KateGosselin-related stories
Posted Nov 16th 2009 10:29AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd
Right now, I'm watching the Hayes family of
TLC's Table for 12 chat with Regis and Kelly. It's not the first time we've seen them lately; since the second season of their show premiered, they've been all over the talk landscape.
We're definitely seeing them a lot more than when the show's first season debuted; in fact, TLC seemed to premiere the story of the Hayeses, who have two sets of twins and a set of sextuplets, on the QT last March. The relatively soft launch was a bit of a mystery to me, given the network's love of multiples. I mean, these guys had Jon and Kate beat by a mile, right?
But now that I look back at it, there were two things keeping TLC from really pushing the Hayes family back then: 1) Betty and Eric Hayes actually liked each other (read: they're boringly happy) and 2) Jon and Kate were still a couple. Now that J&K have exploded into a
toxic tabloid mess, TLC needed
someone to promote, and the Hayes' relative happiness seemed to be the perfect antidote.
Continue reading TLC is really pushing the Hayes family as the anti-Jon and Kate
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 6:16PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Celebrities
As
Jane wrote, last night Jon Gosselin was on Larry King Live with his side of the latest involving him and Kate. Here's my take: Jon Gosselin realized that the game was going on without him so he took his basketball and went home. Actually, that's a metaphor for what happened. In reality, TLC shut down filming
Kate Plus 8, the network's new incarnation for
Jon & Kate Plus 8 sans Daddy, when
Jon sent a cease-and-desist order to the network.
So now Jon has had the realization that maybe putting his eight children on a reality show wasn't such a positive experience. More likely he saw that he was being cut out of the fame game and figured he'd hold his breath until TLC let him back into the show.
Continue reading Another view of Jon Gosselin's latest move
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 8:30AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Video, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities, Talk Show
What a mess the whole
Jon & Kate Plus 8 Minus 1 debacle is. Apparently, after learning that TLC was
moving forward with a revamped show named Kate Plus 8, Jon demanded through his lawyers that the show cease production immediately or face criminal charges.
A letter from his attorney noted, "In the event that anyone enters the marital property, Jon Gosselin will notify the local authorities to effectuate police action against any trespassers." Keep in mind that Jon seemed fine with the kids being on the show last week, when he was still a big part of the show and was, in fact, filming an episode with the kids.
Continue reading Jon Gosselin does damage control on Larry King
Posted Aug 2nd 2009 7:02PM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Talk Show
Sylvia Browne has been around forever. That's not to say she's immortal (although, hey, maybe she'll argue you on that one), but the self-proclaimed clairvoyant is a longtime fixture of the talk TV circuit, having appeared on many a
Montel,
Sally Jesse Raphael, and
Larry King Live. As a skeptic might expect from someone who claims to see ghosts and spirits and all that celestial hooey (no offense, believers!), Browne is, indeed, quite a character.
Continue reading Never change, Sylvia Browne
Posted Jun 23rd 2009 2:28PM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd
Jon and Kate Gosselin have finally filed for
divorce papers, but shouldn't the two of them go through a few steps before getting there? I'm no doctor, but even I could see that getting upset at one moment and then having silence for several months is not a good basis for divorce.
Yes, there are a lot of outlying factors that TLC has not decided to show America. The portrayal of the couple in the whole fifth season shows that the two didn't communicate anymore, unless it's for the children. Shouldn't one fix the communication barrier before cutting the cord completely?
Continue reading Jon and Kate: Isn't divorce too harsh?
Posted Jun 19th 2009 2:08PM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Watercooler Talk
I've wasted many hours of my life watching
Jon & Kate plus Eight. We're given yet another promo about a
big announcement on the show. Since it's not until Monday, we get the weekend to make speculations.
With a reality show like
Jon and Kate plus Eight, one doesn't expect millions of plot twists like
Lost so I doubt that we're going to
flash forward five years or wake up and realize that it was
all a dream. Here is a list of sane and insane announcement ideas that Jon and Kate should announce.
Continue reading What should happen to Jon and Kate?
Posted Jun 8th 2009 10:03AM by Hemal Jhaveri
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, OpEd, Watercooler Talk
I tried, I really did, to watch the new season on TLC, but a few weeks into the new season and I'm bailing. Unlike
Maureen Ryan, I was a fan of
Jon & Kate before their faces were splashed across
US Weekly and
People. Now, episodes devoted to the kids birthday parties are painfully awkward to watch.
There was a brief mention in the season opener where Jon & Kate acknowledged that they were going through "some problems", but while the show can go on pretending they're one big happy family that lives for elaborate birthday parties and trips to the zoo, the rest of us can't. Now, I'm wondering, are once loyal fans also jumping ship on this show?
Continue reading Why I'm not watching Jon & Kate anymore
Posted May 21st 2009 2:00PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
Even if you've never seen a single episode of the TLC mega-hit
Jon & Kate Plus 8, chances are you've been hearing a lot about it lately. Specifically, the rumors of
infidelities,
open marriage contracts, and staying together not for the kids, but
for the cameras. One should always take tabloid stories with a grain (or a pound) of salt, but when the issues make their way onto the actual show? Perhaps there is something to them.
TLC just released a
two-minute clip of the May 25 season premiere of Jon & Kate Plus 8 (video also after the jump), and, well, it's awkward, to say the least. One of the hallmarks of the show is that Jon and Kate always squeeze onto a love seat together to do their interviews. In the season premiere, however, each one is sitting alone on the couch. Gone is the playful banter; in its place is a woman who looks as though she's spending every ounce of her energy trying not to scream, and a man who just looks beaten down by life. It's not exactly the family-friendly entertainment viewers are used to.
Continue reading Preview of Jon & Kate Plus 8's new season: Two minutes of crippling sadness
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