Funny or Die Presents: America's Next Weatherman | |
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Genre | Reality competition |
Presented by | Matt Oberg |
Judges | Johnny Mountain Jillian Barberie |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Running time | 41 minutes |
Production companies | Funny or Die United Artists Media Group |
Original release | |
Network | TBS |
Release | August 8 – September 26, 2015 |
Funny or Die Presents: America's Next Weatherman is an American reality competition hosted by Matt Oberg on TBS. Contestants compete in various challenges based on weather forecasting, in an attempt to win $100,000, an agent, and an appearance forecasting the weather on CNN's New Day. It is produced by Funny or Die and premiered on August 8, 2015. [1]
No. | Title | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Into the Storm" | August 8, 2015 | 0.73 [2] |
2 | "Hang on, It's a Hurricane!" | August 15, 2015 | N/A |
3 | "Breaking News" | August 22, 2015 | N/A |
4 | "Screaming Producer" | August 29, 2015 | N/A |
5 | "Image is Everything" | September 5, 2015 | N/A |
6 | "Snownado!" | September 12, 2015 | N/A |
7 | "Adopt a Pet" | September 19, 2015 | N/A |
8 | "The Ultimate Cast Off" | September 26, 2015 | N/A |
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