'Drew Barrymore' Renewed Through Next Season on CBS Stations

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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'Drew Barrymore,' now produced in half-hours, airs in top markets on CBS stations

Drew Barrymore hosts her eponymous daytime talker from New York City.
Drew Barrymore hosts her eponymous daytime talker from New York City. (Image credit: CBS/'The Drew Barrymore Show')

The Drew Barrymore Show has been renewed through the 2023-2024 season on the CBS-owned stations, Steve LoCascio, president of CBS Media Ventures, said Tuesday.

CBS stations anchor the show in major markets, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

This season, Drew Barrymore went to a half-hour format, which stations can run back to back as a single hour or split and run across different time periods. The result is that the ratings for Drew Barrymore are tallied cumulatively across the two half-hours, essentially doubling them. This season, Drew Barrymore is averaging a 0.8 national household rating, according to Nielsen, and 1.21 million viewers. According to CBS, the show has shown 4% ratings growth on WCBS New York, 6% growth on WBBM Chicago and 35% growth on KYW Philadelphia. 

“This season, The Drew Barrymore Show debuted a new reimagined half-hour format, which has been an undeniable success,” LoCascio said in a statement. “Ratings have grown 70% year to year, and creatively the show is better than ever. Drew makes news every day with her insightful celebrity interviews and welcoming style. Nobody does it better. We’re thrilled to have her in the CBS family.”  

In the show’s third season, Barrymore and her “Drew’s News” co-host Ross Mathews have welcomed such guests to Barrymore’s set as President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, George Clooney, Kate Hudson, Adam Sandler, Michelle Obama, Katy Perry, Cameron Diaz, Tyler Perry and Susan Sarandon. 

“It’s gratifying to see The Drew Barrymore Show continue to grow creatively and attract larger audiences,” said Wendy McMahon, president and co-head, CBS News and Stations, also in a statement. “The new format is working out great for stations, the show and CBS Media Ventures. It makes us very happy that our viewers will be able to continue to enjoy the humor, heart and humanity that Drew, Ross and their colleagues put into each and every episode.” 

Drew Barrymore’s renewal joins a slew of other pickups over the last week, including new five-year deals for CBS’ Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! on the ABC owned stations and a two-year renewal for Debmar-Mercury’s Sherri, starring Sherri Shepherd, on the Fox Television Stations as well as on Cox, Nexstar and Sinclair stations.

Drew Barrymore is produced and distributed by CBS Media Ventures. It is executive-produced by Barrymore, Jason Katz and Marianne Schaberg. ▪️

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.