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Chris Hardwick on The Nerdist TV Series Jan 6th 2013, 23:52 Late last month it was revealed that BBC America has ordered a full season of Chris Hardwick's The Nerdist, marking an expansion of the one-off specials they have done with the comedian, podcaster and host. Hardwick has made a name for himself online with his Nerdist YouTube channel, iTunes podcast and, more recently, as the host of AMC's The Walking Dead aftershow: The Talking Dead. Hardwick was on hand at this week's TCA (Television Critics Association) tour to talk about bringing the podcast to weekly TV, his goals for the show and the rise of nerd culture. "We did a handful of specials that were sort of an inflated version of the podcast, and then when we started talking about what would it look like as a series, we said, 'well, you know, we sort of experimented with a slightly a turbo version of the podcast, but let's make it more like a hangout show, more like a talk show, more like a variety show,'" Hardwick said of the show's structure. Continue reading… Media files: nerdist_chris_harwick.jpg (image/jpeg)

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