The Edge with Jake Sasseville (TV series)
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The Edge with Jake Sasseville is an American late-night television talk show created and hosted by 22-year-old Jake Sasseville. The series combines celebrity interviews, unscripted comedy, and behind-the-scenes footage of how a 22-year-old starts a television show. The program is produced by Sasseville's production company, Foot in Mouth, Inc., and is based in New York, New York. It began on local-access television in Auburn, Maine in 2001, aired briefly on Fox affiliates in Maine in 2004[1], and its first 13-episode national season began airing on at least 37 ABC affiliates on February 14, 2008.[2] In most markets, the program airs at 1:05 a.m. on Friday mornings following Jimmy Kimmel Live![3] The program has followed an unusual path of obtaining nationwide exposure by purchasing blocks of airtime in local markets and selling advertising itself. Initial nationwide sponsors included the Ford Motor Company, Overstock.com, and Red Bull.[4]
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In an attempt to convince ABC affiliates to adopt the program, Sasseville began a campaign titled "Jake After Jimmy" during the 2007 Crocs Next Step Campus Tour featuring the band Guster. Sasseville emceed the tour and encouraged crowd members to send messages to ABC affiliate managers by logging onto his Web site, JakeAfterJimmy.com.
