It’s clear that this show was the natural next step. ... She’s adapted a natural conversational style that is integral to the show’s success: It makes us feel like we’re hanging out with a friend. ... There is endless potential for The Jennifer Hudson Show. Even when it was a little shaky getting its sea legs, Hudson held it together and kept the pace like the consummate professional she is.
“The Jennifer Hudson Show” is vague, steering clear not merely of politics or of Hudson’s innermost personal life, which would be completely expected, but from any tension or interest as well. It takes as a starting point that the audience will be inherently intrigued by Hudson on their screen, forgetting, perhaps, that fame is only a starting point for a talk-show personality.