[VIDEO] First Look At Queen Latifah’s New Talk Show + Can It Compete With Shows Like Wendy Williams & Kris Jenner?

Queen Latifah (real name Dana Owens) is gearing up to take over daytime talk TV. Next month, the 43-year-old is set to premiere ‘The Queen Latifah Show’, airing on CBS, in September. With backings by Jada Pinkett Smith (who is the Executive Producer of the show), viewers already have a high expectation of what she’ll be bringing to the table. Recently, she and Jada held a media session, previewing the show.

While chatting with the audience she made clear that she’s not trying to feel Oprah Winfrey’s footsteps:

People have often asked me do I want to be the next Oprah. There is no such thing. Oprah is Oprah. And she’s still being Oprah if anyone hadn’t noticed. Obviously there are great things she accomplished and I would love to be able to accomplish some of those things. But what I bring to television is me. I’m Queen Latifah. I had a different life story and different path that I’ve traveled.

Jada also chimed in, explaining that Latifah will give TV what’s it missing:

She’s very funny, she’s very witty, she’s very intelligent and she has a lot of heart, I think what we’re missing [in daytime] today is heart. So Latifah, to me, when we did the research on her – across the board from [age] 3 to 80, people love her; women, men, kids.

With a number of growing daytime talk shows on the horizon, can her star power pull it off in the ratings department?

This week, the network released the official trailers for her new show. Check it out.

What are your thoughts on Queen Latifah’s new talk show? And can it compete with other daytime shows like ‘The View’, The Real (if renewed for a full season), Kris Jenner and Wendy Williams?