Netflix is once again looking to YouTube to expand its progamming roster.
The streamer has picked up Hot Ones: Extra Heat, an extension of the popular YouTube talk show in which host Sean Evans asks a celebrity guest a series of deeply researched questions while they both eat increasingly spicy chicken wings. Extra Heat will be a series of specials that stream from the locations of Netflix live events. The first episode will debut after baseball’s Home Run Derby on July 13.
The first guests on Hot Ones: Extra Heat will be Will Ferrell, Fortune Feimster and Jimmy Tatro — who star in Netflix’s forthcoming comedy series The Hawk.
“As a student of the late-night genre, I’m obsessed with the art of the interview and believe that these conversations warrant a level of scale and spectacle that sometimes can’t be contained by a studio,” Evans said in a statement. “It’s exciting to partner with Netflix to continue to break new ground with the format, while keeping the core of what fans love about Hot Ones firmly intact.”
The main Hot Ones show, which has produced more than 400 episodes since premiering in 2015, will remain on YouTube. So will spinoffs Hot Ones Versus and Hot Ones Wing Pong. All shows in the franchise are produced by First We Feast.
“First We Feast has a decade-plus track record of delivering fresh interview formats and break-through moments with celebrities,” said Hot Ones co-creator and First We Feast CEO Chris Schonberger. “It’s a thrill to continue to push the envelope with Netflix and bring the power of Hot Ones to some of the biggest, most culturally impactful moments on the service.”
Evans, Chris Schonberger, Sarah Honda, Aaron Cooke and showrunner K.P. Anderson will executive produce Hot Ones: Extra Heat.
