New Episodes of The IMDb Show Will Debut
Each Thursday on IMDb.com, IMDb’s Mobile Apps and Social Channels
Following Record-Setting Public Preview
Filmmaker and Podcaster Kevin Smith Joins as
Executive Producer and Regular Contributor; Tim Kash and Kerri
Doherty Serve as Co-Hosts
IMDb (www.imdb.com), the world’s most popular and authoritative
source for movie, TV and celebrity content, today announced the
launch of The IMDb Show (www.imdb.com/show), its first-ever weekly
series. Inspired by the insatiable curiosity of IMDb’s audience of
more than 250 million unique monthly visitors worldwide, this
fast-paced, topical digital series will provide fans with IMDb’s
unique perspective on the week in entertainment through the
following: in-depth commentary and updates on the news of the week;
proprietary IMDb trending data derived from IMDbPro’s STARmeter and
MOVIEmeter charts; exclusive interviews with notable celebrity
guests and industry insiders; on-location and behind-the-scenes
reporting from the most-anticipated industry events;
person-on-the-street interviews; fan contributions; and much
more.
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The IMDb Show Co-Hosts Tim Kash and Kerri
Doherty (Credit: Getty Images for IMDb)
Beginning today, viewers can watch a new episode of The IMDb
Show every Thursday at www.imdb.com/show and on IMDb’s iOS and
Android apps. Fans will also receive regular updates and show
content on IMDb’s Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat and
Instagram channels.
Based on the premise that when it comes to movies and
television, there is no such thing as too much information, The
IMDb Show celebrates fan obsessions by focusing on the craft of
compelling entertainment storytelling and the talent responsible
for the industry’s highly anticipated new releases and fan
favorites. IMDb’s unique take on the weekly variety show format
will pull back the curtain on the week’s biggest entertainment
stories, helping viewers decide what to watch.
“IMDb was built by and for a community of uniquely passionate
and informed fans,” said Col Needham, IMDb’s Founder and CEO. “The
IMDb Show, our first-ever weekly studio show, will reflect their
curiosity and interests. Our vision is to host an informative,
entertaining conversation around the shows, movies and talent that
our customers are obsessed with, leveraging IMDb’s unique and
authoritative data to enrich the weekly entertainment conversation
and inform viewing decisions. Our show was inspired and guided by
the positive fan and industry feedback we’ve received on the
original video content we’ve been creating over the past several
years, including on-location reporting and celebrity interviews
filmed in The IMDb Studio at many of the world’s most popular fan
conventions, award shows and film festivals.”
The IMDb Show will feature prominent industry insiders and
experts as regular contributors, including writer, filmmaker and
podcaster Kevin Smith, who also serves as an executive producer of
the series. The IMDb Show is hosted by Tim Kash and Kerri Doherty,
who will conduct celebrity interviews, and moderate studio and
field segments focusing on current entertainment industry news,
releases and trends. Tim is best known from his decade at MTV News
in London and New York covering movies and music. Kerri has written
for ABC’s The Goldbergs and also created the original celebrity
interview series Geeking Out for Bedrocket/YouTube.
“Whether I’m covering Sundance or Comic-Con, I have loved
working with IMDb the last few years,” said Kevin Smith. “So when
the IMDb team asked me to get involved in The IMDb Show with Tim
and Kerri, I instantly said yes. I mean, you can never have too
many credits from IMDb on your IMDb page.”
The IMDb Show has been in a public preview mode since November
17, 2017. Early episodes generated more cross-channel views and
minutes-watched than any IMDb original video production to date,
excluding live event coverage. Based on strong customer feedback on
the preview episodes, IMDb has officially picked up the show as a
regular weekly series with new episodes debuting each Thursday.
On today’s episode of The IMDb Show, guest Chris Sullivan joins
Tim and Kerri to discuss his role on This is Us, answer fan
questions, and share what’s on his Watchlist. Upcoming celebrity
guests on The IMDb Show include Kevin Smith and Jordan Horowitz
(Producer La La Land, Counterpart). In next week’s episode
(debuting January 18), the show will travel to Park City, Utah, for
on-location interviews and reporting from The 2018 Sundance Film
Festival, including a segment in which Kevin Smith previews the
2018 Sundance Film Festival line-up. The official launch party for
The IMDb Show, a private, invitation-only event, will take place in
The IMDb Studio in Park City on January 20, 2018.
Each week, The IMDb Show will offer multiple, mixed-format
segments, including some of the following:
- The IMDbrief: Timely segments
that use IMDb data and information, including IMDbPro’s exclusive
research tools, to take a deeper look at movie and TV topics that
are currently in the zeitgeist, as well as those that will be
soon.
- On Location: Segments filmed on
location with fans and industry insiders which will reveal the
personalities and stories behind the “magic” of movies and
television.
- Close Up: An intimate
conversation with a featured celebrity guest which will help fans
learn more about the stories behind their IMDb credits and trivia,
their current and upcoming projects, and what’s on their IMDb
Watchlist.
- The Watchlist: The IMDb Show
hosts and guests share the TV shows and movies they are most
looking forward to watching.
- The Trailer Trailer: A mash-up
of the best clips from each week’s new trailers.
The IMDb Show is produced by IMDb and INE Entertainment in
Studio City, California.
About IMDb
IMDb is the world’s most popular and authoritative source for
movie, TV and celebrity content. The IMDb consumer site
(www.imdb.com) is the #1 movie website in the world with a combined
web and mobile audience of more than 250 million unique monthly
visitors. IMDb offers a searchable database of more than 250
million data items including more than 4 million movies, TV and
entertainment programs and more than 8 million cast and crew
members. Consumers rely on the information IMDb provides —
including local movie showtimes, ticketing, trailers, critic and
user reviews, personalized recommendations, photo galleries,
entertainment news, quotes, trivia, box-office data, editorial
feature sections and a universal Watchlist — when deciding what to
watch and where to watch it. IMDb’s portfolio of leading
entertainment apps (http://www.imdb.com/apps/) includes its popular
“Movies & TV” app for iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire, Android
phones, Android tablets and its mobile-optimized website. To date,
there have been more than 150 million downloads of IMDb’s mobile
apps worldwide. IMDb’s X-Ray for Movies & TV Shows
(www.imdb.com/x-ray) is a feature that revolutionizes the viewing
experience by bringing the power of IMDb directly to Kindle Fire
HD, Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. IMDb’s Facebook page
(https://www.facebook.com/imdb) and official Twitter account
(https://twitter.com/imdb) are followed by more than 12 million
passionate entertainment fans. IMDbPro (http://www.imdbpro.com) is
the essential resource for entertainment industry professionals.
This membership-based service includes comprehensive information
and tools that are designed to help entertainment industry
professionals achieve success throughout all stages of their
career. IMDbPro offers members the following: detailed contact and
representation information; IMDb profile management tools;
exclusive STARmeter rankings that are determined by page views on
IMDb; a casting service to post breakdowns and apply to roles; a
mobile optimized website; and more. Additionally, IMDb owns and
operates Withoutabox (http://www.withoutabox.com), the premier
submission service for film festivals and filmmakers, and Box
Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com), the leading online
box-office reporting service. IMDb.com is operated by IMDb.com,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)
(http://www.amazon.com). To learn more, go to:
http://www.imdb.com/press.
About INE Entertainment
Mark Koops and Eric Day have been at the cutting edge of
creating innovative content for more than 15 years and their INE
Entertainment is now a powerhouse in the digital space having
generated hundreds of hours of short-form content. Their digital
portfolio includes producing the groundbreaking real-time social
media series Summerbreak, the original digital docuseries Top Grier
starring Hayes Grier, HISTORY’s Emmy-nominated comedy The
Crossroads of History, as well as three seasons of the
Emmy-nominated Making a Scene with James Franco. They have also
created over 1,000 hours of TV programming — developing, creating
and show running some of non-scripted TV’s biggest hits, including
The Biggest Loser (NBC), Masterchef (Fox), Something Borrowed
Something New (TLC) and two-time Emmy-nominated children’s program
Recipe Rehab (CBS). For more information, go to:
www.ineentertainment.com.
About Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith first came to attention as the writer/director of a
film called Clerks. It’s been all downhill ever since.
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