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In Bed with Joan
GenreTalk show
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes72
Production
Executive producers
Running time13 to 28 minutes
Production companyScott Sternberg Productions
Original release
Network
ReleaseMarch 5, 2013 (2013-03-05) –
August 27, 2014 (2014-August-27)
Related

In Bed With Joan is an American weekly internet and television talk show hosted by Joan Rivers from her bed in her daughter Melissa's house near Malibu, California. Each week, Rivers invited a different guest to talk to her in bed about different things including their past, their love life and their career. Episodes were approximately 20 minutes, and were aired on iTunes and YouTube until her death.

Premise

Each week, Rivers invited a different celebrity to her bed to talk with her about many things including their past, their love life and their career. Each episode started with the celebrity guest talking personally to the camera about what they expect the experience to be like, before the opening credits were then rolled. Rivers then started by saying, "Let's see who's coming out of the closet this week..." and then the guest emerged from the closet in the corner of the room. After casual conversation for the majority of the interview, they then focused on specific segments. Those were usually, 'I'm So Sorry' where the guest was given the opportunity to look into the camera and apologise to anyone they had offended or upset in the past. The next item was the opposite, called 'Sit on It and Rotate' where the celebrity insulted and really gave a piece of their mind to the people who'd been nasty and cruel to them in the past. The third and final segment was called 'Dead or Alive' where Melissa came in with flashcards with a different thing on each and the guest had to choose which one to kill and which one to keep alive (often this was between two different celebrities). The guest then finished the show by clapping the lights out.

The show was set in Rivers's room in the basement of her daughter's house in Malibu, California where she spent half her time living; the other half she spent at her apartment in New York.

Guests on the show have included Kelly Osbourne, Betsy Brandt, RuPaul and Howie Mandel. In the initial preview video, Rivers was seen in bed with Kato Kaelin, Bruce Vilanch and Chris Harrison.[1]

Death of Joan Rivers

After Rivers suffered cardiac arrest on August 28, 2014 and was put into a medically induced coma, the series was put on hiatus with unaired episodes still to be broadcast. Since her death on September 4, 2014, it is not known whether any of the unaired interviews will be released. As of 2022, the remaining episodes were never released.

Episodes

Episode Original air date Guest
1 March 5, 2013 Sarah Silverman
2 March 12, 2013 Nick Kroll
3 March 19, 2013 Kelly Osbourne
4 March 26, 2013 Belinda Carlisle
5 April 2, 2013 Adam Pally
6 April 9, 2013 Margaret Cho
7 April 16, 2013 Anthony Jeselnik
8 April 23, 2013 RuPaul
9 April 30, 2013 Ed Weeks
10 May 7, 2013 Gary Busey
11 May 14, 2013 Kate Flannery
12 May 21, 2013 Tichina Arnold
13 May 28, 2013 Ellie Kemper
14 June 4, 2013 Marc Maron
15 June 18, 2013 Gabriel Iglesias
16 June 26, 2013 Tom Green
17 July 3, 2013 Redfoo
18 July 9, 2013 Aisha Tyler
19 July 16, 2013 Penn Jillette
20 July 23, 2013 Jim Rash
21 August 3, 2013 Howie Mandel
22 August 6, 2013 Bill Engvall
23 August 13, 2013 Alyssa Milano
24 August 20, 2013 Betsy Brandt
25 August 28, 2013 Theo Von
26 September 4, 2013 Lance Bass
27 September 10, 2013 Kevin Nealon
28 September 17, 2013 Carmen Electra
29 September 24, 2013 Jeff Garlin
30 October 2, 2013 Jessie James and Eric Decker
31 October 8, 2013 Tabatha Coffey
32 October 15, 2013 Russell Peters
33 October 22, 2013 Eric Andre
34 October 29, 2013 Deon Cole
35 November 5, 2013 Kris Jenner
36 November 13, 2013 Rob Delaney
37 November 19, 2013 Dan Bucatinsky
38 December 3, 2013 Paul Scheer
39 December 10, 2013 Billy Eichner
40 December 17, 2013 Jen Kirkman
41 January 15, 2014 Shiri Appleby
42 January 21, 2014 Justine Ezarik
43 January 28, 2014 Reza Farahan
44 February 4, 2014 Loni Love
45 February 11, 2014 Bonnie McKee
46 February 19, 2014 Paul Rodriguez
47 February 25, 2014 George Kotsiopoulos
48 (Part 1) March 4, 2014 Kathy Griffin
48 (Part 2) March 11, 2014 Kathy Griffin and Aubrey Plaza
49 March 19, 2014 Jeff Ross
50 March 26, 2014 Chris Hardwick
51 April 2, 2014 Michaela Watkins
52 April 9, 2014 Bob Saget
53 April 16, 2014 Patti Stanger
54 April 22, 2014 Jenna Marbles
55 April 29, 2014 Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair
56 May 7, 2014 Bart Baker and KingBach
57 May 14, 2014 Greg Fitzsimmons
58 May 21, 2014 Mamrie Hart
59 May 28, 2014 Tom Papa
60 June 4, 2014 Hannah Hart
61 June 11, 2014 Jason Biggs
62 June 18, 2014 Meghan McCain
63 June 25, 2014 T. J. Miller
64 July 2, 2014 Derek Waters
65 July 9, 2014 Scott Aukerman
66 July 16, 2014 Brett Gelman
67 July 23, 2014 Grace Helbig
68 July 30, 2014 Brittany Furlan
69 August 6, 2014 Candace Cameron Bure
70 August 13, 2014 Tyler Oakley
71 August 20, 2014 Bianca Del Rio
72 August 27, 2014 LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian

References