Coworkers and roommates "Adam," "Blake" and "Ders" have returned to work and are ready to party! The super-fresh Comedy Central® hit scripted series "Workaholics" kicks off its fifth season tonight, January 14 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, followed by the second season premiere of "Broad City" at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.
This season the guys create more chaos in Rancho Cucamonga as they help "Ders" get even with an old high school swim rival, organize an office ditch day at their house, start a front yard wrestling league to pay the rent, recruit new employees at a college job fair, compete in an inter-office blood drive and help "Adam" say goodbye to the single life in proper style. Returning for the fifth season are TelAmeriCorp officemates "Jillian" (Jillian Bell), "Alice" (
Maribeth Monroe) and "Montez" (Erik Griffin), along with their drug-dealing friend "Karl" (Kyle Newacheck). Special guest appearances this season include
Curtis Armstrong,
Tim Bagley,
Jack Black,
Dolph Lundgren,
Jerry O'Connell, Alan Ritchson,
Michael Urie and
Amy Yasbeck.
Over its fourth season, "Workaholics" averaged 2 million total viewers and was the highest-rated series in its timeslot across all of cable among Men 18-34 and Men 18-24. A favorite among young guys, the series was the second highest-rated show in prime on cable on its air nights with Men 18-34 and #1 with Men 18-24. "Workaholics was on the Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings Top 5 ranker every Wednesday last season. (Source: Nielsen Media Research. Period: season 4: 1/22/14 - 4/16/14, Wed 10P-10:30P. Premiere episodes only. Competitive Rank: 3 telecast minimum. Most current data)
"Workaholics" is a single-camera comedy featuring three friends who work together from 9 to 5, live together from 5 to 9 and party together 24/7. Dress codes, deadlines and waking up before noon are not things these guys are used to. They do their jobs and sometimes they even do them well, but they show up late, leave drunk and always live for the day...even if they don't know what day it is.
The "Workaholics" Web site features a wealth of video content including show clips, exclusive video, cast interviews and behind-the-scenes action. The guys are active on Twitter (@UncleBlazer, @ADAMDEVINE, @ders808, @kylenewacheck), live tweeting each week on show nights. The "Workaholics" Facebook page is updated daily throughout the season and fans can follow the show on Twitter @WorkaholicsCC and on tumblr at workaholics.tumblr.com, featuring exclusive photos, videos and updates. In addition, the mobile site will be loaded with video content and periodic SMS challenges.
"Workaholics" will be available in SD and HD the day after air on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Xbox Video, Sony Entertainment Network, Vudu, Verizon Flexview and Google Play.
"Workaholics" was co-created by Mail Order Comedy's Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck. The series stars Anderson, Devine and Holm and is directed by Newacheck. Executive Producers include Mail Order Comedy, Kevin Etten, Avalon Television's
Richard Allen-Turner,
David Martin,
Jon Thoday and Isaac Horne. Jim Sharp and Rachel Olson are the Executives in Charge of Production for Comedy Central.
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