''Losing It with John Stamos'' is an American
web television
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talk show
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hosted by actor
John Stamos
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. The show debuted on September 9, 2013.
Background
With the show, Stamos "sits down with a celebrity, who regales him with a story about turning in his or her v-card. Occasionally, bits are re-enacted by cute cartoon characters or puppets." Stamos had originally pitched the show thirteen years earlier to
MTV
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. In its earlier incarnation, celebrities such as
Rebecca Romijn
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,
David Boreanez, and
Snoop Dogg
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participated. That iteration of show was ultimately not ordered to series due to an inability to attract enough celebrity guests.
The show was originally announced as a part of Yahoo's 2013 Newfront comedy slate.
Future
Stamos commented that had hopes that the series could evolve outward from its web series beginnings and expressed frustrations with the time constraints imposed by Yahoo!. He discussed plans for a syndicated version of the show that would run 22 minutes.
Episodes
See also
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List of original programs distributed by Yahoo! Screen
Beginning in 2011, Yahoo.com distributed some original programs through its Yahoo! Screen service.
In Spring 2015, Yahoo! began to expand their original programming efforts by producing their first longform scripted series with runtimes between ...
References
External links
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English-language television shows
2010s American comedy television series
2013 American television series debuts
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