Series synopsis
Newsreaders is an American news comedy television series that premiered on Adult Swim on January 17, 2013. It ended on February 13, 2015. It was created by David Wain, Rob Corddry. It stars Alan Tudyk, Mather Zickel, David Wain and Ray Wise.
Newsreaders is a quarter-hour format American television comedy that lampoons the news magazine genre. The series is a spinoff of the Adult Swim show Childrens Hospital and stars Mather Zickel as Louis LaFonda, the host of the fictional news magazine Newsreaders.
Premise
Newsreaders is a quarter-hour format American television comedy that lampoons the news magazine genre. The series is a spinoff of the Adult Swim show Childrens Hospital and stars Mather Zickel as Louis LaFonda, the host of the fictional news magazine Newsreaders.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Alan Tudyk as Reagan Biscayne
- Mather Zickel as Louis LaFonda
- David Wain as Jim Davidson
- Ray Wise as Skip Reming
Guest cast
- Keir Gilchrist as Ben Hayflack Age 18
- Matthew Atkinson as Zack Frost
- Noah Centineo as Josh
- Kaylee Kaneshiro as Madison Jordan
- Tom Virtue as Lawyer
- Pamela Dunlap as Neena Nerny
- Thomas Lennon as Pritchard Batchman
- David Hasselhoff as David Hasselhoff
- Kate Walsh as Kate Walsh
- Malin Åkerman as Ingrid Hagerstown
- Beth Dover as Sadee Deenus
- Dan Bakkedahl as Vic Traymore
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 24 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | January 17, 2013 | March 21, 2013 |
| Season 2 | 14 | October 23, 2014 | February 13, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auto Erotic | January 17, 2013 |
| 2 | Hedge Fun | January 24, 2013 |
| 3 | Hair Razing | January 31, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
F-Dancing, Are You Decent? Amir LaRussa looks at a new dance trend that has school officials threatening to cancel the prom. And are you a racist? Clavis Kim answers that question. |
October 23, 2014 |
| 2 |
Motorboating Dads; The Negative $100,000 Question Sadee Deenus looks at a controversial new parenting trend and Reagan Biscayne exposes the dirty secrets of television game shows. |
October 30, 2014 |
| 3 |
The Journey of an iPhone; Restaurant Plague Xandra Dent traces the path the iPhone takes from mines to your pocket and Amir LaRussa reports on a hot new kind of theme restaurant. |
November 6, 2014 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Adult Swim |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 17, 2013 |
| Last aired | February 13, 2015 |
| Runtime | 15 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 00:00:00 |