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Bobbi Althoff Ends The Really Good Podcast to Pursue TV Comedy

The podcast wrapped its final episode with a dark-humored farewell ahead of Althoff’s move into scripted TV development.

Bobbi Althoff poses with her award backstage at the 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards presented at the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, Texas on March 11, 2024.
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Overview

  • In Thursday’s finale Althoff, dressed in funeral black, confirmed the end of the series and performed an off-tune rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” with her sister Lexi.
  • Debuting in April 2023 with a viral Drake interview, The Really Good Podcast amassed over one billion views and 300 million likes through intentionally awkward celebrity sit-downs.
  • The series secured an exclusive distribution, advertising, and marketing agreement with Studio71 and won Best Emerging Podcast at the 2024 iHeart Podcast Awards.
  • Guests spanned A-listers such as Jimmy Kimmel, Shaquille O’Neal, Scarlett Johansson and Mark Cuban to artists like Offset and Peso Pluma.
  • Althoff has not detailed her next steps but is reported to be developing a scripted comedy series to produce, write and star in.