Zach Braff Signs on for Another Year of Scrubs
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, INHD, Scrubs, Ratings, Renewals,
I’m a huge Scrubs fan, so this news made my day. Zach Braff has just finished negotiating a payraise for a seventh season, so it looks like a pretty safe bet that the show will return next year. Now I know, some fans of the show have not been as entertained as much as in years’ past, but it is still a solid show with excellent writing and characters. Compared to some of the drivel on TV, I think this show still continues to bring the funny. While this could mean a big payday for Braff, there is one teensy issue—his pay is contingent upon the show returning for a seventh season. No renewal, no big payoff—which rings up in the neighborhood of $350,000 per episode for the one year deal. This puts Braff’s paycheck in Charlie Sheen territory, although Sheen’s Two and a Half Men averages 15.2 million viewers each week and Scrubs only draws about 6.9 million. Braff will next be seen in The Ex, a comedy co-starring Jason Bateman. Two of my faves on the big screen? Be still my heart.
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Is Tyra Banks a Sociopath?
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Daytime, Talk Shows, America’s Next Top Model, Talent, Editorial, Features,
I’m not a psychologist or a psychiatrist; my training in that department goes only up to and including my Psych 101 class freshman year at Cornell. I’m just somebody who watches a bunch of TV, and watches clip shows like “The Soup” which boils down even more TV for me. All this having been said however, let me say this: I think Tyra Banks is a sociopath.
That’s not a value judgment at all. I guess it’s not technically a mental health judgment either because of my aforementioned lack of psychological training. But here’s the thing: I’ve been watching Top Model for a few seasons now, I’ve seen many clips of her talk show (I tried sitting through a whole episode and I just … yeah, no), and something’s always bothered me about Ty Ty Baby and I could never quite put my finger on it. Finally, though, when I saw Tyra salute herself on her talk show for being a trailblazer in African-American history (she was the first person of color to appear as the cover girl on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition), it all came to me.
She’s not just a narcissist; Tyra Banks has absolutely no sense of empathy. Having no ability to empathize is what (many websites tell me) catapults someone from simple narcissism to sociopathy.
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Kellie Pickler’s Enhanced Idol Appearance
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Music, Prime Time, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Rumors,
If you caught Kellie Pickler on Thursday night’s American Idol results show, you may have noticed that she looked a little more va-va-va-voom in the breast department. Me, I just thought she was wearing a really tight dress that showed off her ... ahem… assets. After her appearance, the web was swirling with rumors that the singer had gotten breast implants. Quick, someone call Tyra Banks. Season 5 Idol contestant Katharine McPhee just went on Banks’ show to declare that she’s all-natural. Pickler is remaining mum for now.
Many thought that Ryan Seacrest’s question to Pickler that night was a nudge-nudge moment: “Have you spent your money on anything since you left us?” he asked. You could hear the comment flying over her head as she giddily commented on her shoes. Access Hollywood wasn’t quite as subtle when they ran a segment called “Pickler’s New Pair?” Ugh. Anyhoo, Pickler is giving the “no comment” comment when it comes to matters of her enhanced cleavage.
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Jerry Springer Takes Over at ‘America’s Got Talent’
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, NBC, Dancing With The Stars, Gossip,
Ever the busy man, Regis Philbin has decided to pass the hosting duties of America’s Got Talent to fellow daytime talk icon Jerry Springer. Springer, fresh from his stint on Dancing With the Stars, will certainly have his hands full with the popular talent competition. Craig Plestis, from NBC, said in an announcement that Springer will be “the perfect ringmaster” for the show. He commented, “To say the least, he is known for presiding over an unpredictable show where the unexpected is the typical order of each day.” Springer commented on the new hosting gig, saying, “I’ve been around some of America’s most talented individuals on my talk show, so I’ll feel right at home hosting America’s Got Talent.” Philbin cited the “heavy travel schedule” as the cause for stepping down. We wonder if he’s just trying to keep his distance from David Hasselhoff (a.k.a. The Hoff).
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Knights of Prosperity Pulled from Lineup
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, ABC, American Idol, Cancellations, Ratings,
I tried to like this show, I really did. I like Donal Logue, but there just wasn’t enough going for this show to keep me sticking around. Seems a lot of viewers felt the same way because ABC is pulling the plug on The Knights of Prosperity. I don’t think that it was really ever in the cards, with the tough competition against American Idol, but I imagined that In Case of Emergency would get the boot before Knights. It’s questionable when the three remaining episodes of the comedy will even air. A repeat of According to Jim will fill the void Wednesday, with George Lopez reruns taking over the slot for the remaining two weeks. ‘Tis the kiss of death, although ABC refers to the unaired episodes as “not yet rescheduled.” The freshman mid-season entry averaged a little over 5.03 million viewers over the eight episodes that aired.
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Rob and Amber: Stars of the Reality Race
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Action, Prime Time, Reality, Cable, CBS, Amazing Race, The, Gossip, Rumors,
From the moment they first met on the set of Survivor, Rob and Amber (Romber) have been making reality waves all over television. They met, they fell in love…they outlasted all their island competitors. Then, in a bit of reality TV magic, Rob got down on one knee to propose to the lovely Amber – before Survivor’s million-dollar prize was even given away to one of them (Amber ended up the winner - by a single vote). From Survivor, they merrily raced to another CBS show, the Amazing Race 7. Fans will recall that the reality power couple was narrowly beaten out of another million-dollar prize by fellow Racers Uchenna and Joyce. All these seasons later, Romber has been cast again into competition with the one team that beat them.
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Why MTV Reality Shows Make Us Feel Good
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Reality, Cable, Editorial, Gossip,
Like Britney and Anna Nicole self-destructing in tandem, MTV has put out two new “reality” shows about kids who have made and are making some really horrible decisions: “Juvies” and “Engaged and Underage.”
So, full disclosure, I am, in fact, engaged, though not underage, and I have an extensive juvenile record that has, thankfully, been expunged. Just kidding, I was a big ol’ goody two shoes, but I’ve recently realized that I am the target audience for both shows, and, really, just about all of MTV’s reality programming.
Why, you ask (as your coworkers stare at you, because why the hell are you talking to a computer screen)? Because the purpose of MTV’s reality shows is not to give you a glimpse into the lives of others (as it is in … well, all right, that’s the stated goal of most reality shows, even though it rarely happens that way). Nope, MTV’s reality shows are for one reason and one reason alone: to make you feel better about your life.
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Rosie O’Donnell Apologizes for Comments to Co-Host
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Daytime, Talk Shows, Gossip,
Rosie O’Donnell’s big opinions have gotten her in trouble again. This time, she butted heads with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Wednesday’s show. While the show is called The View, I believe the format’s intention is to be a bit more tolerant of other people’s “views,” especially when you’re sharing the same table. Rosie and Elisabeth couldn’t see eye-to-eye on whether or not the government should be privy to citizens’ telephone conversations. Elisabeth was ok with it, but Rosie was not and berated her on the show, saying, “Elisabeth, you are very young, and you are very wrong.” Thursday, Rosie posted an apology on her web site via haiku (ugh, enough with the haikus already). The poem began, “i said some of elisabeths comments were ignorant / which was ignorant itself.” There was no mention of the incident on Friday’s show, so seems life will go on for The View‘s ladies.
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Cavemen Get Their Own Series
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, ABC, Rumors,
If you watch those Geico cavemen commercials and get a huge chuckle out of them, then this one’s for you. ABC will actually be making a comedy series out of the cavemen characters, written by the guy behind the caveman ads. Joe Lawson is an advertising copywriter who created the cavemen situations for the Geico ads, as well as the gecko that is synonymous with Geico. With the momentum of the cavemen ads, it seems like this little comedy may actually have legs. I mean, we’ve all seen the ads, and most people enjoy them. How will it translate to a half hour of comedy though? That’s the real question. Gotta love those guys in 30 or 60 second installments, but a half hour? The series will look at three cave-dudes who live in modern-day Atlanta. The guys who star in the commercials, Jeff Daniel Phillips and Ben Weber, have not been confirmed to play the roles in the comedy.
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John Ratzenberger to Fill in on ‘Dancing’
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Rumors,
Vincent Pastore bailed on Dancing With the Stars after he realized that it would require physical activity. Luckily, Dancing was able to fill the void left by Pastore by recruiting John Ratzenberger, famous for his role of Cliff Claven on Cheers, as well as a multitude of Pixar film voice work. Pastore left after just one week of rehearsals when he discovered that it was a bit more than what he signed on for. Ratzenberger, 59, was asked to appear on the dance competition before, but had to turn it down due to a scheduling conflict. It’s good that he was free this go-around, and able to slip in quickly at the last minute. Tune in on March 19 to see how Ratzenberger and fellow Dancing contestants Joey Fatone, Billy Ray Cyrus, Heather Mills, and others make out in the big dance-off.
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