Jerry O'Connell Joins 'Good Day New York' to Test Run for a Potential New Talk Show

He once played your favorite character in Rob Reiner‘s Stand By Me. Decades later, Jerry O’Connell is set to continue his talk-show career by co-hosting Good Day New York next week.

News anchor Rosanna Scotto will have O’Connell, 52, on Fox 5’s program for the week to serve as a high-profile fill-in in the chair — which has been vacant since the recent departure of Curt Menefee. Meanwhile, the morning block’s third hour will act as a trial run for a potential new daily talk show headlined by Scotto, 67, and O’Connell for the Fox Television Stations, Deadline reports.

An example of one such show that came out of these kinds of test runs is The Wendy Williams Show, which ran on Fox stations for 13 seasons. In summer 2019, the stations also did a test run for Jerry O, a talk show hosted by O’Connell, which ultimately didn’t move forward, Deadline also noted on Thursday, Feb. 19.

Scotto shared the O’Connell guest-hosting news on her InstagramFriday, Feb. 20. See below.

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There is an open spot in the Fox stations’ daytime lineup since The Wendy Williams Show‘s successor Sherri was recently canceled.

If successful, the Scotto-O’Connell program would run across the Fox stations, which include Fox 5 as well as outlets in the top TV markets such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

O’Connell has already appeared with Scotto on Fox 5 several times and has been a frequent guest co-host on Live with Kelly and Mark. He also was a co-host on CBS’ The Talk.

O’Connell made headlines recently when he and fellow longtime actor Selma Blair were announced to be joining a new spinoff to the long-running action-drama series on CBS. S.W.A.T. Exiles, the upcoming 10-episode show, is led by star and executive producer Shemar Moore.

And of course, fans took note when O’Connell recently paid a sweet tribute to his Stand By Me director, who died on Dec. 14 at age 78. See the post below.