The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West

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The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West
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Genre talk show, variety show
Presented by Kid Fury and Crissle West
Theme music composer Leikeli47
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers Kid Fury
Crissle West
Chloe Pisello
Jonathan Martin
Richard Allen-Turner
Jon Thoday
ProducerAvalon Television
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network Fuse
ReleaseOctober 11 (2019-10-11) 
December 20, 2019 (2019-12-20)
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The Read

The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West is an American variety and talk show. It is a television adaptation of the pop culture podcast The Read and stars the podcast's hosts, Kid Fury and Crissle West. The series premiered on October 11, 2019 on Fuse. [1]

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Production

On March 13, 2019, it was announced that the podcast The Read would be adapted into a television show. The television show was one of several pilots released by Fuse from 2019 to 2020 that targeted diverse, millennial, and Generation Z audiences. [1]

The producers included Chloe Pisello, Jonathan Martin, Richard Allen-Turner, and Jon Thoday. Kid Fury and Crissle West served as the show's hosts and executive producers. [2]

The show has a 30-minute run-time, and features two segments that appear on the podcast, The Read and Hot Tops. Special guests appeared on several episodes. [2] [3]

On August 14, 2019, it was announced that the show would premiere on October 11, 2019. [4] The first season had ten episodes.

Broadcast

The series premiered in the United States on Fuse on October 11, 2019. [3] It appeared weekly for 30 minutes and also streamed on iTunes and Amazon Prime. [5]

Episodes

Ep# [6] TitleAirdateGuest(s)
1"They Done Gave Us A TV Show"October 11, 2019 Desus & Mero
2"The Vest Guest"October 18, 2019 DeRay Mckesson
3"Young R.E.A.D."October 25, 2019 Young M.A.
4"Missy: The Icon"November 1, 2019 Missy Elliott
5"Famous Ramos"November 8, 2019 Anthony Ramos
6"Unsolved Heterosexual Mysteries"November 15, 2019--
7"Leaning on Lena"November 22, 2019 Lena Waithe
8"Dade County Debauchery with Ts Madison"December 6, 2019 Ts Madison
9"Rae in LA"December 13, 2019 Issa Rae
10"Checking for Chika"December 20, 2019 Chika

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