‘The Vampire Lestat’ Throwing It Back with Post-Episode Chat Show
AMC is reviving the aftershow format with 'The Vampire Lestat: After Dark,' a chat show for the upcoming third season of 'Interview With the Vampire.' Hosted by Lizzie Bassett, the show will feature interviews with cast members and will be available on both AMC+ and podcast platforms. A special preview episode is set to air on May 31, ahead of the season premiere on June 7.
- ▪AMC is launching a televised aftershow for 'The Vampire Lestat.'
- ▪The show will be hosted by Lizzie Bassett and feature interviews with the cast.
- ▪A preview episode will air on May 31, with the season premiere on June 7.
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For a minute, television series aftershows were all the rage. The Walking Dead popularized the format with The Talking Dead, which led to Breaking Bad‘s Talking Bad, Better Call Saul‘s Talking Saul, Game of Thrones‘ After the Thrones, Star Trek: Discovery‘s After the Trek… you get it. What all of these series have in common—besides a stunning lack of originality in their names that I’m certain their respective networks thought was trendy and referential rather than a grim indictment of the state of television as content and commodity—is that they all died out over a decade ago.
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