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38-455: The series features host Chris Hardwick discussing the latest episode with guests who are fans of the series. Cast and crew from The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead also appear on the talk show. Segments on Talking Dead include an "In Memoriam" highlighting the deaths from the episode, an online poll, episode trivia, behind-the-scenes footage, and questions from fans via phone, from

76-468: A comedy special hosted by Hardwick in Los Angeles. In August 2012, he hosted a special episode of The Nerdist on BBC America to "debate" the effects of time and space with other friends and celebrity nerds. The episode was really an effort to promote the network's upcoming September 1 seventh-season premiere of the series Doctor Who . On April 30, 2013, Comedy Central announced that Hardwick would host

114-424: A comprehensive investigation conducted alongside law firm Loeb & Loeb had failed to confirm Dykstra's allegations and that Hardwick would return as host of Talking Dead and Talking with Chris Hardwick . Their statement read, "We take these matters very seriously and given the information available to us after a very careful review, including interviews with numerous individuals, we believe returning Chris to work

152-458: A half-hour comedic panel show called @midnight with Chris Hardwick . Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant , formerly of Reno 911! , served as executive producers/showrunners. It premiered on October 21, 2013. On November 7, 2014, he hosted the "Talent, Art, Movie and Costume" section of the BlizzCon gaming convention. Hardwick is also a stand-up comedian and performs with Mike Phirman in

190-516: A live half-hour (later expanded to one hour on the final episode) talk show companion series to the final eight episodes of the AMC series Breaking Bad . In February 2016, Hardwick began hosting Talking Saul , a live one-hour talk show companion series to the season two premiere and finale of the AMC series Better Call Saul . On December 24, 2011, BBC America aired The Nerdist: The Year in Review ,

228-469: A live half-hour (later expanded to one hour) aftershow to AMC's series The Walking Dead . Hardwick interviews celebrity fans of The Walking Dead as well as members of its cast and crew, interacts with the studio audience, re-airs clips of the episode, plays games with and polls the viewers via the Internet, and offers exclusive clips of the next episode. In August 2013, Hardwick began hosting Talking Bad ,

266-685: A screening of Arachnophobia in Burbank, California. Hardwick was a DJ on Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM during the mid-1990s. In the fall of 1998, he starred in the UPN comedy Guys Like Us ; the show aired 12 episodes before it was cancelled in January 1999. Hardwick appeared in Rob Zombie 's horror films House of 1000 Corpses and Halloween II . He also made a small appearance in Terminator 3: Rise of

304-677: A self-help book, The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life) , with Penguin Publishing, in late 2011. In February 2012, GeekChicDaily fully merged with Nerdist Industries and became Nerdist News , with Hardwick operating as Chief Creative Officer. On July 10, 2012, Nerdist Industries was acquired by Legendary Entertainment . Hardwick was given the title of co-president of Legendary's digital business. In February 2018, Hardwick announced that he would be rebranding The Nerdist Podcast to ID10T and that he would be leaving Nerdist since

342-570: Is a contributing writer for Wired (since 2007), wrote for Web Soup and Back at the Barnyard , and he made regular appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Chelsea Lately . As part of what Hardwick calls his "nerd media empire", he ran Nerdist Theater, an entertainment space at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles. He entered into an equity partnership with GeekChicDaily in June 2011 to form Nerdist Industries. Hardwick published

380-556: Is listed here. This is so that the season numbers for episodes of Talking Dead match the season numbers for episodes of The Walking Dead that they discuss. For the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards , the series was nominated for Outstanding Interactive Program. It was nominated again the year after. Chris Hardwick Christopher Ryan Hardwick (born November 23, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer, and producer. He hosts Talking Dead , an hourlong aftershow on AMC affiliated with

418-504: Is the appropriate step." Dykstra, who refused to cooperate in the investigation, stated two days later on Twitter, "I chose not to participate in the investigation of the person I spoke of. I do not believe in an eye for an eye." She also stated that she "originally wrote [her] essay so [she] could move on with [her] life, and now [she intends] to do so". On July 31, 2018, NBC announced that Hardwick would return as host of The Wall following its own investigation. On August 10, 2018, his name

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456-599: The Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul . He is also known for performing with Mike Phirman in the musical comedy duo Hard 'n Phirm , as well as hosting Singled Out , Wired Science , and Web Soup , the voice of Glowface on The X's , and the voice of Otis the Cow in Back at the Barnyard . Christopher Ryan Hardwick was born in Louisville, Kentucky , on November 23, 1971,

494-733: The second-season premiere of The Walking Dead . When the series returned on February 10, 2013, from the season three mid-season finale, the series moved to 10:00 pm, directly following The Walking Dead and expanded to one hour. Hardwick stated that having the show go an hour as opposed to half an hour allowed more "breathing room" and more time to discuss the topics with the guests/fans. Producers that were regular guests of Talking Dead include: creator of The Walking Dead Robert Kirkman , seasons 2–3 showrunner Glen Mazzara , director and executive producer Greg Nicotero , executive producer Gale Anne Hurd , and seasons 4–8 showrunner Scott M. Gimple . Guests listed after "with" were surprise guests for

532-526: The "Nerdist" podcast, which he hosts with Jonah Ray and Matt Mira . The podcast was named one of 2010's best by The A.V. Club and one of the 10 best comedy podcasts by Rolling Stone . In May 2011, Hardwick signed a contract with BBC America to host a pilot of a panel talk show for the network based on the podcast. The pilot also included Hardwick doing intros and outros for BBC America's new Saturday-night Ministry of Laughs comedy block of Britcoms. In 2011, Hardwick began hosting Talking Dead ,

570-643: The 2009 Rob Zombie animated movie The Haunted World of El Superbeasto . Hardwick announced plans to do a live stand-up album from his 2009 tour. He has toured as a featured comedian for Joel McHale . In 2010, he appeared as a stand-up comic on John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show twice. In the same year, Hardwick performed on the Comedy Central show The Benson Interruption . On February 17, 2012, Hardwick filmed Mandroid , his first one-hour stand-up special for Comedy Central in New York City. Jonah Ray

608-478: The Machines . In 2010, he was featured in the film The Mother of Invention . He made guest appearances on such shows as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Married... with Children , Boy Meets World and Zoey 101 , and was a guest commentator on VH1's I Love the '90s , which aired in 2005. He appeared as a television host on hip hop group Little Brother 's 2005 album, The Minstrel Show . Hardwick

646-415: The audience, Facebook , Twitter , or from the official Talking Dead website. After the on-air episode ends, a bonus 15– 20-minute segment continues online for the 30-minute episodes; there would be a bonus 5- to 10-minute online segment for the 60-minute episodes; Hardwick refers to this bonus segment as "Talking Talking Dead". The series premiered on October 16, 2011, following the encore presentation of

684-472: The cast appear after the episode in which their characters were killed (for example, Laurie Holden for "Welcome to the Tombs"). Recognizing that this may spoil viewers, the show now tries its best to avoid this, though the trend still appears from time to time. Notably Emily Kinney was not announced as the guest actor for the episode following "Coda" until the program's airtime due to her character's sudden death at

722-707: The contract with Legendary came to an end in 2017. Hardwick voiced Alexander Hamilton in The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd and Otis the Cow in the Barnyard series (originally voiced by Kevin James in the film Barnyard ). He provided the voice for Green Arrow/Oliver Queen on The Batman and Lego Dimensions , Glowface in The X's , and Sokka in The Legend of Korra , as well as voice work for The Minstrel Show from

760-405: The end of the accompanying episode. Talking Dead also began airing after episodes of Fear the Walking Dead ' s second season, which premiered on April 10, 2016. On July 13, 2018, it was announced that longtime guest Yvette Nicole Brown would temporarily take over Hardwick's role as host for Talking Dead beginning on August 5 for The Walking Dead season 9 preview special. The decision

798-556: The end of the show. On the first half of season 3 of Talking Dead , the "Kill of the Week" feature was included; in addition, the show took questions from the studio audience. In season 3 of Talking Dead , "fan of the week" was introduced for fans who used the "Dead Yourself" mobile app. The show also introduced "Survival Tips", which gave tips on how to survive if a hypothetical zombie apocalypse really happened. Season 5 began showcasing fan art. The series became known for often having members of

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836-399: The episode. Robert Kirkman and Greg Nicotero have the most appearances of any crew member at 10 episodes each. Lauren Cohan is the most featured cast member with 7 episodes. Yvette Nicole Brown is the outside guest with the most appearances at 10 episodes. On three of the episodes at the end of season 2 of Talking Dead , musicians featured on The Walking Dead' s soundtrack performed at

874-435: The firm Loeb & Loeb, who has considerable experience in this area, Chris Hardwick will return to AMC as the host of Talking Dead and Talking with Chris Hardwick . We take these matters very seriously and given the information available to us after a very careful review, including interviews with numerous individuals, we believe returning Chris to work is the appropriate step." An executive producer and several staffers left

912-403: The music comedy duo Hard 'n Phirm , whose half-hour comedy special Comedy Central Presents: Hard 'n Phirm premiered in January 2008. In 2004, Comedy Central used some of his material for an animated series called Shorties Watchin' Shorties . In 2007, both his solo standup and duo act were featured on the comedy compilation CD Comedy Death Ray . Hard 'n Phirm completed several songs for

950-479: The network's zombie drama series The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead , as well as Talking with Chris Hardwick , a show in which Hardwick interviews prominent pop culture figures, and The Wall , a plinko -inspired gameshow on NBC, Hardwick created Nerdist Industries , operator of the Nerdist Podcast Network and home of his podcast The Nerdist Podcast , which later left the network and

988-771: The rap group Little Brother, and narration for the introduction video for the Flash animation game George Plimpton's Video Falconry . Between May 2013 and July 2016, he voiced "Craig the Snake" on Sanjay and Craig . He also voiced the character Vaughn in Telltale Games 's Tales from the Borderlands , reprising his role in the Borderlands 2 DLC Commander Lilith and the Fight for Sanctuary and in Borderlands 3 . In 2017, Hardwick guest-voiced

1026-443: The show due to the decision to allow his return. In June 2019, it was confirmed that Talking Dead would not be broadcast after every episode of Fear the Walking Dead ' s fifth season. An episode was broadcast following the season premiere, and it returned after the mid-season finale of Fear the Walking Dead . AMC officially counts the first season of Talking Dead as season 2 and each subsequent season one number higher than

1064-549: The son of Billy Hardwick (1941–2013), a professional ten-pin bowler , and Sharon Hills (née Facente), a real estate agent in Pasadena, California. His maternal grandfather was Italian-American, and opened a bowling alley where Hardwick's parents first met. Hardwick was raised in his mother's Roman Catholic faith. At age four, he met comedian Joan Rivers and they became lifelong friends. Hardwick grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, where he

1102-403: The syndicated dating show Shipmates . From October through December 2007, Hardwick hosted the weekly series Wired Science on PBS, while writing for Wired magazine. On June 7, 2009, he became the host of G4 's Web Soup , a spinoff of E! 's The Soup . Hardwick had previously guest-hosted The Soup ' s predecessor, Talk Soup . Since February 2010, Hardwick has been producing

1140-694: The two married on August 20, 2016, in Pasadena, California. In August 2021, they announced that they were expecting their first child together. On January 29, 2022, they announced the arrival of their daughter. Hardwick, his wife Lydia Hearst , and their daughter currently live in Los Feliz, Los Angeles . He also owns a residence in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles . Hardwick's ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra published an essay on Medium on June 14, 2018, in which she alleged that she had been subjected to emotional and sexual abuse by an unnamed ex-boyfriend, and claimed that she

1178-745: The villain Klaxxon for a special episode of Futurama released on the Nerdist podcast. In 1993, Hardwick hosted the MTV game show Trashed , in which contestants would answer trivia questions or risk some of their belongings being destroyed. From 1995 to 1998, he co-hosted with Jenny McCarthy the MTV dating game show Singled Out , in which the main contestant selects from a pool of 50 people based on their attributes without seeing them. While working on Singled Out , he met fellow MTV personality Jacinda Barrett , to whom he became engaged but never married. Later, he hosted

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1216-556: Was his unaired opener. The special aired on Comedy Central on November 10, 2012, and was well received. Extended and uncensored DVD, CD, and digital versions were released January 22, 2013. Hardwick has said his influences include Steve Martin , George Carlin , Richard Pryor , Sam Kinison , Rodney Dangerfield , Bill Hicks , Emo Philips , and Bill Cosby . Hardwick is a recovering alcoholic and says he has been sober since October 2003. A former co-worker said that Hardwick "replaced his alcoholism with workaholism ". Hardwick

1254-494: Was made to replace Hardwick because AMC was completing their assessment related to Hardwick who was accused of sexual harassment by his ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra . On July 25, AMC announced that Hardwick would be reinstated as host beginning with the August 12 broadcast, and that Brown would guest host the August 5 broadcast. AMC made the following statement, "Following a comprehensive assessment by AMC, working with Ivy Kagan Bierman of

1292-432: Was previously engaged to model and actress Jacinda Barrett , and had a relationship with actress Andrea Savage . In 2004, he started a relationship with actress and comedian Janet Varney and they were together for seven years until their separation in 2011. Shortly after, he would go on to date Chloe Dykstra (from late 2011 to July 2014). He became engaged to model and actress Lydia Hearst on September 12, 2015, and

1330-532: Was renamed to ID10T with Chris Hardwick . His podcast has broadcast 1,000 episodes as of December 2019. From 2011, he hosted the BBC America Britcom block Ministry of Laughs . From 2013 to 2017, he hosted @midnight with Chris Hardwick , a nightly comedy-game show series on Comedy Central . In 2013, he hosted Talking Bad , a live half-hour talk show on AMC following the final eight episodes of Breaking Bad . From 2016, he hosted Talking Saul for

1368-539: Was returned to Nerdist's website after their own investigation. 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards The 67th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 12, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles . The event was broadcast in the U.S. by FXX on September 19, 2015. The ceremony was in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and

1406-503: Was subject to career blacklisting in retaliation for ending the relationship. The essay did not name the abuser, but the timing and several key details led readers to conclude it was Hardwick. In response, Nerdist removed all mentions of Hardwick from its website while AMC announced that further episodes of Talking with Chris Hardwick would be pulled. Hardwick also stepped away from moderating all AMC and BBC America panels at San Diego Comic-Con . On July 25, 2018, AMC announced that

1444-533: Was the 1983 Memphis City Junior High Chess Champion. He later attended St. Benedict at Auburndale before moving to Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado , and spent his senior year at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. He studied philosophy at UCLA , where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity during his freshman year and graduated in 1993. He was roommates with Wil Wheaton , whom he had met at

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