Live broadcast platform YouNow is set to pilot a brand new content format — its first-ever multi-camera weekly talk show. Beginning tonight, the live and unscripted series, titled BS+Glory, will air every Thursday evening at 9 p.m.
Hosted by multimedia artist and entrepreneur Netic Grant and sports and entertainment marketing veteran Phil Reese, BS+Glory will cover an array of topics, including entertainment, sports, business, technology, and the arts. In addition to its casual and conversational format, the live nature of the show will enable viewers to interact with Grant, Reese, and guests in real-time.
BS+Glory’s first guest will be Josh Saviano, best known for his role on the famed comedy-drama The Wonder Years. Future guests will be announced on a week-to-week basis — though several notable personalities appeared on a pilot episode, including former Duke basketball star Jay Williams, Super Bowl champion Ryan Grant, Olympic medalist Lauren Sesselmann, and the investigative reporter Michael O’Keeffe. BS+Glory’s launch sponsor is Five Four Club, a men’s subscription fashion service.
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The series is the creation of Strapped Poets, a content company founded by Grant, Reese, and Saviano, which describes BS+Glory on its website as “equal parts Real Time with Bill Maher and The View, shaken violently, then poured on the rocks with a long splash of Rage Against The Machine and garnished with George Carlin.”
The series “joins a growing group of media brands who regularly use the YouNow platform,” said YouNow’s VP of business development and product strategy, Yonatan Sela, in a statement, “recognizing it as the place to have the most engaging, immersive interaction with young millennial and Gen Z audiences.” YouNow says it clocks 100 million user sessions per month and 150,000 live broadcasts every day.
Check out a short trailer for BS+Glory below:
