Channel Awesome
American internet reviewer website and associated business entity
Channel Awesome, Inc. is an American online media production company based in Lombard, Illinois. The company was founded in 2008 by Mike Michaud, Mike Ellis, and Bhargav Dronamraju. Channel Awesome operated the That Guy with the Glasses website (often abbreviated TGWTG) until late 2014, when it was phased into the Channel Awesome website. The site is best known for the comedic film review series Nostalgia Critic, starring Doug Walker.
That Guy with the Glasses previously hosted the fellow channels Bar Fiesta (beginning in November 2009) and Blistered Thumbs (beginning in November 2010). Channel Awesome currently hosts a YouTube channel of the same name with an emphasis on content produced by Doug Walker and his brother Rob. All of Channel Awesome's content was hosted by Blip or YouTube prior to the former's shutdown in August 2015. After a series of scandals, nearly all affiliated creators severed ties with Channel Awesome and departed in April 2018.
Origins
Mike Michaud, Mike Ellis, and Bhargav Dronamraju created Channel Awesome after they were laid off from Circuit City in 2007.
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