Podcats: The Pawdcast, produced by Sony
Pictures Television’s Embassy Row, premieres today at 7:30 p.m.
ET
FuboTV Inc. (NYSE: FUBO), the leading sports-first live TV
streaming platform, and Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort announced
today the premiere of original unscripted show, Podcats: The
Pawdcast on Maximum Effort Channel. The show, produced by Sony
Pictures Television’s Embassy Row, will debut tonight at 7:30 p.m.
ET.
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Podcats: The Pawdcast Logline: Three cats who are culture
expurrts run down impurrtant events of the week. Featuring
comedians Aristotle Athari, Alvin Kuai and Sydnee Washington. First
Look: Here Key Art: Here *No animals were injured in the creation
of Podcats: The Pawdcast.
Podcats: The Pawdcast is a 51 episode series with Embassy Row’s
Michael Davies and Eden Sutley serving as executive producers and
Ashley Hanna as co-executive producer. David Gandler and Pamela
Duckworth (Fubo Studios) and George Dewey and Kevin Hill (Maximum
Effort) also serve as co-executive producers.
“Maximum Effort Channel is a place for us to take chances and
bring viewers an unexpected yet comforting experience,” said Kevin
Hill, head of television, Maximum Effort. “When Embassy Row
approached us with the idea of a podcast ‘hosted by’ cats, we bit
right away. We’re excited for fans of comedy and cats alike to see
what a purrly fun pawdcast can be.”
Each week, Podcats: The Pawdcast will feature one new cat
correspondent and a new dog serving as “intern of the week” who
will both be up for adoption. The recurring studio manager and IT
support characters are also adoptable cats through Animal Haven.
The show plans to work with additional shelters in the future.
“The Maximum Effort Channel brand of clever comfort aligns
perfectly with Embassy Row’s mission to produce talent-first,
joyful programming,” said Michael Davies, president, Embassy Row.
“Our legacy of producing hit talk shows such as Watch What Happens
Live and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee makes us the perfect
partner to develop and produce this first-of-its-kind talk format
featuring adoptable cats and top comedic talent.”
Maximum Effort Channel, curated by Ryan Reynolds and the Maximum
Effort team, is available to watch on Fubo as well as Amazon
Freevee, LG Channels, Plex, Sling Freestream, Tubi, VIDAA, VIZIO
Watchfree+ and Xumo Play.
About Fubo
With a mission to build the world’s leading global live TV
streaming platform with the greatest breadth of premium content and
interactivity, FuboTV Inc. (NYSE: FUBO) aims to transcend the
industry’s current TV model. The company operates Fubo in the U.S.,
Canada and Spain and Molotov in France.
In the U.S., Fubo is a sports-first cable TV replacement product
that aggregates more than 175 live sports, news and entertainment
networks and is the only live TV streaming platform with every
Nielsen-rated sports channel (source: Nielsen Total Viewers, 2022).
Leveraging Fubo’s proprietary data and technology platform
optimized for live TV and sports viewership, subscribers can engage
with the content they are watching through interactive product
features like FanView, an in-video experience showcasing live game,
team and player stats and scores in real time. Fubo was also the
first virtual MVPD to enable simultaneous viewing of up to four
live channels (Multiview on Apple TV) as well the first to stream
in 4K HDR.
Ranked #1 in Customer Satisfaction among Live TV Streaming
Providers by J.D. Power (2022), Fubo has been called “a force in
sports streaming” by Forbes, “the best streaming service for sports
aficionados” by Tom’s Guide and was heralded by CNET for its “ease
of use.” Learn more at https://fubo.tv.
About Maximum Effort
Maximum Effort makes movies, TV series, content and cocktails
for the personal amusement of Hollywood Star Ryan Reynolds. We
occasionally share them with the general public. Producers of the
Deadpool films, Free Guy, The Adam Project and Welcome to
Wrexham.
About Embassy Row
Part of Sony Pictures Television, Embassy Row is a television
and digital production company, founded by Michael Davies. Embassy
Row is dedicated to the development and acquisition of original
non-scripted programming for broadcast, cable and digital platforms
in the U.S. and abroad. The bi-coastal company specializes in
several genres including talk, games, competition, comedy, factual,
food, and sports. A pioneer in the areas of brand and social media
integration, Embassy Row boasts a portfolio of popular and
buzz-worthy series including the Emmy nominated and Critics’ Choice
winning “Watch What Happens Live” for Bravo; Emmy Award winning
“Good Morning Football” for NFL Network; Emmy and Critics’ Choice
nominated “The Talking Dead” for AMC; Primetime “Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire“ for ABC; “Cutthroat Kitchen” for Food Network; as well
as Jerry Seinfeld’s Emmy and Critics’ Choice nominated “Comedians
In Cars Getting Coffee” and Emmy nominated comedy special, “Jerry
Before Seinfeld” for Netflix.
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Investor Contacts
Alison Sternberg, Fubo asternberg@fubo.tv
JCIR for Fubo ir@fubo.tv
Media Contacts
Jennifer L. Press, Fubo jpress@fubo.tv
Bianca Illion, Fubo billion@fubo.tv
Molly Alves, Maximum Effort mollya@maximumeffort.com
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