MTV Orders Late-Night Series from Comedienne Duo

'Nikki and Sara Show' to air weekly at 11 p.m.

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/14/2012 12:51:10 PM

MTV has greenlit a new late-night series starring comedians Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer, a network spokesman confirmed Thursday.

The Nikki and Sara Show will air weekly at 11 p.m. and premiere later this year. In The series will feature Glaser and Schaefer, who host the podcast You Had to Be There, telling jokes, starring in sketches, doing on-the-street interviews and hosting celebrity guests.

MTV re-entering the late-night comedy space comes as other cablers are beefing up programming in the late hours. Bravo expanded Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live to five night a week earlier this year to take on E!'s Chelsea Lately, and FX will move into the space this summer with the premiere of Brand X with Russell Brand and Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell.

The story was first reported by TV Guide magazine.