Comedy Central Renews "@midnight" for Second Season
by Nellie Andreeva
August 11, 2014


Comedy Central‘s breakout late-night program "@midnight" has been renewed for a 40-week second season to air in 2015.

This marks the second 40-week pickup for the series, hosted by Chris Hardwick and produced by Funny Or Die. The first one came last November, following "@midnight‘s" successful four-week trial run.

Hardwick made the renewal announcement during "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon".

http://deadline.com/2014/08/mindnight-for-second-season-comedy-central/

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"@midnight" Renewed for Season 3 at Comedy Central
by Patrick Hipes
July 7, 2015


Comedy Central has renewed its late-night series "@midnight" for a third season, just in time for Comic-Con, where Hardwick seemingly hosts every other major film and TV panel on the docket in San Diego.

Season 3 of the show, produced by Funny Or Die, will be a 40-week run that will air throughout 2016.



“Comedy Central has been an amazing and supportive partner for @midnight and I cannot thank them enough,” said Hardwick.

“Making inappropriate jokes about Internet culture with my comedian friends is something I would do for the rest of my life if they’d let me. And this pick-up gives us the runway to tackle next year’s election, which I’m guessing will yield no shortage of social media gems.”



“Creating a new franchise in late night is no small feat, and we couldn’t be more proud of Chris and the entire team for what they’ve accomplished,” said Kent Alterman, Comedy Central’s president of content development and original programming.







Airing Monday-Thursday after "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore", "@midnight" skewers pop culture and the day’s social media happenings with a roster of guest comedians playing a faux game show and Hardwick as ringleader, with regular features like #HashtagWars clicking with the social crowd:

On-air "@midnight" reaches the youngest (median age: 33 years), most male (68%) audience of any late-night talk show, the network says. The series was nominated for an Outstanding Interactive Program Emmy last year.



Hardwick produces the show with Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant; Funny Or Die’s Mike Farah and Joe Farrell; Alex Blagg, Jason Nadler and Jon Zimelis of Serious Business; showrunner Jack Martin; and Alex Murray of Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

Gary Mann and Tara Schuster are executives in charge for Comedy Central.

http://deadline.com/2015/07/at-midnight-renewed-season-3-chris-hardwick-comedy-central-1201471515/