Tuesday Ratings: Gordon Ramsay Raises Hell
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Saturday Night Live, Ratings,
The normally successful FOX saw a particularly nice turnout for Hell’s Kitchen last night. The reality show matched a season high with its demos yesterday.
8pm
- Approximately 24.2 million watched Neil Diamond night on American Idol (8.7/24 in 18-49).
- NCIS (14.6 million, 3.0/8) rounded up another 500,000.
- According to Jim (1.3/3) and Most Outrageous Moments (1.2/3) both averaged 4.1 million.
- Beauty and the Geek (1.6 million, 0.8/2) remained steady with its last performance.
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Variety
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Jimmy Fallon Takes Over for Conan O’Brien
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Late Night, NBC, Saturday Night Live, News,
What was rumored over a year ago is now finally set to happen. Jimmy Fallon has been tapped to be Conan O’Brien’s late-night successor.
Speculation as to who would fill the 12:30 AM slot has been ongoing since NBC decided to end Jay Leno‘s run back in 2004. With the 2009 deadline now approaching, the network is formally expected to reveal its newest golden child next month. (I guess that means more ‘Last Calls’ for snubbed Carson Daly.)
Since leaving Saturday Night Live, Fallon has appeared in a few film projects including last year’s Factory Girl with Sienna Miller.
Hollywood Reporter
Gallery: Jimmy Fallon Takes Over for Conan O’Brien
Tuesday Ratings: NBC Falls Behind
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Saturday Night Live, Ratings,
NBC suffered last night without its reality hit, The Biggest Loser. The network - which came in second last week - dropped to fourth in total viewers this time around.
8pm
- Approximately 24 million listened in on American Idol‘s Andrew Lloyd Webber night (8.8/24 in 18-49).
- NCIS (14.1 million, 2.9/8) dipped by 800,000.
- Both According to Jim (1.4/4) and Most Outrageous Moments (1.3/4) brought in 4.2 million viewers.
- Beauty and the Geek (1.6 million, 0.7/2) scraped up another 100,000.
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Variety
Gallery: Tuesday Ratings: NBC Falls Behind
Jonah Hill’s Intimate Moment with Andy Samberg’s Dad
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Late Night, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Video,
If you didn’t catch last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, you missed a very uncomfortable scene with guest star Jonah Hill (Superbad) and Andy Samberg’s ‘father’.
This clip definitely rivals anything we’ve seen between Jimmy Kimmel and Ben Affleck.
Gallery: Jonah Hill’s Intimate Moment with Andy Samberg’s Dad
Saturday Night Live Replaces Janet Jackson with Mariah Carey
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Late Night, Music, NBC, Saturday Night Live, News,
An untimely illness has forced Janet Jackson to cancel an upcoming appearance on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live. (It was reported that the singer made a trip to the emergency room earlier this week due to a case of the flu.)
Luckily for Lorne Michaels, the show was able to able to book someone with an equally high profile: Mariah Carey.
The gig is actually a win-win situation for the two parties. Not only does the diva have an upcoming album to promote (E=MC2 comes out on April 15), the program has been trying to get the artist back on their stage for over 10 years.
TMZ
Gallery: Saturday Night Live Replaces Janet Jackson with Mariah Carey
Amy Poehler’s Fierce Impression of Christian Siriano
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Late Night, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Video,
In case you didn’t catch Saturday Night Live this past weekend, here was the best part of what was yet another unevenly funny program.
In addition to Amy Poehler’s imitation of Project Runway winner Christian Siriano, we get cameos from ‘Tim Gunn’ and ‘Heidi Klum’.
(UPDATE: Real-life Christian apparently enjoyed the skit as well.)
Gallery: Amy Poehler’s Fierce Impression of Christian Siriano
TV on DVD: March 4, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Late Night, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, MTV, NBC, Saturday Night Live,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- Archie’s Funhouse (Complete Series)
- Ben 10 (Season 3)
- Blood+ (Part One)
- Blood+ (Vol. 1)
- Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks (Episode 104)
- Doctor Who: Planet of Evil (Episode 81)
- Flight 29 Down (Season 2)
- Flight 29 Down: Hotel Tango (Series Finale)
- Frontline: The Medicated Child
- How Clean is Your House (Seasons 1 and 2)
- Human Giant (Season 1)
- The Love Boat (Season 1, Vol. 1)
- Magnum P.I. (Season 8)
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This Week on TV (2/18-2/24)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Late Night, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Cable, FX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Nip/Tuck, Prison Break, Saturday Night Live, Survivor,
MONDAY (2/18)
- Prison Break (FOX, 8pm): Tonight may be the end of the show as we currently know it. Maybe Michael can finally let go of that steely gaze now.
- Dance War (ABC, 8pm): The next Dancing with the Stars contenders will be announced during the spinoff’s season finale. Finally, a reason for me to watch.
- Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious (CW, 9pm): Robin Antin is searching for a gal to complete an entirely different musical act. With Danity Kane already taken, she had to settle for the 2nd crappiest group name available.
- My Dad is Better Than Your Dad (NBC, 9pm): “This competition series features fathers and their children in challenges that test the patriarch’s strength, intelligence and parenting skills.” Since when did NBC start stealing ideas from Nick TV?
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Tina Fey Returns to Saturday Night Live
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Late Night, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Announcements, News,
Ok, well kind of…
Tina Fey, SNL‘s former head writer and co-anchor of the ‘Weekend Update’, will be making a welcome return to her old stomping grounds. But instead of taking the lead behind the scenes, the recent Golden Globe-winner will be front and center on the main stage. On Feb. 23rd, the 30 Rock star will be the host of Saturday Night Live.
With or without Fey, the late-night program will undoubtedly receive a warm reception when it reboots next weekend. Fans not only need something - anything - new to watch, they desperately need some political satire. Stat. It’ll be interesting to see how the variety show encapsulates almost four months of election news.
A week after Tina’s gig, another big-named guest will help bring laughter back to Saturday nights: Juno‘s Ellen Page.
TV Guide
Gallery: Tina Fey Returns to Saturday Night Live
Writers Strike Finally Over
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Late Night, Talk Shows, NBC, Saturday Night Live, News,
We can officially start the jig now.
After more than 3 months on the picket lines, the Writers Guild of America has finally announced an end to their strike. Of the 3,775 votes cast, 92.5% elected to stop the walkout. This means WGA members can resume doing what they do best starting tomorrow.
While it may be weeks before we see new episodes of our favorite shows, this news will immediately affect those programs that churn out daily fare. This means we should expect to see the return of late-night monologues ASAP. Meanwhile, the folks behind Saturday Night Live anticipate a brand new show come Feb. 23rd. (Of course, in true SNL fashion, that will probably be followed up by a repeat the following weekend.)
Of course, we could be revisiting this whole work stoppage issue again at the end of June; that’s when the current contract between SAG/AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers is set to expire.
But let’s just think happy thoughts until then, okay?
Variety
Gallery: Writers Strike Finally Over
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