bon jovi-related stories
Posted Nov 5th 2009 7:29PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free

Let's see: Bravo is owned by NBC and Bon Jovi is appearing on several NBC shows exclusively for a while, including
Saturday Night Live,
The Jay Leno Show, and
Today (and doing a promo for all of the USA Network shows that feature a "hero"), so it's a natural that
the band would appear with James Lipton on Inside The Actor's Studio, right? Right?
*crickets*
Continue reading Bon Jovi will appear on the season premiere of Inside The Actor's Studio (sigh)
Posted Feb 11th 2009 11:03AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten

To celebrate the release of
The Lonely Island's debut album "
Incredibad," we've compiled this list of the top ten
Saturday Night Live Digital Shorts. For almost four years, Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer have brought us these videos, and they've managed to keep us laughing and humming their tunes weeks after they've aired. We hope this countdown makes you feel just as
SNL-y in your digital shorts as when you first saw the videos, and if not, that's okay too. We're glad you're here anyway.
Of course, the rule is that they must have been prefaced by the "An SNL Digital Short" card to qualify. We know how much you love "
Virgania Horsen's Hot Air Balloon Rides," but it's not happening. Sorry.
Continue reading TV Squad Ten: Top SNL Digital Shorts - VIDEOS
Posted Oct 14th 2007 3:02PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Episode Reviews
(S33E03) "Amy Poehler: 1986": I thought that this was a great choice for a cold open! A young, big-haired Amy Poehler being visited by a magical poster version of Jon Bon Jovi? Fantastic. In general, it was really cute and made me feel a little better about Bon Jovi's hosting abilities. I mean, not that it really mattered because he barely appeared in this episode, not counting the musical performances. Hey, whatever it takes to promote
an album, right?
Continue reading Saturday Night Live: Jon Bon Jovi/Foo Fighters - VIDEOS
Posted May 2nd 2007 11:35PM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: American Idol, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Episode Reviews
(S06E35) Touchy, touchy, touchy. If I learned anything from the comments on yesterday's reviewcap, it's not to mess with the readers and their Jon Bon Jovi. Holy goodness, you guys absolutely obliterated me in the comments. The strange thing is, I kind of liked it.
Fortunately, I only received one death threat, so I'm happy to be coming out of this relatively unscathed. Deep down you know you were really laughing with me, you just didn't want to admit it. What's that you say? You weren't amused? Ok, then let's just start the recap.
Continue reading American Idol: Live Results Show #10
Posted May 2nd 2007 11:20AM by Jon Peter Lewis
Filed under: American Idol, Celebrity Commentary
I've heard Dead or Alive, You Give Love a Bad Name, Living on a Prayer and most of the other tunes sung tonight, but I have no real opinion about Bon Jovi's music. Ryan calls them one of the greatest bands of all time and qualifies himself by recounting their huge touring and record sales successes. But, do big numbers make them great?
I don't know. Some would say so, but I see McDonald's signs everywhere boasting how many billions of customers they've served, and I know I can make a better burger than they can.
Continue reading Bon Jovi and hash browns
Posted May 1st 2007 11:31PM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: American Idol, Music and Variety, Reviewcaps, Contestants, Performances, Episode Reviews
(S06E34) Was anyone really surprised that no one got sent home during "
Idol Gives Back"? It was a charity event. Someone having their dream destroyed just wouldn't have fit in with the show.
The fact that no one left had a profound effect on this episode as Ryan was quick to point out since two people would be going home this week.
Continue reading American Idol: Top 6 Finalists (once again)
Posted Feb 25th 2007 7:01PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: FOX, American Idol, Music and Variety, Celebrities
American Idol has an impressive guest list of artists for the rest of this season. Guests include Tony Bennett, Bon Jovi, Barry Gibb, Jennifer Lopez, Lulu, Martina McBride, Peter Noone, Diana Ross, and Gwen Stefani. Looking at that list, it's pretty obvious there will be themes including disco, rock, pop, '50s, country, and lounge.
First of all, I'd love to see Diana Ross be a guest judge. I think her zanyness could rival Paula's and maybe even make Paula look sober.
I think the biggest 'get' is Gwen Stefani, who is on top of her game right now. I guess she knows where her fans are. There's no doubt (har, har) that Gwen's young fans are the same people who watch
Idol.
Unfortunately, it doesn't look as though any of these celebrities will actually perform.
Idol's
press release lists the celebs as "coaches" and "guests". So... they'll be helping performers choose and prepare songs and probably also be guest judges.
Performers scheduled for this season are former
Idol contestants Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler.
Posted Jan 10th 2007 10:33AM by Brett Love
Filed under: ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, Grey's Anatomy, Music and Variety, Heroes, The Class, Awards

CBS put their regular programming on hold last night so they could show the
33rd Annual People's Choice Awards. Hosted by Queen Latifah, the show gives awards based on public internet voting. As that is the case, these awards track with the Nielsen ratings more than most. Case in point, the award for Television Comedy went to
Two And A Half Men. Top rated for a couple years now, but it can't seem to get any press unless Charlie Sheen is divorcing someone or hiring a hooker.
Most of the other television awards followed similar lines. The award for Best Drama went to
Grey's Anatomy. Best Actor was Patrick Dempsey (
Grey's Anatomy). Best Actress went to Eva Longoria (
Desperate Housewives). Best Competition/Reality show was, of course,
American Idol. Best Animated Show was
The Simpsons. The only real surprise came in the new categories. Best New Drama was
Heroes, which isn't a surprise, but Best New Comedy,
The Class? I didn't see that one coming. The television awards were rounded out with Ellen Degeneres winning Best Talk Show Host.
Movies and Music winners after the jump.
Continue reading People's Choice Awards winners
Posted Aug 5th 2006 1:10PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, Talent, American Idol, Music and Variety, Celebrities
Do they even call them albums anymore? CDs?
American Idol champ runner-up Clay Aiken's third album, A Thousand Different Ways, will be a bunch of classic cover tunes. He'll sing everything from Elton John's "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" to Mr. Mister's "Broken Wings." Throw in a Dolly Parton song and a bunch of others and you have quite a collection. He'll also have four new songs on the album (CD!)
Um...by the way, is it me or is Clay beginning to look an awful lot like K.D. Lang?
Posted Jul 15th 2006 2:18PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Talent, OpEd, Commercials, Celebrities

Yesterday on AdJab, I
mentioned the fact that the Bon Jovi song "Who Says You Can't Go Home?" is now being used to
promote New Jersey tourism. The ad plays ad nauseum on New York TV stations, and I've got to tell you, it's driving me batty. First of all, I've never been a big fan of Bon Jovi, despite my Jersey upbringing (and, no, I'm not a big Springsteen fan, either. As far as New Jersey bands go, I like The Smithereens and Yo La Tengo, among others of that stripe), so hearing ol' Jonny sing over and over makes my ears itch. Second, the song is actually a
country song, the
first song by a rock band to hit #1 on the country charts. And third? It's a pretty generic tune, and not even that catchy. Actually, it sounds more like an ad jingle than an actual song.
This has to be distressing to all Bon Jovi fans. I mean, the band you've been following for twenty-odd years is now being out-rocked on TV by
Kelly Freaking Clarkson. As Bill Simmons might say: not good times.
Posted Mar 26th 2006 9:09PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, OpEd, West Wing

Before I get into the review, a couple of questions. One,
where is John Spencer? Supposedly he filmed several episodes before he passed away, but he hasn't been in it much at
all.
Second, Jon Bon Jovi is not only the guest star, the episode title comes from one of his songs. Um, is
Bon Jovi still a big star?
Continue reading The West Wing: Welcome To Wherever You Are
Posted Feb 3rd 2006 8:59AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Celebrities

After eleven years of marriage to Bon Jovi guitarist
Richie Sambora, Heather Locklear has filed for divorce. Heather and Richie have a beautiful 8-year-old daughter
together, Ava Elizabeth. Heather is asking for joint custody of their daughter and she has requested the judge honor
the pre-nuptial agreement the two signed before they got married.
This will be Heather's second divorce from
a rock star. She split with Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee in 1993 after seven years of marriage. Which long-haired rock
star do you think is on her radar this time?
Posted Dec 28th 2005 10:06AM by Ryan j Budke
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, CBS, OpEd, Vs., Web, How I Met Your Mother

For those of you that didn't know, Barney, from
How I Met Your Mother,
actually
does have a blog.
The writers He writes to it pretty frequently, most of the time
twice a week, and whether they're show related or not, the posts are always quality. This past week, however, Barney
and I are having a little dispute. As you'll remember, I put a lot of research into my post last week about Barney's
"
Get Psyched Mix" from the show;
painstakingly copying all of the songs off of a blurry, handwritten cd from the episode, solely for your enjoyment.
Then, Barney has to go and post an entirely different list of songs on his blog! So, while both take you to legendary
heights of psyched-ness, we'd like you all to tell us which one you think is better.
Song lists and poll
after the jump...
Continue reading Blog Barney Vs. TV Barney