Karamo has been renewed for a second season in national syndication after an 18% increase in viewership over the past few months, NBCUniversal announced Thursday.
“Karamo is a charismatic television personality who resonated with viewers in his first season,” said Tracie Wilson, executive vice president of NBCUniversal Syndication Studios and E! News, said in a statement.
Wilson added that host Karamo Brown brings a “fresh” voice to the daytime television landscape.
“With his unique background as a social worker, author and father, he brings a fresh perspective with creative ideas to every show. We are thrilled to bring another season to daytime audiences,” said Wilson.
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Brown is an author, actor, and activist, who has gained national prominence as a cultural pundit on Netflix. weird eye.
“I’m beyond excited for a second season where we’ll continue to bring compelling stories to audiences, helping everyday people achieve life-changing breakthroughs,” Brown said. “NBCUniversal Syndication Studios and Station Groups have been so supportive and I am so grateful. As an openly gay and black man hosting a syndicated daytime talk show, it means a lot to me, but also for a community that is often not represented.
Brown’s conflict talk show tackles a wide range of topics, including infidelity, DNA mysteries and complex family dynamics. The show also includes a segment called “Unlock The Phone”, where guests enlist Karamothe team of investigators to discover the history of the mobile phones of their partners in order to identify potential infidelities.
The freshman program currently airs in 85% of the country and airs on major station groups including Nexstar, Weigel, Tegna, Sunbeam, Hearst, Sinclair, Capitol, Mission Broadcasting and more.
Karamo averaged around 600,000 daily viewers in 2023, marking an 18% improvement over its fall 2022 performance.
Kerry Shannon is executive producer and Gloria Harrison-Hall is co-executive producer.
The show is distributed by NBCUniversal Syndication Studios and produced by Stamford Studios Production, the same production team behind NBCU talk shows. The Steve Wilkos Show, The Jerry Springer Show, Judge Jerry And Maury.