Patti Harrison leads The Onion's next InfoWars streaming show
Patti Harrison is joining The Onion's revamped InfoWars as part of the new streaming series Nerve Center. She and David Brown play self-described thought leaders, shifting the satire away from Alex Jones toward broader online grifters. Alan Resnick directs the series, which is teased in a new trailer.
Patti Harrison joins The Onion's InfoWars revamp in Nerve Center, a streaming series with David Brown. The two portray self-proclaimed thought leaders, part of a shift away from mocking Alex Jones alone toward satirizing broader online grifters. Alan Resnick directs; a trailer previews Harrison's character, Morgan Kerrigan, alternating shouts with ominous warnings. The show arrives on InfoWars' YouTube channel October 15.
The Onion's parent, Global Tetrahedron, has been reworking InfoWars since summer. Earlier, host/creative director Tim Heidecker retired his Jones impression by having his version die. CEO Ben Collins has discussed targeting the wider ecosystem of online personalities. Brown is known from Jury Duty's first season, while Resnick has made online and broadcast shorts.
The series could influence how streaming and satire audiences understand online misinformation and influencer culture. By moving beyond one figure, it may encourage viewers to recognize broader grift patterns, while also risking that parody amplifies the very rhetoric it mocks. Creators and platforms may face pressure to distinguish comedy from harmful content. Audiences who follow InfoWars or Adult Swim-style humor could be most affected.