Talk Talk: John Malkovich, Chris Matthews, Steve Earle (1)
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Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-FreeHere's who's on the late night talk shows tonight. Charlie Rose: RNC coverage The Daily Show: RNC coverage The Colbert Report: David Paterson and RNC coverage The Late Show with David Letterman: John Malkovich, Hayden Panettiere, and a tribute to Warren Zevon with Steve Earle Jay Leno: Eva Mendes, Chris Matthews, and Shinedown Jimmy Kimmel Live: Taye Diggs, Sarah Jane Morris, and Black Kids Tavis Smiley: Elisabeth ...
Here's who Aniston is going to play on 30 Rock (1)
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Filed under: Celebrities, 30 Rock, Casting, Reality-FreeWe all speculated as to what role Jennifer Aniston will play when she guest stars on NBC's 30 Rock later this year, and now we know what part she'll play. It's actually one of the choices we came up with.Aniston will play an old friend of Liz Lemon who starts to stalk Jack Donaghy. The character is described as an ex-roommate of Liz's from Chicago who is a "free-spirited, ...
Bill Melendez, animator and voice of Snoopy, dead at 91 - VIDEO (5)
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Filed under: TV Royalty, Video, Celebrities, Obituaries, Reality-FreeWe have a TV Royalty category here at TV Squad, and if there's anyone who worked in television and deserved the honor it's Bill Melendez.Melendez was an animator for Walt Disney Studios in the 1930 and 40s, working on such classic movies as Fantasia and Pinocchio and Mickey Mouse shorts, then went on to make tons of movies, cartoons and commercials (he worked on many Bugs Bunny shorts ...
Five NBC shows to premiere on your computer before your TV set (2)
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Filed under: Industry, Programming, Web, Reality-FreeWe really do live in a very different television landscape.NBC has decided to put five of its shows online a week before they even premiere on TV, to build buzz. The network has decided to use Hulu to show the first episodes of new show Knight Rider and returning shows 30 Rock, Lipstick Jungle, Life, and Chuck. Of course, putting episodes online is nothing new. All of the networks do ...
Kitchen Nightmares season 2 - an early look (1)
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Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Early LooksIt's rather interesting, when you think about it, that chef Gordon Ramsay has not one but two shows on FOX, Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares. And this isn't like Rachael Ray having 22 different shows. She has a show that is syndicated to many stations around the county, and her other shows are on a cable station, Food Network, where she is a brand and one of the ...
What shows had the best seasons of the past 20 years? (3)
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Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Reality-FreeAugust has been a slow month for these "Best XXXX of All-Time" and "Worst XXXX Sitcoms of the Decade" lists, but here's an interesting one: the 20 best seasons of the last 20 years.It's an interesting subject for a list because TV fans can often agree on what shows are generally good or bad, and we can generally agree that even the best shows have bad ...
More Friends on 30 Rock: Jennifer Aniston to guest star this season (3)
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Filed under: Celebrities, 30 Rock, Casting, Reality-FreeHey, if David Schwimmer can do it, why not Jennifer Aniston?The rumors floating around have turned out to be true: the ex-Friends star is going to make a guest appearance on NBC's 30 Rock this season. In fact, she's filming the episode as I type this. Well, maybe not that sentence, but even as I type ... this.Now comes the endless speculation on what part she'll play. Could she ...
Burn Notice: The Fix - Book Review (2)
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Filed under: OpEd, Reality-Free, Burn NoticeWriting a tie-in novel to a popular (and current) TV show can't be an easy thing to do. Some of them are pretty lousy, dashed off to appeal to fans of the show and/or cash in on the show (and let's not even get into fan fiction). The author also has to be careful not to tick off loyal fans who know the show backwards and forwards. What if you ...
Mad Men: The New Girl (1)
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Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Mad Men(S02E05) "This is America. Pick a job and become the person who does it." - Bobbie, to PeggyIs there any other show on TV right now that packs so much stuff into one episode? So many revelations, so many character developments, so many nuances? People who only have the attention span for music videos have complained that "nothing ever happens" on Mad Men, but I say that more ...
TV Obits: Carry, Pflug, Mooney (1)
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Filed under: Celebrities, Obituaries, Reality-FreeA roundup of TV people from in front of the camera and behind the scenes who have passed away. Julius Carry: He was probably best known for his role as Lord Bowler on The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Carry was also a regular on The District, Doctor, Doctor, and Do Over, and had recurring roles on Murphy Brown, Boy Meets World, and Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place. ...
You can already order NBC's Olympics DVDs (2)
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Filed under: Sports, TV on DVD, Reality-FreeThe Olympics aren't even over until this Sunday, but you can already order the DVDs.NBC will release three different DVD sets for the 2008 Beijing Games. The first DVD is titled Michael Phelps: Greatest Olympic Champion - The Inside Story, and will show all of his gold medal-winning races and behind the scenes footage that hasn't been seen before. The second set is titled 2008 Beijing Opening Ceremonies, and ...
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So there's two discs devoted to opening ceromonies, one entire disc for Phelps, yet only one disc for the weeks of sporting events that took place, that are the point of the Olympics games? Not to mention the closing ceremonies have been omitted.
And the newest cast member of SNL is ... (1)
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Filed under: Saturday Night Live, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-FreeHave you been watching The Line, the online summer series from Saturday Night Live cast members Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, and Jason Sudeikis? Well, then you might already be familiar with the newest addition to the NBC late night show.The new guy is Bobby Moynihan, who costars in the online series (about two obsessed science fiction fans waiting in line to see a popular space movie). Others might ...
David Hasselhoff has created his own Space (1)
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Filed under: Web, Celebrities, Reality-FreeHave you thought about creating a MySpace page but thought it was too general and want to make something that's a little more focused, something that celebrates something you're really interested in? You might want to join HoffSpace.It's the new social network from David Hasselhoff. The Baywatch/Knight Rider/America's Got Talent star has set up a network on his site where fans from around the world can network with each other. Well, ...
Are you ready for more spaghetti-eating cats? - VIDEO (3)
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Filed under: Daytime, Video, Talk Show, Reality-FreeThe mystery of the spaghetti-eating cat has been solved.If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's the skinny. During a segment on binge drinking on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, the show suddenly - and without any explanation at all - switched to a picture of a cat seated at a table eating a plate of pasta. The cat wasn't on the show and they ...
Burn Notice promo kits are cool, but ... (2)
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Filed under: Emmys, Reality-Free, Burn NoticeHere's a neat idea: the Burn Notice promotional kits that USA Network sent out to Emmy voters were written in invisible ink! You needed a UV flashlight to read the words, which was included in the kit. The Denver Egoist has all of the details and several pics from the kit, created by TDA Advertising in Boulder, CO.The kit, which contains 12 episodes of the show on four DVDs, is ...
Mad Men: Three Sundays (1)
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Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Mad Men(S02E04) "That was beautiful. Are you going to say Grace now?" - Peggy's mom, to the priestThis episode brought a big smile to my face for one reason: Pete was wining and dining the Gorton's people! I grew up a few blocks away from the Gorton's headquarters, so it was great to see them as the latest client of Sterling Cooper. Hopefully we'll see them in the future ...
Sarah Connor Chronicles guy wants to play The Riddler (2)
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Filed under: Celebrities, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-FreeI'd love to hear the context in which this quote was uttered in this MTV interview with Sarah Connor Chronicles star Brian Austin Green.Green says that he would love to play The Riddler in the next Batman movie. He knows he's going to be busy "killing machines and people" on the FOX show, but he's still available to be in the movie, even though it might take a ...
Aaron Sorkin feels guilty about Studio 60, meets with HBO (3)
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Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Reality-FreeRemember Studio 60? It was a little show that not many people had opinions about, and no one here really talked about it that much. But creator/writer Aaron Sorkin is talking about it, to GQ. Sorkin actually feels guilty about the entire thing, because he knows he screwed it up. He tells Mickey Rapkin that the ultimately the show didn't work because he made too many mistakes:I was too ...
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Read the interview. It is very good.
Celebs plan to say funny, classic things at Emmys (1)
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Filed under: Celebrities, Awards, Emmys, Reality-FreeThis news makes me cringe more than a little.At this year's Emmy Awards (September 21 on ABC), celebrities will utter famous catch phrases and lines from 60 years of television.Doesn't this immediately sound just awful? The scripts for these award shows are often cringe-worthy anyway, the forced humor and banter between two people presenting at the same time, and now they're going to make them say famous lines from TV ...
Check out David Letterman's first show - no, not that one! - VIDEO (3)
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Filed under: TV Royalty, Daytime, Video, Talk Show, Reality-FreeI think I'm one of the very few people - maybe not even David Letterman himself - who remembers the very first David Letterman Show with a real fondness. No, not NBC's Late Night with David Letterman, I'm talking about his morning show, which ran on NBC for a very short time in 1980. I'm not quite sure how I watched this show. I would have been ...
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Letterman morning show, who knew?
