CBS 3/CW Philly Anchor Susan Barnett To Sit In As Guest Co-Host On 'The Talk' On Friday, July 1st

Barnett to Join Co-Hosts Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete and Leah Remini

Los Angeles – CBS 3/CW Philly (KYW-TV/WPSG-TV) Anchor Susan Barnett will guest co-host on THE TALK, Friday, July 1st (2:00-3:00 PM, ET; 1:00-2:00 PM, PT). Barnett will join co-hosts Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete and Leah Remini. Throughout the week, news anchors from five CBS O&O stations around the country will be in Los Angeles to serve as guest co-hosts, filling in for Julie Chen who will return the following week, Monday, July 4.

Each day during the week of June 27 – July 1, THE TALK will feature a guest co-host: Monday, June 27 will be Pat Harvey from KCBS 2, Los Angeles.  Tuesday, June 28, Karen Borta joins the show from KTVT CBS 11 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; Wednesday, June 29 is Lisa Hughes from WBZ-TV in Boston; Thursday, June 30 will feature Kristine Johnson from WCBS 2 in New York; and Friday, July 1, Susan Barnett joins the show from KYW-TV CBS 3 in Philadelphia.

Barnett is the Emmy Award-winning co-anchor with Chris May of CBS 3's Eyewitness News at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. She also co-anchors Eyewitness News at 10 p.m. on The CW with Dave Huddleston. Before coming home to the Philadelphia area in 2006, Barnett, a Bucks County, Pennsylvania native, had co-anchored the weekday morning newscasts in Miami at CBS-owned WFOR and its sister station WBFS.

THE TALK, CBS's new daily daytime talk show that examines topical events and contemporary issues through the eyes of five female hosts who are all mothers, airs weekdays (2:00-3:00 PM, ET; 1:00-2:00 PM, PT).  THE TALK is hosted by Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete and Leah Remini.  John Redmann and Gilbert, who developed the show, are executive producers.  Peter Johansen serves as Co-Executive producer.

RATING: TV14-DL (Rating may change on day of broadcast due to specific subject matter.)