Nick Cannon Mornings, Radio and Music Industry News

MTV’s bigger and bolder “Wild ‘N Out” premiere on Thursday, June 29, was the network’s highest rated unscripted episode with P12-17 in more than two years, up a whopping 143% while young adults P18-34 were up 86%. The episode garnered a 1.0 P12-17 and .7 P18-34.

“A return to New York City and our incredible partnership with superstar host and creator Nick Cannon set the stage for the biggest, boldest, wildest season yet of this groundbreaking comedy franchise,” said Nina L. Diaz, Head of Unscripted Programming, MTV and VH1. “We’re thrilled with ‘Wild ‘N Out’s’ stellar performance thanks to Nick and Chance’s epic head to head battle.”

The series’ first-ever hour-long episode featured Chance the Rapper as the guest captain and Saba as the musical guest with additional A-list talent to appear throughout.

It was the #3 most social show on cable with social interactions +27% from last season’s premiere.

This success comes on the heels of MTV’s overall channel success which saw June P18-34 ratings up +3% with share up +12% vs. last year, a first since 2011.

“Wild ‘N Out” airs weekly at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT as part of MTV’s “Throwdown Thursdays” comedy block. The ninth season is back in New York City and on the biggest stage in the world – Broadway. Guest captains for the season include some of the hottest stars in music and entertainment from Rick Ross, Lil Yachty, Vic Mensa, and Blac Chyna, to the cast of the “New Edition Story,” Run the Jewels, Jake Miller, Remy Ma, Papoose, Young M.A, Wendy Williams, Lil Rel Howery, Tami Roman, Shameik Moore and more.

Nick Cannon Joins Meruelo Media’s Power 106 Los Angeles

Nick Cannon Mornings on Power 106 Starts this Monday, June 17!

Comedy Dynamics announced today it will release Nick Cannon's latest comedy album Stand Up, Don't Shoot on all digital audio retailers on July 28, 2017.

Superstar entertainer Nick Cannon doesn't hold back in his new comedy album, discussing everything from the Black Lives Matter movement to his own divorce. Nick wonders what President Barack Obama might have left behind in the White House, describes why he'll never go to SeaWorld and talks about what happened when he was surrounded by kangaroos while vacationing in Australia. The special, shot in Los Angeles, premiered on Showtime on February 10, 2017.

An accomplished comedian, actor, host, producer, writer and artist, Nick Cannon got his start performing at The Improv, The Laugh Factory and The Comedy Store. He went on to share the stage with Chris Tucker, Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock before launching his television career. Currently, he can be seen on the ninth season of Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out on MTV and in his upcoming feature film, King of the Dancehall.

Comedy Dynamics, a Nacelle company, is one of the largest independent comedy production and distribution companies, producing Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History for History, Animal Planet's Animal Nation with Anthony Anderson, the new scripted comedy on Seeso, There's… Johnny!, History's Join Or Die with Craig Ferguson, MTV2's Wild 'N On Tour, and Hulu's Coming To The Stage. The company has worked with a wide range of established and emerging comedic talent including Kevin Hart, Louis C.K., Aziz Ansari, Jim Gaffigan, Katt Williams and many more.

Comedy Dynamics Records' album Louis C.K. Live At Madison Square Garden won the Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 2016. In total, eight of Comedy Dynamics' albums produced between 2013-2015 have been Grammy-nominated.