EXCLUSIVE: The Earliest Show‘s revival has added some big-name guest stars.
Chris Pratt, Sarah Silverman, Gillian Jacobs, Nicole Byer, Lamorne Morris, K Callan, Mary Holland, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Majeed Nami, Jillian Bell, Tawny Newsome, Gil Ozeri, Nate Smith, Drew Tarver and Samara Weaving have all been confirmed to guest opposite Ben Schwartz and Lauren Lapkus in the Earliest Show‘s TV adaptation.
As we reported last week, Kevin Carroll, Ryan Gaul, Henry Winkler and Brandon Scott Jones will also appear in the show, which is being produced independently of a network or streamer.
Amplify Pictures and Stay Tuned are fully co-financing the indie series, using the former’s business model of greenlighting series without having traditional distribution in place to allow creators more of a stake in, and creative control over, their projects. Irony Point and Funny or Die are also attached.
Tawny Newsome, Drew Tarver, K Callan, Gil Ozeri, Drew Tarver, Nate Smith, Samara Weaving, Mary Holland and Majeed Nami
Don Williams, Phil Chester and Sara Byrne, Nick Toren, Josh Telles, Jessica Franz
The show will see Schwartz and Lauren Lapkus reprise their Emmy-nominated roles from the original cult comedy digital series, which launched on Funny or Die in 2016. Schwartz is writing and directing all episodes, with heand Lapkus serving as executive producers. The Earliest Show is a comedic look behind the scenes at the earliest live morning show in upstate New York, hosted by Josh Bath (Schwartz) and Samantha Newman (Lapkus).
Further executive producers include Amplify’s Joe Lewis, Rachel Eggebeen, Colin King Miller and Luke Esselen; Kenny Neibart, Doug Banker and Barry Kotler through Stay Tuned; Daniel Powell and Alex Bach of Irony Point, who are overseeing physical production; and Funny or Die’s Ricardo Martinez, Ben Gigli and Jessica Renick.
Of the guest stars, Jillian Bell is repped by 3 Arts and CAA; Nicole Byer by WME, Artist First and Yorn Levine; K Callan by AMT Artists; Mary Holland by Atlas Artists, Paradigm Talent Agency, Ziffren Brittenham; Gillian Jacobs by Authentic, WME and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Shikora & Clark, Inc; Kerri Kenney-Silver by Gersh Agency and Artists First; Lamorne Morris: Morris by CAA, Entertainment 360 and The Lede Company; Majeed Nami by British American Talent; Tawny Newsome by CAA and Artists First; Gil Ozeri by UTA; Chris Pratt by UTA, Rise Management, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; Sarah Silverman by UTA, MGMT Entertainment and Ziffren Law; Nate Smith by Artists First and Ziffren Brittenham; Drew Tarver by UTA, Constellation Media Group, Myman Greenspan and ID PR; and Samara Weaving by 111 Media, CAA, JSSK and SSM&L.
