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Posted: 2016-03-16T21:21:25Z | Updated: 2016-03-17T14:02:36Z

Get ready for some comedic deep cuts.

Seeso is a new digital comedy channel from NBC, spearheaded by the network's executive vice president of digital content, Evan Shapiro. Seeso aims to be an oasis for comedy nerds, touting their library of classic comedy specials alongside NBCU's current lineup and innovative new shows, all with a Pandora-inspired user experience. The service, accessible with a monthly fee, is a blessing to comedians looking to make their dream show for a relatively accessible platform with a hands-off mentality.

The Huffington Post got to talk to comedians Dan Harmon, Jonah Ray and Kulap Vilaysack about their new shows on Seeso and what the platform hopes to achieve.

Dan Harmon, best known for creating and producing "Community," now has "Harmonquest," an animated version of his podcast , where he plays Dungeons & Dragons with his celebrity friends. Jonah Ray's "Hidden America with Jonah Ray" is an Anthony Bourdain-inspired travel show touring real cities with fake foodies. Kulap Vilaysack's "Bajillion Dollar Propertie$" premieres March 17 as a half-hour, semi-scripted comedy following seven real estate agents in the cut-throat arena of luxury Los Angeles real estate.

Did you write these shows for Seeso? Or were you them shopping around?

DAN HARMON: For me, I was trying to get something off the ground at Universal Cable Productions and Seeso was launching at the same time. It seemed like a fit to them, so they had me meet with Evan Shapiro, who was spearheading Seeso. He was just ready to go with it as opposed to basic cable, who wasnt ready to do anything. So I liked the cut of his frosted jib. I liked what he had done at IFC. His reputation preceded him as a guy known for his taste.

I said, Look, I have no idea if what youre doing is going to be the next thing that fails like everything else, so what can you promise me that would make me not regret making this thing for you?" He said, Well make it better than you could by yourself on the Internet. In other words, well put more money into it. And that was a very simple answer that made sense.

JONAH RAY: My show was originally for TruTV. And then they asked, What if you talked to real people? And we said, No. Its a fake travel show. They go, Yeah, but we were thinking 'a funny travel show. And then they offered us a lot of money to do another version. And thats a typical thing that happens. You wanna make something and they go, What about this? So we walked away from that and we sent the pilot to Seeso. And they were like, We like it! Lets make some! And its been the best. Working with them doesnt seem like working with a network. It seems like working with a partner who you actually value their opinion.

KULAP VILAYSACK: For "Bajillion Dollar Propertie$" they were the sixth pitch meeting. My show is executive produced by myself, Scott Aukerman, Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant. And Seeso were the first ones to be like, "Kulap, were a fan of yours! We know about 'Who Charted ?'" They also wanted it in the room. Other places that wanted it wanted a pilot and Seeso said, without a pilot, they wanted 16 episodes.

Kulap, your show is a take on Bravo real estate shows. Was there a specific show?

KV: "Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles." And working with Thomas and Ben was great because they made "Reno 911!," which is spoof cops. But it was also a world to do sketches. Basically, thats the model for our show. It follows seven realtors. One is the owner of the brokerage, played by Paul F. Tompkins, who is named Dean Rosedragon.

DH: I saw the art for that. He looks like a warlock.

Jonah, is your show going to be hosted by you or Jonah Ray trying to be Anthony Bourdain?

JR: Its hosted by the shittiest version of myself I can think of. The idea that anybody has a travel show ... I always think of the amount of narcissism you would need to think, You know what? People are gonna wanna watch me eat food! I love Bourdain and those shows so much but I also love the overt pretension of just, Im gonna pontificate this dumb bullshit while getting to travel the world with my friends.

Was there a specific episode that inspired you?

JR: Yeah, where he goes to Provincetown where he grew up.

DH: Wasnt that about heroin?

JR: Yeah, the second half was a heroin documentary. Also, we tried to shoot it very well to look like a Bourdain show. But a lot like Kulap's show; its a secret sketch show. So I go to a certain place and it becomes a bit. The show is what happens when this guy tries to have a very self-important travel show and everybody keeps fucking it up for him. The producers, cameramen, everybody.

Where have you gone so far?

JR: First season will be: New Orleans, Boston, Chicago, Austin, Atlanta, San Francisco, Seattle and LA. Some stuff was very run and gun. One time we got kicked out of a cemetery in Chicago. There was a miscommunication about what we were allowed to do in terms of walking over tombstones. Other times we would be shooting in a restaurant and the owner would be like, Oh, I didnt know it was going to be like this. You guys gotta go!

The thing I love about Bourdains is he makes it seem like he has a tight friend in every city.

JR: We call them Bourdain Buddies.

Do they wrangle that for his show? That cant be real.

JR: I think they are his friends, but friend is a loose term.

And "Harmonquest" is an animated "Harmontown"?

DH: Its a bit riskier than that. I feel so weird ,'cause these other shows sound like hits. Thats what else I like about Seeso, that theyre not trying to reinvent the wheel just because theyre new. They didnt try to tap a bunch of experimental people and try to make what you cant see on TV. Maybe its just really funny!

What makes me laugh so hard, just tears down my face, was Ricky Gervais show where he takes audio from his podcast with Karl Pilkington and animates to it. There is just something that pushes my buttons about animation to impromptu, real audio. The relationship between someone just babbling, just trying to make some point clear, and then an animator taking cues as if a genie is making what they say true. That and my love of role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. The funny thing about those games is that we play them to seem heroic, but when you zoom into those games, its just a bunch of people arguing over how to get through a door. Everything is so confusing and nothing happens correctly.

We were playing RPGs on "Harmontown," and kids were animating it for free on YouTube. It verified the suspicion that this would be very funny while we were pitching the show. Its celebrity guests in a multi-cam scenario sitting at a table in front of a studio audience. We start playing the game and you can always hear the audience reacting. But 75 percent of the time were cutting to an animated version of the characters doing their thing. Complicated enough?

No! It sounds great!

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