The Definitive Guide to Comedy
“In a perfect world, in five years I’m Ed Sullivan.” That’s Neil Patrick Harris, describing his career ambitions in a new interview with Charlie Rose, just after NBC announced that it’d ordered a 10-episode variety series fronted by NPH to bow in 2015. Roll the clip to see what else …
NBC has been searching for a new variety series franchise for the past couple of years. Neil Patrick Harris has been looking to front a variety series, and even talked to CBS about such a gig back in May. NBC, meet NPH! The Peacock Network confirmed today, as first reported …
Ray Jessel, at 84, would seem like an unlikely contestant to round out this season’s auditions for America’s Got Talent. And yet, NBC producers knew more than you. In his pre-audition interview, Jessel told us that he only started performing at age 72. After singing an original ditty he wrote …
Can the variety show come back into our lives like a prodigal son or daughter? Can the networks give a variety show more than a just a single backdoor pilot episode to make itself at home with us? Whichever question is the better one, we did get to see the …
Neil Patrick Harris was on my list, as well as many others, as a potential late-night TV host for CBS in 2015. NPH confirmed this morning on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show that CBS chief Les Moonves and entertainment president Nina Tassler had him on their list, too! Harris said …
Maya Rudolph’s variety show pilot has a title, premiere date and guest list, all coming at us next month on NBC. The Maya Rudolph Show will debut at 10 p.m. Monday, May 19, 2014, with guests Kristen Bell, Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen, Craig Robinson, Sean Hayes and Chris Parnell, with …
