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 origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Kid Fury Crissle West Chloe Pisello Jonathan Martin Richard Allen-Turner Jon Thoday |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Avalon Television |
Original release | |
Network | Fuse |
Release | October 11 – December 20, 2019 |
Related | |
The Read |
The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle West is an American talk and variety television show. It is a televised adaptation of the pop culture podcast The Read and features the podcast's hosts, Kid Fury and Crissle West. The series premiered on October 11, 2019, on Fuse. [1]
On March 13, 2019, it was announced that the podcast The Read would be adapted into a television series. The show was part of a slate of 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, with Kid Fury and Crissle West serving as the show's hosts and executive producers. [2]
The series had a 30-minute runtime and featured recurring segments from the podcast, including The Read and Hot Tops. Several episodes also featured special guests. [2] [3]
On August 14, 2019, it was announced that the show would premiere on October 11, 2019. [4] The first season consisted of ten episodes.
The series premiered in the United States on Fuse on October 11, 2019. [3] It aired weekly in a 30-minute format and was also available for streaming on iTunes and Amazon Prime Video. [5]
Ep# [6] | Title | Airdate | Guest(s) |
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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 |