The Jennifer Hudson Show received Variety’s Changemaker Award at the Power of Women event in Beverly Hills, honoring its cultural impact. Hudson accepted with the team, thanking its 150 producers and saying she could not live this life without them.
At the ceremony, co-executive producer Michelle Salemi said the show had donated more than $3 million and reached more than 11 billion online views over its five seasons. She credited the team’s collaboration and thanked Hudson for helping create a place where people can gather and feel seen.
The show’s pre-show Spirit Tunnel has more than 6 billion social-media views. In the 2025–26 season, its social-media following rose 90.7% to 17.5 million, impressions increased 242.8% to 7.5 billion and engagement climbed 164.1% to 537 million; it ranks No. 1 among daytime talk shows on TikTok and Threads.
