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In Bed with Joan
Genre	Talk show
Starring	Joan Rivers
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	72
Production
Executive producers	Joan Rivers Melissa Rivers Scott Sternberg
Running time	13 to 28 minutes
Production company	Scott Sternberg Productions
Original release
Network	iTunes YouTube
Release	March 5, 2013 (2013-03-05) – August 27, 2014 (2014-August-27)
Related
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? Fashion Police

In Bed with Joan is an American weekly internet and television talk show hosted by Joan Rivers from her bed in her daughter Melissa's house near Malibu, California. Each week, Rivers invited a different guest to talk to her in bed about different things including their past, their love life and their career. Episodes were approximately 20 minutes, and were aired on iTunes and YouTube until her death.

Premise

Each week, Rivers invited a different celebrity to her bed to talk with her about many things including their past, their love life and their career. Each episode started with the celebrity guest talking personally to the camera about what they expect the experience to be like, before the opening credits were then rolled. Rivers then started by saying, "Let's see who's coming out of the closet this week..." and then the guest emerged from the closet in the corner of the room. After casual conversation for the majority of the interview, they then focused on specific segments. Those were usually, 'I'm So Sorry' where the guest was given the opportunity to look into the camera and apologise to anyone they had offended or upset in the past. The next item was the opposite, called 'Sit on It and Rotate' where the celebrity insulted and really gave a piece of their mind to the people who'd been nasty and cruel to them in the past. The third and final segment was called 'Dead or Alive' where Melissa came in with flashcards with a different thing on each and the guest had to choose which one to kill and which one to keep alive (often this was between two different celebrities). The guest then finished the show by clapping the lights out.

The show was set in Rivers's room in the basement of her daughter's house in Malibu, California where she spent half her time living; the other half she spent at her apartment in New York.

Sarah Silverman was the first guest. Other guests on the show include Kelly Osbourne, Betsy Brandt, RuPaul and Howie Mandel.

Death of Joan Rivers

After Rivers suffered cardiac arrest on August 28, 2014 and was put into a medically induced coma, the series was put on hiatus with unaired episodes still to be broadcast. Since her death on September 4, 2014, it is not known whether any of the unaired interviews will be released. As of 2022, the remaining episodes were never released.

Episodes

References

v t e Joan Rivers
Stand-up specials	An Audience with... (1984) Abroad in London (1992) Live at the Apollo (2004) Another Audience with... (2006) Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers (2009) Don't Start with Me (2012)
Films	The Girl Most Likely To... (screenplay, co-writer 1973) Rabbit Test (screenplay, director 1978) Why We Laugh: Funny Women (producer, 2013)
Television	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (guest host, 1969–86) The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers (host, 1986–87) The Joan Rivers Show (host, 1989–1993) Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (producer, 2011–2014) In Bed with Joan (writer/producer, 2013–14)
Related	Filmography Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work Nip/Tuck: Joan Rivers Louie: Joan
Family	Edgar Rosenberg (husband) Melissa Rivers (daughter)
Category

• Joan Rivers
• 2013 web series debuts
• 2014 web series endings
• American comedy web series
• 2010s YouTube series