Angry Video Game Nerd: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The titular Nerd character is an ill-tempered and foul-mouthed video game fanatic. He derives comic appeal from excessive and inventive use of profanity, frequent displays of explicit gestures, and heavy consumption of beer, particularly Rolling Rock or Yuengling, to "soothe the pain". A particular characteristic is his favorable comparison of extremely repulsive and painful, usually firmly scatological, acts to playing the games he reviews. Varying amounts of physical comedy are mixed into the verbal abuse.

Series details

• Title: Angry Video Game Nerd
• Format: Talk Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2004-05-25
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: YouTube
• Typical episode runtime: 20 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 83055
• IMDb ID: tt1230180
• TVDB ID: 85287

Cast and credited roles

• James Rolfe — The Nerd

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2004-05-25; final listed air date 2006-12-25; episode order: 17.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-01-25; final listed air date 2008-01-22; episode order: 23.
• Season 3: premiered 2008-02-19; final listed air date 2009-01-27; episode order: 23.
• Season 4: premiered 2009-03-16; final listed air date 2010-03-06; episode order: 25.
• Season 5: premiered 2010-04-30; final listed air date 2011-03-03; episode order: 11.
• Season 6: premiered 2011-04-06; final listed air date 2011-12-08; episode order: 6.
• Season 7: premiered 2012-07-23; final listed air date 2013-12-19; episode order: 11.
• Season 8: premiered 2014-03-19; final listed air date 2014-12-22; episode order: 16.
• Season 9: premiered 2015-03-26; final listed air date 2015-12-22; episode order: 5.
• Season 10: premiered 2016-04-06; final listed air date 2016-12-20; episode order: 5.
• Season 11: premiered 2017-03-23; final listed air date 2017-12-22; episode order: 12.
• Season 12: premiered 2018-04-18; final listed air date 2018-12-15; episode order: 9.
• Season 13: premiered 2019-01-23; final listed air date 2019-12-11; episode order: 11.
• Season 14: premiered 2020-01-15; final listed air date 2020-12-15; episode order: 12.
• Season 15: premiered 2021-03-15; final listed air date 2021-12-21; episode order: 15.
• Season 16: premiered 2022-03-17; final listed air date 2022-12-22; episode order: 6.
• Season 17: premiered 2023-02-24; final listed air date 2023-12-22; episode order: 6.
• Season 18: premiered 2024-02-25; final listed air date 2024-12-20; episode order: 9.
• Season 19: premiered 2025-02-24; final listed air date 2025-12-18; episode order: 8.
• Season 20: premiered 2026-02-06; final listed air date 2026-09-17.

Source and licence

Adapted from Angry Video Game Nerd on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.