Peacock has now entered into live comedy.
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| Colin Jost and Michael Che present 'New York After Dark.' Courtesy of Peacock |
The streamer introduced Colin Jost & Michael Che Present: New York After Dark, a particular to be hosted live by the Saturday Evening Dwell “Weekend Replace” pair of their dwelling borough on the Bell Home in Brooklyn.
It airs Sept. 12 at 9 p.m., and will showcase a rotating cast of the pair's favorite New York City club comics — both new faces, as well maybe some familiar ones. With a house band throughout the hour 1500 or Nothin', featuring Grammy-nominated musical ensemble, who will perform alongside comedians.
The move comes as the stand-up special market is incredibly high. In fact, it has been a rare bright spot in an otherwise pretty gloomy entertainment landscape as deep-pocketed platforms like Amazon and Hulu have opened their wallets.
While Peacock isn't a big player because of the ever so popular bidding wars rising to eight figure levels for top comics, it landed on its feet with specials such as Kevin Hart's most recent hour. Netflix — the behemoth still in this space — ventured into live comedy with Chris Rock, and more recently Joe Rogan.
In The Case of NBCUniversal, a New Jost/Che Night Is...notated As Promoting This Month's Debut O' the 50th Season Of Saturday Night Live? The special also is the first production under Che's 7F Project and Jost's No Notes Productions. Jost, Jeff Grosvenjsonor and Emily Hason of No Notes Productions (Late Night with Seth Meyers) as well as Che Mortiz (Master of None) & Rachael Edwards – 7F Project, are on board to executive produce the Magic Lemonade produced special. It hails from Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group. Michael Mancini of SNL directs the hour.
