He once played your favorite character inRob Reiner'sStand By Me. Decades later,Jerry O'Connellis set to continue his talk-show career by co-hostingGood Day New Yorknext week.
News anchorRosanna Scottowill have O'Connell, 52, on Fox 5's program for the week to serve as a high-profile fill-in in the chair — which has been vacant since the recent departure ofCurt Menefee. Meanwhile, the morning block's third hour will act as a trial run for a potential new daily talk show headlined by Scotto, 67, and O'Connell for the Fox Television Stations,Deadlinereports.
An example of one such show that came out of these kinds of test runs isTheWendy WilliamsShow, which ran on Fox stations for 13 seasons. In summer 2019, the stations also did a test run forJerry O, a talk show hosted by O'Connell, which ultimately didn't move forward,Deadlinealso noted onThursday, Feb. 19.
Scotto shared the O'Connell guest-hosting newson her InstagramFriday, Feb. 20. See below.
There is an open spot in the Fox stations' daytime lineup sinceThe Wendy Williams Show's successorSherriwas recently canceled.
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If successful, the Scotto-O'Connell program would run across the Fox stations, which include Fox 5 as well as outlets in the top TV markets such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
O'Connell has already appeared with Scotto on Fox 5 several times and has been a frequent guest co-host onLive with Kelly and Mark. He also was a co-host onCBS'The Talk.
O'Connell made headlines recently when he and fellow longtime actorSelma Blairwereannounced to be joining a new spinoffto the long-running action-drama series on CBS.S.W.A.T. Exiles, the upcoming 10-episode show, is led by star and executive producerShemar Moore.
And of course, fans took note when O'Connell recentlypaid a sweet tributeto hisStand By Medirector, who died on Dec. 14 at age 78. See the post below.
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