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Tosh.0
Tosh.0 (/ˈtɒʃ ˌpɔɪnt ˈoʊ/ ⓘ TOSH poynt OH) is an American comedy television series that aired on Comedy Central from June 4, 2009, to November 24, 2020. The series was hosted and produced by comedian Daniel Tosh, who provided satirical commentary on online viral video clips, internet memes, social media, trending topics, society, celebrities, stereotypes, and popular culture as a whole.
The tone was based on Tosh's deliberately offensive and controversial style of black comedy, observational comedy, satire, and sarcasm. The show at one stage reached number 1 ratings for its timeslot among men within the ages of 18–24, reaching millions of viewers at a time.
On August 20, 2020, Comedy Central announced that season 12 would be its last, reversing a four-season renewal.
Tosh.0 was launched to a similar demographic as E!'s The Soup (and its since-canceled derivative, G4's Web Soup), and of time-filling video mashups on late-night talk shows. In December 2009, it was announced that Comedy Central had renewed the show for a full second season with 25 episodes, and the show was consistently renewed until its cancellation in 2020.
In 2015, the series was sold into syndication, to air on local stations in major US cities, and in other local markets for late-night weekend spots. Syndication ad-sales and distribution were done through syndicators Debmar-Mercury and CBS Television Distribution.
The 12th season was originally scheduled to premiere on March 17, 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic stopped the show's tapings. On August 20, 2020, one day after the cancellation of Drunk History, Comedy Central announced that season 12 will be Tosh.0's final season. The show was previously renewed for four more seasons, but this decision was reversed as Comedy Central began transitioning away from live action original programming to adult animation. The 12th and final season premiered on September 15, 2020, and concluded on November 24, 2020.
Tosh.0's low-cost production model uses viral video clips that are freely downloadable from the Internet and freely reusable via American fair use copyright laws, with host Daniel Tosh presenting from a chroma key virtual stage. Daniel Tosh says, "The [clip show] format had been tried a couple dozen times and failed. Our idea [was] to push it as far as we can and see what happens"; and that the staff selects videos of "people whose lives were changed because of a 15-second clip". Executive Producer Charlie Siskel said the show "[looks] at pop culture and all areas of life through the lens of the Internet".
The video clips are primarily selected by the show's full-time researchers and validated "on a case-by-case basis" by Comedy Central's standards and practices division. Though reportedly approving 95% of all the show's submitted videos, Tosh says this division is surprisingly unpredictable in both its approvals and disapprovals, and that he is as surprised as the audience is at what the company allows on TV. The range of selected clips includes spontaneous cuteness, whimsical performances, romance, accidents, exhibitionism, fetishism, surrealism, stunts, vomit, gore, and other acute bodily harm. Hank Stuever of The Washington Post says the show's decadent tone is formed around the values and maturity of its young adult target audience.
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Tosh.0
Tosh.0 (/ˈtɒʃ ˌpɔɪnt ˈoʊ/ ⓘ TOSH poynt OH) is an American comedy television series that aired on Comedy Central from June 4, 2009, to November 24, 2020. The series was hosted and produced by comedian Daniel Tosh, who provided satirical commentary on online viral video clips, internet memes, social media, trending topics, society, celebrities, stereotypes, and popular culture as a whole.
The tone was based on Tosh's deliberately offensive and controversial style of black comedy, observational comedy, satire, and sarcasm. The show at one stage reached number 1 ratings for its timeslot among men within the ages of 18–24, reaching millions of viewers at a time.
On August 20, 2020, Comedy Central announced that season 12 would be its last, reversing a four-season renewal.
Tosh.0 was launched to a similar demographic as E!'s The Soup (and its since-canceled derivative, G4's Web Soup), and of time-filling video mashups on late-night talk shows. In December 2009, it was announced that Comedy Central had renewed the show for a full second season with 25 episodes, and the show was consistently renewed until its cancellation in 2020.
In 2015, the series was sold into syndication, to air on local stations in major US cities, and in other local markets for late-night weekend spots. Syndication ad-sales and distribution were done through syndicators Debmar-Mercury and CBS Television Distribution.
The 12th season was originally scheduled to premiere on March 17, 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic stopped the show's tapings. On August 20, 2020, one day after the cancellation of Drunk History, Comedy Central announced that season 12 will be Tosh.0's final season. The show was previously renewed for four more seasons, but this decision was reversed as Comedy Central began transitioning away from live action original programming to adult animation. The 12th and final season premiered on September 15, 2020, and concluded on November 24, 2020.
Tosh.0's low-cost production model uses viral video clips that are freely downloadable from the Internet and freely reusable via American fair use copyright laws, with host Daniel Tosh presenting from a chroma key virtual stage. Daniel Tosh says, "The [clip show] format had been tried a couple dozen times and failed. Our idea [was] to push it as far as we can and see what happens"; and that the staff selects videos of "people whose lives were changed because of a 15-second clip". Executive Producer Charlie Siskel said the show "[looks] at pop culture and all areas of life through the lens of the Internet".
The video clips are primarily selected by the show's full-time researchers and validated "on a case-by-case basis" by Comedy Central's standards and practices division. Though reportedly approving 95% of all the show's submitted videos, Tosh says this division is surprisingly unpredictable in both its approvals and disapprovals, and that he is as surprised as the audience is at what the company allows on TV. The range of selected clips includes spontaneous cuteness, whimsical performances, romance, accidents, exhibitionism, fetishism, surrealism, stunts, vomit, gore, and other acute bodily harm. Hank Stuever of The Washington Post says the show's decadent tone is formed around the values and maturity of its young adult target audience.