They should just hire his look-alike/sound-alike half-brother Bryan Callen.

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Based on the surprise ratings performance of reruns on NBC's little-
> > carried (as far as I know--it sure as hell isn't on Comcast/Xfinity in
> > Chicago) sister channel Chiller, the over-the-top reality comp "Fear
> > Factor" will be returning to NBC in 2012:
> >
> > http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/02/nbc-reviving-fear-factor/
> >
> > No host picked yet (and one wonders if Joe Rogan would want to come
> > back)--and I thought they went off the air because they had run out of
> > stunts their insurance company was willing to approve.
>
> Rogan did Marc Maron's podcast a few months ago and had no enthusiasm
> for Fear Factor. He didn't completely dis the show and he appreciated
> the paycheck, but he said that the experience of hosting depended a
> lot on the quality of contestants. He also said that he started
> smoking pot regularly in the second or third season and he was often
> high on air. And Rogan seems calmer and more laid back than he was in
> the days of Newsradio and Fear Factor. His current attitude would not
> fir the show.
>
> Since NBC can go young and cheap for a host I can't imagine they'd pay
> the premium to bring Rogan back. It's not like the show revolved
> around him.
>
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