Kennedy Center Honors-related stories
Posted Oct 27th 2009 9:03AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Celebrities, Awards, Reality-Free
One of America's greatest TV icons has been officially recognized as one of its greatest humorists. Yes, he's still one of the greatest TV icons, but giving him another honor for his work in TV is like giving Jay Leno a free car.
Bill Cosby received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Monday at the Kennedy Center.
The event, set for broadcast on PBS on Nov. 4., featured presentations and words from comedy notables such as Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. It also featured a
Cosby Show reunion of sorts with Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. It's a good thing Dr. Huxtable didn't take his boy out of the world after all.
Posted Dec 30th 2008 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has Happy New Year, Charlie Brown, followed by Rudolph's Shiny New Year and new episodes of According To Jim and Eli Stone.- PBS has a new Nova at 8.
- ESPN has The Holiday Bowl at 8.
- Also at 8: BBC America has a new My Family.
- At 9, CBS has The 31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors.
- There's a new ECW on Sci-Fi at 9.
- At 10, TNT has a new Leverage.
- Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Orange County at 10.
- At 10:30, Disney has a new Life with Derek.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk show listings.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Nova, Charlie Brown, Leverage
Posted Dec 26th 2007 4:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, PBS has a new Wired Science, followed by the American Masters tribute to Bob Newhart. - The CW has a new Crowned at 8.
- G4 has a new X-Play at 8.
- Lifetime Movie Network has the movie Under the Misletoe at 8.
- At 9, CBS has The 30th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, with honorees Steve Martin, Martin Scorcese, Diana Ross, Brian Wilson, and Leon Fleischer.
- TBS has the Funniest Commercials of the Year: 2007 at 9, followed by new episodes of Tyler Perry's House of Payne.
- Also at 9: HBO has Real Sports with Bryant Gumbal, then a new Inside the NFL.
- At 9:30, HGTV has a new Design on a Dime.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Dec 26th 2006 5:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming
At 8, PBS has a new Nova. - ABC has Rudolph's Shiny New Year at 8, followed by two new episodes of Big Day.
- NBC has a new Tom Brokaw Reports at 8, "In The Shadow Of The American Dream."
- Also at 8: Food Network has Emeril's Kicked Up New Year's Eve Celebration.
- At 9, CBS has the Kennedy Center Honors, with Steven Spielberg, Dolly Parton, Zubin Mehta, Smokey Robinson, and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
- TLC has a new Overhaulin' at 9, followed by a new Miami Ink.
- At 10, TBS has two new eps of My Boys.
- Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
- Also at 10: HBO has a new REAL Sports with Bryant Gumbal.
Posted Dec 22nd 2006 8:33AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: CBS, Music and Variety, Celebrities
When
The Kennedy Center Honors airs on Monday night, we won't be seeing Jessica Simpson's flubbed tribute to Dolly Parton. In fact, we won't be seeing Simpson at all. Despite running through Dolly's "9 to 5" a second time at the taping, Simpson asked that
her performance be pulled from the televised version of the show entirely. Why? Because Simpson's a perfectionist, damn it - a regular Maria Callas.
According to Simpson's spokesperson, the young singer and reality show punchline "idolizes Dolly" and "wasn't happy with her performance" so she nixed it. Thanks to the internet, however, you can see
snippets of Simpson's performance online. Just think - before the days of YouTube, you couldn't see the lackluster production numbers that got trimmed from bloated tribute shows. Now, you can. Thanks, technology!
Posted Dec 5th 2006 7:29PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: CBS, Music and Variety, Celebrities
The Kennedy Center Honors were taped this past weekend in Washington DC for a
December 26th broadcast on CBS. This year's honorees include Andrew Lloyd Webber, Zubin Mehta, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson and Steven Spielberg. The moment making the internet and gossip blog rounds right now features Jessica Simpson flubbing the lines to Dolly's "9 to 5." You won't see that in the broadcast. In fact, what you see in the broadcast is an extremely pared down version of the live awards show.
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