Billy Eichner, host of Fuse's comedy game show Billy on the Street, received a much-deserved Emmy nomination yesterday. Eichner was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Game Show Host," despite the fact that his show airs at night (the Primetime Emmys don't have a category for game shows, so all game show people receive recognition by the Daytime Emmys). Billy on the Street, which is produced by Funny or Die, features Eichner ambushing New York pedestrians with silly trivia questions and challenges. In March, the series wrapped up its second season on cable network Fuse, featuring guest appearances from Will Ferrell, Maya Rudolph, Rashida Jones, and Zachary [...]
Will Ferrell is guest starring on tonight's episode of Funny Or Die's Billy on the Street (which he also produces). It airs at 10/9c on Fuse, but you can watch this preview clip of his face-off with host Billy Eichner, which is sure to be the television event of the year.
Mark Pearl Harbor Day down on your calendar this year because Season 2 of Funny or Die's Billy on the Street is debuting on December 7th, reports The New York Times. The Fuse network game show, in which host Billy Eichner bombards people on the street with pop culture trivia questions, will have a 12-episode second season featuring big-name guest stars like Funny or Die co-founder Will Ferrell, Maya Rudolph, Nick Kroll, Zachary Quinto, Rachel Dratch, and by accident, Larry from Three's Company.
Here's Billy Eichner on Conan last night, covering the election but getting distracted by news of Madonna coming to town:
Billy Eichner did a report for Conan on the big Madonna concert in Indiannapolis this weekend, but a lot of the people attending – even the ones who call themselves "giant fans" – didn't even seem to CARE that she was performing. Plus, the big guys everyone was interviewing were in some kind of locker room for the entire performance. This country really needs to work on its apathy problem. (Side note: The lady who shows up at 0:44 sounds exactly like Vanessa Bayer's impression of Miley Cyrus. "Madonna? Oh, yeah, I like her. She's pretty cool.")
The first full look at Funny or Die's Billy on the Street, the game show on Fuse is here. Much as I don't usually enjoy man-on-the-street interviews, pop culture, or quizzes, Billy Eichner makes the combination not so bad. His frantic intensity makes it seem like he's doing something much more important and time-sensitive than asking strangers questions about pop culture! Watch him foist deep-fryers on unsuspecting citizens and tells teenage girls to shut up and see if you agree.
