Overview

• Production begins the week of Sept. 8 in New York City with a live studio audience, NBCUniversal confirmed.
• Premiere week will honor heroes who rescued campers during July’s Texas floods, with planned surprise moments.
• A-list guests announced for the new season include Emily Blunt, Dwayne Johnson, Julia Roberts, Scarlett Johansson, Colin Farrell, Reese Witherspoon, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Sylvester Stallone, Channing Tatum, Lionel Richie, Shonda Rhimes and Marion Cotillard.
• The series is produced by Universal Television and distributed by NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, with Alex Duda as showrunner and Clarkson, Duda and Kareen Gunning as executive producers, and it has won 22 Daytime Emmys.
• Clarkson remains a coach on The Voice after a brief bereavement-related absence, with Jennifer Hudson temporarily filling in during production last month.