ITV are “keen to bring him back.”
Jeremy Kyle is set to return to TV after his show was cancelled following the death of a guest.
Steve Dymond died by suicide after a failed lie detector test regarding his relationship he had taken on the show earlier this year.
His episode was never broadcast and The Jeremy Kyle Show was cancelled soon after.
However, it appears that ITV are adamant to bring the 54-year-old presenter back as they search for new ways to include the host in their programme lineup.
The Sun reports that producers are looking at new formats that Kyle could tackle.
“Jeremy is a huge ratings draw and he has a great relationship with ITV, who are very keen to bring him back,” a source told the publication.
“So it was only a matter of time. An ITV team have been told ‘find a format for Jeremy’ and that is what they are working hard to do.”
The team are apparently open to “all ideas.” Chat show formats are being considered, but so are other means of including Kyle in the schedule again.
“And it is not a given that his return will be to daytime TV,” said the source.
“We are expecting to have initial meetings about what they come up with in September, with the aim of then having Jeremy back on TV early next year.”
This comes after ITV put out a casting call for a new “Jeremy Kyle style show” looking for people who were having relationship issues.
Producers shared casting calls across social media advertising an “exciting new entertainment show” that involves a “UK celebrity panel and debate.”
All previous episodes of The Jeremy Kyle Show have been removed from the ITV player.
