Chelsea Handler's new talk show gets an executive producer -- Bill Wolff

BEVERLY HILLS , Calif., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Bill Wolff has been named executive producer of comedian and author Chelsea Handler's upcoming talk show, Netflix announced.

Featuring Handler's "unfiltered opinions on topical entertainment and cultural issues, as well as her signature guest interviews," the as-yet-untitled program will be taped in Los Angeles and is scheduled to premiere in 2016, the streaming service said.

Wolff most recently served as executive producer for Season 18 of the ABC chat program The View.

"Bill is the visionary we have been looking for to create a dynamic, new format that's global, informative and entertaining," Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said in a statement Wednesday. "He brings new creativity and fresh conversations to the talk-show format that the on-demand generation and Chelsea's audience will care about."

"I could not be more thrilled to join Netflix and Chelsea Handler in transforming what we know to be the talk show," added Wolff. "Viewers love Chelsea and her ability to go to a place and ask the questions no one else will. I can't wait to work with these pioneers in the business to entertain and educate audiences around the world."

Handler, 40, was the host of E!'s hit series Chelsea Lately from July 2007 to August 2014.