TBS has introduced The Joe Schmo Show launch date for its upcoming actuality hoax comedy sequence, which facilities round one one who’s led to imagine that they’re contestants on a contest present. This serves as a revival of Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese’s authentic present of the identical title, which ran on air for 3 seasons.
“The trendy revival of The Joe Schmo Present is the right complement to TBS’ best-in-class comedy lineup,” Turner Networks president Jason Sarlanis mentioned in a press release. “Full of coronary heart and hilarious actuality sport present hi-jinks, the sequence will fully immerse our audiences within the ruse, taking them on a wild trip and retaining them rooting for our protagonist week to week.”
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When is The Joe Schmo Present launch date?
The Joe Schmo Show is scheduled to make its debut on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 9:00PM ET/PT. The revival is hosted by Emmy nominee Cat Deeley (So You Suppose You Can Dance). The ten-episode sequence is government produced by showrunner Dave Kneebone, with Reese and Wernick additionally serving as producers on the challenge. It hails from MTV Leisure Studios and Fly On The Wall Leisure.
“The show-within-a present takes purpose on the absurdity of actuality TV by making Ben, an electrician from Baltimore, imagine he’s competing for an opportunity to win $100,000 on a well-liked sport present when he’s, in actual fact, surrounded by a solid of extremely expert improv comedians,” reads the preliminary logline.
Every episode offers a groundbreaking, behind-the-scenes look because the actors and full working crew scramble to maintain Ben from discovering the hoax, one thing made tougher by the more and more over-the-top format of the present. Because the present progresses, the stakes for every problem will develop larger as manufacturing is pressured to pivot storylines, and castmates, who Ben sees as competitors.
