AI-generated talk shows — pick a late-night format, give it any topic, and watch a full episode come to life in seconds.

Built for the Multimodal Frontier Hackathon.

1. Pick a show — Choose from talk show templates (John Oliver, Seth Meyers, SNL Weekend Update), each with unique host personalities and humor styles.
2. Give it a topic — Paste a news link, article, or just describe what you want the show to cover. The AI researches it deeply using Google Search grounding.
3. Watch your episode — The system generates a script, produces video clips with Veo, synthesizes host voices with Gemini TTS, and stitches everything into a watchable episode.

• Next.js 16 (App Router) + React 19 + TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS 4 — brutalist design system
• Google Gemini — script generation, research, TTS voice synthesis
• Google Veo — AI video clip generation
• Mux — video hosting, playback, and streaming
• PostgreSQL + Drizzle ORM — show/template storage
• Vercel — hosting and deployment

npm install
npm run db:migrate
npm run dev

Create a .env.local file. See app/lib/env.ts for validation details.

# Database (PostgreSQL with pgvector)
DATABASE_URL=

# Mux credentials
MUX_TOKEN_ID=
MUX_TOKEN_SECRET=

# S3-compatible storage (for translation workflows)
S3_ENDPOINT=
S3_REGION=
S3_BUCKET=
S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=

# Google AI (Gemini for script generation, research, TTS)
GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY=

# Gemini API key (for Veo video generation and LLM)
GEMINI_API_KEY=

# Additional AI providers
OPENAI_API_KEY=
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=

# ElevenLabs (for audio translation/dubbing)
ELEVENLABS_API_KEY=

# Mux signing keys (for signed/secure playback URLs)
MUX_SIGNING_KEY=
MUX_PRIVATE_KEY=

# Remotion Lambda (for rendering social clips)
REMOTION_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
REMOTION_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=

app/                    # Next.js App Router
├── api/                # API routes (generate, chat, TTS)
├── components/         # Shared UI (header, footer)
├── create/             # Show creation flow
├── lib/                # Utilities (env, mux, veo, tts)
├── media/              # Browse shows
├── templates/          # Template management
└── watch/[showId]/     # Watch page + panels
db/                     # Drizzle schema + migrations
public/templates/       # Show template reference images