Spike's looking for a host

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on March 3rd, 2010

We get emails like this one:

Spike TV will launch a nationwide search this week to find undiscovered comedic talent for a new late-night talk show. The series is being developed and executive produced by Thom Beers, owner of Original Productions (The Deadliest Catch, Ice road Truckers, Ax Men and Monster Garage.)

The new late-night entry will differ from the typical late-night chatter of movie stars and politicos and will seek out ordinary people doing extraordinary things. The host search will focus on the same types: undiscovered comedic talent who mirror the regular, everyday guys the show will target.

Casting directors will scour the country and hold open calls in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Dallas (times and dates tbd), seeking two males who appear to be in their late twenties to mid-thirties. The perfect candidate will have a likeable, regular-guy appeal with inherent comedic talent. Candidates selected will be flown to Los Angeles for a screen test with network executives.

We like that part about “appear to be in their late twenties.” (We wonder how many candidates will actually be younger than late-twenties to mid-thirties, but appear to be so. We would guess very few. And probably none of them would live in Los Angeles, owing to that city’s pressure to appear younger than one’s actual chronological age!)

For more information, contact Erin Tomasello erin(at sign)metalflowersmedia.com and make sure to include contact info, name, age, location and a link to stand-up.

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