Kris Jenner Eyes Daytime Talk Show With 20th TV

11:22 AM PDT 10/9/2012 by Michael O'Connell

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UPDATED: The reality matriarch is making moves to join the increasingly crowded playing field, with a test run airing as early as summer 2013.

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Viewers could soon be keeping up with Kris Jenner on a daily basis. The reality TV matriarch and Keeping Up With the Kardashians star is in talks for her own daytime talk show.

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Jenner, a frequent guest of daytime talk shows and guest host for The Talk and Today, is in talks with Twentieth TV for her own series that could get a test run on Fox-owned stations as soon as the summer of 2013.

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A rep for Twentieth TV declined to comment on whether the talk show is a go at this time but did add that "Kris Jenner sure would have a lot to talk about."

Fox TV stations issued the following statement: "There is a line out the door of people who want to do a test on the Fox television stations."

The 56-year-old has already parlayed Keeping Up With the Kardashians into a reality franchise for E! and has been rumored to be interested in her own daytime vehicle for some time.

A six-week test run would be a natural first step, as that has led to full syndicated runs for Wendy Williams and, starting next year, Bethenny Frankel.

If a Jenner deal does pan out, she'll be entering a crowded playing field. This fall alone has seen launches of shows hosted by Katie Couric, Steve Harvey, Jeff Probst and Twentieth TV's Ricki Lake.