Norm Macdonald Talk Show Debuts on Netflix Sept. 14

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Norm Macdonald Has a Show, featuring comedian Macdonald in the title role, premieres on Netflix Sept. 14. Macdonald’s guests will include Drew Barrymore, David Spade, Judge Judy Sheindlin, David Letterman, Jane Fonda, Chevy Chase, M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Keaton and Lorne Michaels.

Netflix has signed on for ten episodes, all which launch Sept. 14.

Adam Eget will be Macdonald’s sidekick.

Macdonald and Lori Jo Hoekstra are co-showrunners and executive producers. Other exec producers are K.P. Anderson and Daniel Kellison.

David Letterman is listed as a location scout.

Macdonald was on Saturday Night Live from 1993 to 1998, and anchored Weekend Update.

The show is filmed at Sunset Bronson Studios in Los Angeles. Macdonald’s Anchor Spud Productions produces, along with Pygmy Wolf Productions in association with Lionsgate Television.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.