Comedy Central recruits Dillon Francis for new TV show ‘Taskmaster’
Hosted by comedian and musician Reggie Wattts
US television network Comedy Central has recruited DJ and producer Dillon Francis to participate in a new game show called Taskmaster, which is set to premiere this April.
Hosted by comedian and musician Reggie Watts, Taskmaster is billed as the “craziest game show ever” and features contestants attempting to complete outrageous tasks. During the half hour show, contestants will be awarded points for completing tasks and will subsequently win prizes.
Other contests joining Dillon Francis include Lisa Lampanelli, Kate Berlant, Ron Funches and Freddie Highmore.
Francis has been known to show his funny side in the past, having developed his own parody TV show called DJ World as well as being featured in Viceland’s show What Would Diplo Do alongside James Van der Beek.
For more on Dillon Francis, watch his DJ set in The Lab LA as his alter-ego Dj Hanzel here
Watch the trailer for Taskmaster below and watch when it premieres at 11PM on April 27.
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