SHAQ To Host UPLOAD, Tosh.0 Style Viral Videos And Skits On TruTV

Shaquille O’Neal got the green-light to host a TruTV show titled “Upload with Shaquille O’Neal.”

The half hour program with feature O’Neal and friends commenting on funny viral videos as well as creating their own parodies.

Shaq will scour the Internet searching for then funniest online videos and will be joined on-screen by host Gary Owen (Think Life a Man) and Godfrey (The Mr. Men Show).

The project was granted a 10-episode order at the Turner-owned cable network, best known for such series as Hardcore Pawn and Operation Repo, hails from tru and FishBowl Worldwide Media.

Vin Di Bona, Bruce Gersh, Susan Levison, Beth Greenwald, Tosh.0’s Mike Gibbons, Shaq Entertainment’s Perry Rogers, Colin Smeeton and Mike Parris will serve as executive producers.

“Shaquille O’Neal has such a great personality, and he really has a lot of fun with the format and the material in this new truTV series,” said truTV EVP and COO Marc Juris. “This show is going to be a great fit with truTV’s comedic shows like Impractical Jokers and the upcoming Killer Karaoke.”