Workaholics is a television sitcom that premiered on Comedy Central on April 6, 2011. The series is in its third season, and is predominantly written by its stars Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, and Anders Holm who play three recent college graduates, roommates, and co-workers at Telamericorp, a telemarketing company, living in Rancho Cucamonga, California.^[1] Television veteran Kevin Etten is the series' showrunner.^[2] It is a slacker comedy ^[3] with an ironic title.^[4]

Synopsis[link]

The three main characters, Blake, Adam, and Anders, were roommates in college, and continue to share a house together as they transition into adulthood. The show's action is generally confined to the main characters' house and their workplace, a cubicle the three of them share at a telemarketing company called Telamericorp.

Cast[link]

Main cast[link]

• Blake Anderson - Blake Chesterfield Henderson, the more zany and eccentric one, but at times the most sensible.^[5]
• Adam DeVine - Adam DeMamp, impulsive, impish, immature and fun-loving as well as being somewhat of a narcissist.^[5]
• Anders Holm - Anders 'Ders' Holmvik, the most responsible of the three, but also tends to be easily misled and ignorant.^[5]

Recurring cast[link]

• Maribeth Monroe - Alice Murphy, their sexually empowered boss
• Jillian Bell - Jillian Belk, Alice's assistant and office manager
• Kyle Newacheck - Karl Hevacheck, a drug-dealer and jack-off-of-all-trades, according to Blake and Adam, "the smartest guy they know" and is often referred to as "the human genius,"^[6] or "brown water trash."
• Erik Griffin - Montez Walker, an over competitive co-worker, who frequently tells the guys about his sexual life with his wife, in gross detail.

Guest stars[link]

• Chris Parnell is the CEO of the telemarketing firm who first appears in "In the Line of Getting Fired" when Adam, Blake, and Anders hit him with their car.
• Clint Howard and Rance Howard guest-starred in the episode "The Strike" as a scab hire to replace Adam and Blake.
• Marc Summers makes a cameo as himself in the episode "We Be Ballin'".
• Chris D'Elia guest-starred as a new friend in the episode "To Friend A Predator".
• Lee Reherman and Laura Kightlinger guest-starred in the episode "Muscle I'd Like to Flex".
• Mitchell Hurwitz, creator of Arrested Development, guest-starred in the episode "Dry Guys".
• Nicky Whelan guest-starred as an attractive telemarketing intern in the episode "Temp-Tress".
• Katee Sackhoff guest-starred as a homeless woman in the episode "Karl's Wedding".
• Carla Gallo guest-starred in the episode "Karl's Wedding".
• Edward Barbanell - Bradley, Alice's Down syndrome-affected brother. He is well liked by the guys and they refer to him as "B-Rad".

Episodes[link]

Production[link]

Workaholics was ordered by Comedy Central in March 2010 after a Comedy Central executive saw a series of videos the group had posted on YouTube.^[1][2][8] The pilot aired as a "TV Sneak Peek" after the March 15, 2011 debut of the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump.^[9] The program premiered its ten-episode first season on April 6, 2011, at 10:30 p.m. EDT on Comedy Central.^[10] The show was renewed for a second season to have ten episodes, and premiered on September 20, 2011.^[11] Season 3 began on May 29th 2012.^[12]

International broadcast[link]

• In Canada, the show airs on Tuesday nights at 10:30pm EDT on The Comedy Network following new episodes of Tosh.0.
• In Australia, the show airs on Wednesdays at 10:00pm on The Comedy Channel.
• In Sweden, the show airs on Sunday nights at 10:20pm on Comedy Central.
• In New Zealand, the show airs Monday nights at 9:00pm from April 9th 2012

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• In India, the show airs on Comedy Central (India)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Workaholics at the Internet Movie Database
• Workaholics at TV.com

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Chris Hardwick
Hardwick at the Louisville Palace in Louisville, Kentucky on June 19, 2009
Birth name	Christopher Ryan Hardwick
Born	(1971-11-23) November 23, 1971 (age 40) Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Medium	Stand-up, music, television, film, podcasting
Nationality	American
Years active	1991–present
Genres	Observational comedy, sarcasm, musical comedy
Subject(s)	Human behavior, self-deprecation, pop culture, nerd culture
Notable works and roles	Hard 'n Phirm Host of Singled Out Host of Wired Science Host of Web Soup Host of The Nerdist Podcast Otis in the Back at the Barnyard series Host of Talking Dead Host of BBC America's Ministry of Laughs
Website	http://www.nerdist.com/

Christopher Ryan "Chris" "Big C" Hardwick (born November 23, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian, emcee, actor, writer, musician, podcaster, television personality, and voice artist. He is best known for performing with Mike Phirman in Hard 'n Phirm, hosting Singled Out, Wired Science, Web Soup, and The Nerdist Podcast, and the current voice of Otis in Back at the Barnyard. In 2011 he began doing intros and outros for a new BBC America Britcom block, and hosting a live half-hour talk show on the AMC network, Talking Dead.

Early life[link]

Hardwick was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of former professional bowler Billy Hardwick and Sharon Hills, a real estate agent in Pasadena, California.^[1] He was named after American sportscaster Chris Schenkel.^[2] He grew up in Tennessee, attending St. Benedict at Auburndale K-12 School, then attended Regis Jesuit High School in Colorado, and then Loyola High School for his senior year.^[3]

Hardwick studied philosophy at UCLA, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity during his freshman year.^[3][4] Hardwick was roommates with Wil Wheaton for some time.^[5][6] They met at a showing of Arachnophobia in Burbank, California.^[5]

Career[link]

Hardwick was a DJ on influential Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM during the mid-1990s.^[3] In the fall of 1998, he starred in the UPN comedy Guys Like Us; the show aired 12 episodes before it was cancelled in January 1999.

He appeared in Rob Zombie's horror films House of 1000 Corpses and Halloween 2.^[3] He also made a small appearance in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. In 2010 he was featured in the film The Mother of Invention. Hardwick was in episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Married... with Children,^[3] Boy Meets World^[3] and Zoey 101. He was also a guest commentator on VH1's I Love the 90s series which aired in 2005.^[3]

He appeared as a television host on hip hop group Little Brother's 2005 album The Minstrel Show.

Hardwick plays the melodica, notably as part of Hard 'n Phirm.^[7]

Currently, Hardwick is a contributing writer for Wired magazine (since 2007), writes for Web Soup and Back at the Barnyard,^[3] and makes regular appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Chelsea Lately. As part what Hardwick calls his "nerd media empire", he runs Nerdist Theater, an entertainment space at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles.^[8]

He entered into an equity partnership with GeekChicDaily in June 2011^[9] to form Nerdist Industries.^[10]

In February 2012, GeekChicDaily fully merged with Nerdist Industries and became Nerdist News with Hardwick operating as Chief Creative Officer.^[11]

Voiceover work[link]

Hardwick voiced Alexander Hamilton in The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd and Otis in the Barnyard series (the character was originally voiced by actor Kevin James in the movie Barnyard: The Original Party Animals). He also provided the voice for Green Arrow/Oliver Queen on The Batman and was the voice of Glowface in The X's.^{[citation needed]}. Hardwick also did voice work for The Minstrel Show from the rap group Little Brother and narrated the introduction video for the flash game George Plimpton's Video Falconry.

Hosting[link]

Hardwick was first known as the host of MTV's Singled Out. While working on Singled Out, he met Jacinda Barrett, to whom he was engaged but never married. Later, he hosted the syndicated dating show Shipmates. As of October 2007^[update], he has been hosting Wired Science on PBS, writing for Wired, and works as a reviewer on Attack of the Show's "Gadget Pr0n".

On June 7, 2009, he became the host of G4's Web Soup, a spinoff of E!'s The Soup. Hardwick had previously guest hosted The Soup's predecessor, Talk Soup.^[12]

Since February 2010, he has been producing the "Nerdist" podcast, which he hosts with Jonah Ray and Matt Mira.^[13] The podcast was named one of 2010's best by The A.V. Club^[14] and one of the 10 best comedy podcasts by Rolling Stone.^[15]

In May 2011, Hardwick signed a deal with BBC America to host a pilot of a panel talk show for the network based on the podcast. The deal also included Hardwick doing intros and outros for BBC America's new Saturday night Ministry of Laughs comedy block of Britcoms.^[16]

Hardwick also hosted the 2011 SXSW Interactive Awards show in Austin, Texas.

Since 2011, Hardwick has been hosting Talking Dead, a live half-hour talk show companion series to AMC's hit series The Walking Dead. Hardwick interviews celebrity fans of The Walking Dead as well as members of its cast and crew, interacts with the studio audience, re-airs clips of the episode, plays games with and polls the viewers via the Internet, and offers exclusive clips of the next episode. The first season of Talking Dead ended on March 18, 2012.

On December 24, 2011, BBC America aired The Nerdist: The Year in Review, a comedy special hosted by Hardwick. Celebrity guests included David Tennant and Simon Pegg with Hardwick in London; and Nathan Fillion, Wil Wheaton, and Weird Al Yankovic in Los Angeles.

In May 2012, Hardwick became the spokesperson for WIRED LIVE Expo.^[17]

Stand-up comedy[link]

Hardwick in July 2011

Hardwick is also a stand-up comedian and performs with Mike Phirman in the music comedy duo Hard 'n Phirm, whose half-hour comedy special Comedy Central Presents: Hard 'n Phirm premiered in January 2008.^[18]

In 2004, Comedy Central used some of his material for an animated series called Shorties Watchin' Shorties.^[19]

In 2007, both his solo standup and duo act were featured on the comedy compilation CD Comedy Death Ray. Hard 'n Phirm completed several songs for the 2009 Rob Zombie animated movie The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Hardwick has announced plans to do a live stand-up album from his 2009 tour. He has toured as a featured comedian for Joel McHale.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Hardwick appeared as a stand-up comic on John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show twice.^{[citation needed]} In the same year, Hardwick performed on the Comedy Central show The Benson Interruption (starring Doug Benson).

On July 19, 2011, Hardwick performed for troops from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron at Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest.

On February 17, 2012, Chris Hardwick filmed a one hour stand-up special for Comedy Central in New York City. Jonah Ray was his unaired opener.^[20]

Personal life[link]

Hardwick gave up drinking alcohol in 2003.^[21] He dated singer Lisa Loeb in 2004.^[22] He was in a relationship with actress Janet Varney from 2004^[23] until 2011.^[24] Hardwick is dating Chloe Dykstra.^[25]

Filmography[link]

Television work[link]

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As himself[link]

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References[link]

External links[link]

• Chris Hardwick
• Chris Hardwick on Twitter
• Chris Hardwick at the Internet Movie Database
• "Chris Hardwick: Nerdism For Fun And Profit" at LAist.com
• Wired Science Team: Chris Hardwick

Blake Anderson is a comedian and one of the stars and creators of the Comedy Central show Workaholics. Originally from Concord, California, Anderson studied with The Groundlings and with Upright Citizens Brigade^[2] He formed the sketch-comedy group Mail Order Comedy along with Workaholics costars and co-creators Anders Holm, Adam DeVine and Kyle Newacheck.

Anderson appeared on several episodes of the Fox show Traffic Light and has had small cameos in an episode of HBO's Entourage and an episode of the Fox show House. Anderson is also a big supporter of the Hyphy hip-hop music scene in the East Bay, California area, noting Lil B as one of his favorite performers. Anderson says he is "Based 4 Life" and "Lil B is the true based God." ^[3]

On December 17, 2011, Anderson required surgery after fracturing his spine during a house party by jumping from his roof onto a beer pong table.^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website of Mail Order Comedy
• Blake Anderson at the Internet Movie Database

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Adam Devine is a comedian, actor and one of the stars and creators of the Comedy Central show Workaholics.

DeVine was born in Waterloo, Iowa^[1], but grew up in Omaha, Nebraska^[2]. He attended Fordham University studying journalism and studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, later moving to Los Angeles where he began working as a stand up comedian and actor.^[3][4]

He, along with fellow Workaholics creators Blake Anderson, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck form the sketch-comedy group Mail Order Comedy.

DeVine had a part in Mama's Boy (2007) and National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2009). He had a recurring role on the television series Samantha Who?.

Currently, Adam is filming the movie Pitch Perfect in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Adam DeVine at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website of Mail Order Comedy

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Anders Holm is a comedy writer and one of the stars and creators of the Comedy Central show Workaholics. Originally from Evanston, Illinois, Holm graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and the Second City Conservatory in L.A.^[1] He, along with fellow Workaholics creators Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine and Kyle Newacheck form the sketch-comedy group, Mail Order Comedy.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website of Mail Order Comedy
• Anders Holm at the Internet Movie Database

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