Transfer over, Justice League and The Avengers. There’s a brand new group of superheroes on the town, they usually’re already making a splash.
5 late-night hosts — Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver — have teamed with Spotify for Strike Drive 5, a brand new, restricted sequence podcast. The present launched August 30 on Spotify and different platforms.
The restricted sequence will run for at the least twelve episodes, with all hosts collaborating in every episode whereas rotating who leads the dialog.
Thus far, it’s doing effectively. The primary present was the No. 1 podcast on U.S. Spotify charts, topped the information podcast charts on Spotify for the U.S. and UK, was the chief on the Apple Podcast Charts within the U.S., and likewise topped that service’s information podcast charts within the U.S.
Like all superheroes, there’s a singular origin story. When the WGA strike began in Might, the group of immediately unemployed speak present hosts gathered through Zoom. Their concept was to fulfill each week to debate the work stoppage. However the conversations expanded, hilarity ensued, and the Strike Drive 5 was born.
All proceeds obtained by the hosts will go to out-of-work employees from the hosts’ respective exhibits.
The podcast is hosted on Spotify’s Megaphone with Spotify because the unique gross sales accomplice. The following episode airs Sunday, Sept. 3, with the present feed out there right here.
