Tween Fest

Tween Fest is an American comedy series produced by Funny or Die for the streaming service go90.^[1] The series, created by Nick Ciarelli and Brad Evans and directed by Scott Gairdner, follows a two-weekend outdoor festival for internet stars that descends into chaos. It stars John Michael Higgins, Joey King, Drew Tarver, Arden Cho, and Lou Wilson, with guest stars including Jane Lynch, Tim Meadows, Chris Parnell, David Koechner, and more. Tween Fest officially premiered on August 3, 2016.^[2]

Tween Fest
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Nick Ciarelli Brad Evans
Starring	John Michael Higgins Joey King Drew Tarver Arden Cho Lou Wilson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Mike Farah Joe Farrell Joe Hardesty Nick Ciarelli Brad Evans Scott Gairdner Reg Tigerman
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	11 minutes
Production company	Funny or Die
Original release
Network	go90
Release	August 3, 2016 (2016-08-03) – present

Cast

Main

• John Michael Higgins as Todd Crawford
• Joey King as Maddisyn Crawford
• Drew Tarver as Zayden Ostin Storm
• Arden Cho as Lexii C.
• Lou Wilson as Dusty DelGrosso

Recurring

• Jane Lynch as Sophia Sharp
• Dave (Gruber) Allen as Twonkmaster Chris
• Josie Totah^[a] as Stop the Preston
• Mike Mitchell as Rocco
• Nick Mundy as Donny
• Michael Blaiklock as Riley
• Natalie Palamides as Juicetine

Guest stars

• Tim Meadows
• Chris Parnell
• David Koechner
• Josh Fadem
• George Basil

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
1	"Tween Fest Begins"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	August 3, 2016 (2016-08-03)	101
2	"The Tubey Awards"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	August 3, 2016 (2016-08-03)	102
3	"Swag Strike"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	August 10, 2016 (2016-08-10)	103
4	"Congressman-Ass Bitch"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	August 17, 2016 (2016-08-17)	104
5	"The Week Between"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	August 24, 2016 (2016-08-24)	105
6	"Vape Battle of the Century"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	August 31, 2016 (2016-08-31)	106
7	"Australia's Rowdiest Prank Group"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	September 7, 2016 (2016-09-07)	107
8	"#SpurgeExplosion"	Scott Gairdner	Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans	September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14)	108

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2017	Emmy Award	Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series	John Michael Higgins	Nominated

Notes

1. Credited as J.J. Totah; the series was released before Totah came out as transgender.