• TV NewsCheck, Monday, January 25, 2010 11:39 PM

Debmar-Mercury has signed British talk show host Jeremy Kyle to a talent-holding deal. The syndicator plans to develop a U.S. version of Kyle's daytime show in partnership with Britain's ITV Studios, to be sold on a cash-plus-barter basis in broadcast syndication for fall 2011.

"The Jeremy Kyle Show" is the U.K.'s most-watched daytime talk show. Some 32% of women who watch daytime TV tune in, according to Debmar-Mercury. Airing since since 2005. It's similar to "Maury," in that subject tend toward domestic issues, such as infidelity and a child's paternity.

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