Watch: Heidi Gardner Talks “Alien News Desk” on Seth Meyers ; Oswalt Talks New Hulu Series

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Aliens among us.

Heidi Gardner dropped by Seth Meyers to talk about the her new series Alien News Desk which premieres tonight on Syfy. Actually, Heidi and Seth have that in common in that they have both starred in adult animated series with Will Forte, Heidi on this show, and Seth on a one-time Hulu series The Awesomes. Watch a clip below to get a bit more insight on Heidi working with Will and other fun tidbits.

ALIEN NEWS DESK is a weekly, half-hour topical animated series set in an extraterrestrial newsroom. Voiced by Emmy® nominated comedian Will Forte (alien news anchor “Drexx Drudlarr”) and “Saturday Night Live’s” Heidi Gardner (alien co-anchor “Tuva Van Void”), the 12-episode series will cover up-to-the-minute news and commentary about the universe’s most baffling species – the inscrutable Humans of Planet Earth.

ALIEN NEWS DESK is produced by Broadway Video and Bento Box Entertainment. “Saturday Night Live” creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels serves as executive producer alongside “Saturday Night Live” producer Erik Kenward, also executive producing. “Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update” head writer Dennis McNicholas serves as executive producer and showrunner, with Scott Gairdner (“Moonbeam City”) as co-executive producer. Joel Kuwahara and Scott Greenberg from Bento Box Entertainment serve as executive producers.

Alien News Desk will premiere on February 27th @ 11 pm ET/PT, only on Syfy with 12 episodes to air weekly.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX3HNkFFSn4

 

Patton Oswalt also stopped by to talk about his new Hulu series M.O.D.O.K. in which he will voice the lead character and produce. M.O.D.O.K. centers around an egomaniacal supervillain with a really big head and a really little body, who struggles to maintain control of his evil organization and his demanding family. Writers Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt will also executive produce.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwBqynBJiOw

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