WANDA Sykes is gearing up for her new gig — late night talk show host!
The writer, stand-up comedian and actress is set to front a weekly late-night sketch-comedy talk show called the Wanda Sykes Show. It kicks off tonight (November 7) on Fox at 11 p.m.
Like Saturday Night Live, the Wanda Sykes Show is intended to be topical; its makers insist Sykes will be unlike anything else on TV.
Wanda, 45, will give her take on the week’s events, along with reports from the field and comedy sketches.
The show will open with a monologue, more like a standup performance than a string of random jokes. Then Sykes will conduct a discussion similar to Bill Maher’s, but not as serious or confrontational.
The panel will sit at a bar, complete with cocktails.
“I’m not going to work this hard and not be able to drink,” she told critics via conference call this week.
“I want you to feel like you’re hanging out at my spot, seeing my friends.”
She’ll sip vodka and club soda since, “If you spill it, there’s no problem with wardrobe.”
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