Studio C is an American sketch comedy television show created by Matt Meese and Jared Shores. Produced by BYUtv, the show aims to be a clean, family-oriented comedy for a national audience.
The show traces its roots to the Brigham Young University sketch comedy troupe Divine Comedy, which shares some cast members with Studio C. The show's name is a reference to the studio in the BYU Broadcasting Building where the show is primarily taped.
As of May 2023, Studio C has a YouTube channel with over 2.7 million subscribers and more than 2.6 billion total views. Their channel features many sketches from the show, along with a few YouTube exclusives. Studio Cs most popular video is "Top Soccer Shootout Ever With Scott Sterling", which, by 2023, had over 89 million views on YouTube. Studio C posts new videos on YouTube every Tuesday and Friday.
In August 2018, it was confirmed that Studio C would have a 10th season but the ten original cast members would be leaving after the 9th season to create and star together on a new family-comedy network called JK! Studios. In addition to Johnson and Pence's return, the 10th season and onward feature all-new cast members.
In October 2020, it was announced that Jason Gray would return to Studio C as a permanent cast member in the fourteenth season during Fall 2021.
Cast
N/A = Actor does not appear in those series. The 10 original cast members of Studio C left after Season 10 to start their own comedy group, JK! Studios which continues to produce sketches in front of a live audience, as well as a sitcom, a lifestyle vlog, and several other new elements. Their YouTube channel has over 415,000 subscribers. Tori Pence and Dalton Johnson first appeared as featured guests in Season 6, but did not appear in Seasons 5 or 7. For the sake of simplicity, however, the graph shows them as appearing in the 5-7 block. Tori Pence, who was first introduced in Season 6 and later became a cast member in Seasons 8 and 9, left Studio C after Season 13 to become a full-time cast member of BYUtv's new sitcom 9 Years to Neptune, which is a spin-off of some sketches that first appeared in Studio C. However, she still made guest appearances as a featured cast member in several episodes of Season 14. Similarly, Ike Flitcraft left to do some freelance work, but appeared as a featured cast member in the Studio C Season 14 Halloween Special. Tori Pence later returned in Season 16. A real banana joins the cast of season 17 for that season only.
Episodes
Series overview
Recurring characters and sketches
Seasons 1-9
The following characters and themes have appeared in at least two sketches:
A Message From Studio C
A series of mock PSAs shot off-set in single-camera setup. The PSAs typically feature something ironic and/or unexpected. Text concerning the fake announcement is overlaid at the end of the video and then it cuts to the Studio C logo and the words, "This Has Been A Message From Studio C". Debuted Season 2, Episode 2. There have been seven segments of A Message From Studio C.
Ann Withers
Ann is a single, middle-aged librarian, played by Whitney Call, who characteristically inserts book titles into her conversation, lifting up the book as she says its title. Ann pronounces her name as "Enn", leading to confusion over what her name is when she introduces herself to others. Ann has a preference for much younger men, but tends to scare away all the men she attempts to seduce. Debuted Season 2, Episode 3. Ann has appeared in four sketches and is in one segment of Awkward Avoidance Viking.
Awkward Avoidance Viking
A silent character played by Jason Gray, dressed as a Viking warrior. He appears whenever Matt Meese has an awkward encounter with another person. The Awkward Avoidance Viking will rise up behind the back of the character Meese would like to avoid, and upon a nod of approval from Meese, knocks the character unconscious with his club. There are other Awkward Avoidance Vikings as well, including a female version, and ones that knock out the Viking when he is the awkward situation. Awkward Avoidance Viking segments are shot off-set with a single-camera setup and include an animated intro as well as a musical theme. Debuted Season 1, Episode 7. The Awkward Avoidance Viking has appeared in six segments.
Aww Yeah Girl
Played by Mallory Everton, is a character that follows couples while shouting, "Aww yeah!" as they're about to kiss. She first appears in season 6. There have been two Aww Yeah Girl sketches.