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Inside Busy Philipps’ Return to Late-Night TV


The name of Busy Philipps’ new late-night show, “Busy This Week,” couldn’t be more apt.

The series, which debuts on May 8, sees the best friends conducting celebrity-guest interviews, sharing personal stories and giving viewers a dose of retail therapy via Philipps’ curated shopping picks. While mega-media companies duke it out with big-budget series and recycled IP in the protracted streaming wars, sister home-shopping networks QVC and HSN are approaching the game differently with their platforms QVC+ and HSN+. “We have some incredible guests that have booked,” she adds without divulging names.As for the actual shopping aspect of “Busy This Week,” Philipps says it won’t be about holding up a product for viewers to buy.

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