Premiering February 14th, “The Hookup” is a Mature Content Mystery-Thriller Following a College Student Searching for his Missing Boyfriend
 
The New Podcast is the Fifth Scripted Series in a Previously Announced Slate of Co-Produced Podcasts by iHeartMedia and Blumhouse Television 

WHAT: iHeartPodcasts, the No. 1 podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, Blumhouse Television and Ember20 today launched the first two episodes of “The Hookup,” a bold and risqué original scripted mystery-thriller series. The show will join an ongoing slate of co-produced podcasts by iHeartPodcasts and Blumhouse Television. Listen now to “The Hookup” here.  

SYNOPSIS: What do you do when your boyfriend goes missing? Engage in a series of strategic hookups to solve the mystery, of course. “The Hookup” is a risqué mystery-thriller following a college student who thinks he’s funnier than he is, driven by the hunger to locate his missing beau. But-- as our hero will soon learn, no amount of showering can wash your hands of a bad hookup. (WARNING: This podcast contains explicit Adult material)

WHO: Starring Noah Feinberg, Ray Santiago, Scott Evans, Nico Greetham, Augustus Prew, Jeffery Self, Tina Majorino, Obi Abili, and Gabrielle Ruiz. 

Noah Feinberg is the writer, director, and stars in the fiction thriller podcast “The Hookup,” his latest endeavor with Blumhouse Television and iHeartPodcasts. Based in Los Angeles, Noah is a writer, producer, and television executive, currently serving as Director of Development at Blumhouse Television, where he oversees a slate of killer TV projects     while also writing his own Blumhouse material. He penned Hulu x Blumhouse’s 2019 Thanksgiving horror film “Pilgrim” and executive produced and wrote for iHeart/Blumhouse’s anthological “13 Days of Halloween.”

David Thwaites and Jimmy Jellinek serve as executive producers and Rachel Foley as supervising producer for Ember20.

WHEN: The first two episodes will be available February 14 with subsequent episodes dropping weekly on Fridays.  

WHERE: “The Hookup” is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard.

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About Ember20

Ember20 is a Los Angeles-based independent production company and brand studio specializing in innovative storytelling. With a presence in Nashville, New York, and London, the company creates, develops and produces premium original stories across audio, film, television and beyond.  With over 40 audio series, the company’s work spans diverse genres including musical storytelling, wellness, documentary news, scripted projects and true crime. 
 

About Blumhouse Television

Blumhouse Television has earned critical acclaim and numerous honors for its dark, edgy fare including Emmy® awards for its productions of HBO's The Normal Heartand The Jinx, as well as the prestigious Peabody award for The Jinx and the documentary How to Dance in Ohio.  Blumhouse produces provocative scripted and unscripted television series and documentaries, including the original series The Sticky, produced by Jamie Lee Curtis for Prime Video; the upcoming series The Bondsman, starring Kevin Bacon and from creator Grainger David and showrunner Erik Oleson, and Scarpetta starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis, who both additionally serve as executive producers, also for Prime Video; Worst Roommate Ever, and Worst Ex Ever for Netflix, which established Blumhouse Television’s first franchise.  Blumhouse Television launched as an independent studio in 2017 with funding from ITV.  Projects since the studio launch include Golden Globe® and Emmy® nominated HBO limited series Sharp Objects; Golden Globe®, Critics Choice® and Writers Guild® award nominated Showtime limited series The Loudest Voice; the Showtime limited series The Good Lord Bird starring and executive produced by Ethan Hawke and based on the award-winning novel by James McBride. The studio produced The Purge on USA Network from writer/director/producer James DeMonaco and based on the popular film franchise; the holiday themed anthology event series Into the Dark for Hulu; and anthology series Sacred Lies created by Emmy® nominee Raelle Tucker. The studio has developed award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary films including A Secret Love produced with Ryan Murphy for Netflix; Pray Away an official selection of the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival; Pharma Bro an official selection of Hot Docs Festival,Writers Guild Award® winner Bathtubs Over Broadway and winner of the 2018 Sundance Audience Award This is Home. Blumhouse Television is the latest venture from Jason Blum, founder of Blumhouse Productions, which is widely-recognized for its pioneering model of producing high-quality micro-budget films including The Purge, Get Out, The Invisible Man and Halloween.