Followers can anticipate nothing however enjoyable occasions with Drew Barrymore on the brand new reboot of the traditional sport present Hollywood Squares.
“I need to get out and run round! I need to yell at folks!” Barrymore, who will sit within the famed heart sq. on the upcoming sequence, completely shares within the newest situation of Us Weekly. “I’ll pull out a hair extension.”
Hollywood Squares initially aired from 1966 to 1980, with earlier reboots operating from 1986 to 1989 and 1998 to 2004. The present sees contestants play a tic-tac-toe sport to win money and different prizes. The twist? The squares are occupied by celebrities who give solutions to questions posed by the contestants. Nevertheless, the gamers should decide if the celebrities’ solutions are appropriate or not.
Following within the internet hosting footsteps of Peter Marshall, John Davidson and Tom Bergeron is Nate Burleson. “We’re right here to tip our hat, pay homage to those that have come earlier than us and take this present into the long run,” he tells Us.
The Drew Barrymore Present simply acquired picked up for a sixth season — and Drew Barrymore couldn’t be extra grateful for the renewal. “The way in which it seems on the surface, it was an intimidating time. It was an intimidating job and there’s simply no ensures,” Barrymore, 49, advised Us Weekly of her speak present on […]
Becoming a member of Barrymore, 49, within the X’s and O’s this season are stars akin to Julie Bowen, Tiffany Haddish, RuPaul, Drew Carey, Tyra Banks, Yvette Nicole Brown, Oliver Hudson, Gabriel Iglesias, Jay Leno, Justin Lengthy, Sheryl Underwood and Jimmy O. Yang, to call a number of.
Hollywood Squares has been a sport present “favourite” of Barrymore’s for a number of years. “Folks wish to really feel like they’re part of a celebration,” she tells Us. “I didn’t perceive that till E.T. got here out [in 1982] and I noticed folks congregating and having a collective expertise. Folks deceive be collectively they usually need to snicker and be completely happy, after which on the subject of the sport, they need to win and have stakes.”
As for what makes Barrymore and Burleson, 43, giggle essentially the most on set? “Laughing with one another and at one another,” Burleson shares. “That’s why Hollywood Squares has been on for 60 years.”
He continues: “Give it some thought: You’re at residence seeing folks you admire cracking jokes. On the similar time, you’re yelling on the display screen as a result of the contestants don’t know the reply otherwise you’re mad they went up high as an alternative of taking place low on their tic-tac-toe technique. It provides you the possibility to [feel] all of those feels.”
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Each Barrymore and Burleson have busy TV schedules, additionally serving because the host and cohost of The Drew Barrymore Present and CBS Mornings, respectively. However on the subject of taking time without work, Barrymore jokes that her excellent day-off plans are “boring.”
“I’m a single woman with 4 cats, so I wish to be alone with my cats. I take pleasure in distant controls in a single hand, nachos within the different, watching the Meals Community,” she tells Us, to which Burleson provides, “Or [watching] a film you’ve seen 1,000 occasions. Typically you must watch one thing you’ve seen already simply to loosen up into it — acquainted and comfy, similar to this present.”
Till Hollywood Sq.s premieres on Thursday, January 9, followers can proceed to catch Barrymore on her eponymous speak present, which was renewed for a sixth season final 12 months. “I actually didn’t suppose at sure factors that we’d ever get right here,” she says of returning for the 2025/2026 TV season. “And so, it’s such a present to everybody doing the present as a result of then they know they’ve some job certainty. We’re not going year-to-year.”
She provides: “That is such a present and a privilege that I don’t take one factor as a right, and I’m actually excited for everybody who works on the present to take a sigh of huge aid.”
Hollywood Squares premieres on CBS Thursday, January 9, at 8 p.m. ET and can transfer to Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET beginning Wednesday, January 29.
With reporting by Lanae Brody
