# Nikki & Sara Live

Nikki & Sara Live is an American late night talk show hosted by comedians Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer. Glaser, Schaefer and Kim Gamble served as the show's executive producers. The series premiered on January 29, 2013, on the American cable television network MTV. Nikki & Sara Live was canceled on October 29, 2013.

## Production

Brian McCann served as the show's head writer for most of the first season. Kim Gamble has served as showrunner for both the first and second season. Glaser and Schaefer have hosted a weekly podcast, "You Had to Be There," since January 2011. While Glaser and Schaefer were partaking in an interview on Katie Couric's talk show, Katie, Couric surprised the duo with the news about the series' second season renewal, with the second and final season premiering July 30, 2013.

## Episodes

| Season | Season | Episodes | Season Premiere | Season Finale |
| | 1 | 12 | January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29) | April 16, 2013 (2013-04-16) |
| | 2 | 12 | July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30) | October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29) |

### Season 1 (2013)

| No. in series | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 1 | 1 | Kesha | January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29) |
| 2 | 2 | Jenny McCarthy | February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05) |
| 3 | 3 | Shay Mitchell | February 12, 2013 (2013-02-12) |
| 4 | 4 | Alison Brie | February 19, 2013 (2013-02-19) |
| 5 | 5 | Phillip Phillips | February 26, 2013 (2013-02-26) |
| 6 | 6 | Jenni "JWoww" Farley | March 5, 2013 (2013-03-05) |
| 7 | 7 | Jessica Alba | March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12) |
| 8 | 8 | Jay Sean | March 19, 2013 (2013-03-19) |
| 9 | 9 | Max Irons | March 26, 2013 (2013-03-26) |
| 10 | 10 | Kal Penn | April 2, 2013 (2013-04-02) |
| 11 | 11 | Ashley Tisdale | April 9, 2013 (2013-04-09) |
| 12 | 12 | Olly Murs | April 16, 2013 (2013-04-16) |

### Season 2 (2013)

| No. in series | No. in season | Guest | Original air date |
| 13 | 1 | Christopher Mintz-Plasse | July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30) |
| 14 | 2 | Logan Lerman | August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06) |
| 15 | 3 | Krewella | August 13, 2013 (2013-08-13) |
| 16 | 4 | Amy Schumer and Ariana Grande | August 20, 2013 (2013-08-20) |
| 17 | 5 | Iggy Azalea and One Direction | August 27, 2013 (2013-08-27) |
| 18 | 6 | A$AP Rocky | September 3, 2013 (2013-09-03) |
| - | - | Best of Nikki and Sara Live! | September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10) |
| 19 | 7 | Austin Mahone | September 17, 2013 (2013-09-17) |
| 20 | 8 | Jason Derulo and Cher Lloyd | September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24) |
| 21 | 9 | Justin Timberlake and Grace Helbig | October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01) |
| 22 | 10 | Daniel Radcliffe and the cast of Super Fun Night | October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08) |
| 23 | 11 | Ashley Rickards and Justin Long | October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22) |
| 24 | 12 | Johnny Knoxville, Jimmy Fallon, Regis Philbin, Arsenio Hall, Chris Hardwick, and Icona Pop | October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29) |

## Reception

The series has received positive reviews. Anna Brand of The Daily Beast cited hosts Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer's "refreshing lack of diva behavior," "harmless sarcasm," and real-life "closeness" as crucial elements to the success of the show, which she deemed "late-night TV's best-kept secret." Jezebel writer Erin Gloria Ryan called the show "pretty great, like having a slumber party with the girls you thought you were never cool enough to be friends in high school with but who turn out to be super nice."