MORE Wendi on Your TV!

ABC announced the premiere date today for the new half-hour reality series “Repeat After Me,” hosted by “The Goldbergs” star Wendi McLendon-Covey and inspired by a highly successful signature segment from the Emmy®-winning daytime talk program “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” “Repeat After Me” will premiere TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, at 8:30 p.m., ET/PT, on the ABC Television Network.

In “Repeat After Me,” McLendon-Covey will instruct her celebrity friends, via a remote ear piece, to interact with everyday people in high-energy, comedic hidden-camera situations. At the end of each half-hour episode, the best moment of the night will be crowned in front of a live studio audience. The pilot episode stars Ellen Pompeo (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Taye Diggs and Harry Connick, Jr.