. >> my favorite part is we taped it before like he was oscar-winner john legend. scar-winner john legend in hammer pants and glasses. >> reporter: we caught up with two of the show's executive producers, steven merchant and john kaczynski. >> how did this show come to be? >> unromantic origin story. we were driving back from ohigh, california. >> play tunes and kind of start doing it for our own amusement. the more we talked about it the more it seeped like a great idea. >> when you see an amazing performer on stage you think, there's no way i could sing justin timberlake. but you could mime it. i think there's something about that, hopefully everyone at home is like, yeah, i can do this. ♪ >> there's things that you can't see. >> scandalous. >> there's things you're going to see that you'll never be able to unsee. >> really? >> yeah. >> both of you have insane sex appeal. >> we look as ridiculous as you can look. >> reporter: when it comes to viral video success, the ridiculous factor is almost always the common denominator. there's just something about these craz

. >> my favorite part we taped it before like he was oscar winner john legend now we have oscar winnermmer pants and glasses. ♪ can't touch this ♪ >> she's so fine. >> once embarrassing hairbrush in hand moments reserved for the bathroom mirror now on display for the world to enjoy. i'm rachel smith in hollywood. ♪ >> emily blount. >> i love her. >> she's pretty cool. >> what would you do? >> i would love to do that show. i would do something old school from otis redding. >> i think you should consider shakira, hips don't lie. >> you just want to see >> good morning we're working on several developing stories on this thursday, april 9. >>> the south carolina police officer charged with the shooting death of an unarmed black man has ties with south jersey, we're live with the details. >> the agency's job to protect the president and his family is dealing with another scandal. >> violent and destructive storms move across the country and leave behind a trail of damage. >> good morning it's thursday, tam is back.

. >> you can see more of my conversation with oscar winner john ridley tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern time. that's our broadcast. we thank you for watching. i'm john seigenthaler. i'll see you back here tomorrow night. the news continues next with antonio makers ror mora and barbara serra.

. >>> oscar winner john legend is planning to produce a musical romantic dram m the film is about a oneve for music after coaching an aspiring singer. production is set to start right here in philadelphia this september. legend who won an oscar for best original song for selma will cure rate the music. miguel has been tapped for the leading role. we'll be right back. ♪ farmers bell rings♪ [prof. burke] it's easy to buy insurance and forget about it. but the more you learn about your coverage, the more gaps you might find. like how you thought you were covered for this. [boy] check it out,mom! [prof. burke]when you're really only covered for this. or how you figured you were covered for this. when you're actually paying for this. you might be surprised at what's hiding in your coverage. talk to farmers and get smarter about your insurance. ♪ we are farmers bum-pa-dum bum-bum-bum-bum ♪♪ >> top stores at 6:55. a 22-year-old is in custody accused of shooting his father from the back seat of the family car. this happened while his father was driving along the schuylkill expressway in west co

still to come - more of the conversation with director novelist and oscar winner john ridley.s - youtube marks a major milestone. we'll look back at how it started in some of the most popular videos of the past decade. decade. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston. it's about 8:48 eastern. taking a look at the top stories. aid groups call the humanitarian situation in yemen catastrophic. as the saudi arabia led coalition continuation bombings continue despite an announced it had ended >>> the family of michael brown set to file a wrongful death lawsuit against ferguson, missouri. he was fatally shot by a whit police officer, prompting protest >>> the f.c.c. will put an order to put a $48 million order into the hands of a gauge. that move means the f.c.c. doesn't think the deal is in the public's interest >>> the first project at its time take inmates and train them to be computer programmers, and do it with no access to the internet because it's against prison policy. jacob ward went behind bars for the story. >> reporter: this is home to some of the mos

plus john ridley, the oscar winner talks about writing race. >> what it comes down to is that black lives do not matter, and to some folks even in 2015, that remains the fact. >> and why the time is right for his new project "american crime." tonight a major new development in the fight over fracking. it is coming from oklahoma where officials now say the link between the drilling and earthquakes is becoming clearer. a the earth shook in oklahoma nearly 600 times last year alone. initially the state wasn't so sure but it changed its position after scientists said underground disposal of waste water associated with fracking away likely to blame. oklahoma launched a new website that track where the earthquakes happen near 3,000 fracking waste water sites. says more study is needed. oklahoma is not the only state dealing with the issue dozens of earthquakes in north texas meredith perry hall says her land hasn't been the same since drilling began next door. >> do you see how low it's sitting, there was a sink house below the house. >> ohio residents have results too. bumping up u.s. oil prod