Wild 'n Out
| Wild 'N Out | |
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| Also known as | Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out |
| Genre | Comedy Improv |
| Created by | Nick Cannon |
| Starring | Nick Cannon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 100 (2 Spring Break episodes) |
| Production | |
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| Running time | 22 to 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Mr. Renassiance Entertainment (Seasons 1-4) NCredible Entertainment (Season 5-) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
MTV (Seasons 1-4, 8) MTV2 (Season 5-7) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) (Seasons 1-4) 1080i (HDTV) (Season 5-) |
| Original release | July 28, 2005 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out is an American sketch comedy and improv television series that was created and hosted by comedian Nick Cannon. It debuted on July 28, 2005, on MTV and concluded in summer 2007.
In November 2012, MTV2 announced that the series would be returning in 2013 after a six-year hiatus. The series features up and coming comedy stars, along with the show's original cast. The premiere episode of season five had 1.1 million total viewers, making it the highest-rated telecast in MTV2 history.
On June 9, 2016 MTV announced that Wild 'n Out had been renewed for an eighth season, which premiered on August 4, 2016. The season marked the series' return to MTV.
Similar in premise to shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the series puts two teams of comedians against each other in a series of Wild 'n Out games which are all basically "improvisational" comedy games. The Teams are the "Red Squad", which was the team name until season 5 where they became the "Platinum Squad" and were permanently captained by Cannon; and the "Black Squad", led by a celebrity guest until season 7 where the situation was reversed with Cannon becoming the Black Squad team captain and the celebrity guest leading the Platinum Squad. For season 8, the colors were revamped once again with the Gold Squad replacing the Black Squad. The Gold Squad is led by Cannon while the celebrity guest remains captain of the Platinum Squad.
After three such games, the two teams square off against each other in the final round of the game called 'WildStyle', in which they must deliver a punchline directed at their opponent's team member(s) within a freestyle rap. The comedians "beef" with each other; however, some are impersonal jokes. Although similar to Whose Line, the "points don't matter", the teams score one point per round victory during the normal rounds, plus one point per favorably judged punchline during 'Wild Style'.
Each episode also includes a musical performance, occasionally by the guest captain for the Black/Platinum Squad (Nick Cannon performed with Migos in Season 6 in the episode featuring Chanel Iman). At times, the musical guest comes out just before 'Wild Style' as the judge for the beefs. Major changes were implemented for the second season including shifting the show location to Hollywood and the teams now compete for a "Wild 'n Out" Championship belt which if the Black Squad wins, the team captain gets to take home.
For the first four seasons, the show filmed from Los Angeles/Hollywood and aired on MTV. The first run episodes were suspended as Mr. Renaissance Entertainment became Ncredible Entertainment in 2012. Upon being revived in 2012, the show was produced in New York City and aired on MTV2 during Seasons 5-7. In 2016, the show returned to airing new episodes on MTV and also for the first time since season 4, production is in Los Angeles.
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