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betty white is ‘off her rocker!’

April 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

move over, ashton kutcher!

there’s a new queen of prank shows and it’s none other than ms. betty white. NBC has just picked up the 88-year-old’s reality TV series, off their rockers!

ms. white will host and executive produce off their rockers, a hidden-camera show that will follow a band of senior citizens as they play pranks on unsuspecting young people. oh. my. gosh…. this sounds HILARIOUS!

“people have been telling me that i’m ‘off my rocker’ for years – now i can prove it,” says white.

can’t wait to see what they come up with! i mean, ANYone could fall victim to some sweet little old man or woman. you’d have a heart of stone if ya didn’t!

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will & steve… together again on ‘the office!’

January 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

well, this news just made my morning!

i’m dreading the office without the great michael scott, yes. but news that will ferrell will be joining his anchorman co-star steve carell during his farewell episodes sweetens his office departure just a bit.

…but only a bit.

ferrell has committed to a four-episode arc on the office in which he’ll play a branch manager who has many michael scott-like qualities – which means he’ll most likely be awkward, hilarious and inappropriate. producers are saying ferrell will air one episode after carell leaves, to help with the transition. seems they think mr. ferrell will help stop the michael scott withdrawals!

exec producer paul liberstein / toby jokes, “we found steve carell when he was nothing but a movie star and we turned him into a television star. we are proud to continue the office’s tradition of discovering famous talent, and we hope that once America gets a good look at will, they’ll see what we see, tremendous raw sexuality.”

and there you have it. can’t wait!

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ricky gervais could be the new michael scott!

August 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment

this would be brilliant!

on the heels of news that steve carell plans to bid adieu to the office, the guessing game as to how the show will survive who will replace him has begun. as a loyal office fan, i just can’t imagine it without him. it’s gonna be a bumpy road for show execs…

unless they recruit creator and star of the u.k. series, ricky gervais! apparently the idea has been thrown around, and both office execs and gervais aren’t (completely) ruling it out.

exec producer paul liberstein (and character “toby”) says:

“we talked about it today for a while. it’s not the leading idea… [but] it’s not a dead idea… there would be some things to deal with. on the flip side, you have someone who’s incredibly talented and who has played with a level of realism that’s the same as our show… if dunder mifflin needed to replace michael scott, they’d consider both internal and external candidates. and we will show them considering both. we’ll kind of start [the replacement process] and put it in motion. i don’t want steve to go, and if he decides he wants to stay, i will be very happy with that.”

always the joker, gervais himself says:

“as [my character in the office] david brent would say, ‘been there, done that, bought the t-shirt …’ as i would say, ‘why would i get up at 6 a.m. five days a week for seven years when i can hire someone else to do that and still get my syndication money?’”

is he trying to throw is off track? come on now, team, work together here! i cringe to think what the show will be without carell. ricky gervias might be the only cure-all!

thoughts?

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door #1, 2, or 3?

January 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re aware that nbc is ousting conan o’brien from his ‘tonight show’ spot to give it up for their golden child, jay leno. they only gave him 3 months! 3 months to prove himself is frankly not a fair enough shot. but, nbc doesn’t care.

what they should care about is that they are in a bit of a pickle with conan’s contract. by trying to move the time of his show to after jay’s time slot, nbc is in breach of its agreement. which means, conan’s got a decision to make. according to tmz and their sources, he has three options:

1) get outta the biz & collect some checks… some BIG checks. if conan quits, nbc would have to pay him the value of his contract, up to $80 million bucks over the next 4 years.

2) check out the view from other networks’ late-night lineups. fox? abc? i’m sure they’ll all come a-callin’. but if conan were to make a deal with a competing show, nbc would still have to pay him! let’s say fox paid him $10 mil/year. nbc would then have to ante up the reamining $10 mil to equal his original nbc contract. sounds good to me, mr. o’brien!

3) orrrr, he could once again come second to jay leno and take the shortened 12:35-1:05am time slot.

so, what’ll it be, sir?

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time travelin’ tv

August 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment

timetravel

‘the time traveler’s wife’… did you like the book? did you like the movie? then get ready for the tv series! abc & ‘friends’ creator marta kauffman have joined forces to make the hit story a weekly edition. the movie, with eric bana & rachel mcadams, pulled in a hefty $20 million in it’s 3-day opening. it would appear it’s just money in the bank for execs!

apparently abc’s interest in adapting the story into a tv series has been long-standing – the network says they’ve been discussing the project with writer/producer kauffman “for years.” the talented lady will both write & executive produce for the show. abc execs believe they’ll be able to string-out & explore the relationship between the two main characters throughout a few seasons. the series centers around a man that spontaneously time travels to and from the woman he loves.

while this has potential, i think it might be difficult for fans of the book/movie to sit still episode to episode. abc touts that the series will feature self-contained storylines as well, but i’m not sure it will be enough. plus, haven’t we seen a romantic time-travel tv show before? nbc’s 2007 ‘journeyman’ only lasted one season. hopefully the popularity of ‘the time traveler’s wife’ will help it fare a bit better!

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jer’s back!

August 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment

jerrymichael jordan, brett favre, jay leno… these are just a few peeps who left their success for a taste of the retired life, but weren’t satisfied sitting on the sidelines. well, we can officially add another celeb to the list. king of comedy mr. jerry seinfeld!

jer is back and teaming up with nbc for a reality show entitled ‘the marriage ref,’ in which a panel of celebrities, comedians & athletes will judge marital disputes and recommend conflict resolutions. could be funny, could be a disaster. while jerry will stay behind the camera as producer for most of it, he will probably makes a few cameos.

jerry says that his adventures in bachelorhood inspired ‘seinfeld,’ and now after 10 years of wedded bliss feels he is ready to conquer the unpredictable institution of marriage. nbc touts the new show as “revealing. controversial. downright funny. ‘the marriage ref’ vows to look at relationships unlike anything you’ve ever seen on tv.”

real-life couples can audition to appear on the show, but be prepared! this is not therapy, this is comedy. the casting call stipulates “whether you argue about parenting, pets, fashion, money, in-laws, weight, housework, chores, communication, neatness, jealousy, past history, friends, sex… whatever you argue about, we want to hear from you. tell us why you absolutely need a marriage ref to weigh in and decide who is RIGHT and who is WRONG.” ‘the marriage ref’ premieres on nbc this fall.

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the high-5

February 24, 2009 By 1 Comment

quite by accident, i ended up watching the last half of ‘howie do it,’ a tv show on nbc similar to the late great ‘candid camera’. and let’s just say that i laughed for a solid 30 minutes. i have not laughed-until-i-cried in a long time! i promise you, you will die after watching this clip. absolutely hysterical…

 

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octuplet mom

February 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment

the world’s longest-living octuplets were born this past week, and the media has been all over it. but not in a congratulatory way. already a mother to 6 children, 33-year-old Nadya Suleman gave birth to the octuplets on January 26th in California. Suleman, a single mother, conceived the babies through in-vitro fertilization. she has said that “all she ever wanted was children.” NBC has the first interview with the mother of 14 – check out the first half of it below. it’s pretty darn interesting to hear her story, but i will say that i was a bit distracted by the size of her surgery-enhanced lips!

Octuplet Mom Interview

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