The films star Ferrell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Steve Carell, and Christina Applegate, as the title character, Brian Fantana, Champ Kind, Brick Tamland, and Veronica Corningstone, respectively.
[citation needed] A podcast series, The Ron Burgundy Podcast, produced by Big Money Players and written by Jake Fogelnest, with Ferrell reprising his role alongside Carolina Barlow, aired for 57 episodes across four seasons on iHeartRadio from February 7, 2019 to August 19, 2021, with a fifth season in active development.
The site's consensus reads: "Filled with inspired silliness and quotable lines, Anchorman isn't the most consistent comedy in the world, but Will Ferrell's buffoonish central performance helps keep this portrait of a clueless newsman from going off the rails.
[5] With the 1970s behind him, San Diego's top-rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm with the help of his best friends.
[8] In January 2019, Ferrell announced The Ron Burgundy Podcast with iHeartRadio, written by Jake Fogelnest, to launch the following month, reprising his role weekly to discuss a variety of topics and conduct interviews, lasting 68 episodes across five seasons from February 7, 2019 to August 4, 2022.
The fifth season, premiering June 16, 2022, was recorded live on tour, under the conceit that Ron had burned down the sound studio in an incident involving lit candles and a kangaroo.
The appearances were part of an effort to promote his "comedy routine" and the second season of The Ron Burgundy Podcast.
He then also went on to state that "If Anchorman 2 gets that sort of second life, if three, four years from now people start asking us that question a lot and there's an idea, we would be open to that.
"[18] In that same year, Steve Carell stated he would reprise his role of Brick Tamland if a third film was made.