Michelle Obama-related stories
Posted Nov 4th 2009 5:35PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Some people say that President Obama has been on TV too much since he became President a year ago, but his wife is about to make a big splash on one of Food Network's most popular shows.
First Lady Michelle Obama will reveal the secret ingredient on the January 3 special episode of
Iron Chef America (I don't think it's the season premiere because we're in the middle of new episodes right now). There's no specifics yet on what the secret ingredient will be, but it
is something that grows in the White House garden and ties in with the First Lady's "Healthy Kids Initiative" to get kids eating better and exercising. Beyond all that, this sounds like its going to be a great episode of the show. It will pit White House chef Cristeta Comerford and Bobby Flay against Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse.
You know what I'd like to see as the secret ingredient on
Iron Chef America? Ring Dings. Or how about Atomic Fireballs?
Posted Oct 31st 2009 1:01AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Jay Leno
Hey, a lot happens in five shows. Let's get right into it!
COMEDY CORRESPONDENTS
Arsenio Hall was featured twice this week. His first appearance was in a segment that had potential called "This Is What They Said/This Is What They Meant." I was expecting to see video clips of celebrities, politicians and the like spouting their same bullcrap, and then having Hall tell us what he thinks they really meant. Instead, it was Leno reading quotes, including historically famous ones like Julius Ceasar's "Et tu, Brute!" The gag didn't make sense anymore, and even worse the bits weren't funny.
Luckily, he came back later in the week with an on-site spot at Yankee Stadium, where he interviewed players from both teams and even set up a bet against a Yankees player and Phillies fan Kevin Eubanks involving Snuggies.
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Posted Jun 4th 2009 10:10AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: News, OpEd, Law and Order, Celebrities, Ratings, Reality-Free, Celebreality
If Jay Leno isn't the answer for NBC prime time, perhaps the network should think about booking President Obama. NBC News devoted two hours, on Tuesday and Wednesday night, for
Inside the Obama White House and the
ratings were strong. Better than the insipid
I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here, which acted as a lead-in. Of course the season finale of
Law & Order: SVU on Tuesday didn't hurt the news production.
Having watched the two hours, NBC should sign the president ASAP. There's always the curiosity factor when a viewer is being given access behind the scenes, and that's what
Inside the Obama White House did. It was a look at the real West Wing, which reminded me a lot of the fictional, Aaron Sorkin
West Wing creation, and that was quite cool. President Obama still fascinates me, and
it's well past 100 days.Continue reading NBC scores with Inside the Obama White House
Posted Jan 22nd 2009 2:08PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: News, Celebrities, Reality-Free
When is an exclusive not an exclusive? No, it's not a riddle. The answer is simple -- when everybody has the very same story or image or film. ABC had acquired the exclusive broadcast of President
Barack Obama's first dance with Michelle at the
Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration, which was the first ball that the new First Couple attended.
With Grammy-winner Beyonce singing "At Last" just for them, the two danced alone together on stage. However,
ABC's first dance exclusive ended up on other networks.
Continue reading ABC squeals about Obamas' first dance
Posted Jan 21st 2009 11:00AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Pickups and Renewals
Even people tangentially associated with the Obamas are now becoming television stars. It seems that the First Lady's hairstylist Johnny Wright
now has a reality television show deal with 44 Blue, which produces such reality television hits as
Split Ends and
L.A. Gang Unit.
Obviously, now that she's the First Lady, Michelle Obama is going to be the focus of attention for a lot of fashionistas. There has been some mixed reviews of her choice of
inaugural gown. No doubt we'll be seeing the designer of that dress (a Taiwan-born up-and-comer named Jason Wu) on some sort of reality television show shortly.
While I'm really not up on lady's fashions, this does make me wonder who else associated with the Obamas will get their own television show. Their chauffeur? Their nanny? Whomever gets a show, I think the Obamas will likely not be appearing on it. They have bigger fish to fry.
Posted Nov 25th 2008 12:06PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: News, Celebrities, Reality-Free
You know that Barbara Walters-Rosie O'Donnell dust up this week with the two former
View co-stars trading comments/insults about the sins of the past? Well, it smelled to me of a publicity stunt and now I'm convinced of it.
Turns out both divas will be having TV specials on Wednesday night, November 26. That's tomorrow night.
Rosie Live will air at 8 o'clock on NBC.
Meanwhile, Barbara Walters
has snagged Barack and Michelle Obama for a one-hour news special to air at 10 o'clock on ABC on November 26. What a coincidence!
Continue reading Barbara Walters snags the Obamas for a sit down
Posted Nov 5th 2008 12:32AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: News, OpEd, Reality-Free
Well, at 11:00p/10:00 Central, with the polls having just closed in California, Fox News Channel officially projected Barack Obama to win the presidency by taking California and jumping to 297 projected electoral votes. It was nice of them to make the projection exactly on the hour. Everyone likes a nice round number.
Then, the election panel said that no one could have predicted this even a year ago, but
24 predicted it seven years ago with President David Palmer. That's a sister station, Fox. Didn't you see it? This year they're saying they can see a woman president. Does that mean Clinton in four or eight years? Palin in four? Oprah?
Continue reading Election Night: Fox News (Part 3)
Posted Aug 28th 2008 2:20PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: News, Video, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
Watching the coverage of the Democratic convention has caused my old carpel tunnel syndrome to act up. I've been doing so much channel surfing; going from channel to channel to find just the right coverage has been a chore.
Good luck finding a balance between astute punditry, quality reporting, over-hyped production and clear coverage of the activities on the floor and stage by the political party. It's not easy. Here's some things, good and bad, that I've noticed in these first three days:
1) The Obama family are the Huxtables After Michelle Obama's speech on Monday night, her two daughters -- Sasha and Malia -- rushed onto the stage and Barack appeared via video hook up to speak with them and Michelle, congratulating her for the speech. It was a perfect TV moment. As good as her speech was, the image of the family was even better. In a voice that reminded me of Rudi Huxtable, Sasha talked to her father and chirped, "I love you, Daddy." The Obama's became
The Cosby Show. If that doesn't connect to the TV audience, nothing will. (Check out the video below.)
Continue reading Thoughts on coverage of the Democratic convention - VIDEO
Posted Jun 5th 2008 12:25PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free
Another potential First Lady is set to join the ladies of the
The View. Following Cindy McCain's April appearance,
Michelle Obama will be a guest host on the show's June 18 episode. Obama was offered a guest appearance, but wanted to try her hand at hosting instead. This will be her first appearance on the talk show; Barack Obama has been a guest twice before.
As a guest host, Michelle Obama will help conduct interviews, participate in the show's "hot topics" segment, and chat about current events. She'll also be interrupted by her co-hosts on numerous occasions. The guest lineup for Obama's episode hasn't been set yet.
Cindy McCain interviewed Craig Ferguson when she guest-hosted.
Continue reading Michelle Obama will be a guest host on The View
Posted Apr 17th 2008 1:26PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Video, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
Back on the night that Stephen Colbert announced that he'd be hitting Philadelphia, taking the show on the road for the first time, I had decided to go to bed early and just catch the rerun in the morning. My friend called me just as I began to doze off and immediately told me that she had gotten tickets for us to see Colbert in Philadelphia. I had no idea what the hell she was talking about, so when I hung up, I just shrugged it off as a late-night half-dream. The next morning, I watched the episode and it finally made sense: We were about to go on another
Colbert Report adventure.
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