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Jul 13, 2009 4:41 pm US/Eastern

Wendy Williams Headed To My33

MIAMI (CBS4) ― After a former fling on VH1, Wendy Williams is taking on TV and headed to a television near you. The talk show glamazon made her WBFS debut on Monday at 5 p.m.

She's a veteran radio DJ and talk-show host whose Wendy Williams Experience is heard by some 12 million listeners nationwide. She has published several books, including a memoir and her latest novel, released in May.

On the Wendy Williams Show, she promises a party, featuring celebrity guests (Ugly Betty star Vanessa Williams is Monday's guest), fashion and cooking segments, gossip and lots of studio audience interaction.

Viewers in a handful of cities got a sample last summer, during the show's six-week tryout. Even in that relatively brief run, there was at least one not-so-positive display: She and a guest, reality TV villain Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, clashed during a sequence that found the former Apprentice contestant ripping Williams' appearance while the host returned fire, calling Omarosa ``a typical angry black woman.''

It was a harsh reminder: Wendy Williams is no shrinking violet.

''I like to entertain people, give them information, make them smile -- and laugh!'' she says. ``This is not a heavyweight show. I'm not here to talk political, or split the atom.''

The syndicated weekday Wendy Williams Show, airs at 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.  Next Tuesday (July 21), it will begin airing at 10 a.m. with repeats at 5 p.m.

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