From "The Today Show" to "The Night Time Show with Stephen Kramer Glickman", 10 Year Old Comedian, Saffron Herndon Goes Viral and Debuts on the West Coast

    LOS ANGELES, CA, October 02, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Viral video sensation, Saffron Herndon, is the 10-year-old prodigy stand up comedian that has taken over the comedy scene and has the world buzzing. Saffron from Mesquite, Texas became an overnight star when the Huffington Post said, "She has a better command of the stage and material than humans three times her age," and the Daily Mail agreed, calling her "way beyond her years." Major comedy clubs like the Houston Improv, Helium Comedy Club in Portland, and many more have approached Saffron about performing, and television producers at NBC, FOX and TBS have reached out daily about business propositions. After weighing all of the very exciting options, Herndon chose to make her television debut this Friday, October 2nd on The Today Show with Matt Lauer and will make her west coast stand up debut on The Night Time Show with Stephen Kramer Glickman, Oct 14th at The Lyric Theater in Los Angeles. Host Stephen Kramer Glickman is best known for his role on the Nickelodeon Hit Series Big Time Rush, and has been seen on NBC's Last Comic Standing and Workaholics on Comedy Central. Thruline Entertainment represents Stephen Kramer Glickman.

Along with Herndon's west coast debut, The Night Time Show will feature performances by TJ Miller (Silicon Valley), Jonathan Kite (2 Broke Girls), Mike O'Connell (Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories), Brent Weinbach (Another Period) and Anna Akana (Ant-Man) on October 14th at 10:30pm. Hearing the news of her first west coast performance, Southwest Airlines offered to fly Saffron's entire family to Los Angeles. Southwest also asked the hilarious fifth grader to perform in their popular sky program, LIVE AT 35, which has featured artists like Five for Fighting, Gavin Degraw and Imagine Dragons. Saffron's family will be staying stylishly and comfortably near the venue thanks to weholi.com, a Discount Travel Marketplace that has provided lodging for the family during their big trip. Krispy Kreme donuts is also joining to celebrate this new young star and will give complimentary donuts to the first one hundred audience members who attend Saffron's west coast debut at the Lyric Theater in Los Angeles.

About Saffron Herndon: The 10 year old stand up prodigy whose stand up videos have gone viral with millions of viewers online overnight. Saffron Herndon is currently being penned in editorials such as seventeen magazine, Huffngton Post, Elite Daily and Buzzfeed. Saffron Herndon is a standup comedian who is not scared to share her feeling on anything from politics and religion to her distaste for her public school and parents' laws. Although hearing her material is akin to conversing with a mature adult her youthful take on these adult topics will astound any audience and leave them wanting to hear more. She started at age 8 and by 10 years old she already has a budding career. Saffron has several comedy festivals under her belt including Gilda's Laughfest in Grand Rapids, Dallas Comedy Festival, and Austin's Out Of Bounds Festival.

About The Night Time Show: A monthly LIVE show at The Lyric Theatre 520 N. La Brea Ave Los Angeles, CA 90036. http://www.lyrictheatrela.com The Night Time Show is currently in development for a television show with Emmy Winning Executive Producer Ellen Rakieten (Undateable on NBC / Oprah Winfrey Show) and her company Ellen Rakieten Entertainment.

ABOUT ELLEN RAKIETEN ENTERTAINMENT
Thirteen-time Emmy Award-winning producer Ellen Rakieten launched her production company within Relativity Television / Media in April 2010. Prior to founding Ellen Rakieten Entertainment, Ms. Rakieten co-created and executive produced The Oprah Winfrey Show for more than two decades. Ellen Rakieten Entertainment is currently working on multiple projects for several cable and broadcast networks including a second season of Car Matchmaker with Spike Feresten on Esquire, freshman series Get Swank'd (FYI) and Pretty. Strong. (Oxygen) as well as many others with E!, HGTV, WeTV, Lifetime, Food Network, Spike and more. Undateable (NBC) is a scripted sitcom based on Ms. Rakieten's book of the same name. It premiered in 2014 and was the highest rated summer program on the network in more than five years. A third all-live season debuts Fall 2015.

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