New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Celebrity rap battle series Drop the Mic and classic game show reboot
Snoop Dogg Presents The Joker's Wild will return to television on Wednesday, January 23rd at 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT) respectively, on TNT. Both shows will encore the following night each week on TBS.
The move to TNT will pair each series with the network's significant sports audience. Drop the Mic is no stranger to sports stars, having featured notable athletes such as Shaquille O'Neal, Rob Gronkowski, Michael
Bennett and Odell Beckham Jr.
Snoop Dogg Presents The Joker's Wild has also featured several athletes including Antonio Brown, Julian Edelman and Dana White, in addition to cameos by Michael Strahan who is an executive producer on the show.
Drop the Mic is based on the popular segment from the Emmy® winning and viral hit The Late Late Show with
James Corden. Hosted by
Method Man and Hailey Bieber, the competition show features celebrities from entertainment, music, sports and pop culture against each other in a jaw-dropping rap battle. At the end of each head-to-head match, the studio audience votes to help determine the winner, but the final decision is up to Method Man.
The series, which has received over half a billion social media views to date and the largest fan footprint of all TBS and TNT originals, will return with epic face-offs includingLonzo Ball vs. T-Pain, Mark Cuban vs. Rusev and Lana, Taran Killam vs. Rob Riggle, Boy
George vs. Laverne Cox,
Kevin Smith vs. Jason Mewes, The Muppets Matchupwhich includes Miss Piggy and Beaker battling against Kermit the Frog and Pepé the King Prawn, Jack Osbourne vs.
Kelly Osbourne, Lost Reunion
Battle with
Daniel Dae Kim, Josh Holloway and Harold Perrineau, Glee Reunion
Battle featuring
Amber Riley, Harry Shum Jr. and Becca Tobin against
Kevin McHale, Jenna Ushkowitz andHeather Morris,
Kat Graham vs. Shameik Moore,
Danielle Brooks vs. Jussie Smollett,Jason Mitchell vs. Adina Porter, Mike Colter vs. NE-YO, Mel B vs. La La Anthony,Christina Milian vs. Ashlee Simpson, Jason Biggs vs. Eddie Kaye Thomas,
David Faustino vs. Joey Lawrence,
Nikki Glaser vs. Brad Williams, The New Day vs. SWVand
Clay Aiken vs. Ian Ziering.
Drop the Mic is produced by CBS Television Studios and Fulwell 73 Productions.
James Corden, Ben Winston, Jensen Karp and
Joanna Gallagher serve as executive producers.
Snoop Dogg Presents The Joker's Wild is a Snoop-i-fied version of the classic game show set in Snoop Dogg's very own casino, which includes an oversized slot machine, giant dice and playing cards. Snoop has brought his friends back for all new categories, with cameos by Ice Cube, Hannibal Buress, Antonio Brown, Julian Edelman, Michael Strahan, Wiz Khalifa, Paris Jackson, Busy Philipps, G-Eazy, Cheech & Chong, Biz Markie, Bill Nye and Xzibit.
Snoop Dogg Presents The Joker's Wild is produced by Sony
Pictures Television, in association with Turner's Studio T.
Snoop Dogg serves as executive producer along with two-time Emmy® winner, Super Bowl
Champion and Good Morning,
America co-host Michael Strahan. Also executive-producing are
Vincent Rubino, Constance Schwartz-Morini for SMAC Entertainment and Ted Chung for Merry Jane.
About TNT
TNT is basic cable's #1 network in primetime with young adults and is home to one of cable's most popular slates of original series, including The Alienist, Animal Kingdom, Claws, the upcoming I Am the Night, Snowpiercer, Tell Me Your Secrets, Raised by Wolves and The
Angel of Darkness. TNT also presents popular shows such as Arrow, Supernatural, Bones and Castle; primetime specials, such as the Screen Actors Guild Awards® and the iHeartRadio
Music Awards; and championship sports coverage, including the NBA and the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.
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