POWERHOUSE TEAM BEHIND SOURCEFED LAUNCHES NEW SKETCH COMEDY CHANNEL, NUCLEAR FAMILY
NUCLEAR FAMILY to Be Available to YouTube Audiences in Exclusive Three-Day Window
January 6, 2016
Los Angeles – The Internet is about to get even funnier with the debut of NUCLEAR FAMILY, a new sketch comedy channel from Discovery Digital Networks and some of your favorite SourceFed personalities. The new channel, officially launching today at YouTube.com/c/NuclearFamilyTV, features Bree Essrig, Matt Lieberman and Steve Zaragoza, as well as special guest appearances from friends such as Allison Raskin and Gaby Dunn of Just Between Us.
Bringing together some of the best and quirkiest minds in sketch comedy, NUCLEAR FAMILY audiences will enjoy weekly parodies, musical comedy, topical humor on the latest current events, political satire, animations and much more. As part of the Streamy and Shorty Award-winning team behind SourceFed and SourceFedNERD, Essrig, Lieberman and Zaragoza will bring the biting humor and topical wit that their more than 2.5 million subscribers know them for to NUCLEAR FAMILY with regular content posted each Saturday. Building off of the success of past sketches such as “Straight Outta Compton – Kids Pop!” and “If Superheroes Were Real!”, no subject is safe from the comedic claws of NUCLEAR FAMILY.
“I feel like Nuclear Family will be something you’ve never really seen before on YouTube. The people behind this channel are all big fans of classic and indie sketch comedy shows and beyond. There’s a lot of that blood flowing through its veins,” Zaragoza said.
“We’re so excited to finally be launching our new sketch channel, NUCLEAR FAMILY! Our dynamite crew and cast have been working their super-tight, super-toned tushies off for months now, and I can’t wait for everyone to know how weird and messed-up we all really are! Welcome to the family,” Essrig said.
NUCLEAR FAMILY content will be available exclusively to YouTube audiences a full three days prior to being made available on other online platforms. Viewers can subscribe to the NUCLEAR FAMILY channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/NuclearFamilyTV and keep up with the latest by following @NuclearFamilyTV on Twitter.
About Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is the world’s #1 pay-TV programmer reaching nearly 3 billion cumulative subscribers in more than 220 countries and territories. For 30 years Discovery has been dedicated to satisfying curiosity and entertaining viewers with high-quality content through its global television brands, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery and Science, as well as U.S. joint venture network OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Discovery controls Eurosport, the leading pan-regional sports entertainment destination across Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Discovery also is a leading provider of educational products and services to schools, including an award-winning series of K-12 digital textbooks, through Discovery Education, and a digital leader with a diversified online portfolio, including Discovery Digital Networks. For more information, please visit www.discoverycommunications.com.