The unscripted series hosted by four teams of radio personalities will launch July 25 for six weeks on WWOR New York, KTTV Los Angeles, WTTG Washington, WAGA Atlanta, KSAZ Phoenix, WJBK Detroit and WUTB Baltimore.
‘Dish Nation’ To Premiere On 7 Fox Stations
Dish Nation, a new half-hour entertainment news program featuring the leading drive-time personalities from across the nation, will debut July 25 for a six-week run on seven Fox Television Stations. The announcement was made by Stephen Brown, SVP of Development, Twentieth Television and Frank Cicha, SVP of Programming, Fox Television Stations.
The show is described by Fox as “a fast paced, unscripted take on pop culture, celebrity scandals and salacious, headline grabbing conversations,” and will be hosted by four radio teams. Filmed daily at each of their studios, Dish Nation will highlight “the day’s most memorable and hilarious moments from their four-plus hour radio blocks.” The banter will be accompanied by animation, images and video footage.
The radio teams are:
- New York’s The Big Show with Scott & Todd on WPLJ (Scott Shannon and Todd Pettengill will celebrate their 20th anniversary on WPLJ this summer).
- Atlanta’s Rick Smiley Morning Show on WHTA, featuring standup comic and theatrical star Rick Smiley, whose eight-member team is syndicated on more than 60 radio stations
- Detroit’s Blaine & Allyson on WDVD hosted by Blaine Fowler and Allyson Martinek.
- Recording artist DJ Felli Fel of KPWR Los Angeles, the soon-to-be-announced host of MTV’s retooled series, Pimp My Ride.
Premiering July 25, Dish Nation will be presented on the Fox Television Stations in the following markets (all times local): New York (WWOR, 6 p.m.), Los Angeles (KTTV, 6:30 p.m.), Washington (WTTG, 7 p.m.), Atlanta (WAGA, midnight), Phoenix (KSAZ, 10:30 p.m.), Detroit (WJBK, midnight), and Baltimore (WUTB, 6:30 p.m.).
Dish Nation, distributed by Twentieth Television, will be produced by Bartholomew Productions.
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