Jimmy Fallon (left) blew the roof off the dump with his high energy opening at Sunday night’s 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.The Late Night host wisely side-stepped the usual awards show monologue (not Fallon’s strength) and instead began the broadcast with a video goof on the night’s top nominated show, Glee. Fallon had Cory Monteith, Lea
Sunday is Emmy night, worth watching just to see if Conan O’Brien pulls NBC’s pants down if he wins for his seven month stint hosting The Tonight Show. There are other awards up for grabs, of course. Most of the big categories seem fairly tight this year, making predictions especially stupid and pointless–something we specialize
Divided houseguests (L-R) Hayden, Britney and Brendon Big Brother continues to be a big draw this summer at CBS and Global. The human zoo reality series captured the three top spots in the weekly BBC Canada national ratings for Aug. 16-22. Global, in fact, has six of the Top-10 shows that week across Canada, including
Jimmy Fallon: no ax to grind in late night NBC executives seemed keen to showcase Jimmy Fallon at the recent television critics press tour. The former Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” anchor is passing into the rite of late night manhood by hosting Sunday’s 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (NBC, CTV, 8 p.m.). Beyond that, with
Ever wanted to attend a taping of Live with Regis and Kelly? Host Regis Philbin has been crossing the street from his Central Park West apartment and shooting Live out of New York’s WABC since the series began as a local morning show in 1983. It went national in 1988 (with then co-host Katie Lee Gifford) and is still one of
Still in a New York state of mind, so allow me to tip the TVFMF hat to HBO. The premium cable network sponsors a summer long outdoor film festival in the most civilized patch of green on the planet–Byrant Park. The Manhattan greenspace is an inspiring find. Just a few blocks from the noise and neon
The Kleirer clan: Sabrina, Michele and Samantha. Ready for their close up NEW YORK–What can you get for US$28.5M in Manhattan?Found out Thursday as I toured a castle in the sky with the amazing Kleier’s of Gumley Haft Kleier. These well-connected residential real estate agents are featured on Selling New York, which premieres on HGTV Canada Sept.
MANHATTAN, N.Y.–The New York Post is hilarious AND informative.Brazenly tabloid, the no B.S. newspaper is dropped at the door here at the Bryant Park Hotel and makes for perfect breakfast reading. Today I learned: That former Edmonton Oiler Mike Comrie–who just married Hilary Duff over the weekend in Santa Barbara–is heir to the family that owns