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Kevin Hart’s Ice-Bath Interview Show ‘Cold as Balls’ to Debut New Episodes on Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)
Kevin Hart’s sports-comedy interview series “Cold as Balls” is getting six new episodes on Netflix later this summer, marking a new distribution home for the long-running show. The series features Hart interviewing high-profile athletes while both sit in ice baths, using the discomfort as a comic device to prompt more spontaneous conversations. The move matters because it brings an established digital-format franchise to a major global streaming platform, potentially expanding its audience significantly.
The new episodes will be filmed live at Fanatics Fest in New York this week and will feature Serena Williams, Rob Gronkowski, Cooper Flagg, Sean O’Malley, Zlatan Ibrahimović and IShowSpeed. “Cold as Balls” first launched in 2017 and, according to the producers, has now run for 12 going on 13 seasons and more than 100 episodes, with past guests including Tom Brady, Kelsey Plum and Blake Griffin. The show is co-created by Michael D. Ratner and Sean Spencer, produced by OBB in association with Hartbeat, and continues with Ratner directing and serving as showrunner alongside Kfir Goldberg.
In short
- Kevin Hart’s “Cold as Balls” is heading to Netflix
- Six new episodes will be filmed at Fanatics Fest
- Netflix could bring the show to a wider audience
Explained simply
'Cold as Balls' is a sports-comedy interview show in which Kevin Hart interviews famous athletes whilst both sit in ice baths. The cold water creates comic tension, prompting more spontaneous and candid conversations.
The show began in 2017 and has become a long-running series with over 100 episodes across multiple seasons. Previous guests have included major sports figures such as Tom Brady, Serena Williams and Rob Gronkowski.
The series is now coming to Netflix, a major global streaming platform. This move could significantly expand the show's reach and introduce it to a wider international audience.
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