‘Join Or Die’ Promotion Ramps Up
With the History Channel planning to debut Craig Ferguson‘s Join Or Die on Thursday, February 18th at 11pm ET, they’re ramping up the promotion and making sure as many people as possible know about the new show. It’s been getting some media coverage, in places like Yahoo’s TV column, which highlighted some of the images being used promote the show, and the website WhatChaReading.com, which hopes the show is here to stay.

One of the executive producers of Join Or Die is Phil Cottone, who some longtime Craig fans may remember as one of Craig’s early tour managers. Phil says he remembers several times when, while riding the tour bus and watching DVDs, something would spark a thought and Craig would tell a story related to American history that he had come across. He told us Late Late Show fans should watch the show’s credits, where they’ll see familiar names like Joseph Bolter (one half of Secretariat) and Bob Oschack among the writers. And he added that the History Channel is excited about the show, and has proven it not only by promoting it, but by placing it on the schedule on Thursday nights right after Vikings, one of the network’s biggest hit shows.

Where To See and Hear Craig

Craig will be promoting the premiere of Join Or Die in many places the next couple of weeks. So far, we’ve heard he’ll have these appearances:

Thu Feb 11 2pm ET Twitter chat @CraigyFerg
Mon Feb 15 12:05pm ET The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Show will air a half hour late due to the Grammys telecast)
Tue Feb 16 10am ET Today on NBC
Tue Feb 16 1pm ET “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit.com
Tue Feb 16 11pm ET Watch What Happens Live on Bravo
Tue Feb 16 Time TBA The Nerdist Podcast
Thu Feb 18 1pm ET The Chew on ABC (see local listings for time in your area)
Thu Feb 18 11pm ET Join Or Die debuts on the History Channel
Thu Feb 23 12am ET @Midnight with Chris Hardwick
Date TBA 2pm ET Larry King Now on Ora.tv

We’ll update this list as we hear about more appearances. Thanks to the RSA’s @bgrhubarb for scanning the googly-webs, looking for Craig to pop up!

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‘Join Or Die’
The History Channel’s Join Or Die page gives us a look inside the show and what we can expect.

Video courtesy: History

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