Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris

★ 5.3 · 2015 · 60m · Comedy

Five-time Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris is coming to NBC on a new primetime variety series based on the U.K.'s hugely popular "Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway." The show will feature comedy sketches, musical numbers, mini game shows, hidden camera pranks on celebrities and appearances by A-list stars. Harris, who has served as an Emmy and Tony Award host and was recently announced as host of the 2015 Academy Awards, will bring his multi-dimensional skills to the forefront of this new hour-long series. Harris recently co-starred in David Fincher’s "Gone Girl," and finished a run on Broadway as the lead in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," for which he won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. For nine seasons he played the role of Barney Stinson on "How I Met Your Mother," for which he received four Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations.

Episodes

1. Reese Witherspoon60m · Reese Witherspoon serves as the celebrity guest announcer during the series premiere of this variety show hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, which features A-list stars, performances, stunts, comedy skits, mini game shows, audience giveaways and hidden camera pranks. Based on the British series "Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway."

2. Alec Baldwin60m · Emmy Award winner Alec Baldwin serves as this week's celebrity guest announcer.

3. Tyler Perry60m · Tyler Perry is this week's celebrity guest announcer.

4. Shaquille O'Neal60m · Guest announcer Shaq joins Neil for an evening full of fun, games and housewives, with special guests Gloria Estefan, Zachary Levi and Blue Man Group.

5. Jack Black60m · Guest announcer Jack Black plus Olympic Gold medalist Apolo Ohno, and journalists Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie.

6. Reba60m · Guest announcer Reba plus singer OMI, and actors Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jane Krakowski.

7. Kelly Ripa60m · Guest announcer Kelly Ripa plus singer Ray Parker Jr. and journalist Meredith Vieira.

8. Kelsey Grammer60m · Guest announcer Kelsey Grammer, the Backstreet Boys perform, plus Olympic gold medalist Apolo Ohno.

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