NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
announced today that it will air
a never-before-heard interview with legendary comedian
Joan Rivers on SiriusXM's
Entertainment Weekly Radio on Thursday,
February 15.
Hosted by Emmy Award-winning Dan
Bucatinsky and "Will & Grace" co-creator Max Mutchnick, the unreleased special is a
no holds barred conversation with Joan
Rivers in one of her final interviews before she passed away
in 2014. Additionally, the interview on SiriusXM's Entertainment
Weekly Radio will feature PEOPLE and EW Editorial Director
Jess Cagle in conversation with
Dan Bucatinsky and Max Mutchnick as they discuss their conversation
with the legendary comedian.
"I knew my mother was so determined that something as mundane as
dying wouldn't shut her up," said her daughter Melissa Rivers. "If she tells me to stand
up straight and brush my hair, I'm going to scream."
Audio clips from SiriusXM's Entertainment Weekly
Radio's special with Joan
Rivers:
https://soundcloud.com/ewradio/joan-rivers-what-johnny-carson-should-have-done/s-NoCWb
https://soundcloud.com/ewradio/joan-rivers-i-had-to-work-twice-as-hard-because-i-wasnt-the-pretty-blonde/s-BlMGV
https://soundcloud.com/ewradio/joan-rivers-parenting-advice/s-50Nc8
Entertainment Weekly Radio's special with Joan Rivers will air on Thursday, February 15 at 6:00 pm ET on channel 105, on satellite
radios, and on the SiriusXM app. The interview special will
also air on SiriusXM's Radio Andy (ch. 102), SiriusXM's Stars
(ch.109) and Comedy Greats (ch. 94).
Entertainment Weekly Radio is the ultimate destination for pop
culture news and talk, movies, TV, music books and more, and
features live, original shows hosted by Entertainment
Weekly and EW.com editors and contributors featuring
breaking entertainment news, opinions, interviews, and more, as
well as in-depth coverage of the biggest entertainment events of
the year.
SiriusXM subscribers can listen to Entertainment Weekly Radio
on ch. 105, and those with streaming access can listen online,
on-the-go with the SiriusXM mobile app and at home on a wide
variety of connected devices including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa
devices, Apple TV, PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers and more. Go
to www.SiriusXM.com/AtHome to learn more.
About Dan
Bucatinsky:
Dan Bucatinsky is an
award-winning actor as well as writer, producer and best-selling
author. As an actor, Dan is best known for his
Emmy-winning role as James Novak on
"Scandal." Most recently, he appeared in Steven Spielberg's acclaimed film "The Post,"
starring Meryl Strep and Tom
Hanks. He also just wrapped work on the upcoming
feature, "Second Act" opposite Jennifer Lopez. Previously, Dan
starred on "24: Legacy" and his other television credits include
"Marry Me," "Grace & Frankie," "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the
Life," "Superstore," "Grey's Anatomy," "Curb Your Enthusiasm,"
"Will and Grace," "Friends" and "All Over the Guy." As a writer, in
addition to writing over a dozen pilots, Dan was a Consulting
Producer on "Grey's Anatomy" and a Co-Executive Producer on
"Lipstick Jungle." In 2003, he and producing partner, Lisa Kudrow, founded "Is Or Isn't
Entertainment", which produced the Emmy-nominated series "The
Comeback" for HBO both in 2005 and again in 2014. The
company, along with writer/director Don
Roos, created the Emmy nominated web to television comedy
"Web Therapy." They are also the long-time producers of the
Emmy winning docu-series "Who Do You Think You Are?."
Bucatinsky is also the author of the best-selling book, "Does
This Baby Make Me Look Straight." Dan will next be seen reprising
his role as Neil in a guest spot on the March 1st episode of NBC's "Will
& Grace".
About Max
Mutchnick:
Max
Mutchnick is the co-creator/executive producer of the
16-time Emmy Award-winning comedy series "Will & Grace."
The beloved comedy returned to NBC last fall to critical and
commercial success, reaching 15.8 million viewers (L+7) for its
triumphant premiere. Mutchnick started his entertainment
career almost 25 years ago as a writer for legendary television
producer Alan Funt on "Candid
Camera." Shortly after, he partnered with high school best friend
David Kohan and began their career
as joke writers for "The Dennis Miller Show." As a writing
team, Kohan and Mutchnick have created numerous television
series. In September 2016,
while sitting in the back of a cab in London, Mutchnick had the idea to create an
online reunion of "Will & Grace" as a response to the chaos of
the 2016 election. It was directed by James Burrows and brought together almost the
entire original production team from the pilot. The video,
#VoteHoney, received an overwhelming response and was the impetus
for bringing the show back to NBC.
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