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What’s your favorite format for a Russell Brand talk show?
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What’s your favorite format for a Russell Brand talk show?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 5, 2013

FX will go live this week for the return of Russell Brand’s late-night talk show, BrandX with Russell Brand. It’s the fourth format for BrandX …

No more “Nick & Artie” as DiPaolo leaves; “The Artie Lange Show” returns/debuts in 2013
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No more “Nick & Artie” as DiPaolo leaves; “The Artie Lange Show” returns/debuts in 2013

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 14, 20135

Listeners and viewers of “The Nick and Artie Show” tonight will find no Nick there. Nick DiPaolo “is pursuing some great opportunities,” according to that …

Kirk Fox to host new DNA dispute talk show, “The Test”
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Kirk Fox to host new DNA dispute talk show, “The Test”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 9, 2013January 9, 20135

Looks as though Kirk Fox has passed Dr. Phil’s tests. Phil and Jay McGraw’s Stage 29 Productions (which puts out other daytime TV fare such …

Best in Comedy 2012: The breakout year of Chris Hardwick
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Best in Comedy 2012: The breakout year of Chris Hardwick

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 21, 2012December 21, 2012

BBC America announced Wednesday that it’s giving Chris Hardwick and his Nerdist colleagues a promotion — a full, regular season of hourlong episodes of The …

Jimmy Kimmel meets David Letterman, and discusses what he has learned from him
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Jimmy Kimmel meets David Letterman, and discusses what he has learned from him

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 1, 20122

Jimmy Kimmel idolizes David Letterman. Still does. When Kimmel grew up in Las Vegas, he celebrated a birthday party in a Late Night varsity jacket; …

FX re-ups “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell,” pairs new episodes with revamped Russell Brand show
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FX re-ups “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell,” pairs new episodes with revamped Russell Brand show

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 18, 2012September 18, 2012

W. Kamau Bell had planned to leverage the first season of his FX late-night talk show into a successful stand-up comedy tour this fall. Turns …

Jamie Denbo on bringing “Ronna & Beverly” across the pond to Sky Atlantic
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Jamie Denbo on bringing “Ronna & Beverly” across the pond to Sky Atlantic

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 13, 2012September 13, 2012

Ronna Glickman and Beverly Kahn are the fictional best-selling co-authors of You’ll Do a Little Better Next Time: A Guide to Marriage and Re-marriage for Jewish …

Serious talk: Conan O’Brien launches separate, longer online “Jibber Jabber” interview series
Web series

Serious talk: Conan O’Brien launches separate, longer online “Jibber Jabber” interview series

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 6, 2012September 6, 2012

Do you like Conan O’Brien but wish he would sit down with his talk-show guests for much longer than a commercial break? And forget the …

Bravo sets April 2012 premiere for Kathy Griffin’s weekly primetime talk show
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Bravo sets April 2012 premiere for Kathy Griffin’s weekly primetime talk show

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 9, 2012

Kathy Griffin’s domination of the Bravo channel’s cable TV audience continues unabated, as Bravo has slated an April 19, 2012, premiere for her weekly primetime …

Timing: E! signs deal with Ross Mathews as Chelsea Handler lets him guest host, looks to exit
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Timing: E! signs deal with Ross Mathews as Chelsea Handler lets him guest host, looks to exit

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 23, 2011August 23, 2011

Seems like only a decade ago that viewers first saw a flamboyant chubby kid stealing scenes from Jay Leno’s Tonight Show as “Ross the Intern.” …

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