Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris

Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris

  • 2015
  • 1 Seasons
  • 8 Episodes
  •  5.3  (14)
  •   Ended

Five-time Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris is coming to NBC on a new primetime variety series based on the U.K.'s hugely popular "Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway." The show will feature comedy sketches, musical numbers, mini game shows, hidden camera pranks on celebrities and appearances by A-list stars. Harris, who has served as an Emmy and Tony Award host and was recently announced as host of the 2015 Academy Awards, will bring his multi-dimensional skills to the forefront of this new hour-long series. Harris recently co-starred in David Fincher’s "Gone Girl," and finished a run on Broadway as the lead in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," for which he won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. For nine seasons he played the role of Barney Stinson on "How I Met Your Mother," for which he received four Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations.

Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris
Seasons
Kelsey Grammer
8. Kelsey Grammer
November 03, 2015
Guest announcer Kelsey Grammer, the Backstreet Boys perform, plus Olympic gold medalist Apolo Ohno.
Kelly Ripa
7. Kelly Ripa
October 27, 2015
Guest announcer Kelly Ripa plus singer Ray Parker Jr. and journalist Meredith Vieira.
Reba
6. Reba
October 20, 2015
Guest announcer Reba plus singer OMI, and actors Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jane Krakowski.
Jack Black
5. Jack Black
October 13, 2015
Guest announcer Jack Black plus Olympic Gold medalist Apolo Ohno, and journalists Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie.
Shaquille O'Neal
4. Shaquille O'Neal
October 06, 2015
Guest announcer Shaq joins Neil for an evening full of fun, games and housewives, with special guests Gloria Estefan, Zachary Levi and Blue Man Group.
Tyler Perry
3. Tyler Perry
September 29, 2015
Tyler Perry is this week's celebrity guest announcer.
Alec Baldwin
2. Alec Baldwin
September 22, 2015
Emmy Award winner Alec Baldwin serves as this week's celebrity guest announcer.
Reese Witherspoon
1. Reese Witherspoon
September 15, 2015
Reese Witherspoon serves as the celebrity guest announcer during the series premiere of this variety show hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, which features A-list stars, performances, stunts, comedy skits, mini game shows, audience giveaways and hidden camera pranks. Based on the British series "Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway."
Description
Five-time Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris is coming to NBC on a new primetime variety series based on the U.K.'s hugely popular "Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway." The show will feature comedy sketches, musical numbers, mini game shows, hidden camera pranks on celebrities and appearances by A-list stars. Harris, who has served as an Emmy and Tony Award host and was recently announced as host of the 2015 Academy Awards, will bring his multi-dimensional skills to the forefront of this new hour-long series. Harris recently co-starred in David Fincher’s "Gone Girl," and finished a run on Broadway as the lead in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," for which he won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. For nine seasons he played the role of Barney Stinson on "How I Met Your Mother," for which he received four Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations.
  • Premiere Date
    September 15, 2015
  • Rating
    5.3  (14)