In Bed with Joan

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In Bed with Joan
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Genre Talk 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 (2014-08-27)
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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.

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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.

Sarah Silverman was the first guest. Other guests on the show include Kelly Osbourne, Betsy Brandt, RuPaul and Howie Mandel.

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

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

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