dennis miller-related stories
Posted Sep 11th 2009 9:25AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: News, OpEd, Reality-Free

You might think it's surprising that
20/20 anchor
John Stossel is leaving ABC for Fox, but it's not really much of shock. It seems to me that there have been other high profile names that were once considered liberal firebrands -- Geraldo Rivera and Dennis Miller come to mind -- who've grown older and changed their stripes, finding a home at Fox.
Stossel, whom I recall as a staunch consumer reporter and a man who liked to tear down hypocrisy at every turn, has been a regular at ABC News for nearly three decades. Now, he's moving on to Fox Business Network where he'll have a weekly show, and Fox News where he'll make frequent guest appearances.
Continue reading ABC's John Stossel moves to Fox
Posted Sep 10th 2009 2:07PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Sports, American Idol, Celebrities, Judges, Casting

Now regular Squad hoppers know I'm no drooling
American Idol watcher, so maybe you think my opinions on this show are worth less than the U.S. dollar injected with swine flu.
But this move to bring in Ellen DeGeneres, a talk show host, actress and comedian, screams of another move in the world of TV commentating. A move that seemed well reasoned enough but went down in a glorious ball of blue and orange flames on live television.
Comedian and long time TV fixture
Dennis Miller's very short stint as the color commentator for ABC's
Monday Night Football screams of similarities louder than that guy in the Edvard Munch painting watching the Orson Welles sex tape. Great, Miller's voice is back in my head again. Thanks cha cha, I mean, Ellen.
Continue reading Idol's Ellen DeGeneres decision sounds eerily similar to MNF's Dennis Miller manuever
Posted Mar 11th 2009 8:07PM by Nick Zaino
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, Celebrities, Reality-Free

When you think of HBO comedy specials, some big names come to mind. George Carlin sets the pace, with 14 specials, many of them classics. Robert Klein carved out the format in 1975 with the first one-hour special, and is now working on his ninth. Chris Rock has five, including last year's
Kill the Messenger.
But do you think of Dennis Miller? If not, maybe you should. ON March 31, Standing Room Only Entertainment will release
Dennis Miller: The HBO Specials, and there are seven of them on three discs, from 1988's
Mr. Miller Goes to Washington to 2006's
All In. Over the span of those seven hours, you can track the king of the obscure reference as his politics changed, from a few early swipes at Ronald Reagan to his lean a bit more right after 9/11.
Continue reading Dennis Miller's HBO legacy on DVD
Posted May 27th 2008 10:22AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Video, Celebrities, Obituaries, Reality-Free
This past weekend (May 24) marked the fourth anniversary of the death of comic and writer Drake Sather. No one knows what goes on in the mind of someone who takes their own life, but this guy was brilliant and quite funny. Besides his great standup work, he was a writer and producer on NewsRadio (he also played Jimmy James' attorney in two different episodes of the show), and also wrote for such shows as Saturday Night Live, Ed, The Dennis Miller Show, Sammy,The Naked Truth, Empty Nest, and The Larry Sanders Show. He also wrote the movie Zoolander.
After the jump is a standup routine from Sather, filmed at the San Diego Improv in 1992 (split up into three different videos). It's actually rather amazing that a lot of funny bits and lines that I've used over the past 10 years came from Sather.
So sad, but his work does live on.
Continue reading The standup of Drake Sather - VIDEOS
Posted Feb 23rd 2008 3:38PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, TV Squad Polls, Game Show

Yet another game show premiered last night. This time, it was NBC's
Amne$ia hosted by Dennis Miller. This show has a similar premise than FOX's
The Moment of Truth: contestants reveal secrets and facts about themselves in order to win money. The main difference between the two:
Amne$ia does it tastefully while
Moment goes for the ugliest and dirtiest secrets and somewhat doesn't care that your relationships go awry after the airings.
Continue reading Did you get Amne$ia?
Posted Jan 29th 2008 6:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Game Show
When I first heard that Dennis Miller was going to host a game show, I thought to myself "yeah, I covered that already." But I didn't know that the show I had written about had already ended and this was a new game show he was going to host.
The previous one was Grand Slam, the GSN show that pitted former game show champs (like Ken Jennings) against each other. Looks like that show only lasted one season (hopefully I can catch the reruns), but Miller isn't through with game shows yet. He's going to host the new NBC show Amnesia, which will premiere on NBC in the 1 vs. 100 slot when that show ends its season.
Continue reading Dennis Miller has Amnesia
Posted Nov 13th 2007 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has a new Caveman, followed by new episodes of Carpoolers, Dancing with the Stars, and Boston Legal.
- CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then new episodes of The Unit and Cane.
- NBC has a new, two hour Biggest Loser at 8, then a new Law and Order: SVU.
- FOX has new episodes of Bones and House.
- There's a new Beauty and the Geek on The CW at 8, followed by a new Reaper.
- PBS has a new Nova at 8.
- Also at 8: TCM has two of James Ellroy's movie picks: Stakeout on Dope Street and Murder By Contract.
- At 9, Food Network has their All Star Thanksgiving, then a new Two Dudes Catering.
- Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9.
- At 10, FX has a new Nip/Tuck.
- Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Orange County at 10.
- TLC has a new Miami Ink at 10.
- At 10:30, Versus has a new Sports Unfiltered with Dennis Miller.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Nov 6th 2007 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight
At 8, ABC has a new Cavemen, followed by new episodes of Carpoolers, Dancing with the Stars, and Boston Legal.
- CBS has a new NCIS at 8, then new episodes of The Unit and Cane.
- FOX has new episodes of Bones and House.
- NBC has a new, two-hour Biggest Loser, then a new Law and Order: SVU.
- There's a new Beauty and the Geek on The CW at 8, followed by a new Reaper.
- PBS has a new Nova at 8, then a new Frontline.
- At 8:30, HGTV has a new Spice Up My Kitchen, then new episodes of Decorating Cents, 24 Hour Design and House Hunters.
- At 9 on CNN, Larry King interviews Robert Redford.
- ESPN has the two hour season finale of The Contender at 9.
- Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs at 9.
- At 10, Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Orange County.
- Versus has the series premiere of Sports Unfiltered with Dennis Miller at 10, with guests Curt Schilling and Al Michaels.
- Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
- Also at 10: FX has a new Nip/Tuck.
- At 10:30, Food Network has a new Two Dudes Catering.
Check your local TV listings for more.
Posted Oct 5th 2007 4:23PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Sports, Celebrities, Talk Show, Pickups and Renewals
When Dennis Miller took over doing the color commentary on Monday Night Football several years back, fans of the show either loved him completely or hated him completely. You either really dug his arcane references and humor or you sighed a lot and wondered why he was in the booth (for the record, I don't really like football, so I didn't mind him in the booth at all). Now sports fans can relive those glory days!
Continue reading Dennis Miller gets a new show on some channel called Versus
Posted Jun 6th 2007 3:02PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Celebrities, Game Show
Let's give Dennis Miller credit: the man isn't afraid to try new things. He's been a comedian, an actor, a sports announcer, a political pundit (of sorts), a talk show host, and a radio show host.
Now, he's going to host a game show.
On August 7, Miller will host Grand Slam on the Game Show Network, a new series that will test players' knowledge in math, verbal skills and current events. The twist is that all of the contestants were big winners on other game shows. Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings will appear on the new game show, along with past winners of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Continue reading Dennis Miller to host Grand Slam
Posted May 25th 2007 5:59PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, TV Royalty, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show
Charlie Rose: Al Gore
- The Late Show With David Letterman: Kevin Spacey and Alexis Bledel
- Jay Leno: Dennis Miller and Dwight Yoakam
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: David Spade, John Ratzenberger, and Kaiser Chiefs (repeat)
- Tavis Smiley: Jonathan Demme, Chick Corea, and Bela Fleck
- Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Dane Cook and Apolo Ohno
- The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Bob Saget, Jade, and Guy Torry
- Last Call With Carson Daly: Silversun Pickups and Hi-Fidelity
Posted Mar 27th 2007 11:41PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show, Comedy Central

"
Pull-Out Method": Minority Leader John Boehner is having a little trouble with benchmarks and contradictions. Plus, he's not fooling anyone when he says that his name is really pronounced "Baner". I'm still trying to work out how tropical fish worked into the House... and I have a sudden craving for a
bucket o' peanuts and some Pork & Flag On A Stick.
"
Showdown at Justice: Hereunder referred to as the 'Nonvoluntary Lawyer Disemployment Program' vis a vis certain events on or around 7 December 2006 (C.F. Appendix B, Codicil IX, Paragraph 7)": Alberto Gonzalez isn't doing so hot. So, what else is new?
Continue reading The Daily Show: March 27, 2007
Posted Oct 4th 2006 7:04PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Late Night, OpEd, The Daily Show, Comedy Central

Mark Foley's blaming his scandal on
alcohol? Holy crap. Jon's "Young Boyschlager" joke ("It's got real bits of boy in it!") was funny, but I think I like "Satan's breast milk" better. I also quite liked the word "catastrofuck"... I will have to use it sometime in the near future (perhaps in my midterm paper). Maybe Jon's feeling the pressure to coin some new words/phrases, especially after Stephen Colbert
created and popularized "truthiness" and "Wikiality".
Continue reading The Daily Show: October 3, 2006
Posted Aug 8th 2006 8:07PM by Michael Canfield
Filed under: Cable, News, Talent, Industry, Talk Show

Dennis Miller's
gonna be with Fox News this fall, joining
Hannity & Colmes, and will also be content provider and commentator for the network's website. Does this mean we will see Norm MacDonald one day pop up as a correspondent on
Nightline? Or how about Tina Fey joining
Anderson Cooper 360? Nah, just kiddin'; Dennis Miller has long ago
moved over from the funny side into stone-cold punditry. Fox News is exactly where he belongs. I'd like to say "Dennis, Dennis we hardly knew you," but between his first talk show, his
MSNBC CNBC show, his previous
Hannity & Colmes guest stints and his two-season NFL tryout at ABC, we know him pretty well.
Posted Jul 20th 2006 10:50AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Talent, OpEd, Celebrities

OK, since all three of these guys have been on TV at one time or another, and I first heard about this on TV, I think it loosely can apply here. I just think this is cool:
When I was watching last night's Mets-Reds game on SportsNet NY, the camera showed Dennis Miller, Ron Howard, and Tom Hanks taking in the game, which was played in Cincinnati. The announcers mentioned they were taking a ballpark tour, and showed the massive luxury bus they were using. Well,
this article confirms that. Turns out Hanks decided to take his buddies on a trip to seven parks to help celebrate his 50th birthday. They may not make all seven parks, it turns out, but they've already gone to three and will go to a few more.
Anyway, considering I try to go to a new-to-me ballpark every year (this year was U.S. Cellular in Chicago and Miller Park in Milwaukee), I absolutely love the fact that these superstars -- well, two superstars and Miller -- are doing this.
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