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Bishop T.D. Jakes, Dallas Pastor to a 30,000 member congregation; a business man and best selling author
was provided a platform through Tegna Media to tackle “socially relevant topics in the news” on his new
daytime talk show. The station group of network affiliates reaching approximately one-third of all
television households nationwide, and Debmar-Mercury began filming the four weeks on August 17 and
will end September 11, 2015; covering Dallas, Atlanta, Minneapolis, and Cleveland.
“In order to achieve success in daytime talk, you need to have a unique voice that lets you stand out in a
crowded field as well as great built-in brand awareness. T.D. Jakes has volumes of both, with the strong
potential to eventually break out and attract many new national viewers to network affiliates who are
hungry for something different,” Debmar-Mercury Co-Presidents Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein
commented in today’s announcement.
The show, produced by distributor Debmar-Mercury, Tegna Media, 44 Blue Productions (Wahlburgers,
daytime syndicated series Family Court with Judge Penny), Jakes’ TDJ Enterprises and EnLight Productions,
will air from 3-4 PM on WFAA in Dallas and from 2-3 PM on WXIA in Atlanta, KARE in Minneapolis and WKYC
in Cleveland.
Daytime talk producing veterans Gail Steinberg and Jack Mori will serve as showrunners. Steinberg was
the force behind the original The Ricki Lake Show and has credits that include Geraldo and Montel; Jack
Mori, the senior producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show, worked closely in developing the Dr. Oz talk show,
as well as serving as co-executive producer of The Queen Latifah Show.