Kelly Clarkson Says She ‘Lost a Lot’ But ‘Found Comfort’ With Her Fans While Celebrating 1000th Episode of Talk Show

Kelly Clarkson is celebrating 1000 episodes of her popular daytime talk show, and is thanking fans for giving her comfort over the past five years of The Kelly Clarkson Show.

“Our show premiered on September 9, 2019, with the help of some great friends,” she said at the beginning of the episode. “Over the next five and a half years, we have made 999 episodes. I cannot believe marks the 1000th. We have met some hugely talented people, tons of big stars and inspiring everyday heroes. We created a community and supported each other through lots of ups and downs — lots of ups and downs personally as well. We went through a pandemic together. We sent our audience to London, to Australia and through the NBC gift shop here at 30 Rock.”

She continued, “For 1000 episodes, we have laughed together, we have cried together with some beautiful stories, sang together with some people, danced together, celebrated and competed together. I’ve lost alone a lot –it’s OK — and along the way we found comfort in one another. Looking back, we’re all incredibly proud at what we’ve built and what we created. “

The Kelly Clarkson Show was renewed by NBC Owned Television Stations group for a seventh season in December.

Since its launch in 2019, The Kelly Clarkson Show has collected 22 Daytime Emmys. Clarkson has won personally won eight of those awards, andThe Kelly Clarkson Show most recently won outstanding daytime talk series for the fourth consecutive year at the 2024 Daytime Emmys.

For the 2024-25 season, the talk show averages a whopping 1.2 million viewers per day, and ranks as one of the top syndicated talk shows. The show airs in syndication on more than 200 stations across the country.