Talking with Chris Hardwick
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| genre = Talk show
| presenter = Chris Hardwick
| director = Russell Norman
| executive_producer = {{ubl|Michael Davies|Jen Patton|Brandon Monk|Chris Hardwick|Alex Manning}}
| producer = Sarah Schultz
| editor = {{ubl|Rod Chew|Scott Riddle}}
| country = United States
| location = CBS Television City, Hollywood, California
| language = English
| network = AMC
| company = {{ubl|Fish Ladder|Embassy Row|AMC Studios}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 15
| runtime = 42 minutes
| list_episodes =
| first_aired = {{Start date|2017|04|09}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2017|09|03}}
| related =
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Talking with Chris Hardwick is a weekly talk show that features host Chris Hardwick interviewing a celebrity guest from the world of pop culture that premiered on April 9, 2017 on AMC.
Format
The series follows in the vein of Talking Dead, Talking Bad, Talking Saul and Talking Preacher. But unlike those shows, each one-hour episode is pre-recorded. Segments featured on the show include social media presidency, live audience interactivity, Hardwick's discussion about pop culture and trivia on the guest featured in each episode. An uncensored version of all the episodes were released as audio formats on Hardwick's own The Nerdist Podcast following its broadcast airing.{{cite web |url=http://nerdist.com/extended-episodes-of-talking-with-chris-hardwick-are-coming-to-the-nerdist-podcast/ |title=Talking With Chris Hardwick Extended Episodes Are Coming To The Nerdist Podcast|work=Nerdist |first=Blair|last=Marnell|date=April 10, 2017}}
Production
The series premiered on AMC on April 9, 2017, filling a hiatus for Talking Dead between the season finale of The Walking Dead and the third-season premiere of Fear the Walking Dead. Hardwick described the show as a means to branch the format into wider pop culture, stating that it had "the skin of Talking Dead, the soul of the Nerdist podcast and the guts of a Comic-Con panel."{{cite web |last=Nemetz |first=Dave |title=Talking Dead's Chris Hardwick to Get Weekly Talk Show on AMC |url=https://tvline.com/news/talking-with-chris-hardwick-weekly-talk-show-amc-799478/ |access-date=April 7, 2017 |work=TVLine}}{{cite web |date=March 1, 2017 |title=AMC to Launch Talking with Chris Hardwick Sunday, April 9 at 11/10c |url=https://www.amc.com/shows/talking-dead/talk/2017/03/amc-to-launch-talking-with-chris-hardwick-sunday-april-9-at-1110c%3Famp%3Dtrue |access-date=April 7, 2017 |work=AMC}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}
The eight-episode second season was set to premiere on June 17, 2018. The initial lineup of guests set to appear were Chris Pratt, Bill Hader, Karen Gillan, Donald Glover, Ethan Hawke, Amy Adams, and Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg with Glover appearing in the season premiere.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2018/06/05/amcs-talking-with-chris-hardwick-returns-with-new-episodes-on-sunday-june-17-at-1100-pm-712312/20180605amc01/|title=AMC's "Talking with Chris Hardwick" Returns with New Episodes on Sunday, June 17 at 11:00 P.M.|work=The Futon Critic|date=June 5, 2018|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} However, AMC pulled the show a day prior to the airing in light of allegations made against Hardwick by his ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/chris-hardwick-amc-pulls-talk-show-comic-con-panels-abuse-allegations-chloe-dyskstra-1202412038/|title=AMC Silences Chris Hardwick Talk Show & Comic-Con Panels After Abuse Claims|first=Dominic|last=Patten|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 16, 2018|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} On July 25, after an investigation by AMC and with the assistance of a law firm, the company decided to reinstate Hardwick as the show’s host.{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/25/17614398/chris-hardwick-amc-talking-dead-return|title=Chris Hardwick will return to AMC next month|last=Liptak|first=Andrew|work=The Verge|date=July 25, 2018|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/25/entertainment/chris-hardwick-talking-dead/index.html|title=Chris Hardwick returning as host of 'Talking Dead' following investigation|last=Gonzalez|first=Sandra|work=CNN|date=July 25, 2018|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}
Episodes
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|RTitle= Elijah Wood
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|EpisodeNumber = 2
|RTitle=Thomas Middleditch, Martin Starr and Zach Woods
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|04|16}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 3
|RTitle=Michelle Monaghan
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|04|23}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|RTitle= James Corden
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|04|30}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|RTitle=Charlie Hunnam
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|05|07}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|RTitle=Jordan Peele
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|05|14}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|RTitle=Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning and Uzo Aduba
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|05|21}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|RTitle=Connie Britton
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|07|16}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|RTitle=Damon Lindelof
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|07|23}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|RTitle=Jane Lynch
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|07|30}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|RTitle=Bryan Cranston
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|08|06}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|RTitle=Jaimie Alexander
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|08|13}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 13
|RTitle=Neil deGrasse Tyson
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|08|20}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|RTitle=Dominic Monaghan
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|08|27}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|RTitle=Tatiana Maslany
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|09|03}}
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See also
- Talking Dead – a similar talk show hosted by Hardwick which discusses episodes of The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead.
- Talking Bad – a similar talk show hosted by Hardwick which discusses the final eight episodes of Breaking Bad's fifth and final season.
- Talking Saul – a similar talk show hosted by Hardwick which discusses select episodes of Better Call Saul.
- Talking Preacher – a similar talk show hosted by Hardwick which discusses select episodes of Preacher.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.amc.com/shows/talking-with-chris-hardwick}}
- {{IMDb title|6663688}}
{{AMC Shows}}
Category:AMC (TV channel) original programming
Category:Television series by Embassy Row (production company)
Category:2010s American television talk shows