The Grid (American TV series)

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The Grid
Genre
Presented by Jesse Thorn
Starring
  • Jesse Thorn
  • Marisa Pinson
  • Jordan Morris
  • Kulap Vilaysack
  • Vince Mancini
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time15 minutes
Release
Original network IFC
Original releaseSeptember 9, 2010 (2010-09-09) 
present
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The Grid, hosted by podcasting and public radio host Jesse Thorn, is an American fifteen-minute weekly rundown of what is trending in indie culture. Each week on IFC, The Grid recommends movies, music, games, and gadgets of interest. Joining Jesse are an array of up-and-coming comedians, offering their own opinions on what is trending now. The Grid aired every Thursday at 7:45 p.m. EST, 4:45 PST on IFC. Various segments from the week's episode can be viewed online at IFC.com [1] and on social networking websites.

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Production

The Grid premiered on IFC on September 9, 2010 [2] The program's executive producer is Michael B. Pressman, and the producer is Michelle Von Wald. Each episode is written by Joshua Weiner.

Although Jesse Thorn is the only correspondent to appear on every episode, he did not become the host until episode 104. The first two episodes were hosted by Alex Berg, and the third was hosted by correspondent Sarah Lane. Other correspondents included Alonso Duralde, Whitney Pastorek, Kat Lyn, Ryan Downey, [3] Taylor Orci and Shira Lazar. The director of these episodes was Lew Abramson.

Beginning with episode 111, Michael B. Pressman took over as the show's director and the show's regular correspondents became those listed below.

Correspondents

Crew

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References

  1. http://www.ifc.com/the-grid/video.php
  2. Locker, Melissa "Welcome to The Grid - IFC Now - Blogs", IFC.com, September 9, 2010.
  3. "The Grid: MARINA & THE DIAMONDS – IFC". www.ifc.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-04.