THE NERDIST: Nerds Rule the World

It’s officially official: NERDS RULE! Hear from host Chris Hardwick, celebrity guest Wil Wheaton, musician Mike Phirman and members of THE NERDIST audience why it’s time to embrace our “inner nerd”. What’s the best way to do that? Watch the television special THE NERDIST: YEAR IN REVIEW *** Premiering Saturday Dec 24 at 9/8c*** immediately following DOCTOR WHO: BEST OF THE CHRISTMAS SPECIALS at 8/7c, only on BBC America!

THE NERDIST: Year In Review is the first of BBC America’s five all new Nerdist Specials based on comedian, writer, Doctor Who fan and web pundit Chris Hardwick’s immensely popular Nerdist podcast, the Internet’s Top Ranked Podcast.

This Christmas Eve Special is a one-hour year-end review where Hardwick and his team of nerd experts review the best of the U.S. and the UK’s top nerd moments, gadgets and superheroes of 2011, and nerd-tastic reviews of the year’s best moments from Comic Con and Doctor Who.

PLUS Special guests: NATHAN FILLION (Castle, Firefly), WIL WHEATON (Eureka, Star Trek: The Next Generation) and KUMAIL NANJIANI (Franklin & Bash), and Interviews with DAVID TENNANT (Doctor Who’s 10th Doctor) and SIMON PEGG (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Shaun of the Dead).

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