Seniors Kevin Spellman, executive producer and production manager of the new Student Television show, and Miles Bonsignore, head writer and director, initially approached Putnam with the idea to make a late night television show two years ago.
“Jay has this enormous wealth of talent, and we thought he was the perfect leading man for this. We wanted to do a show that ran around with Jay’s unique and excellent style of humor,” Bonsignore said.
Because they did not initially have the means to put together a late night show, they put this idea on the back burner until this summer, when Putnam interned in New York for “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and Bonsignore interned at “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”
“That ignited our passion for a show we had wanted to do for a while,” Bonsignore said.
Since November, the three have built a large team to plan, write and advertise the show.
“It’s been a great opportunity working as a team,” said Putnam, a senior majoring in communication studies. “We are on a college campus and we don’t need to hide that we are college kids making a show, but we want to make it as professional as possible.”
Putnam says he has already received a lot of positive responses. The first promotional video was posted Jan. 7 and has already received almost 1,000 views.
The show will feature one musical guest and two interview guests each show. Senior Zack Newbauer, co-producer, said he has enjoyed heading the search for guests on the show.
