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The game show Family Feud is back again for another go on TV with another new host, and this time it's comedian Steve Harvey who's shaking hands and asking what people were most likely to say in response to basic polls. Same theme song, same basic premise, new flashing lights, …
Did you know that Cartoon Network's Adult Swim has moved up the premieres of new episodes of Delocated to Thursday nights, ahead of what now are repeats on Sundays? Weird, right. That's what the Delocated blog says. News to my DVR. I'll top that with this: Jon Glaser received a …
This reminds me of the time Lorne Michaels went on Saturday Night Live to invite the Beatles to reunite on SNL. Except in this case, Diddy really did promise on New Year's Eve to attend the monthly Chris Gethard Show at the UCB Theatre, and here we are nine months …
The Arizona Daily Star in Tucson reports that Don Pardo, at age 92, will return once again for the 36th season of Saturday Night Live to provide the voice-over introductions of the cast, host, musical guest, and Weekend Update. Pardo had been flying back and forth from Tucson to NYC …
ABC's Shark Tank, the intriguing reality TV series that allows aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch their next great business ideas to a panel of wealthy tycoons who decide whether to invest in their ideas, is returning for a second season in 2011. So why is comedian Jeff Foxworthy joining the panel …
If MTV didn't give Nick Swardson a chance to say much yesterday, then Comedy Central is making up the difference and then some in a new promo for his upcoming sketch comedy series, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time. It debuts Oct. 12, 2010. The series. Not this clip. It debuts now! …
I would not have guessed that nachos take up more time in the mind of Ellen DeGeneres than dancing, or even Oprah, but I guess my telepathic powers do not apply to Ellen. There she was last night on Late Show with David Letterman, delivering a special edition of the …
The 14th season of ABC's daytime lady-chatter The View kicked off Tuesday morning, and despite the presence of comedians Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar on the hosting panel, what made the new season premiere more important was that Barbara Walters convinced David Letterman to spend much of the hour as …
Up late at night on Oct. 9, 2010, and need a fix? Comedy Central will be your TV sponsor at 1 a.m., setting a time and date for the premiere of "Comics Anonymous." Here's the network description: "The support groups may be anonymous, but their problems certainly aren‚Äôt. Tune in …
Wondering how Tommy Johnagin has coped with finishing runner-up in the 2010 edition of Last Comic Standing? Wonder no more. Johnagin made his third appearance on Late Show with David Letterman on Thursday night heading into the Labor Day weekend. You may have heard bits and pieces of this before. …