Whoa. There goes that Presidential Medal of Freedom for Keith Olbermann. Take a look at this two-hander from last night’s show on MSNBC: Olbermann has been pointing out that George W. Bush is a dummy for years, but even for him, this was turning up the heat. Sure, it is open season on Bush, especially
Unlike ABC, which could only ready two, CBS has five new series starting next fall. Missing from their upfront announcement at Carnegie Hall in New York this afternoon was a rumored, 11th hour pickup of the dumped Fox comedy Back To You, although CBS does have a new show titled The Eleventh Hour (not to
The Hollywood Reporter has posted Jimmy Kimmel‘s best lines from the ABC upfront this week. Kimmel has hosted the Manhattan bash the past few years. Among his keepers from Tuesday’s event: “Here at ABC we’re very excited about both our new shows.” And: “NBC are calling it their ‘infront’ this year because they’re just in
Some guests come on late night talk shows, work their movie, make with the nice friendly happy talk, move down the couch. Then there’s Shia LaBeouf, a guest last night on Late Show with David Letterman: LeBeouf turned an embarrassing situation into nine minutes of gold on Letterman. Somebody send this kid a carton of
Finally a little good news for the Vancouver TV biz–Reaper has been renewed.The CW announced their fall 2008 schedule at their upfront today in New York, and the Vancouver-based comedy, which features Ray Wise as the Devil as well as Ontario-native Tyler Labine, will return as a mid-season replacement. Several other Vancouver crews are out
Today in New York, ABC unveiled its most passive fall launch schedule ever, with just two new shows joining the network.And one of those is very seen-it-before: Life On Mars is a reversioning of the British hit. David E. Kelley was on board to write and produce but has handed off to the team behind
Remember Fraggle Rock? The Jim Henson-produced Muppet series, shot in Toronto in the early to mid-’80s, is being turned into a live-action musical feature according to a report in Variety. How successful was it? This CBC children’s series regularly drew 1.5 million viewers–at 5:30 in the afternoon! CBC can’t even get those numbers with NHL
NBC entertainment president Ben Silverman admits the peacock network will likely lose Jay Leno once he leaves The Tonight Show in 2009. “I think it’s a reach,” Silberman tells Bill Carter in today’s New York Times. Carter was reporting on yesterday’s official announcement in New York that Jimmy Fallon will be taking over from Conan