In Bed with Joan

In Bed with Joan
Genre	Talk show
Starring	Joan Rivers
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	72
Production
Executive producers	Joan Rivers Melissa Rivers Scott Sternberg
Running time	13 to 28 minutes
Production company	Scott Sternberg Productions
Original release
Network	iTunes YouTube
Release	March 5, 2013 (2013-03-05) – August 27, 2014 (2014-August-27)
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In Bed with Joan is an American weekly internet and television talk show hosted by Joan Rivers from her bed in her daughter Melissa's house near Malibu, California. Each week, Rivers invited a different guest to talk to her in bed about different things including their past, their love life and their career. Episodes were approximately 20 minutes, and were aired on iTunes and YouTube until her death.

Premise

Each week, Rivers invited a different celebrity to her bed to talk with her about many things including their past, their love life and their career. Each episode started with the celebrity guest talking personally to the camera about what they expect the experience to be like, before the opening credits were then rolled. Rivers then started by saying, "Let's see who's coming out of the closet this week..." and then the guest emerged from the closet in the corner of the room. After casual conversation for the majority of the interview, they then focused on specific segments. Those were usually, 'I'm So Sorry' where the guest was given the opportunity to look into the camera and apologise to anyone they had offended or upset in the past. The next item was the opposite, called 'Sit on It and Rotate' where the celebrity insulted and really gave a piece of their mind to the people who'd been nasty and cruel to them in the past. The third and final segment was called 'Dead or Alive' where Melissa came in with flashcards with a different thing on each and the guest had to choose which one to kill and which one to keep alive (often this was between two different celebrities). The guest then finished the show by clapping the lights out.

The show was set in Rivers's room in the basement of her daughter's house in Malibu, California where she spent half her time living; the other half she spent at her apartment in New York.

Guests on the show have included Kelly Osbourne, Betsy Brandt, RuPaul and Howie Mandel. In the initial preview video, Rivers was seen in bed with Kato Kaelin, Bruce Vilanch and Chris Harrison.

Death of Joan Rivers

After Rivers suffered cardiac arrest on August 28, 2014 and was put into a medically induced coma, the series was put on hiatus with unaired episodes still to be broadcast. Since her death on September 4, 2014, it is not known whether any of the unaired interviews will be released. As of 2022, the remaining episodes were never released.

Episodes

Episode	Original air date	Guest
1	March 5, 2013	Sarah Silverman
2	March 12, 2013	Nick Kroll
3	March 19, 2013	Kelly Osbourne
4	March 26, 2013	Belinda Carlisle
5	April 2, 2013	Adam Pally
6	April 9, 2013	Margaret Cho
7	April 16, 2013	Anthony Jeselnik
8	April 23, 2013	RuPaul
9	April 30, 2013	Ed Weeks
10	May 7, 2013	Gary Busey
11	May 14, 2013	Kate Flannery
12	May 21, 2013	Tichina Arnold
13	May 28, 2013	Ellie Kemper
14	June 4, 2013	Marc Maron
15	June 18, 2013	Gabriel Iglesias
16	June 26, 2013	Tom Green
17	July 3, 2013	Redfoo
18	July 9, 2013	Aisha Tyler
19	July 16, 2013	Penn Jillette
20	July 23, 2013	Jim Rash
21	August 3, 2013	Howie Mandel
22	August 6, 2013	Bill Engvall
23	August 13, 2013	Alyssa Milano
24	August 20, 2013	Betsy Brandt
25	August 28, 2013	Theo Von
26	September 4, 2013	Lance Bass
27	September 10, 2013	Kevin Nealon
28	September 17, 2013	Carmen Electra
29	September 24, 2013	Jeff Garlin
30	October 2, 2013	Jessie James and Eric Decker
31	October 8, 2013	Tabatha Coffey
32	October 15, 2013	Russell Peters
33	October 22, 2013	Eric Andre
34	October 29, 2013	Deon Cole
35	November 5, 2013	Kris Jenner
36	November 13, 2013	Rob Delaney
37	November 19, 2013	Dan Bucatinsky
38	December 3, 2013	Paul Scheer
39	December 10, 2013	Billy Eichner
40	December 17, 2013	Jen Kirkman
41	January 15, 2014	Shiri Appleby
42	January 21, 2014	Justine Ezarik
43	January 28, 2014	Reza Farahan
44	February 4, 2014	Loni Love
45	February 11, 2014	Bonnie McKee
46	February 19, 2014	Paul Rodriguez
47	February 25, 2014	George Kotsiopoulos
48 (Part 1)	March 4, 2014	Kathy Griffin
48 (Part 2)	March 11, 2014	Kathy Griffin and Aubrey Plaza
49	March 19, 2014	Jeff Ross
50	March 26, 2014	Chris Hardwick
51	April 2, 2014	Michaela Watkins
52	April 9, 2014	Bob Saget
53	April 16, 2014	Patti Stanger
54	April 22, 2014	Jenna Marbles
55	April 29, 2014	Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair
56	May 7, 2014	Bart Baker and KingBach
57	May 14, 2014	Greg Fitzsimmons
58	May 21, 2014	Mamrie Hart
59	May 28, 2014	Tom Papa
60	June 4, 2014	Hannah Hart
61	June 11, 2014	Jason Biggs
62	June 18, 2014	Meghan McCain
63	June 25, 2014	T. J. Miller
64	July 2, 2014	Derek Waters
65	July 9, 2014	Scott Aukerman
66	July 16, 2014	Brett Gelman
67	July 23, 2014	Grace Helbig
68	July 30, 2014	Brittany Furlan
69	August 6, 2014	Candace Cameron Bure
70	August 13, 2014	Tyler Oakley
71	August 20, 2014	Bianca Del Rio
72	August 27, 2014	LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian