Wendy Williams fans slam replacement Sherri Shepherd for failing to bring back two key crew members on her new talk show

WENDY Williams fans have slammed replacement Sherri Shepherd for failing to bring back two key crew members on her new talk show.

The comedian and former The View host's daytime talk show, Sherri, premiered on Monday.

Sherri’s self-titled talk show had its official debut with Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss, 46, featured as the show's first guest.

Two faces that were not present for the premiere episode were those of The Wendy Williams Show's Co-Executive Producer Suzanne Bass and Supervising Producer Norman Baker.

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The pair, who were fan favorites from their time during Wendy's stint as host of a daytime talk show, were suspected to continue their current positions on Sherri.

Fans on Twitter were quick to point out that the popular producers were missing from the broadcast.

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One fan tweeted: "Loving the show...but missing Norman & Suzanne....please bring them back, everything I have read says they are still working there? Congrats!"

Another Twitter user questioned, "Didn’t Norman agree to work on Sherri Shepherd’s show?"

While a third person commented: "#SherriShepherd's talk show was very good. I miss Norman. Jawn Murray standing where he is standing is annoying but, it was a good show."

As previously mentioned, Sherri, 55, welcomed Kandi as one of the program’s first guests, and despite the two being great friends, the host still suffered the effects of having some on-air nerves.

While chatting with the Real Housewives of Atlanta star, the 55-year-old gushed about one of the reality TV personality’s newest projects.

Unfortunately, she had a little flub with the name of it.

Sherri said: “Not only are you not broke, you are working towards an EGOT because you are executive producing The Piano Man.”

Before the host could continue with the rest of her comment, Kandi jumped in to correct.

She held up a hand and told her: “The Piano Lesson!”

“The Piano Lesson,” Sherri then said back, confirming she now knows the correct name.

Earlier in the broadcast, the host had admitted she was "so nervous trying to remember everything."

NEW ERA

In November 2021, Sherri returned to daytime television as an interim replacement for Wendy Williams, 58, on The Wendy Williams Show.

After rotating guest hosts and much speculation from fans, Sherri ended up becoming a permanent replacement host for the talk show until its series finale this past June.

With Wendy's show over, the new host was tapped to headline her own daytime program.

Ahead of the new show's premiere, Sherri said she felt no pressure in replacing Wendy and was ready to leave her predecessor in the past.

"I only feel pressure to go out there and be authentically Sherri," the comedian told DailyMail.

She added: "I put pressure on myself to make sure I’m bringing my best self each time I step onto that set.

"Making sure I can offer people one hour of joy, laughter and inspiration is the only thing I’m worried about."

Prior to having her own show and hosting Wendy's show, Sherri was also a panelist on The View.

She was a co-host on the talk show from 2007 to 2014.

She recently returned to the program when she joined the current hosting panel of The View in the Bahamas a couple of months ago to dish on her new gig.

Sherri shared that some of her former co-hosts gave her some advice as she began the journey of leading her own show.

The TV personality revealed: “Joy Behar said to me, 'The moment you open up your mouth, half the world is going to hate you.'"

As for The View moderator Whoopi Goldberg, she told the new solo talk show host: “It’s never about you, it’s always for someone else. 

“So, take it off of you and know that you’re taking people on a journey.”

HAPPY HOST

Recently Sherri, whose show replaces the disgraced Wendy, said she will make sure her version will be much more "friendly" - to guests and to viewers

She was tapped to replace Wendy after The Wendy Williams Show was canceled in June, amongst bizarre behavior and health problems from the host.

Now, with just weeks to go before her replacement debut, Sherri is throwing shade on the often controversial Wendy and went out of her way to ensure fans she will be a happier host.

"Let’s be clear, I’m not a mean person at all!" Sherri told DailyMail.com. "I'm all about positive energy. I’m about joy. I’m about kindness and laughter. Anyone that knows me will tell you just that."

Sherri, who said not to expect any mean jabs from her show, said she wants her talk show to embody her positive spirit.

"As a celebrity myself, I know what it’s like to not feel safe appearing on a show or hoping a host doesn’t try to have a gotcha-moment with you.

"It will be a celebrity-friendly zone on Sherri."