The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West
The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West | |
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Genre | talk show, variety show |
Presented by | Kid Fury and Crissle West |
Theme music composer | Leikeli47 |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Kid Fury Crissle West Chloe Pisello Jonathan Martin Richard Allen-Turner Jon Thoday |
Producer | Avalon Television |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Fuse |
Release | October 11 December 20, 2019 | –
Related | |
The Read |
The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West is an American variety and talk show. It is a television adaptation of the pop culture podcast The Read and stars the podcast's hosts, Kid Fury and Crissle West. The series premiered on October 11, 2019 on Fuse.[1]
Production
[edit]On March 13, 2019, it was announced that the podcast The Read would be adapted into a television show. The television show was one of several pilots released by Fuse from 2019 to 2020 that targeted diverse, millennial, and Generation Z audiences.[1]
The producers included Chloe Pisello, Jonathan Martin, Richard Allen-Turner, and Jon Thoday. Kid Fury and Crissle West served as the show's hosts and executive producers.[2]
The show has a 30-minute run-time, and features two segments that appear on the podcast, The Read and Hot Tops. Special guests appeared on several episodes.[2][3]
On August 14, 2019, it was announced that the show would premiere on October 11, 2019.[4] The first season had ten episodes.
Broadcast
[edit]The series premiered in the United States on Fuse on October 11, 2019.[3] It appeared weekly for 30 minutes and also streamed on iTunes and Amazon Prime.[5]
Episodes
[edit]Ep#[6] | Title | Airdate | Guest(s) |
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1 | "They Done Gave Us A TV Show" | October 11, 2019 | Desus & Mero |
2 | "The Vest Guest" | October 18, 2019 | DeRay Mckesson |
3 | "Young R.E.A.D." | October 25, 2019 | Young M.A. |
4 | "Missy: The Icon" | November 1, 2019 | Missy Elliott |
5 | "Famous Ramos" | November 8, 2019 | Anthony Ramos |
6 | "Unsolved Heterosexual Mysteries" | November 15, 2019 | -- |
7 | "Leaning on Lena" | November 22, 2019 | Lena Waithe |
8 | "Dade County Debauchery with Ts Madison" | December 6, 2019 | Ts Madison |
9 | "Rae in LA" | December 13, 2019 | Issa Rae |
10 | "Checking for Chika" | December 20, 2019 | Chika |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pedersen, Erik (2019-03-13). "Fuse Unveils Upfront Slate: New & Returning Series, Premiere Dates, More". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ a b "Oh Happy Day: The Read With Kid Fury and Crissle West Is Coming to Fuse TV in October". The Grapevine. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ a b "'The Read' Is Coming to Your TV in October". www.out.com. 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ Telusma, Blue (2019-08-15). "Kid Fury, Crissle West turn from podcasters to TV hosts". theGrio. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ "The Read". The Read. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
- ^ "The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle Episodes". The Futon Critic. Retrieved 29 January 2020.