Adam Carolla-related stories
Posted Nov 6th 2009 3:02PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Jay Leno
Good news, everyone!
The Jay Leno Show was funny this week. There were some funny guests, genuinely funny comedy correspondent moments, and another
Real Housewives quiz show, this time with the ladies from Atlanta.
Jay even managed to get a quick jab in to the bosses at NBC during an archery "Earn Your Plug" with Wanda Sykes. "This is NBC," he said to her. "I'm used to getting shot in the back." I've grown to respect Leno during his 10 o'clock experiment. He's a trouper doing what NBC is paying him to do, but you can tell he thinks the whole situation's about as screwed up as we do.
Even better, there were only two "10 @ 10" segments and no "Green Car Challenge" races, which allowed for more room to bring on Frank Calliendo and Sebastian Maniscalco to do stand-up routines. This is what I was expecting Leno to be doing, showcasing comedy rather than driving around a track trying not to hit Al Gore.
Continue reading Leno Weekly: Paranormal Activity, 2012, Rachael Ray and more!
Posted Oct 1st 2009 12:42AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: The Office, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Jay Leno
We've seen comments the past few days regarding the fact that we're reviewing this show daily so I thought I should go ahead and address this at the top. We're continually evaluating our coverage of this show, but for the rest of this week at least, these will be daily reviews. Regardless of how we or you feel about it, the very existence of
The Jay Leno Show is a groundbreaking chapter in television history.
As such, we'd be remiss to not acknowledge it and cover it upon its premiere. It is a primetime major network show that has completely shaken up the television landscape this season, after all. As for how we'll continue covering it, we have considered weekly roundups or even sporadic reports. And we do listen to you, our readers, as to what you want to read.
Tonight, Jay brought us Steve Carell, "Celebrity Pets," and the "Jackass of the Month." If you think about that last one, I'm sure you can figure out who it was.
Continue reading The Jay Leno Show: Steve Carell/Vince Gill & Emmylou Harris
Posted Feb 24th 2009 4:25PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
It doesn't matter if you love him or you have a dry-clean only voodoo doll of him complete with Chia-Pet sized eyebrows just to prove how much you hate him. You have to admit that Adam Carolla hasn't had the steadiest career.
He's had a ton of self-titled shows that never really caught on with a regular audience. He scored the top spot on the
American Top Gear that sparked a lot of interesting buzz and then had the rug pulled out from under him. He got his ass handed to him on the world's least macho reality show,
Dancing with the Stars. Since
The Man Show closed up shop, he's been bounced around the television more than a pair of silicone flesh globes in a Juggy audition.
The final death blow came last week when
CBS Radio cancelled his morning radio show and all of their L.A. based talk shows to save some cash. But just as one door closed in his face, another one opened.
Continue reading Adam Carolla scores a pilot while his career hangs by an eyebrow hair
Posted Jan 6th 2009 2:09PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Cancellations
The announcement of
the death of the remake of one of the world's most beloved car shows,
Top Gear, was followed with an obvious reaction. Practically everyone who had heard of the original BBC show celebrated its passing with the same fervor as the Ewoks when the Death Star exploded.
It's a natural reaction. It's hard not to assume that once we Americans get our grubby remaking mitts on something, we're bound to mess with it too much and screw it up. We've done it too many times to count. The last three
Fawlty Towers remakes were the combined equivalent of the sinking of the Lusitania, only with a lower body count.
But just like anything in life, there were pluses and minuses to us Yanks getting our own
Top Gear. Now that NBC has ensured that we won't get one this season, here are the lovers and haters of what could have been the second greatest car show that may never be.
Continue reading The cancelled Top Gear USA... who loves ya baby?
Posted Dec 20th 2008 3:11PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Cancellations, Reality-Free
NBC had planned to bring the popular BBC and BBC America car show
Top Gear to us yanks. Instead, NBC has decided to cut its brake cables in the middle of a brilliant power slide.
The official Top Gear blog announced that
NBC won't air their US version of the show as a mid-season replacement in 2009.
This means the show and their hosts, Adam Carolla, Eric Stromer and Tanner Foust, are up to grabs for the highest bidder like a drug dealer's impounded Cadillac Escalade at a municipal car auction.
Continue reading NBC kills Top Gear USA
Posted Jun 16th 2008 4:40PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Casting
Car enthusiasts, take note: The British series all about cars,
Top Gear, is coming to America. That's been previously announced, but today we can share the news that
Adam Carolla, Tanner Foust and Eric Stromer will be teaming up to host the new NBC incarnation of Top Gear. It just so happens that I was watching
Top Gear on BBC America yesterday and it's a fun show; it's not too techie-car show, it's more about the chemistry among the three hosts and the fun, goofy challenges they do that involve cars.
Yesterday's show, for instance, pitted a one host in a Mercedes Benz SUV driving from London the the airport versus one host on a super bicycle, another in a speed boat on the Thames, and The Stig -- an anonymous test driver -- making the trek via public transportation. It was pretty funny, especially since the car lost!
Continue reading Top Gear USA hosts named
Posted May 21st 2008 1:00AM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews, Episode Recaps
(S06E20) Episode 20. The big show. We've followed these three couples for two and a half months and it's finally time to crown a champion and put season six in the books. As Tom called them out, we have the Olympic gold medalist, the one-armed hero, and the grid-iron god. You could make a case for any of them taking home the mirror ball, and the title of season six champion. But first, there was one more round of dances to get to. We'll have that, the winner, and so much more, after the jump.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 10 results (season finale)
Posted Apr 8th 2008 11:30PM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S06E08) Another week, another results show. But this is no ordinary, run of the mill, results show. After three weeks of keeping the bottom two a secret, this week we finally get an idea of just how that fan vote is going. Even with no prior knowledge of what the fans have been doing with vote, the big question was pretty obvious. Did Adam and Julianne have a big enough fan vote to overcome the 19 from performance night? Along for the ride this week was musical guest Sheryl Crow, and the debut of Dancing With The Little Kids. All that, and more, after the jump.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 4 results
Posted Apr 7th 2008 11:22PM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S06E07) Back for week four, with less Guttenberg, and more 10s. It's still early in the competition, but some of the stars are really stepping things up, as evidenced this week by some very high scores. There were many questions coming into performance night. Would Kristi & Mark continue to run away with the competition? How did Carrie Ann's comments effect Marissa? And interestingly, would we be watching Shannon & Derek, or Shannon & Jonathan? The answers to those, and a rundown of the whole shooting match, after the jump.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 4
Posted Apr 2nd 2008 12:30AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S06E06) Tom informed us that since they never announced last week's bottom two, no one knows where they stand this week. I doubt that Kristi Yamaguchi was sweating this one out, but no matter. This week's Dancing With The Stars results show featured Kylie Minogue, a little April Fools' joke, and an all-male encore performance courtesy of Steve and Jonathan.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 3 results
Posted Apr 1st 2008 1:09AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S06E05) We're down to ten couples after last week's double elimination, and I'm more than a little surprised to see Adam Carolla. I have to agree with Brett that Julianne might be carrying her partner in votes as well as technique. This time around, the contestants had a mere five days to learn either the jive or the tango. The results--and the scores--were mixed.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 3
Posted Mar 25th 2008 11:25PM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(
S06E04)The votes have been counted and tonight it was time for the first ever double elimination. The new format did change things up, but I think it's for the better. Given the four weeks of training that each of the couples put in before the show begins, it's nice that they all got an extra shot on the dance floor. Filling in the gaps this week were musical guest The Jonas Brothers, and the return of the Macy's Stars of Dance. Were our predictions right? Yes and no. We'll take a look at the hits, and the misses, after the jump.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 2 Results
Posted Mar 25th 2008 12:52AM by Brett Love
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S06E03) Alright, back for week two. With no eliminations in week one, that means we had twelve performances in a jam-packed two hour show. As is usually the case, now is when we start to get a good feel for who the contenders are. A couple people showed themselves to be just that. Along the way, we also were reminded of some classic DWTS bits and pieces. There was the couple with a weaker performance getting soft balled on their critique, and the couple with one of the better performances taking a few extra jabs from the judges. And, of course, there was the usual bit of questionable scoring. It's a lot to get to, and we'll give it a shot, after the jump.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 2
Posted Mar 19th 2008 1:08AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S06E02) The season premiere of Dancing With The Stars gave the men a chance to showcase their talents on the dance floor. The second night of competition was all about the ladies, who danced either the Foxtrot or the Cha Cha Cha. Len warned the ladies right from the start that he was cranky, and it showed in his comments. His remarks ranged from rhyming to his dislike of all things hip-hop. Fortunately, his grumpy mood improved once the front runners hit the dance floor.
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 1, Part 2
Posted Mar 18th 2008 2:21AM by Erin Martell
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S06E01) Tom Bergeron opened the season premiere by telling us that "anything can happen" this season, and I officially began my Dancing With The Stars exaggeration tally. They're changing things up a little for Season Six. Week One will feature two nights of performances and no elimination. Week Two will include one night of performances and a double elimination on the second night. Next Tuesday the lowest-scoring man and the lowest-scoring woman will be sent home. Got all that? Now, let's get to the performances!
Continue reading Dancing With The Stars: Week 1, Part 1 (season premiere)
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