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| Conversations with Maria Menounos | |
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| Presentation | |
| Genre | TV/Talk show |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Daily |
| Length | Approx. 1 Hour |
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| Audio format | MP3 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | May 13, 2013 Creators: Keven Undergaro & Maria Menounos – present |
| Website | ConversationsWithMaria.com |
Conversations with Maria Menounos is an interview series featuring Maria Menounos.
Conversations with Maria Menounos is produced by Menounos’ own production company Underman/ Omegagirl Productions along with husband Keven Undergaro and AfterBuzz TV Executive Producer Phil Svitek.
Following the success of AfterBuzz TV, Menounos and producer Undergaro decided to create an interview series with celebrities. Undergaro states,
“I listened to an interview with Dick Cavett on Alec Baldwin's podcast, and in the interview Dick stated that there was a time when the networks needed tapes to record on so they would reuse a lot of his tapes which had interviews with major celebrities of the time. All those great interviews are now lost. Maria and I felt with so many celebrities in today's era, their stories needed to be captured and preserved for decades to come.”
Episodes of Conversations with Maria Menounos are pre-recorded and then released through the show's website, iTunes and YouTube. Each episode features a guest from the entertainment industry with a strong following or social influence. Each interview lasts typically between 45 minutes to an hour and half. Additional content for the web series includes behind the scenes moments with Menounos and her guests.
Segments from the episodes are often featured on both Extra and ExtraTV.com.
The first episode, featuring Zoe Saldana, became the #1 podcast on iTunes.
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