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AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Peacock and Netflix race to produce rival Wendy Williams documentaries as her health declines

Two competing documentary projects about Wendy Williams are now in development at Peacock and Netflix, even as the former talk-show host battles dementia and remains too unwell to appear on camera. Suzanne Bass, Williams's former executive producer, pitched a documentary to Peacock and secured a deal, The U.S. Sun reported. Netflix has a separate project […] The post Peacock and Netflix race to produce rival Wendy Williams documentaries as her health declines appeared first on American Almanac .

Two competing documentary projects about Wendy Williams are now in development at Peacock and Netflix, even as the former talk-show host battles dementia and remains too unwell to appear on camera. Suzanne Bass, Williams's former executive producer, pitched a documentary to Peacock and secured a deal, The U.S. Sun reported . Netflix has a separate project in the works. Both streaming services are pushing to be first to air. The result is a strange spectacle: two major media companies scrambling to tell the story of a woman who, by all available accounts, can no longer speak for herself. Williams has been diagnosed with progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. The U.S. Sun previously reported she also suffers from alcohol-related…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Peacock and Netflix race to produce competing Wendy Williams documentaries as her health declines

Two major streaming platforms are developing rival documentary projects about Wendy Williams, but the former talk-show host is reportedly too unwell to appear on camera for either one. Peacock and Netflix have each begun work on separate documentaries about the former daytime television star, who has been battling dementia and living under a court-appointed guardianship […] The post Peacock and Netflix race to produce competing Wendy Williams documentaries as her health declines appeared first on American Almanac .

Two major streaming platforms are developing rival documentary projects about Wendy Williams, but the former talk-show host is reportedly too unwell to appear on camera for either one. Peacock and Netflix have each begun work on separate documentaries about the former daytime television star, who has been battling dementia and living under a court-appointed guardianship since 2022. The projects come on the heels of a contentious Lifetime documentary released last year that drew a lawsuit from Williams's guardian, a suit that was quietly dropped just weeks ago. The dueling productions raise uncomfortable questions about who profits from Williams's story while the woman herself remains unable to participate in telling it. Both streamers…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - ABC slashes 'The View' budgets as hosts take pay cuts and advertisers drift away

ABC has gutted wardrobe budgets and cut host salaries on "The View" heading into a new season, and the show's youngest co-host was flatly denied a raise. Several hosts of the long-running daytime talk show have taken pay reductions since Season 29 premiered in September 2025, Page Six reported. Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, […] The post ABC slashes 'The View' budgets as hosts take pay cuts and advertisers drift away appeared first on American Almanac .

ABC has gutted wardrobe budgets and cut host salaries on "The View" heading into a new season, and the show's youngest co-host was flatly denied a raise. Several hosts of the long-running daytime talk show have taken pay reductions since Season 29 premiered in September 2025, Page Six reported . Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin have all seen their compensation shrink. More cuts are expected when the new season begins filming in September. Farah Griffin, 37, earns a mid-six-figure salary, a fraction of Goldberg's mid-seven-figure deal. When she asked for a raise, the network turned her down. Goldberg, 70, remains the highest-paid host on the panel, but even her paycheck has…Open