Christiane Amanpour Signs Off at CNN
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: ABC, Cable, Video,
After nearly three decades - 30 years! - with CNN, Christiane Amanpour said farewell to the cable channel last week. The network’s chief international correspondent and anchor of Amanpour left her longtime home to become the new anchor of ABC’s This Week.
“This is our final broadcast, and I want to say what a privilege it has been to be at CNN for the past 27 years,” Amanpour said on Friday. “To have had the opportunity to report the news to you all over the world, from all over the world. I have tried to be your eyes and ears in pursuit of the truth and the stories that beg to be told. That’s been my mission in the field and here in the studio. My team and I would like to say ‘Thank You,’ and we’d like to leave you with some moments we’ll never forget.”
The clip above gives you an idea of what we can expect when Amanpour makes her Sunday morning debut this August.
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TV Talk: Steve Carell’s Office Exit, Michael C. Hall’s Dexter Return
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, HBO, NBC, Showtime, Entourage, The Office, Gossip, News,
-Could The Office survive without Steve Carell? The comedian recently told the BBC that the upcoming season will “probably be” his last year.
-Dexter fans can breathe a sigh of relief. A “fully recovered” Michael C. Hall is expected to return to work this summer after battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
-HBO has new date for you to mark on your calendar. Entourage and Hung will both premiere on June 27, two weeks after True Blood‘s debut.
-Could Matt LeBlanc use some Friends? Both Thomas Haden Church and Claire Forlani have dropped out of Episodes, LeBlanc’s new Showtime comedy. Church blames scheduling conflicts; Forlani’s reason is unknown.
-Love is in the air on CNN. Anchors John Roberts and Kyra Phillips were recently engaged. Roberts proposed last weekend during a game of golf.
VIDEO: Sarah Silverman Talks Depression, Pants-Wetting on HLN
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Talk Shows, Cable, Video,
Funny girl Sarah Silverman sat down with Joy Behar recently, opening up about her teen depression and a rather traumatic pants-wetting episode she suffered at the age of 6.
Ever-charming and always funny, Silverman was, of course, appearing on the show to promote her Comedy Central series - but you don’t have to watch her show to enjoy the above clip.
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Oh, Glee! An Interview with Jane Lynch
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Music, Prime Time, FOX, Gossip, Video,
Jane Lynch, who plays acid-tongued coach Sue Sylvester on Glee, recently sat down with CNN to talk music, television and Broadway. Sylvester is currently appearing in the off-Broadway production Ephron’s Love Loss And What I Wore in New York.
“I think that Glee speaks to the underdog in all of us,” she said at one point. “These are a bunch of kids who, in spite of getting slushies thrown in their faces…they show up every day, dutifully, at Glee club, to sing their hearts out.”
“A song is never sung for no reason,” Lynch smiled. “She has no filter. And it just comes right out,” she said of her character Sue Sylvester, always a highlight of the episodes in which she appears.
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Balloon Boy Story was Full of Hot Air, Charges Coming
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Reality, News, Video,
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What may have started years ago in a Hollywood has come crashing to the ground in Colorado.
In a press conference earlier today, Sheriff Jim Alderden of Larimer County has confirmed that the balloon event from Thursday was indeed a hoax. “We have evidence at this point to indicate that it was a publicity stunt, done with the hopes of marketing themselves - or better marketing themselves - for a reality television show at some point in the future.”
This statement comes just two days after the police (intentionally) led the media into believing that they had bought the Heene family’s story. In fact, the former Wife Swap subjects had been under increased scrutiny by the media - and the authorities - after Falcon’s blunder during an interview with Wolf Blitzer.
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VIDEO: Did Balloon Boy Pull Stunt for a Show?
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Cable, News, Video,
I’m sure if CNN’s Wolf Blitzer had heard the response clearly, he wouldn’t have let the moment go.
When asked why he didn’t come out of hiding when his name was called, Falcon Heene (a.k.a. Balloon Boy) told his dad: “You guys said that we did this for the show.”
Cue the video to the :23 mark and listen for yourself. Then watch Mayumi and Richard Heene’s reactions. Is there more to this story? Did the event fall as flat as the media feared?
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Television Coverage of Jackson’s Star-Studded Memorial
UPDATE: CBS and NBC have now decided to jump on the live coverage bandwagon.
Not a winner in the Michael Jackson memorial lottery? Not a problem. You can still get a front row viewing while sparing yourself the cost of a flight.
Although 17,500 get the chance to be in either the Staples Center or the Nokia Theater, free television coverage will allow everyone an opportunity to witness the events as they unfold.
According to a release from the Jackson family, participants at Tuesday’s memorial include Kobe Bryant, Mariah Carey, Berry Gordy, Jennifer Hudson, Shaheen Jafargholi (finalist on Britain’s Got Talent), Magic Johnson, Martin Luther King III, Bernice A. King, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Brooke Shields, Usher and Stevie Wonder.
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Kathy Griffin’s Comedy: Out of Control?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Late Night, Reality, Specials, Cable, Gossip, Video,
!Warning! The following clip contains offensive and explicit language:
What was a routine New Year’s Eve segment turned into much more when hecklers, a live mic and Kathy Griffin were thrown into the mix. Since the camera had cut away to go to commercial during Griffin’s comments, it’s highly likely the comedienne thought she was off the air.
Does that make her comments okay? Either way, Griffin lashed out at a bystander in the crowd. While her comments were likely meant to be amusing, it’s doubtful the CNN audience thought anything she said was funny. “Screw you!” The redhead screamed at an onlooker, not shown by the cameras, before she proceeded to make her vulgar comment (heard in entirety in the clip above).
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Tuesday Ratings: Noteworthy Numbers for Historic Evening
Although CW decided to broadcast new episodes of 90210 and Privileged last night, we’re going to ignore that network for just this week.
While it would be hard for anyone to deny the significance of last night’s presidential election, how many people were actually tuned in? Here’s some of the highlights from yesterday’s political coverage:
- Approximately 71.5 million watched the events unfold over 14 different networks. That’s a 16% increase from 2000’s contest between George Bush and Al Gore (61.6 million) and a 21% increase over 2004’s battle between Bush and Kerry (59.2 million).
- Of the 71.5 million, 38.13 million saw Barack Obama become the President-elect via the four major networks.
- ABC‘s 13.1 million viewers bested the competition Monday. (That was the Alphabet network’s first win since 1996.) NBC had been holding the title since the 2000 election.
- CNN‘s 12.3 million actually beat CBS and NBC for 2nd place. That was the cable channel’s largest audience in its 28-year-history. That number almost doubled what the network saw in 2004.
(You can review last Tuesday’s ratings here.)
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Awkward CNN Moment of the Day
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Cable, News, Video,
When it comes to financial matters, some people cringe…others have an awkward sexual encounter on live TV.
(BTW - did anyone else notice how long it took the photographer to tighten up the shot?)
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