NATPE 2010: Debmar-Mercury to Bring In 'Jeremy Kyle'

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Debmar-Mercury, the home of The Wendy Williams Show, will team with producer ITV Studios to introduce a U.S. version of U.K. talker The Jeremy Kyle Show in a limited, multiweek, on-air preview later this year. If all goes well, the distributor will launch it nationally in 2011. Unlike entertainment-driven Wendy Williams, Jeremy Kyle is known for confronting guests to attempt to solve serious issues.  
 
“We believe American viewers, stations and advertisers will wholeheartedly embrace Jeremy Kyle, who is such a great talent and brings his unique sensibility to a proven format, in the new U.S.

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