"@midnight" to say goodnight in a fortnight

One of Comedy Central's most successful shows of the past decade has to be the Chris Hardwick hosted, social media driven @midnight. It was funny from the get go and a good platform for comedians to get noticed. Sadly, an era of television is coming to an end. 

As reported by Deadline, @midnight is ending after a 4 year, 600 episode run. The network, Hardwick and the show's producers came to the conclusion after seeing slight but consistent losses in the ratings (getting somewhere between 400,000-490,000 viewers and 250,000-300,000 adults 18-49 in each quarter the past two years.) 

@midnight has been a good performer for Comedy Central. It's taken over the 11:30 PM timeslot from The Nightly Show, only to be replaced on and off by The President Show and reruns of other series. 

Jermaine Fowler To Get Own TV Show On ABC

Comedian Jermaine Fowler is developing a semi-autobiographical television show for ABC.

THR reports that the untitled show has a script commitment with Fowler starring as a "college dropout who winds up living with his estranged grandmother, a former DC cop who provides the perfect mix of parenting, laughs and adventure that gets him off the couch and out into the world."

Fowler has appeared on numerous shows including @midnight and Guy Code. Currently, he does just about everything for TruTV's sketch comedy Friends of the People.

Chris Hardwick's '@midnight' Is Getting 40 More Weeks Worth Of Shows In 2015

Whether or not you call it a season or something else, @midnight is getting way more opportunities to be funny. And I get another chance to get onto the show. Host, creator and Nerdist president Chris Hardwick made the announcement so nonchalantly during an appearance on Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon last night. The series features three comedians all vying for their chance to say they are "the funniest person for the next 23 1/2 hours." Popular games include #HastagWars and Rapid Refresh.

According to THR, the show will run for 40 weeks next year. Hardwick is thankful that Comedy Central is allowing the show to continue.

"@midnight has been an absolute dream come true for me — a game show of Internet jokes with my comedian friends," Hardwick said. "I cannot thank Comedy Central enough for letting us continue. If they hadn't, you can damn well bet that I would have forced people to come over to my house to play it anyway, for no audience, so everyone is thankful we dodged that bullet."

Hardwick also has two other shows in development. One is called Sleight of Mouth which will focus on comedian/magician Justin Willman. Then he has another pilot for AMC that focuses on a web series to TV adaptation of All-Star Celebrity Bowling. Hardwick can't be stopped!

"22 Jump Street" Stars Try To Figure Out Fan Fiction on @midnight Last Night

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Ice Cube, Rob Riggle, and Jimmy Tatro were competing on @Midnight last night but audience members also got a visit from Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. The guys try to figure out Jump Street fanfiction. This was totally not an ad for 22 Jump Street out in theaters this Friday!