Norm Macdonald Gets a Show on Netflix

Norm Macdonald will host Norm Macdonald Has a Show on Netflix. It is a talk show that will feature Adam Eget as Macdonald’s sidekick, and one celebrity guest per episode.

According to Netflix, “The show will deliver great and unexpected conversation, jokes and a behind-the-scenes look at Norm's world.”

Netflix has ordered 10 episodes. The streaming service did not offer a premiere date.

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

Macdonald’s Anchor Spud Productions is producing Norm Macdonald Has a Show, along with Pygmy Wolf Productions in association with Lionsgate Television.

Macdonald is executive producer and co-showrunner, as is Lori Jo Hoekstra. K.P. Anderson and Daniel Kellison are also executive producers.

David Letterman is the location scout for Norm Macdonald Has a Show, according to Netflix and Lionsgate.

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.