When I sit down to watch JHud, I press the "Mute" button on the remote and turn my back to the television. She's a terrible talk show host. She has no personality, all her questions are canned and boring, it looks like she doesn't have a wardrobe stylist. The topics are dull and she tends to keep things very bland. It's a cookie cutter format with interviews, musical guests, and audience interactions. The audience is very clearly coached and well prepped. They make a point to diversify the audience so it literally looks like the United Nations which is fine but they didn't just flow in that way. They're trained to react with their smiles and nods, laugh on que and to have questions. As most other shows in LA, the audience members are paid participants and they do their best to act like they're enjoying the show. Hudson seems to be trying to prove to viewers and sponsors that she's so fantastic. Watching her interact with the audience on a Q&A segment was like watching a scene in a really bad high school play. Everyone praised everything about her as they asked for advice or something. They had the audience just pouring it on in that episode, thanking Jennifer for all she does for this community or that cause and all of humankind. Throughout the episode, she urged the audience to agree with how great everything is. For the amount of interaction the audience has, I'm sure they were compensated fairly well. In this particular episode she at some point transitions into a nun with an afro and a nun choir appears. Jennifer acts confused and dazed as she's coaxed into the performance of a lifetime (in her mind I believe). She does the whole Sister Act routine and praised herself many times afterward. Pretending to be Whoopi Goldberg on her own boring talk show really seemed like the highlight of her career at that moment. I would skip this show and watch Sherri instead.
Review of The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
(2022– )
It's "OK" if you watch it muted from behind.
22 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers