Nikki & Sara Live

Nikki & Sara Live is an American late night talk show hosted by comedians Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer. Glaser, Schaefer and Kim Gamble served as the show's executive producers.^[1] The series premiered on January 29, 2013, on the American cable television network MTV.^[2] Nikki & Sara Live was canceled on October 29, 2013.^[3]

Nikki & Sara Live
Genre	Late-night talk show
Created by	Nikki Glaser Sara Schaefer Rob Anderson[1]
Presented by	Nikki Glaser Sara Schaefer
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	24
Production
Executive producers	Brent Haynes Kim Gamble Nick Predescu Nikki Glaser Sara Schaefer Shane Tilston
Running time	20 to 23 minutes
Original release
Network	MTV
Release	January 29 (2013-01-29) – October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)
Related
Not Safe with Nikki Glaser

Production

Brian McCann served as the show's head writer for most of the first season. Kim Gamble has served as showrunner for both the first and second season.^[2] Glaser and Schaefer have hosted a weekly podcast, "You Had to Be There," since January 2011.^[4] While Glaser and Schaefer were partaking in an interview on Katie Couric's talk show, Katie, Couric surprised the duo with the news about the series' second season renewal,^[5] with the second and final season premiering July 30, 2013.^[6]

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Season Premiere	Season Finale
	1	12	January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29)	April 16, 2013 (2013-04-16)
	2	12	July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30)	October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)

Season 1 (2013)

No. in series	No. in season	Guest	Original air date
1	1	Kesha	January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29)
2	2	Jenny McCarthy	February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05)
3	3	Shay Mitchell	February 12, 2013 (2013-02-12)
4	4	Alison Brie	February 19, 2013 (2013-02-19)
5	5	Phillip Phillips	February 26, 2013 (2013-02-26)
6	6	Jenni "JWoww" Farley	March 5, 2013 (2013-03-05)
7	7	Jessica Alba	March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12)
8	8	Jay Sean	March 19, 2013 (2013-03-19)
9	9	Max Irons	March 26, 2013 (2013-03-26)
10	10	Kal Penn	April 2, 2013 (2013-04-02)
11	11	Ashley Tisdale	April 9, 2013 (2013-04-09)
12	12	Olly Murs	April 16, 2013 (2013-04-16)

Season 2 (2013)

No. in series	No. in season	Guest	Original air date
13	1	Christopher Mintz-Plasse	July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30)
14	2	Logan Lerman	August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06)
15	3	Krewella	August 13, 2013 (2013-08-13)
16	4	Amy Schumer and Ariana Grande	August 20, 2013 (2013-08-20)
17	5	Iggy Azalea and One Direction	August 27, 2013 (2013-08-27)
18	6	A$AP Rocky	September 3, 2013 (2013-09-03)
-	-	Best of Nikki and Sara Live!	September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10)
19	7	Austin Mahone	September 17, 2013 (2013-09-17)
20	8	Jason Derulo and Cher Lloyd	September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)
21	9	Justin Timberlake and Grace Helbig	October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01)
22	10	Daniel Radcliffe and the cast of Super Fun Night	October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)
23	11	Ashley Rickards and Justin Long	October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)
24	12	Johnny Knoxville, Jimmy Fallon, Regis Philbin, Arsenio Hall, Chris Hardwick, and Icona Pop	October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)

Reception

The series has received positive reviews. Anna Brand of The Daily Beast cited hosts Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer's "refreshing lack of diva behavior," "harmless sarcasm," and real-life "closeness" as crucial elements to the success of the show, which she deemed "late-night TV's best-kept secret."^[7] Jezebel writer Erin Gloria Ryan called the show "pretty great, like having a slumber party with the girls you thought you were never cool enough to be friends in high school with but who turn out to be super nice."^[8]