soul in search of coordinates. So as we say in the South, Barrymore comes by it honestly."

Did The Drew Barrymore Show give a "fairy tale wedding" to a teacher and his former student? (https://decider.com/2020/11/24/drew-barrymore-show-teacher-student-wedding/)

Drew Barrymore's daytime talk show last week teamed with Walmart+ to present a frontline nurse named Selina and a high school teacher with their dream wedding. But the show's videos posted to YouTube were filled with comments allege that the couple met when she was a 17-year-old student in his physics class. Neither the show nor the couple have responded to the allegations.

The Drew Barrymore Show renewed for Season 2 (https://deadline.com/2021/03/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-season-2-by-cbs-media-ventures-1234716582/)

“Launching a daily syndicated show during a pandemic was a challenge no daytime show has ever had to face, but Drew and everyone on this team turned every obstacle into an opportunity and delivered a big, bright, fun hour of much needed optimism to viewers every day,” Steve LoCascio, president of CBS Media Ventures said in a statement. “The show truly embodies Drew’s spirit, and we’re thrilled to be able to continue to provide our stations and viewers with another high-quality season this fall.”

The Drew Barrymore Show will welcome a studio audience for the first time this fall (https://deadline.com/2021/07/the-drew-barrymore-show-season-2-fully-vaccinated-live-audience-1234800990/)

The daytime talk show, which launched last year during the pandemic with a virtual audience, will start production with a full-capacity audience at CBS Broadcast Center in New York on August 26.

What is it like to sit in The Drew Barrymore Show audience? (https://jezebel.com/waiting-for-my-flowers-at-the-drew-barrymore-show-1847655070)

On Aug, 26, Rich Juzwiak attended a taping of Drew Barrymore's talk show at her New York City studios. The episode finally aired on Thursday, nearly two months later. "Barrymore is more emotionally flexible than just about any public communicator I’ve witnessed," says Juzwiak. "She’ll go from choked up to clear throated and grounded in seconds. That’s exactly what she did as she delivered her opening monologue live and in front of me. She went on to promise us an hour that would be 'all about you.'" He adds: "Barrymore’s indefatigable presentation of kindness is either disarming or so smothering that I can’t get enough oxygen to my brain when beholding her, but either way, I am charmed. Her persona is so precisely balanced between earnest and goofy and finished with a glaze of anthropomorphic sunshine (all sunglasses and thumbs-up signs flashing), it’s as though it were concocted in a lab. I have no illusions about celebrities’ status deriving from the social subordination of plebes like me, and yet after watching Barrymore every day for multiple weeks, she took on the logic-defying space in my heart of a friend. I feel like I know her, and I’m not embarrassed to say that. I can’t believe this is my life."

"The Drew Barrymore Show" Renewed for Season 3
by Vlada Gelman
April 1, 2022


"The Drew Barrymore Show" has been renewed for Season 3, airing through 2022-23 with a new format.

The syndicated talker will be produced as two half-hour episodes that can run together or be split apart to air separately, CBS Media Ventures, which produces and distributes the show, announced on Friday.



“I am honored and grateful, but I also want to take this show higher and continue to innovate and be a game changer in the daytime space,” Barrymore said in a statement.

“Rising to the occasion of finding people in the diverse way they watch is what I want to challenge myself with. Our show wants to be a bright spot, not a blind spot, and we just want to make people feel good. And I thank all the people who helped us get here.”

https://tvline.com/2022/04/01/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-season-3-new-format/

Drew Barrymore reunites with her E.T. mom Dee Wallace on The Drew Barrymore Show (https://people.com/movies/drew-barrymore-reunites-et-onscreen-mom-dee-wallace-40th-anniversary/)

Barrymore (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/rfh2uo/how_come_the_drew_barrymore_show_keeps_struggling/) and Wallace (https://www.instagram.com/p/CcflxuAJlod/) reminisced (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/u7fuu3/a_personal_review_of_drew_barrymore_show/) ahead of the Steven Spielberg film's 40th anniversary this summer.

Drew Barrymore would like Britney Spears to appear on her show, but has yet to ask (https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/drew-barrymore-talk-show-britney-spears-interview-1235256449/)

“We can have a unique conversation,” Barrymore tells Variety of having an "openhearted" interview with Spears (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/drew-barrymore-wants-to-interview-britney-spears-there%E2%80%99s-not-a-ton-of-us-whove-had-public-breakdowns-in-front-of-everyone-and-fought-our-way-back.4889632/). “There’s not a ton of us out there who have publicly lost our freedom, had breakdowns in front of everyone, become punchlines and fought our way back.” Barrymore had her own tumultuous upbringing that included stints in rehab and getting legally emancipated from her parents.

The Drew Barrymore Show stands out for the way its host "spelunks into her own past with open sentimentality and charming clumsiness." (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/how-drew-barrymore-became-a-bizarro-fixture-of-daytime-tv)

By Rachel Syme

September 13, 2022
Illustration of Drew Barrymore in various iconic roles
Illustration by Samuel Rodriguez
At least twice this summer, Drew Barrymore danced in the rain. Or frolicked in it. Or just went outside and stood in it—it’s not exactly clear. Our only clue is a pair of videos that the forty-seven-year-old actress, director, and talk-show host posted to her TikTok feed. In the first, from May 29th, Barrymore stands inside her New York apartment as rain comes down in sheets outside her balcony windows. She wears a soaked white T-shirt, and her wavy brown hair is dripping. Somewhere in the background, Sade’s soothing ballad “By Your Side” softly plays. “If it’s raining anywhere you are, just run out in the rain,” Barrymore says into her front-facing camera. “Don’t miss the opportunity.” In the second video, from July 17th, Barrymore is in the midst of taking her own advice. She walks through a lush stone courtyard as fat raindrops hit her wire-frame glasses. “Whenever you can, go out into the rain,” she says, taking off her glasses and shaking her head playfully at the clouds. Then, grinning toward the sky, she repeats her summer motto, stretching out the final vowel as if she is singing: “Do not miss the opportunity-y-y!”

These clips—along with another, in which Barrymore sobs over a hidden window she’s discovered while remodelling her apartment—ended up in People and on the “Today” show and as the subject of many memes (and at least one TikTok controversy). People made videos lip-synching to Barrymore’s advice, or pretending to be a neighbor peering out the window at her rain prancing. The comedian Chloe Fineman—the resident Barrymore impersonator on “Saturday Night Live”—made an Instagram parody video on the streets of Paris. (“Raindrops are the earth laughing!”) But Fineman’s Barrymore impressions are closer to valentines than outright mockeries, as Fineman herself suggested when she appeared on Barrymore’s talk show in October, 2020. Indeed, for all its bizarre unhingedness, Barrymore’s summer of dancing and crying into her phone was received with remarkable warmth, even compassion—at least compared to the usual barrage of groans that come when a rich and famous person suggests we all lay our burdens down and smell the roses. Many onlookers seemed to draw a symbolic connection between Barrymore’s childlike wonder at an afternoon drizzle and the childhood she never really got to have, by her own admission, given her history as a child star from a long line of Hollywood performers who was partying at Studio 54 by the time she was nine years old and in drug rehab by her early teens. As the memoirist Ashley Ford (a friend of mine) tweeted, “nobody is healing their inner child harder than drew barrymore.”

Barrymore has arguably been engaged in a similar exercise each morning on her wacky talk show, “The Drew Barrymore Show,” which premièred in the fall of 2020, during the height of the pandemic, and returned for a third season on Monday. The fact that the show was renewed feels like something of a minor miracle, as it is not a hit, numbers-wise. By the end of the second season, episodes were pulling in a reported seven hundred and forty thousand viewers. By comparison, “The Kelly Clarkson Show” averages about 1.5 million viewers, and at its height the now defunct “Ellen DeGeneres Show” drew 2.6 million. From the beginning, “The Drew Barrymore Show” felt like an uncanny experiment exempt from the dictates of network television. In the première episode, Barrymore stepped out into her cavernous—and, because of the pandemic, empty—studio and started squealing with excitement. She was wearing a tea-length dress and high leather boots that made her look like Jane Fonda in “Klute.” After a monologue about “rebranding Mondays,” she paused and scowled into the camera. “You may think you know me,” she sneered, as if in a gangster film. “And you do,” she added, throwing her arms out in a cuddly gesture. In an absurd “Billy on the Street”-style segment called “Drew’s News” (which, as of this month, is also a podcast), she pranced around Manhattan yelling “Tell me your story!” at strangers, though she never actually got around to interviewing anyone. Every segment on the show seemed the wrong length; the preambles were longer than the main event, the interstitial antics lingered past the punchline. Back in the studio, Barrymore sat behind an enormous mustard-yellow desk with an oversized orange map of the world behind her, as if she’d borrowed the set from an old episode of Linda Ellerbee’s “Nick News.”

Barrymore’s most consistent subject on the show is her own history, which she gregariously spelunks into without embarrassment. For one early promo clip, Barrymore spliced her adult self into a well-known 1982 “Tonight Show” interview with her impish, gap-toothed seven-year-old self. The older Barrymore sits in a pink blouse where Johnny Carson sat at the time, telling young Drew that one day she will have a talk show and “we’re going to spend an hour every day celebrating life. I’m so excited, I could scream.” She then screams along with little Drew, who was, at the time, re-creating her big moment from “E.T.” An oddball Forrest Gumpian mashup, the clip set Drew’s agenda of engaging energetically with her past selves. Barrymore has brought on exes, including her ex-husband, the comedian Tom Green—whom she hadn’t seen in fifteen years—and, in the première of Season 3, her ex-boyfriend Justin Long, whom she tells, through tears, “When we used to talk and Facetime, I was always, like, you know, I’ve really grown up, Justin.” (Barrymore is thrice divorced and has two daughters from her third marriage, to the art consultant Will Kopelman.) In my favorite trip down memory lane, from the beginning of Season 2, Barrymore took her crew on a tour of her childhood in Los Angeles, starting with the home where she lived with her mother in the nineteen-seventies. “I was so lonely in this house,” Barrymore says. She visits the creepy back-alley apartment she lived in near Sweetzer Avenue after she emancipated herself from her parents, at the age of fourteen, and the old laundromat and bookstore she frequented instead of attending high school. The tour concludes at the desolate psychiatric facility that her mother checked her into when she was thirteen. Barrymore crawls up onto the roof of her car, sits cross-legged, and reflects on how far she’s come. Then the camera pulls back. “Welcome to ‘The Drew Barrymore Show!’ ” she yells, cackling and crying at the same time. The whole thing is weird and weirdly endearing, both authentically raw and aware of its canned, showy rawness. In short, it’s great television.

Barrymore’s film career has spanned four decades and undergone many evolutions. After the breakout child-star phase (“E.T.” and “Firestarter”), there was the nineties vamps era (“Mad Love,” “Poison Ivy,” “Batman Forever”), followed by the years of rom-com domination (“Never Been Kissed,” “The Wedding Singer,” “50 First Dates.”) Barrymore held her own in blockbusters, such as “Scream” and “Charlie’s Angels,” and turned to producing and directing under the Flower Films banner, including the roller-derby comedy “Whip It” (2009), in which she also co-starred. But, if we’re being honest, her film performances rarely made as strong an impression as the small-screen moments when she was playing herself. By the time she was seven years old, she was already one of Johnny Carson’s favorite guests. “It would be kind of easier to talk without my teeth,” she said in one appearance, pulling out her prosthetic retainer to reveal two stumps in her gums. By her teen years, she was beginning to develop her distinctive affect: the smile that always leans a little to the side in a mischievous smirk, the airy California energy, the seesawing between ethereal and puckish. At twenty, she pulled up her baby-blue crop-top sweater and flashed David Letterman while dancing on his desk. In interviews, she telegraphed spontaneity and unselfconscious enthusiasm laced with flashes of real insight. “I’m a Pisces with a Gemini rising!” she told Barbara Walters in a major interview in 1997, giggling like a schoolgirl. Then she quickly grew serious and reflective: “I remember my childhood very, very distinctly, as if it was, like, a Super 8 movie that gets played back in my own head.” From a precocious age, Barrymore seemed aware that there was no separating her own identity from the disorienting fact that she’d been famous for most of her life.

Perhaps that’s why one of Barrymore’s strongest acting roles to date was her portrayal of the eccentric Hamptons character Little Edie Beale in the miniseries “Grey Gardens,” from 2009. It worked because there were obvious affinities between Barrymore and Beale. Both came from powerful, troubled families. (Beale’s first cousin was Jacqueline Onassis.) Both had an almost childlike lack of shyness in front of the camera, and both had ways of speaking that were distinctively their own. In most roles Barrymore has taken on, she hasn’t tried to hide her idiosyncratic, sunbaked drawl—the floaty voice, the slight lisp, the long, flattened vowels. In “Grey Gardens,” she disappeared completely into Little Edie’s mid-Atlantic accent, and excelled at embodying a person so in thrall to her own mythology that she has lost touch with everything else. In her memoirs, Barrymore writes about how enchanted she was as a child with her own family stories, even though, by the time she heard them from her absentee father, “there was no dynasty-like upbringing.” While she understood—and later learned firsthand—that Hollywood glamour can be a toxic illusion and fame can be ruinous, she clung to the Barrymore legend. “They were talented, damaged, and I can’t help but idealize them because it’s all I have,” she wrote.

Daytime talk shows always have a gloss of self-help to them, especially in our wellness-obsessed time. But in recent years, perhaps owing to the confessional nature of social media—and the success of therapy-adjacent programming such as “Red Table Talk” or the podcast “WTF with Marc Maron”—television hosts are eager to interrogate themselves as much as they do their guests. This navel-gazing can seem bathetic and indulgent, and certainly not always honest. But “The Drew Barrymore Show” is too chaotic and destabilizing to feel manufactured. The show’s open sentimentality—and copious shed tears—are offset by its crackle of unplanned clumsiness. Bouncing off the walls one moment and breaking down the next, Barrymore seems to be barely holding on as sentiment threatens to overtake her. She is not so much revisiting her past as dragging it along like a bindle full of lessons waiting to be discovered. If her off-the-cuff irrepressibility is an act, then it’s the best performance of her life.

Toward the end of Season 1, the producers surprised Barrymore for her birthday with a video call with Steven Spielberg, who she says in her memoir has been a father figure to her since “E.T.” Seeing Spielberg appear onscreen, Barrymore instantly breaks into heaving sobs. “Oh, Drewface,” Spielberg sighs. Later, he reveals that when Barrymore shot a “Playboy” spread, in 1995, he pulled a dad move and glued paperdoll clothes onto a copy of the issue and sent it to her, along with a quilt that said “cover up.” Barrymore seems to hold no bitterness about this paternalistic scolding. (“That’s what parents do!” she exclaims.) In exchange, Barrymore sent Spielberg a triptych of photographs of herself dressed like a nun, which still hang in his house. Spielberg held each photograph to the camera. “The first one is ‘I’m Sorry,’ ” he said, pointing to Barrymore kneeling next to a Virgin Mary statue. “The second one is ‘I’ve Seen The Light,’ ” he said, of a photo in which Barrymore-as-nun has her arms stretched outward. Then, pointing to the last photograph, which shows her hitchhiking in her habit, he said, sweetly, “And the last frame is ‘I’m On My Way.’ ”

The Drew Barrymore Show stands out for the way its host "spelunks into her own past with open sentimentality and charming clumsiness." (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/how-drew-barrymore-became-a-bizarro-fixture-of-daytime-tv)

By Rachel Syme

September 13, 2022

At least twice this summer, Drew Barrymore danced in the rain. Or frolicked in it. Or just went outside and stood in it—it’s not exactly clear. Our only clue is a pair of videos that the forty-seven-year-old actress, director, and talk-show host posted to her TikTok feed. In the first, from May 29th, Barrymore stands inside her New York apartment as rain comes down in sheets outside her balcony windows. She wears a soaked white T-shirt, and her wavy brown hair is dripping. Somewhere in the background, Sade’s soothing ballad “By Your Side” softly plays. “If it’s raining anywhere you are, just run out in the rain,” Barrymore says into her front-facing camera. “Don’t miss the opportunity.” In the second video, from July 17th, Barrymore is in the midst of taking her own advice. She walks through a lush stone courtyard as fat raindrops hit her wire-frame glasses. “Whenever you can, go out into the rain,” she says, taking off her glasses and shaking her head playfully at the clouds. Then, grinning toward the sky, she repeats her summer motto, stretching out the final vowel as if she is singing: “Do not miss the opportunity-y-y!”

These clips—along with another, in which Barrymore sobs over a hidden window she’s discovered while remodelling her apartment—ended up in People and on the “Today” show and as the subject of many memes (and at least one TikTok controversy). People made videos lip-synching to Barrymore’s advice, or pretending to be a neighbor peering out the window at her rain prancing. The comedian Chloe Fineman—the resident Barrymore impersonator on “Saturday Night Live”—made an Instagram parody video on the streets of Paris. (“Raindrops are the earth laughing!”) But Fineman’s Barrymore impressions are closer to valentines than outright mockeries, as Fineman herself suggested when she appeared on Barrymore’s talk show in October, 2020. Indeed, for all its bizarre unhingedness, Barrymore’s summer of dancing and crying into her phone was received with remarkable warmth, even compassion—at least compared to the usual barrage of groans that come when a rich and famous person suggests we all lay our burdens down and smell the roses. Many onlookers seemed to draw a symbolic connection between Barrymore’s childlike wonder at an afternoon drizzle and the childhood she never really got to have, by her own admission, given her history as a child star from a long line of Hollywood performers who was partying at Studio 54 by the time she was nine years old and in drug rehab by her early teens. As the memoirist Ashley Ford (a friend of mine) tweeted, “nobody is healing their inner child harder than drew barrymore.”

Barrymore has arguably been engaged in a similar exercise each morning on her wacky talk show, “The Drew Barrymore Show,” which premièred in the fall of 2020, during the height of the pandemic, and returned for a third season on Monday. The fact that the show was renewed feels like something of a minor miracle, as it is not a hit, numbers-wise. By the end of the second season, episodes were pulling in a reported seven hundred and forty thousand viewers. By comparison, “The Kelly Clarkson Show” averages about 1.5 million viewers, and at its height the now defunct “Ellen DeGeneres Show” drew 2.6 million. From the beginning, “The Drew Barrymore Show” felt like an uncanny experiment exempt from the dictates of network television. In the première episode, Barrymore stepped out into her cavernous—and, because of the pandemic, empty—studio and started squealing with excitement. She was wearing a tea-length dress and high leather boots that made her look like Jane Fonda in “Klute.” After a monologue about “rebranding Mondays,” she paused and scowled into the camera. “You may think you know me,” she sneered, as if in a gangster film. “And you do,” she added, throwing her arms out in a cuddly gesture. In an absurd “Billy on the Street”-style segment called “Drew’s News” (which, as of this month, is also a podcast), she pranced around Manhattan yelling “Tell me your story!” at strangers, though she never actually got around to interviewing anyone. Every segment on the show seemed the wrong length; the preambles were longer than the main event, the interstitial antics lingered past the punchline. Back in the studio, Barrymore sat behind an enormous mustard-yellow desk with an oversized orange map of the world behind her, as if she’d borrowed the set from an old episode of Linda Ellerbee’s “Nick News.”

Barrymore’s most consistent subject on the show is her own history, which she gregariously spelunks into without embarrassment. For one early promo clip, Barrymore spliced her adult self into a well-known 1982 “Tonight Show” interview with her impish, gap-toothed seven-year-old self. The older Barrymore sits in a pink blouse where Johnny Carson sat at the time, telling young Drew that one day she will have a talk show and “we’re going to spend an hour every day celebrating life. I’m so excited, I could scream.” She then screams along with little Drew, who was, at the time, re-creating her big moment from “E.T.” An oddball Forrest Gumpian mashup, the clip set Drew’s agenda of engaging energetically with her past selves. Barrymore has brought on exes, including her ex-husband, the comedian Tom Green—whom she hadn’t seen in fifteen years—and, in the première of Season 3, her ex-boyfriend Justin Long, whom she tells, through tears, “When we used to talk and Facetime, I was always, like, you know, I’ve really grown up, Justin.” (Barrymore is thrice divorced and has two daughters from her third marriage, to the art consultant Will Kopelman.) In my favorite trip down memory lane, from the beginning of Season 2, Barrymore took her crew on a tour of her childhood in Los Angeles, starting with the home where she lived with her mother in the nineteen-seventies. “I was so lonely in this house,” Barrymore says. She visits the creepy back-alley apartment she lived in near Sweetzer Avenue after she emancipated herself from her parents, at the age of fourteen, and the old laundromat and bookstore she frequented instead of attending high school. The tour concludes at the desolate psychiatric facility that her mother checked her into when she was thirteen. Barrymore crawls up onto the roof of her car, sits cross-legged, and reflects on how far she’s come. Then the camera pulls back. “Welcome to ‘The Drew Barrymore Show!’ ” she yells, cackling and crying at the same time. The whole thing is weird and weirdly endearing, both authentically raw and aware of its canned, showy rawness. In short, it’s great television.

Barrymore’s film career has spanned four decades and undergone many evolutions. After the breakout child-star phase (“E.T.” and “Firestarter”), there was the nineties vamps era (“Mad Love,” “Poison Ivy,” “Batman Forever”), followed by the years of rom-com domination (“Never Been Kissed,” “The Wedding Singer,” “50 First Dates.”) Barrymore held her own in blockbusters, such as “Scream” and “Charlie’s Angels,” and turned to producing and directing under the Flower Films banner, including the roller-derby comedy “Whip It” (2009), in which she also co-starred. But, if we’re being honest, her film performances rarely made as strong an impression as the small-screen moments when she was playing herself. By the time she was seven years old, she was already one of Johnny Carson’s favorite guests. “It would be kind of easier to talk without my teeth,” she said in one appearance, pulling out her prosthetic retainer to reveal two stumps in her gums. By her teen years, she was beginning to develop her distinctive affect: the smile that always leans a little to the side in a mischievous smirk, the airy California energy, the seesawing between ethereal and puckish. At twenty, she pulled up her baby-blue crop-top sweater and flashed David Letterman while dancing on his desk. In interviews, she telegraphed spontaneity and unselfconscious enthusiasm laced with flashes of real insight. “I’m a Pisces with a Gemini rising!” she told Barbara Walters in a major interview in 1997, giggling like a schoolgirl. Then she quickly grew serious and reflective: “I remember my childhood very, very distinctly, as if it was, like, a Super 8 movie that gets played back in my own head.” From a precocious age, Barrymore seemed aware that there was no separating her own identity from the disorienting fact that she’d been famous for most of her life.

Perhaps that’s why one of Barrymore’s strongest acting roles to date was her portrayal of the eccentric Hamptons character Little Edie Beale in the miniseries “Grey Gardens,” from 2009. It worked because there were obvious affinities between Barrymore and Beale. Both came from powerful, troubled families. (Beale’s first cousin was Jacqueline Onassis.) Both had an almost childlike lack of shyness in front of the camera, and both had ways of speaking that were distinctively their own. In most roles Barrymore has taken on, she hasn’t tried to hide her idiosyncratic, sunbaked drawl—the floaty voice, the slight lisp, the long, flattened vowels. In “Grey Gardens,” she disappeared completely into Little Edie’s mid-Atlantic accent, and excelled at embodying a person so in thrall to her own mythology that she has lost touch with everything else. In her memoirs, Barrymore writes about how enchanted she was as a child with her own family stories, even though, by the time she heard them from her absentee father, “there was no dynasty-like upbringing.” While she understood—and later learned firsthand—that Hollywood glamour can be a toxic illusion and fame can be ruinous, she clung to the Barrymore legend. “They were talented, damaged, and I can’t help but idealize them because it’s all I have,” she wrote.

Daytime talk shows always have a gloss of self-help to them, especially in our wellness-obsessed time. But in recent years, perhaps owing to the confessional nature of social media—and the success of therapy-adjacent programming such as “Red Table Talk” or the podcast “WTF with Marc Maron”—television hosts are eager to interrogate themselves as much as they do their guests. This navel-gazing can seem bathetic and indulgent, and certainly not always honest. But “The Drew Barrymore Show” is too chaotic and destabilizing to feel manufactured. The show’s open sentimentality—and copious shed tears—are offset by its crackle of unplanned clumsiness. Bouncing off the walls one moment and breaking down the next, Barrymore seems to be barely holding on as sentiment threatens to overtake her. She is not so much revisiting her past as dragging it along like a bindle full of lessons waiting to be discovered. If her off-the-cuff irrepressibility is an act, then it’s the best performance of her life.

Toward the end of Season 1, the producers surprised Barrymore for her birthday with a video call with Steven Spielberg, who she says in her memoir has been a father figure to her since “E.T.” Seeing Spielberg appear onscreen, Barrymore instantly breaks into heaving sobs. “Oh, Drewface,” Spielberg sighs. Later, he reveals that when Barrymore shot a “Playboy” spread, in 1995, he pulled a dad move and glued paperdoll clothes onto a copy of the issue and sent it to her, along with a quilt that said “cover up.” Barrymore seems to hold no bitterness about this paternalistic scolding. (“That’s what parents do!” she exclaims.) In exchange, Barrymore sent Spielberg a triptych of photographs of herself dressed like a nun, which still hang in his house. Spielberg held each photograph to the camera. “The first one is ‘I’m Sorry,’ ” he said, pointing to Barrymore kneeling next to a Virgin Mary statue. “The second one is ‘I’ve Seen The Light,’ ” he said, of a photo in which Barrymore-as-nun has her arms stretched outward. Then, pointing to the last photograph, which shows her hitchhiking in her habit, he said, sweetly, “And the last frame is ‘I’m On My Way.’ ”

50 Cent & Ross Matthews are hosting 'The Drew Barrymore Show' while she recovers from COVID-19 (https://people.com/tv/50-cent-and-ross-mathews-guest-host-drew-barrymore-talk-show-while-shes-out-covid/)

‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ Renewed for 2023-2024 TV Season (https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-2023-2024-tv-season-1235491281/)

By Michael Schneider

Daytime talker “The Drew Barrymore Show” (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/the-drew-barrymore-show.3914144/) will be back (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/10ed6mx/the_drew_barrymore_show_renewed_for_20232024_tv/) for the (https://tvline.com/2023/01/17/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-season-4/) 2023-2024 TV season. The show has been renewed for a fourth year on CBS stations, which air it in key markets including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

The news was announced Tuesday by CBS Media Ventures president Steve LoCascio. The renewal comes following this year’s format change, in which “The Drew Barrymore Show” was reconstructed as two half-hour episodes that stations could run together back-to-back or be split apart to air separately.

On many CBS stations, that meant launching a new half-hour local newscast from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., serving as a lead-in to the first half-hour of “The Drew Barrymore Show.” Under the new structure, CBS stations also aired both half-hours of the show on its duopoly stations in markets where the company owns two stations. (New York’s WCBS and Chicago’s WBBM air a half-hour “Drew” at 9:30 after local news, while Los Angeles’ KCBS runs both half hours of “Drew” at 2 p.m.)

“This season, ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ debuted a new reimagined half-hour format, which has been an undeniable success,” LoCascio said in a statement. “Ratings have grown 70% year to year, and creatively, the show is better than ever. Drew makes news every day with her insightful celebrity interviews and welcoming style. Nobody does it better. We’re thrilled to have her in the CBS family.”

Guests this season on “Drew” have included President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden (their first joint sitdown in daytime), George Clooney, Kate Hudson, Adam Sandler, Michelle Obama, Katy Perry, Cameron Diaz, Tyler Perry and Susan Sarandon.

According to CBS Media Ventures, “The Drew Barrymore Show” averages 1.21 million viewers – up nearly half a million viewers year to year. It ranks as syndication’s #4 talk show. Ratings growth has been seen in New York (up 4%), Chicago (up 6%) and Philadelphia (up 35%).

Produced and distributed by CBS Media Ventures and shot in New York City, “Drew” features celebrity interviews, human interest stories, positive news and lifestyle segments. Ross Mathews also appears as “Drew’s News” co-host. Barrymore, Jason Kurtz and Marianne Schaberg are executive producers.

“It’s gratifying to see ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ continue to grow creatively and attract larger audiences,” said Wendy McMahon, President and Co-Head, CBS News and Stations. “The new format is working out great for stations, the show and CBS Media Ventures. It makes us very happy that our viewers will be able to continue to enjoy the humor, heart and humanity that Drew, Ross and their colleagues put into each and every episode.”

Drew Barrymore is being compared to Oprah Winfrey (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-04-13/the-millennial-oprah-fans-praise-drew-barrymore-for-emotional-empathetic-interviews)

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After a string of emotionally intimate and empathetic interviews this week by Drew Barrymore on her show, fans are wondering if she’s the next queen of daytime talk shows.

“#DrewBarrymore is becoming the millennial #Oprah,” tweeted @pastelon15. “She’s so encouraging, positive, wants people to share their story. It’s refreshing.”

The comparison to Oprah Winfrey came in response to a clip from Wednesday‘s episode of the “The Drew Barrymore Show,” where singer and actor Chloe Bailey and Barrymore were talking about imposter syndrome. Winfrey, who wears multiple hats as a billionaire media magnate, is known for her sharp interviewing skills and ability to allow her high-profile guests to open up about intimate topics from their lives.

Bailey, who recently starred in the Amazon Prime series “Swarm,” had just shared how she “released this idea of needing to be perfect onscreen” and how it’s helped her love acting.

“What did you have to tell yourself?” Barrymore asked. “Because we can fall prey to our worst insecurities, our demons, like, I wonder if anyone can say anything worse than I say to myself, I’m working on it.”

“Me too. I’m working on it too,” Bailey said.

And in classic fashion, Barrymore closed the gap between the two by getting down on one knee to hold Bailey’s hands as she asked how the “Ungodly Hour” singer had overcome her imposter syndrome.

“Drew Barrymore is such an incredible interviewer,” tweeted Claire Thomas, a director and former food show host. “She understands that creating a small, intimate space with the guest causes the audience to lean forward. And she seems genuinely lovely/authentic/kind.”

“In a way it’s like Oprah plus Graham Norton? Like, loose but I’m crying?” she added.

Fans also gave Barrymore her flowers for her sit-down Tuesday with Brooke Shields, who — like Barrymore — also got her start as a successful child actor.

Shields is the subject of the new Hulu documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” during which the model and actor looks back at her childhood spent in the spotlight, exposing the harsh reality of a young Hollywood star who’s sexualized and exploited. Both she and Barrymore also had complicated relationships with their mothers, who also worked as their managers.

Drew Barrymore gets backlash as she defends bringing back her talk show amid Hollywood strikes (https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/drew-barrymore-slammed-for-talk-show-return-amid-wga-and-sag-aftra-strike-2/)

Drew Barrymore is in (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12502723/Drew-Barrymore-announces-daytime-talk-return-amid-strikes-comply-WGA-SAG-strike-rules-one-organizations-SLAMS-choice.html) hot water (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/charlie%E2%80%99s-scab-drew-barrymore-announces-the-return-of-her-talk-show-amidst-wga-and-sag-strikes.5379811/) after (https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/126808349.html) she announced (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16fw5lq/drew_barrymores_talk_show_to_return_amid_strike/) the return (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16g1iil/drew_barrymore_slammed_by_hollywood_for_bringing/) of her daytime talk show amid (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16g01z2/drew_barrymore_show_audience_members_say_they/) the ongoing strikes (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/33441168-%E2%80%98drew-barrymore-show%E2%80%99-audience-members-kicked-out-for-wearing-wga-pins) in Hollywood.

Drew Barrymore gets backlash as she defends bringing back her talk show amid Hollywood strikes (https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/drew-barrymore-slammed-for-talk-show-return-amid-wga-and-sag-aftra-strike-2/)

Drew Barrymore is in (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12502723/Drew-Barrymore-announces-daytime-talk-return-amid-strikes-comply-WGA-SAG-strike-rules-one-organizations-SLAMS-choice.html) hot water (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/charlie%E2%80%99s-scab-drew-barrymore-announces-the-return-of-her-talk-show-amidst-wga-and-sag-strikes.5379811/) after (https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/126808349.html) she announced (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16fw5lq/drew_barrymores_talk_show_to_return_amid_strike/) the return (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16g1iil/drew_barrymore_slammed_by_hollywood_for_bringing/) of her daytime talk show amid (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16g01z2/drew_barrymore_show_audience_members_say_they/) the ongoing strikes (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/33441168-%E2%80%98drew-barrymore-show%E2%80%99-audience-members-kicked-out-for-wearing-wga-pins) in Hollywood.

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This actress/host was told that if she would go back on the air, the studio would extend her contract and give her a raise. Drew Barrymore/"CBS" (‘Drew Barrymore Show’ Audience Members Say They Were Kicked Out for Writers Guild Support Amid Picket (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/drew-barrymore-show-audience-kicked-out-1235587064/))

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113. ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 09/11 **1** (https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2023/09/blind-item-1_11.html)

This actress/host was told that if she would go back on the air, the studio would extend her contract and give her a raise. Drew Barrymore/"CBS" (‘Drew Barrymore Show’ Audience Members Say They Were Kicked Out for Writers Guild Support Amid Picket (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/drew-barrymore-show-audience-kicked-out-1235587064/))

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131. ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 09/12 **5** (https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2023/09/blind-item-5_12.html)

The same studio behind the actress turned talk show host turned scab (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/drew-barrymore-unbooked-from-hosting-national-book-awards.5381812/) has now told the other daytime struck show they all need to go back to work or be fired, so they all too will cross the picket lines. “CBS“/“The Drew Barrymore Show”/”The Talk” (Drew Barrymore’s show is not the only talk show returning amid strikes (https://www.kcra.com/article/talk-shows-returning-amid-strikes/45109497#))

Drew Barrymore gets backlash as she defends bringing back her talk show amid Hollywood strikes (https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/drew-barrymore-slammed-for-talk-show-return-amid-wga-and-sag-aftra-strike-2/)

Drew Barrymore is in (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12502723/Drew-Barrymore-announces-daytime-talk-return-amid-strikes-comply-WGA-SAG-strike-rules-one-organizations-SLAMS-choice.html) hot water (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/charlie%E2%80%99s-scab-drew-barrymore-announces-the-return-of-her-talk-show-amidst-wga-and-sag-strikes.5379811/) after (https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/126808349.html) she announced (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16fw5lq/drew_barrymores_talk_show_to_return_amid_strike/) the return (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16g1iil/drew_barrymore_slammed_by_hollywood_for_bringing/) of her daytime talk show amid (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16g01z2/drew_barrymore_show_audience_members_say_they/) the ongoing strikes (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/33441168-%E2%80%98drew-barrymore-show%E2%80%99-audience-members-kicked-out-for-wearing-wga-pins) in Hollywood.

The Drew Barrymore Show co-head writer says Drew Barrymore restarting her show will only prolong the writers' strike (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12520127/Drew-Barrymore-Shows-writer-WGA-strike-prolong.html#:~:text=Kinon%20was%20most%20critical%20when,amid%20negotiations%20with%20the%20WGA.)

Kinon was most critical when she opined (https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Drew+Barrymore+Show+co-head+writer+says+Drew+Barrymore+restarting+her+show+will+only+prolong+the+writers%27+strike.&oq=The+Drew+Barrymore+Show+co-head+writer+says+Drew+Barrymore+restarting+her+show+will+only+prolong+the+writers%27+strike.&aqs=chrome..69i57.877j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) that the E.T. star bringing the show back would only make the strike last longer, as it would help to put money in studio pockets, fortifying them as they hold out amid negotiations with the WGA.

The Drew Barrymore Show co-head writer says Drew Barrymore restarting her show will only prolong the writers' strike (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12520127/Drew-Barrymore-Shows-writer-WGA-strike-prolong.html#:~:text=Kinon%20was%20most%20critical%20when,amid%20negotiations%20with%20the%20WGA.)

Kinon was most critical when she opined (https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Drew+Barrymore+Show+co-head+writer+says+Drew+Barrymore+restarting+her+show+will+only+prolong+the+writers%27+strike.&oq=The+Drew+Barrymore+Show+co-head+writer+says+Drew+Barrymore+restarting+her+show+will+only+prolong+the+writers%27+strike.&aqs=chrome..69i57.877j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) that the E.T. star bringing the show back would only make the strike last longer, as it would help to put money in studio pockets, fortifying them as they hold out amid negotiations with the WGA.

Why is Drew Barrymore getting all the hate? (https://themessenger.com/entertainment/why-drew-barrymore-is-getting-the-most-hate-for-filming-her-talk-show-during-the-strikes)

The Drew Barrymore Show returned to production, breaking solidarity with the WGA strike. Here's why people are so upset about her decision.

Why is Drew Barrymore getting all the hate? (https://themessenger.com/entertainment/why-drew-barrymore-is-getting-the-most-hate-for-filming-her-talk-show-during-the-strikes)

The Drew Barrymore Show returned to production, breaking solidarity with the WGA strike. Here's why people are so upset about her decision.

Drew Barrymore apologizes to WGA and writers (https://abc7.com/13787810/#:~:text=Drew%20Barrymore%20is%20apologizing%20to,an%20emotional%20video%20shared%20Friday.)

Drew Barrymore is apologizing (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/drew-barrymore-gives-apology-to-striking-writers-but-says-shes-still-not-canceling-her-show.5384330/) to television and film writers over her decision (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16jlbmz/drew_barrymore_defends_talk_show_return_amid_wga/) to resume production on her talk show as members of the Writers Guild of America remain on strike. "I believe there's nothing I can do or say in this moment to make it okay," Barrymore said in an emotional video shared Friday.

Drew Barrymore apologizes to WGA and writers (https://abc7.com/13787810/#:~:text=Drew%20Barrymore%20is%20apologizing%20to,an%20emotional%20video%20shared%20Friday.)

Drew Barrymore is apologizing (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/drew-barrymore-gives-apology-to-striking-writers-but-says-shes-still-not-canceling-her-show.5384330/) to television and film writers over her decision (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16jlbmz/drew_barrymore_defends_talk_show_return_amid_wga/) to resume production on her talk show as members of the Writers Guild of America remain on strike. "I believe there's nothing I can do or say in this moment to make it okay," Barrymore said in an emotional video shared Friday.

Drew Barrymore takes down her emotional apology video (https://deadline.com/2023/09/drew-barrymore-takes-down-apology-video-actors-react-1235548393/)

Drew Barrymore takes down her emotional apology video (https://deadline.com/2023/09/drew-barrymore-takes-down-apology-video-actors-react-1235548393/)

Drew Barrymore pauses her talk show return until the writers' strike is over (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/drew-barrymore-pause-show-until-hollywood-writers-strike-ends-2023-09-17/#:~:text=The%20proposed%20return%20of%20%22The,until%20the%20strike%20is%20over.%22)

The proposed (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/drew-barrymore-had-a-simpler-way-out-of-this-mess-daytime-hosts-could-lose-their-shows-if-they-don%E2%80%99t-work-during-a-strike.5385680/) return of "The Drew Barrymore Show" drew picketers from the striking writers' and actors' unions as taping resumed last week. On Sunday the actor released (https://www.google.com/search?q=Drew+Barrymore+pauses+her+talk+show+return+until+the+writers%27+strike+is+over&oq=Drew+Barrymore+pauses+her+talk+show+return+until+the+writers%27+strike+is+over&aqs=chrome..69i57.1070j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) a statement on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/CxS6WxHLfSO/) that said: "I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/drew-barrymore-pauses-return-of-her-talk-show-due-to-the-backlash-from-the-writer%E2%80%99s-strike.5385724/) to pause (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/33461716-drew-barrymore-gives-in-to-the-mob-and-suspends-her-show) the show's premiere (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12528541/Drew-Barrymore-pauses-premier.html) until (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16l1yqs/drew_barrymore_delays_talk_shows_return_until_wga/) the strike (https://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/627594/aftra-strike-2023-discussion-thread?page=60) is over."

Why is Drew Barrymore getting all the hate? (https://themessenger.com/entertainment/why-drew-barrymore-is-getting-the-most-hate-for-filming-her-talk-show-during-the-strikes)

The Drew Barrymore Show returned to production, breaking solidarity with the WGA strike. Here's why people are so upset (https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/drew-barrymore-on-backlash-theres-nothing-i-can-say-to-make-it-ok.php) about her decision.

Drew Barrymore’s entire brand is about authenticity, kindness and an earnestness: That's why she received so much blowback last week (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-09-17/drew-barrymore-show-wga-sag-aftra-strikes-apology-video-deleted-production-pause-brand)

Barrymore (https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/9/19/23880858/drew-barrymore-show-writers-strike-backlash-apology)'s entire brand is about authenticity, kindness and an earnestness so pure that it can melt the icy heart of the most committed cynic.

The Drew Barrymore Show is 'set to return next month'... after the host, 48, came under fire for trying to restart program amid strike (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12562227/The-Drew-Barrymore-set-return-month-host-48-came-fire-trying-restart-program-amid-strike.html)

Bosses are looking to get it back on air in October.

Drew Barrymore writers refuse to return (https://ew.com/tv/drew-barrymore-show-wga-writers-reject-offer-to-return/#:~:text=EW%20has%20learned%20that%20The,the%20show%20upon%20its%20return.)

EW has learned (https://www.resetera.com/threads/thr-%E2%80%98the-drew-barrymore-show%E2%80%99-writers-decline-to-return.771389/) that The Drew Barrymore Show offered Chelsea White, Cristina Kinon, and Liz Koe — the only three WGA-member writers on the show's staff from the previous season — have declined offers (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/welp-%E2%80%98the-drew-barrymore-show%E2%80%99-writers-decline-to-return.5403088/) to rejoin the show (https://www.google.com/search?q=Drew+Barrymore+writers+refuse+to+return&oq=Drew+Barrymore+writers+refuse+to+return+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRirAjIHCAUQIRirAtIBCDgwNmowajE1qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#ip=1) upon its return (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16zyht1/the_drew_barrymore_show_writers_decline_to_return/).

The Drew Barrymore Show has a "meandering" return with no acknowledgement of writers' strike controversy (https://variety.com/2023/tv/columns/drew-barrymore-season-premiere-writers-strike-1235757661/)

Although co-head writers Chelsea White, Cristina Kinon and Liz Koe opted not to return after Barrymore decided to return to work amid the writers' strike — a decision she later reversed after backlash — Variety reports a new writing staff was assembled in time for the premiere.

Drew Barrymore's Talk Show Prank On Julia Fox Is Totally Awkward (https://www.nickiswift.com/1425137/drew-barrymore-awkward-prank-julia-fox/)

A clip from "The Drew Barrymore Show" has gone viral after Barrymore scuttled off stage without warning during an interview with Julia Fox.

Drew Barrymore writers refuse to return (https://ew.com/tv/drew-barrymore-show-wga-writers-reject-offer-to-return/#:~:text=EW%20has%20learned%20that%20The,the%20show%20upon%20its%20return.)

EW has learned (https://www.resetera.com/threads/thr-%E2%80%98the-drew-barrymore-show%E2%80%99-writers-decline-to-return.771389/) that The Drew Barrymore Show offered Chelsea White, Cristina Kinon, and Liz Koe — the only three WGA-member writers on the show's staff from the previous season — have declined offers (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/welp-%E2%80%98the-drew-barrymore-show%E2%80%99-writers-decline-to-return.5403088/) to rejoin the show (https://www.google.com/search?q=Drew+Barrymore+writers+refuse+to+return&oq=Drew+Barrymore+writers+refuse+to+return+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRirAjIHCAUQIRirAtIBCDgwNmowajE1qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#ip=1) upon its return (https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/16zyht1/the_drew_barrymore_show_writers_decline_to_return/).

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This former child actress turned teen actress turned adult actress turned talk show host went on a rampage against her ungrateful writers and said they were a dime a dozen and easy to replace. Drew Barrymore (Drew Barrymore’s Post-Strike Season Premiere: A Meandering Muddle That Could Use Better Writing (https://variety.com/2023/tv/columns/drew-barrymore-season-premiere-writers-strike-1235757661/))

Drew Barrymore's Talk Show Prank On Julia Fox Is Totally Awkward (https://www.nickiswift.com/1425137/drew-barrymore-awkward-prank-julia-fox/)

A clip from "The Drew Barrymore Show" has gone viral after Barrymore scuttled off stage without warning during an interview with Julia Fox.

The Most Awkward Moments From The Drew Barrymore Show (https://www.nickiswift.com/1458474/awkward-moments-drew-barrymore-show/)

Drew Barrymore's talk show is famous for her warm and kind interview style, but this intimate approach has also resulted in some uncomfortable moments.

The Most Awkward Moments From The Drew Barrymore Show (https://www.nickiswift.com/1458474/awkward-moments-drew-barrymore-show/)

Drew Barrymore's talk show is famous for her warm and kind interview style, but this intimate approach has also resulted in some uncomfortable moments.

Drew Barrymore blasted as 'clingy, creepy, and cringe' for caressing Oprah Winfrey's arm in yet ANOTHER space-invading interview (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12853615/Drew-Barrymore-blasted-caressing-Oprah-Winfreys-arm-interview.html)

Seen on (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/drew-barrymore-dragged-for-getting-too-handsy-with-oprah.5467033/) Drew's show.

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"The Drew Barrymore Show" Renewed for Season 5
by Nellie Andreeva
January 11, 2024


After a late start to its fourth season and behind-the-scenes turmoil, "The Drew Barrymore Show" has received and early, drama-free renewal for a fifth season on the CBS Stations.

It is the first pickup for the syndicated daytime talker since the major reorganization at the show’s producer and distributor CBS Media Ventures, which was put under the purview of Wendy McMahon, now President and CEO of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures.



“The Drew Barrymore Show is firing on all cylinders this season,” McMahon said. “Drew continues to catapult the show into the cultural zeitgeist with her empathetic and thoughtful interviews transporting viewers into her living room, where they feel like they are listening to a conversation between two friends that they are a part of.

It’s an experience unlike any other in television. Drew is truly creating magic in daytime, and we’re thrilled to continue to bring that to our stations.”

https://deadline.com/2024/01/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-season-5-1235714356/

The Drew Barrymore Show hit by booking scam (https://variety.com/2024/film/news/drew-barrymore-show-hacking-scam-id-fraud-1235962352/)

"One or more individuals have been fraudulently posing as officials from The Drew Barrymore Show in attempts to scam talent and other guests involved with the star's talk show," reports Variety's Matt Donnelly.

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We delve into the cringe-worthy moments on Drew Barrymore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWKyZtI1aKU)'s talk show, highlighting how her guests often appear visibly uncomfortable (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjh_yQe_hSA). We'll explore specific instances where the atmosphere becomes awkward, dissecting what might be causing this unease. From probing questions to unexpected interactions, we examine whether Drew's approach is making her show a challenging environment for guests. Join us as we uncover the dynamics behind the scenes and discuss the impact on both the viewers and the talk show itself.

Drew Barrymore leaves fans uncomfortable after 'frightening' move during Austin Butler interview (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13684409/drew-barrymore-leaves-fans-uncomfortable-frightening-austin-butler-move.html)

Drew's interview techniques have once again raised eyebrows after her chat with Austin, 32, resurfaced - with uncomfortable viewers declaring her style 'invasive.' The talk show host, 49, invited the Hollywood actor and his Masters of the Air costar, Callum Turner, on her program back in February, where they shared the advice they received from George Clooney. During the interview, Drew sat close to Austin as she revealed that George had once encouraged her to maintain eye contact while shooting a scene - despite her finding it 'intimate.'

The Drew Barrymore Show gets an early Season 6 renewal (https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-drew-barrymore-show-season-6-renewed-1236115169/)

Drew Barrymore's syndicated daytime talk show, which returns for its fifth season on Sept. 9, has been greenlighted for Season 6. “Over the last few seasons, stations have realized that The Drew Barrymore Show is like no other series in daytime, bringing Drew’s brand of positivity and ad-friendly content to viewers on a consistent basis,” says Wendy McMahon, president and CEO of CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures. “Many of these upgrades now pair Drew with a CBS Mornings lead-in, which has proven to be a powerful combination. This season, in markets where ‘Drew’ airs at 9 a.m., its ratings are 21% higher among total viewers when ‘CBS Mornings’ is the lead-in.”

Drew Barrymore addresses Martha Stewart touching controversy: "I think Martha really does like me" (https://people.com/drew-barrymore-addresses-awkward-moment-got-too-touchy-with-martha-stewart-8787108)

The Drew Barrymore Show host went viral (https://nypost.com/2024/11/12/entertainment/martha-stewart-pushes-drew-barrymore-away-during-touchy-interview/) last November when Stewart pushed her away during a touchy interview. "I think she was just teasing," Barrymore said on Watch What Happens Live. "I've never been able to say this before with confidence, but I can now — I think Martha really does like me."

Do people still watch this show?

Do people still watch this show?


According to Nielsen data, "The Drew Barrymore Show" is the fastest growing show in first-run syndication, increasing its total viewership 17% year-over-year. It’s also the only talk show to grow meaningfully year-over-year, and it remains the No. 2 talk show in syndication.

In addition to the growth in total viewers, it has also seen upticks across all key demos, including a 29% lift among women 18-49. The show is also up 17% among women 25-54 and 10% among all adults 25-54.

https://deadline.com/2025/02/the-drew-barrymore-show-audience-growth-syndication-cbs-1236286774/

Drew Barrymore’s Latest Quirky Confession Is Yet Another Reason Why Her Talk Show Dominates Daytime (https://collider.com/drew-barrymore-mac-and-cheese-confession/)

Drew Barrymore proves chaos and charm still reign supreme.

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Times Drew Barrymore Made Her Talk Show Guests Uncomfortable (https://www.nickiswift.com/1717998/times-drew-barrymore-made-talk-show-guests-uncomfortable/)

Drew Barrymore’s talk show is the guilty pleasure we didn’t know we needed, mostly because she’s made an art out of making her guests incredibly uncomfortable.

"The Drew Barrymore Show" Renewed for 2 Seasons
by Nellie Andreeva
March 9, 2026


The CBS Stations and CBS Media Ventures are making a statement amid a shrinking daytime talk show field and questions over the genre’s future with a two-season renewal for "The Drew Barrymore Show" airing until at least 2028.

In addition to the CBS Stations, "The Drew Barrymore Show‘s" core station group since launch, stations owned by Nexstar and Sinclair also have renewed the talker for Seasons 7 and 8, with time period upgrades in seven of the top 40 markets: Seattle, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Charlotte, Baltimore, Kansas City and Cincinnati.



“What matters most to us is our viewers and the people that come here! This show began as a space for intimate conversation, and we’re continuing to plant our flag as a truly multiplatform experience. We live in a world where people discover content in so many different ways, and from the very start in 2020, our mission was to break the mold rather than conform to the traditional daytime landscape,” Barrymore said.

“I hold myself accountable to staying savvy about how and where this show is seen – feeding every corner that counts, while daring to just be myself and figure out life with others. My curiosity about people is what fuels me. I’m so excited to continue as I see this endeavor as an opportunity and a gift. Our show family is deeply grateful for the support of CBS and George Cheeks, who all helped us get here.”

https://deadline.com/2026/03/the-drew-barrymore-show-renewed-season-7-8-1236747335/