Chris Hardwick (L) and his wife Lydia Hearst attend the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on February 26. "Talking with Chris Hardwick" is to debut April 9. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo
Actor Charlie Hunnam receipient of the Male Star of the Year award arrives for the CinemaCon 2017 Big Screen Achievement Awards at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on March 30. He will be a guest on the new show "Talking with Chris Hardwick." File Photo by James Atoa/UPI | License Photo
Justin Theroux arrives for the Warner Bros. Pictures Invites You to The Big Picture at CinemaCon 2017, The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on March 29. He will be a guest on the new show "Talking with Chris Hardwick." File Photo by James Atoa/UPI | License Photo
Bill Nye (L) and Neil deGrasse Tyson attend the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on September 10, 2016. deGrasse Tyson will be a guest on the new show "Talking with Chris Hardwick." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Michelle Monaghan attends the Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on February 26. She will be a guest on the new show "Talking with Chris Hardwick." File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo
March 31 (UPI) -- Michelle Monaghan, Charlie Hunnam, Connie Britton and Justin Theroux are among the first guests booked for AMC's pop culture-themed chat show, Talking with Chris Hardwick.
Also set to appear on the program are Bryan Cranston, Elijah Wood, Damon Lindelof, Neil deGrasse Tyson and the cast of Silicon Valley. Additional guests will be announced soon, the cable network said.
Talking with Chris Hardwick premieres April 9, the week after Hardwick's Talking Dead and The Walking Dead-- the zombie drama Talking Dead analyzes-- wrap up for the season.
The comedian's new show is billed as "an in-depth conversation between Hardwick and a single guest or cast, highlighting Hardwick's singularly irreverent and authentic take on today's pop-culture landscape."
