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Adult Swim's THE ERIC ANDRE SHOW to Premiere 5/20

By: May. 01, 2012
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Adult Swim announced today THE ERIC ANDRE SHOW, a new late night talk show directed by Andrew Barchilon and Kitao Sakurai, will shatter televisions everywhere starting Sunday, May 20th at 12:30am (ET/PT).

The Eric Andre Show may be the most manic and unorthodox late night talk show ever made. The show's traditional talk show format quickly devolves into chaos as its inept and bipolar host Eric Andre, along with his apathetic co-host Hannibal Buress (30 Rock, SNL), subvert all late night conventions.

Taking place on a dingy public-access TV channel within an alternate reality, The Eric Andre Show creates its own distorted pop culture universe by conducting interviews with an unpredictable mix of actual celebrities, "fake" celebrities and extreme real-life weirdos. These interviews are broken up with deranged man-on-the-street segments, surreal flashes of inexplicable studio chaos, talk show desk-pieces and the general deconstruction of late night's most beloved tropes in every quarter hour episode.

The Eric Andre Show is produced by Abso Lutely and executive produced by Andre, Barchilon, Sakurai, Daniel Weidenfeld (China, IL) and Dave Kneebone (Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!).

Adult Swim (AdultSwim.com), launched in 2001, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s network offering original and acquired animated and live-action series for young adults. Airing nightly from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. (ET, PT), Adult Swim shares channel space with Cartoon Network, home to the best in original, acquired and classic entertainment for youth and families, and is seen in 99.4 million U.S. homes.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.



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