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Chris Gethard Presents Series Premiere Is Tonight, Starting with Carmen Christopher

June 26, 2019

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Chris Gethard’s latest comedy experiment, Chris Gethard Presents, which is essentially a showcase that allows Gethard’s handpicked favorites to also experiment as they see fit, back at public access at MNN (where The Chris Gethard Show’s roots are) officially kicks off tonight.

While it is airing on Manhattan Neighborhood Network, you can stream it live here at 8PM PST/11PM EST, then watch it archived on YouTube here.

The very first episode will be brought to you by the mind and comedic stylings of Carmen Christopher, a wonderful weirdo out of NYC that has a whole host of characters in addition to doing stand-up all over, as The Great Night Show with Carmen Christopher.

Watch it live or watch it later (just watch it somehow) because we have a good feeling about what Chris is cooking up here.

Chris Gethard Is Returning to Public Access TV for Chris Gethard Presents

June 5, 2019

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If there’s one thing you can expect from Chris Gethard, it’s truly to expect the unexpected. From The Chris Gethard Show to Beautiful Anonymous and everything in between, Gethard’s career in and around comedy has been quite the amazing winding road that no one, except maybe for Chris, can see what’s up ahead.

So, another such move comes with Gethard returning to his public access TV roots at Manhattan Neighborhood Network, though not to revive TCGS. Gethard will be, instead, having a platform to showcase his favorite performers every week (in similar fashion to him handing the TCGS slot to The Special Without Brett Davis) simply called Chris Gethard Presents.

Chris can fill you in on the details here.

As we hinted at above, it’s both a surprising and a not-so-surprising move that is altogether still very intriguing given Chris’ track record for doing what’s daring. Certainly, public access allows for more of that than linear TV.

Chris Gethard Presents will premiere Wednesdays at MNN HD starting Jun. 26th at 11PM EST, which will be conveniently 8PM PST over in LA. You can stream it for FREE here.

Colbert Does Another Community Calendar, This Time for Minooka, Illinois with Minooka Native Nick Offerman

April 5, 2016

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One of the recurring segments at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that works best for us is Colbert’s rundown of events in small towns where his guests are from.

For Nick Offerman, Colbert and Nick go through the calendar of local events in Minooka, Illinois where Offerman grew up.

Of course, the event listings had every bit of small town charm and awkwardly written copy that you have to come to know and love from small town happenings.

Stephen Colbert Guest Hosts Michigan Public Access Show “Only in Monroe”

July 2, 2015

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As we’ve still got months to go before the premiere of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colbert has thankfully gotten restless enough, like one Chris Gethard, to do something like step in to guest host a public access show Only in Monroe in Monroe, Michigan.

So, Colbert gave us either what is a great, hysterical preview of what The Late Show would be like without broadcast network production value and a live audience or a wonderful imagining of what a show that’s somewhere between Pawnee Today, Between Two Ferns, and The Colbert Report hosted by Stephen Colbert would be like.

Maybe call it “Between Two Pieces of Michigan Wicker with Stephen Colbert”?

In either case, it’s great and it’s amazing that guest Eminem seems befuddled as he apparently looks like he’s trying to figure out if Colbert is still doing a bit.

Let’s hope he makes good on saying that he’s coming back to Only in Monroe in August.

Watch Colbert back in full form here.

The Special Without Brett Davis Is Definitely Keeping The Great and Weird Streak Alive at MNN

March 15, 2015

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The Special Without Brett Davis premiered a month ago at MNN in place of The Chris Gethard Show and, after a month, it looks like they’re keeping the bonkers spirit of that late night spot going, but, at the same time, making it all their own.

With the premise of Brett Davis “being” dead and having to have subsequent “different” hosts from vastly different walks of life, The Special Without Brett Davis has gotten to go really off the rails in a really great way.

How off the rails you ask? Well, just watch how wrestling champion Bobby Blayze deal with a terminally ill kid that’s not your typical terminally ill kid and what happens when a bass player in a band of bass players/cult followers gets interrupted during a cult ceremony that’s probably NSFW.

By the way, all the full episodes are on YouTube right here because you know you’ll want to watch them.

The Chris Gethard Show Will Return to Public Access in April Awaiting Decision From Comedy Central

February 13, 2014

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The Chris Gethard Show Will Return to Public Access in April Awaiting Decision From Comedy Central

The Chris Gethard Show has taped its pilot for Comedy Central and is now awaiting the final call from network brass as to whether to give the series a greenlight or not.

You’ll be happy to know that, in the interim, TCGS will return to doing regularly scheduled episodes on public access starting in April. Hopefully, they get the greenlight and there won’t be too much more gaps in not having new Gethard to watch.