# Hunter March
**Hunter March** (birth name Hunter Ellis March; born 1991) is an American television host, comedian, producer, and podcast host, born in Los Angeles, California. He is known for hosting Netflix's baking competition *Sugar Rush* (2018–2020), co-hosting E!'s late-night pop culture show *Nightly Pop* (2018–2022), and, more recently, co-hosting Netflix's mobile game show *Best Guess Live* with [Howie Mandel](https://www.edgepedia.org/howie-mandel)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4412715/bio/) • [2](https://youmark-images.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/WHAT-NEXT_-Netflix-Line-Up-2026-1.pdf). His career began on YouTube at the teen channel AwesomenessTV, where he rose from intern to the face of the channel[3](https://www.distractify.com/p/hunter-march-nightly-pop-exclusive).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991, Los Angeles, California; birth name Hunter Ellis March[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4412715/bio/) |
| Breakthrough | Intern at AwesomenessTV in 2012, promoted to producer within a week; later the face of a channel with over 8 million subscribers[4](https://www.mashed.com/210714/the-truth-about-sugar-rush-host-hunter-march/) • [5](https://www.abilityfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/For-Immediate-Release_-Stroll-and-Roll-Goes-Live-on-Zoom.pdf) |
| Signature hosting | *Sugar Rush* (Netflix, 2018–2020) and *Nightly Pop* (E!, 2018–2022); over 800 episodes of television[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4412715/bio/) |
| Other series | *Emogenius* (Game Show Network, 2017–2018, 20 episodes); season 4 of *Blown Away* (Netflix, filmed in Hamilton, Ontario)[4](https://www.mashed.com/210714/the-truth-about-sugar-rush-host-hunter-march/) • [6](https://www.showbizmonkeys.com/podcasts.php?id=3391) |
| Current work | Co-founder of Poppies Studios; co-host of Netflix's *Best Guess Live* with Howie Mandel[7](https://www.linkedin.com/in/huntermarch) • [2](https://youmark-images.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/WHAT-NEXT_-Netflix-Line-Up-2026-1.pdf) |
| Podcasts and writing | Hosts *Friends Without Bens* (with Alex Ovadia) and *The Perfect Pitch* for Spotify; author of *TBH*[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4412715/bio/) • [4](https://www.mashed.com/210714/the-truth-about-sugar-rush-host-hunter-march/) |
| Family | Grandson of Hal March, host of the 1950s game show *The $64,000 Question*; the two never met[4](https://www.mashed.com/210714/the-truth-about-sugar-rush-host-hunter-march/) |
## Start at AwesomenessTV
March entered entertainment through YouTube. Before joining a company, he ran his own channel; one of his early videos, a parody titled "S--t Valley Girls Say," gained a few hundred thousand views without an established platform behind it[3](https://www.distractify.com/p/hunter-march-nightly-pop-exclusive). In 2012 he took an internship at AwesomenessTV, a YouTube channel aimed at teenagers, doing tasks like fetching coffee. The internship lasted three days; within a week he was a producer[4](https://www.mashed.com/210714/the-truth-about-sugar-rush-host-hunter-march/).
Over roughly the next seven years he became one of the channel's central on-camera personalities, hosting and producing up to ten videos a week and hosting series including *The Daily Report* and *#DearHunter*[3](https://www.distractify.com/p/hunter-march-nightly-pop-exclusive) • [8](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/hunter-march.html). Between 2015 and 2016 he hosted *Top Five Live*, a daily countdown show about digital celebrities offered through Verizon's Go90 app, and hosted backstage segments of the [Teen Choice Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/teen-choice-awards)[9](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/hunter-march-38116.php) • [10](https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/socal-connected/clip/the-rise-of-silicon-beach). A 2013 *Fortune* profile described him going from TV studio intern to on-air personality in days, operating the camera himself in a Los Angeles studio[11](https://fortune.com/2013/07/25/how-youtube-changes-everything/). In a PBS SoCal interview he framed the hire plainly: no television company was willing to hire him, but the internet company was[10](https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/socal-connected/clip/the-rise-of-silicon-beach).
## Television hosting
**Emogenius.** His first network series came when the [Game Show Network](https://www.edgepedia.org/game-show-network) asked him directly to test for *Emogenius*, an emoji-based puzzle show with a $10,000 prize that ran for 20 episodes from 2017 to 2018[4](https://www.mashed.com/210714/the-truth-about-sugar-rush-host-hunter-march/). He later wrote that the show's core audience did not know what an emoji was, and the series did not change his career the way he had hoped[12](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/huntermarch_part-3-the-worst-parts-about-being-on-tv-activity-7255631018362118144-2uze).
**Sugar Rush and Nightly Pop.** In 2018 he took on two concurrent hosting jobs. Netflix cast him as host of *Sugar Rush*, a baking competition in which teams of bakers race the clock through cupcakes, confections, and cake rounds; the show ran from 2018 to 2020[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4412715/bio/) • [13](https://time.com/6961466/best-baking-shows-netflix/). The same month, E! premiered *Nightly Pop* on October 29, 2018, a late-night pop culture commentary show he co-hosted with Morgan Stewart and Nina Parker[14](https://www.nexttv.com/news/e-premieres-nightly-pop-october-29). He has described his on-air role there as "an 11-year-old with a megaphone just screaming out whatever comes to my mind"[3](https://www.distractify.com/p/hunter-march-nightly-pop-exclusive). His path to the co-host seat was rocky: he fell ill with a stomach bug during his pilot shoot and could not film, then returned the next week to audition against about ten veteran hosts and still won the part[3](https://www.distractify.com/p/hunter-march-nightly-pop-exclusive). *Nightly Pop* ran for four years before its cancellation in 2022, and across *Sugar Rush* and *Nightly Pop* March has led more than 800 episodes of television[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4412715/bio/).
**Blown Away.** After *Sugar Rush*, Netflix brought him back to host the fourth season of its glass-blowing competition series *[Blown Away](https://www.edgepedia.org/blown-away)*, which films in [Hamilton, Ontario](https://www.edgepedia.org/hamilton-ontario)[6](https://www.showbizmonkeys.com/podcasts.php?id=3391).
## Best Guess Live and Netflix games
In 2025 March joined Howie Mandel as co-host of *Best Guess Live*, which Netflix describes as its first weekday mobile game show, broadcasting Monday through Friday at 8 p.m. ET with cash prizes for players who solve puzzles fastest[2](https://youmark-images.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/WHAT-NEXT_-Netflix-Line-Up-2026-1.pdf). His LinkedIn posts describe his 2025 work at Netflix as executive production on game experiences including *Best Guess Live* and *Netflix Puzzled*, and note that the game awarded a $1 million prize during its December 22 holiday week[7](https://www.linkedin.com/in/huntermarch). IMDb news reports that Netflix ended *Best Guess Live* on August 31, 2026[15](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4412715/news/).
## Poppies Studios
March is the co-founder of Poppies Studios, a media company he runs with the YouTuber David Alvarez, focused on low-budget, high-volume unscripted formats[7](https://www.linkedin.com/in/huntermarch) • [16](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chrnov_i-met-hunter-march-11-yrs-ago-at-awesomenesstv-activity-7344132623708917763-HmA2). He describes his method as building repeatable series rather than one-off videos: among the company's formats, *High On Love* (blind dating combined with cannabis) has passed 100 million views and *Crowd Pleasers* (a live dating show where the audience chooses) has passed 200 million views[7](https://www.linkedin.com/in/huntermarch). The company's first streaming series, *You & Meme*, premiered on Tubi in 2026; in it, a single bachelor or bachelorette blind-dates five contestants who may communicate only with memes and viral clips[17](https://tubitv.com/series/300021576/you-meme).
## Podcasts and writing
March hosts two podcasts: *Friends Without Bens*, a comedy podcast with Alex Ovadia announced in January 2023 and available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music, and *The Perfect Pitch* for Spotify[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4412715/bio/) • [4](https://www.mashed.com/210714/the-truth-about-sugar-rush-host-hunter-march/). He is also the author of *TBH*, a collaborative book of relatable stories from his friends about creators' real lives[4](https://www.mashed.com/210714/the-truth-about-sugar-rush-host-hunter-march/). He tours as a stand-up comedian[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4412715/bio/).
## Family and personal life
March is the grandson of Hal March, who hosted the 1950s quiz show *The $64,000 Question*; the grandfather died before Hunter was old enough to know him, and the two never met[4](https://www.mashed.com/210714/the-truth-about-sugar-rush-host-hunter-march/) • [10](https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/socal-connected/clip/the-rise-of-silicon-beach). He has a brother named Dylan, three older step-brothers, and a step-sister, and became engaged to Mariah Davis in October 2025[8](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/hunter-march.html). He has volunteered with the disability services organization AbilityFirst since January 2021, emceeing its 2019 AbilityFEST event and leading a remote art class for participants at its Lawrence L. Frank Center[7](https://www.linkedin.com/in/huntermarch) • [5](https://www.abilityfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/For-Immediate-Release_-Stroll-and-Roll-Goes-Live-on-Zoom.pdf).
## References
1. [Hunter March – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4412715/bio/)
2. [WHAT NEXT? Netflix Line Up 2026 (Best Guess Live)](https://youmark-images.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/WHAT-NEXT_-Netflix-Line-Up-2026-1.pdf)
3. [Before Hunter March Starred on 'Nightly Pop,' He Was a YouTuber, Distractify](https://www.distractify.com/p/hunter-march-nightly-pop-exclusive)
4. [The Truth About Sugar Rush Host Hunter March, Mashed](https://www.mashed.com/210714/the-truth-about-sugar-rush-host-hunter-march/)
5. [AbilityFirst media alert on Hunter March](https://www.abilityfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/For-Immediate-Release_-Stroll-and-Roll-Goes-Live-on-Zoom.pdf)
6. [Interview: Hunter March, host of Season 4 of Netflix's Blown Away, ShowbizMonkeys](https://www.showbizmonkeys.com/podcasts.php?id=3391)
7. [Hunter March, LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/huntermarch)
8. [Hunter March – Age, Bio, Family, Famous Birthdays](https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/hunter-march.html)
9. [Hunter March Bio, The Famous People](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/hunter-march-38116.php)
10. [The Rise of Silicon Beach, PBS SoCal](https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/socal-connected/clip/the-rise-of-silicon-beach)
11. [How YouTube changes everything, Fortune](https://fortune.com/2013/07/25/how-youtube-changes-everything/)
12. [Hunter March, Part 3: The Worst Parts About Being On TV, LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/huntermarch_part-3-the-worst-parts-about-being-on-tv-activity-7255631018362118144-2uze)
13. [The Best Baking Shows on Netflix, Time](https://time.com/6961466/best-baking-shows-netflix/)
14. [E! Premieres 'Nightly Pop' Oct. 29, Broadcasting+Cable](https://www.nexttv.com/news/e-premieres-nightly-pop-october-29)
15. [Hunter March – News, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4412715/news/)
16. [Chris Erwin on Hunter March and Poppies Studios, LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chrnov_i-met-hunter-march-11-yrs-ago-at-awesomenesstv-activity-7344132623708917763-HmA2)
17. [You & Meme, Tubi](https://tubitv.com/series/300021576/you-meme)
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