How Professional Nerd Chris Hardwick's Career Culminated with @Midnight

Hanh Nguyen
Chris Hardwick | Photo Credits: Robyn Von Swank/Comedy Central

"It's 11:59 and 59 seconds..." Chris Hardwick announces at the opening of @midnight.Except it's actually 4:30 in the afternoon on the efficiently tiny Hollywood set of Comedy Central's addictive game show, which airs Monday-Thursday at, well, midnight. For host and executive producer Hardwick, @midnight is the closest embodiment to who he is, aside from his stand-up comedy."@midnight has the most essential qualities of my personality," Hardwick tells TVGuide.com. "I love game shows, I'm a child of the Internet and comedy and also British panel shows. ...