Brand X with Russell Brand
| Brand X with Russell Brand | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy Satire |
| Format | Stand up comedy Late-night talk show |
| Created by | Russell Brand, Troy Miller |
| Written by | Russell Brand, Mason Steinberg, Fred Belford, Jeff Cesario. |
| Directed by | Troy Miller |
| Starring | Russell Brand Matthew Stoller (Season 1) Steve Jones (Season 2) |
| Theme music composer | Slash (Season 1) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Russell Brand[1] Troy Miller[1] Nik Linnen[1] John Noel |
| Producer(s) | Matt Magielnicki A J Diantonio |
| Editor(s) | Kabir Akhtar Noah Rosenstein |
| Location(s) | various[1] |
| Running time | 22 minutes (Season 1) 44 mins (Season 2)[1] |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | FX |
| Picture format | 720p (HDTV) |
| Original run | June 28, 2012 – present |
| External links | |
| Official Site | |
Brand X with Russell Brand is an American late-night talk show, stand up comedy television series that premiered on FX on June 28, 2012, starring British comedian Russell Brand and created by Brand and Troy Miller. [2]
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Season 1 format [edit]
For the first half of season 1 (2012), there weren't any guests, just an extended monolog with three loosely connected topics. Brand was accompanied on stage by his political analyst Matthew Stoller in season 1. In later episodes, a celebrity guest appeared for two segments, the first of which was an interview and the second of which was Brand and the guest giving an audience member advice about a problem they asked about. In the second half of season 1, Brand added the segment "Totally Unacceptable Opinion", which featured people from hate groups such as the Westboro Baptist Church, and Brand argued with them about their controversial beliefs, then brought out some of the types of people whom they hate (for example, a group of homosexuals) for a debate.
Second season changes [edit]
FX renewed the series on November 27 for a 13-episode second season, which began on February 7, 2013 and expanded to an hour-long format broadcast live. The "Totally Unacceptable Opinion" segment was dropped and Stoller was effectively replaced as sideman by Steve Jones, founding member and guitarist of the Sex Pistols. In addition to providing brief guitar accompaniment leading into and out of commercial breaks, Jonesy's punk credentials and congenial on-air manner from years as Los Angeles Indie 103 radio DJ/host proved a far better fit for occasional banter with fellow Brit Brand.[3]
Reception [edit]
The first episode gained largely negative reviews,[4] with Mary McNamara of the LA Times commenting that, "If nothing else, Brand has overestimated his own ability to riff on the news, or rather the audience's interest in his riff. More experienced "talk show" stars, from Leno to Colbert, approach the half-hour with a bit more humility; they do not try to sustain it with monologue alone."[5]
Tim Goodman of the Hollywood Reporter was more positive, although he found that the half hour long time slot was "constraining".[1] According to Goodman, BrandX is "ostensibly an exercise in Brand riffing on the news" and is considered to be an attempt by Brand to bring his stand up comedy roots to a U.S. audience.[1][6]
Ben Lawrence, in the Daily Telegraph, attacked Stoller as "a lifeless presence, a colourless statistician whose main contribution is to reveal that currently, Congress is less popular than Mel Gibson."[6]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Goodman, Tim (June 28, 2012). "Review: Russell Brand Brings His Manic Genius to FX's 'BrandX'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management,' ' Louis,' And 'Strangely Uplifting' With Russell Brand Get Premiere Dates The Huffington Post, February 28, 2012
- ^ Bibel, Sara (November 27, 2012). "'Brand X With Russell Brand' and 'Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell' Renewed by FX". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
- ^ Logan, Brian. "Has Russell got the right Brand of humour for US television?". The Guardian.
- ^ Review: Russell Brand may be only one having fun on FX's 'BrandX' – latimes.com
- ^ a b Lawrence, Ben (July 3, 2012). "BrandX with Russell Brand, Sky Atlantic, review". The Daily Telegraph.
External links [edit]
- Official website
- Brand X with Russell Brand at the Internet Movie Database
- Brand X with Russell Brand at TV.com
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