The InZane Club

Genre: Variety show

Created by: Brian Robbins

Opening theme: “inZanity” by  I.Z.C.E.

Country of origin: United States

Original language(s): English

No. of seasons: 1

No. of episodes: 14

Production

Executive producer(s):

- Brian Robbins

- Jeff Hodsden

- Shauna Phelan

- Joe Davola

Producer(s): Don Dunn

Location(s):

Burbank Studios

Burbank, California

Running time: 25 Mintues

Production Company(s):

AwesomenessTV

(DreamWorks Animation)

Release

Original network: Netflix

Picture format: 1080p (HDTV)

Original release: October 14, 2016 – present

The Inzane Club (stylized as the iNZANe CLUB) is a television variety show created by Brian Robbins and produced by DreamWorks Animation's AwesomenessTV for Netflix. The first season, consisting of fourteen episodes, was released on October 14, 2016 with each episode streaming every Friday each week.

The series stars Kwame Alexander (changing his first name to Kyrie) as the host, with Gracie Dzienny, Noah Munck, Teala Dunn, Lia Marie Johnson and Nolan Ammon as the supporting cast, and the I.Z.C.E. Band (a spoof of DNCE) performing as the house band. The show takes place at night club that features various comedy sketches, games involving viral videos, musical numbers, and celebrity guests.

Format and Premise

The show takes place at a fictional club for only party goers who are ages 16 and up and was established since 2012. Kyrie (Kwame Alexander) is the host who presents comedy sketches, musical parodies, viral videos and celebrity games during each episode. There are also sub-plots involving Kyrie and other actors playing themselves and getting into comedic situations with each other and the studio audience. This would recur in most part of the show such as the opening monologue and closing segment.

Aside from this, the series is formatted as a typical variety show, with recurring sketches as well as an end segment called the “Game Lounge” where two celebrities sit at a lounge section of the studio and play a random game with the host. The sketches are often pop culture parodies, viral videos, digital shorts and musical numbers featuring the cast and celebrities who appear.

Cast

Starring

- Kwame “Kyrie” Alexander as Himself, The Host, Various Roles

- Gracie Dzienny as Herself, Various Roles

- Noah Munck as Himself, Various Roles

- Teala Dunn as Herself, Various Roles

Featuring

- Lia Marie Johnson as Herself, Various Roles

- Nolan Ammon as Himself, Various Roles

Production

The series was announced in March 2016 and was tentatively titled H.O.Z.: House of Zane, before being retitled The Inzane Club. Shortly after Alexander’s previous series Rhodey, NY had ended on Nickelodeon, he signed a multi-year deal with DreamWorks Animation-owned AwesomenessTV to be in future projects being produced. In May 2016, Netflix ordered fourteen episodes of the variety series with Alexander as the lead role and Dzienny, Munck, and Dunn rounding out the main cast; Johnson and Ammon were later added as featured players. Brian Robbins (co-founder and CEO of AwesomenessTV), is the showrunner and also serves as Executive Producer along with Jeff Hodsden, Shauna Phelan and Joe Davola. The pilot was produced in late-May 2016 in Burbank, California, and filming continued throughout the fall, with the series premiering on October 14, 2016 on Netflix.

Release

The series planned to premiere on Netflix in September 16, 2016, but was pushed back to October 14, 2016 and the first season ended as early as January 2017.