By today's TV standards, "The Queen Latifah Show" is a daytime success.
Nearing the end of its first year, it's the season's top-rated freshman talk show and will return for a second go-'round in the fall.
But its host knows there's still work to be done — especially now that expectations are higher.
"Obviously it was challenging getting a show off the ground and getting all the moving parts working … so it's been a growing experience," Latifah told The Post. "I was going through challenges with my family and balancing my personal life — my mom has gone through some physical challenges and has been with me the entire time . . . so I was going through that as well as focusing on work. "But I'm proud of what we've been able to accomplish," she says. "And I'm excited about making the show bigger and better next year — and that's the attitude I want to have."
"Queen Latifah" (9 a.m./Ch. 2) is averaging 1.5 million viewers a week as it heads into the all-important May sweeps period. Latifah says she's already thinking of tweaking the show a bit for its second season.
"I want to continue to book bigger guests and really elevate the whole production. Our set is gorgeous but I want to make it more practical," she says. "I think we've done a good job in showing people in a different way than other talk shows. And I want to have fun — a lot of our comedy sketches have worked but I want to make them even better and take everything to a higher level."
But, unlike shows including "The Talk" — whose hosts have revealed much about their personal lives — don't expect Latifah to follow suit. "I don't feel like I need to regurgitate my entire life on TV … I'm just not that kind of person," she says. "I'm not known for throwing myself out there and pandering. I have a sense of who I am outside this show and that person has to live in this show and outside this show."
Latifah's impact on entertainment will be recognized Monday when she's honored at the Waldorf Astoria with a Matrix Award as one of seven "Women Who Change the World" by New York Women in Communications.
"To be able to affect people's lives, there's nothing greater than that," she says. "It's about overhearing a conversation in a store from a young kid who was inspired by me and is living her dream.
"To be able to inspire people … is a legacy that means your life meant something."
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