Let's see: Bravo is owned by NBC and Bon Jovi is appearing on several NBC shows exclusively for a while, including SaturdayNight 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?
A lot of people will say (and I might have even said at one point) that Inside the Actors Studio is running out of guests to interview. When a show about film talks to Billy Joel, you know something is wrong. But it's not that they're running out of the appropriate people, they're just choosing to go with certain people.
Judd Apatow probably deserves to be there since he's the big name in movie comedy right now. He's going to talk to James Lipton on Monday. Here's the part where he talks about directing sex scenes, hair-waxing, and getting thrown out of the car by his wife on the way to her gynecologist. This could be the dirtiest Actors Studio yet.
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the venerable Bravo series, Inside the Actors Studio. The guest was Conan O'Brien, and since I have a thing for late night hosts, I was pretty psyched to see him up close and personal. I've seen the show a million times before, yet I wasn't really sure what to expect from the taping. Would it be like The Daily Show, in which it's taped live with pauses for commercial breaks? Or would they do a longer taping and then edit it down for broadcast?
After discussing it with a few of my friends, we figured that they would cut it down. What I didn't realize is that I should have packed a snack. "What is your mother's name?" "What is the name of the primary school you attended?" "What did your father do for a living?" These are only a few of the questions that led Conan to crack, "I feel like I'm applying for a credit card."
Starting tomorrow evening, Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio will celebrate Black History Month with repeats of episodes featuring Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Dave Chappelle, Jamie Foxx, Forrest Whitaker and Queen Latifah. On February 19 at 8 p.m., a new two-hour episode will feature Diana Ross in an exclusive interview with host James Lipton. Ross will also perform some of her songs during the episode. The schedule is below:
Which of these things is not like the other: Al Pacino, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey, Jr., Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks,
and... Tim Allen? Bravo is touting all of
these actors' upcoming appearances with James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio (a title that is screaming
for an apostrophe!). Hanks will be the first actor to make a second appearance in the Studio, while Dustin
Hoffman will be the Studio's 200th celebrity guest. No air dates are set, but the network says they'll appear
this spring.
While most of the names are impressive, they might also be a bit boring. My favorite guest was
Mike Myers, who did all sorts of voices and had some fun at Lipton's expense.
Who would you like to see
Inside the Actors Studio?
NBC Universal continues to believe in the
power of iTunes by putting some of Bravo's most popular programming on the web. Starting on February 28th, you will be
able to download this entire season of Project Runway episodes, plus you can see the reunion special before it
even airs. iTunes will also have the most popular episodes of Inside the Actor's Studio, including the recent
episode with Dave Chappelle and big-time actors like Angelina Jolie and Michael J. Fox. As usual, each episode is
$1.99.
ABC has two new episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,
starting at 7pm, followed by a new Desperate Housewives and a new Grey's Anatomy.
CBS has a new 60 Minutes, followed by a repeat Cold Case and then The Sum of All
Fears, with Ben Affleck.
NBC has The Olympics, of course.
FOX has a new Malcolm at 7, but then everything else is repeats: King of the Hill,
The Simpsons, War At Home, Family Guy, and American Dad.
The WB has two repeat eps of Reba, then two repeats of Charmed.
At 8, some movies: TBS has Gene Hackman and Keanu Reeves in The Replacements, AMC
has Rambo, TCM has Out of Africa, and Oxygen has Dirty Dancing.
Dave Chappelle is the guest on a new two hour Inside The Actors Studio, on Bravo at 8.
Nickelodeon has a new Zoey 101, also at 8.
Interesting lineup on TLC, starting at 9: It's Not Easy Being A Wolf Boy, followed by The Man
With The Exploding Arms and Wild Child: The Story of the Feral Children.
Comedy Central has Zoolander at 9.
Also at 9, Lifetime has something called The Waiting Game, a film about the art world...with Paula
Abdul?!
At 10, MSNBC repeats today's Meet The Press.
On Sundance, it's The Last Seduction, with Linda Fiorentino and Peter Berg.
Also at 10, E! has a new ep of Lisa Loeb's Number 1 Single.
At 11, HBO has Kevin Costner and Joan Allen in The Upside of Anger, while Showtime has a new ep of
The L Word.
Cartoon Network has a new Boondocks, also at 11.
At midnight, more chocolate madness on Emeril Live, on Food Network.
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?
At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Bachelor, followed by a new True Beauty.
Starting tomorrow evening, Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio will celebrate Black History Month with repeats of episodes featuring Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Dave Chappelle, Jamie Foxx, Forrest Whitaker and Queen Latifah. On February 19 at 8 p.m., a new two-hour episode will feature Diana Ross in an exclusive interview with host James Lipton. Ross will also perform some of her songs during the episode. The schedule is below:
Which of these things is not like the other: Al Pacino, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey, Jr., Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks,
and... Tim Allen? Bravo is touting all of
these actors' upcoming appearances with James Lipton on Inside the Actors Studio (a title that is screaming
for an apostrophe!). Hanks will be the first actor to make a second appearance in the Studio, while Dustin
Hoffman will be the Studio's 200th celebrity guest. No air dates are set, but the network says they'll appear
this spring.
NBC Universal continues to believe in the
power of iTunes by putting some of Bravo's most popular programming on the web. Starting on February 28th, you will be
able to download this entire season of Project Runway episodes, plus you can see the reunion special before it
even airs. iTunes will also have the most popular episodes of Inside the Actor's Studio, including the recent
episode with Dave Chappelle and big-time actors like Angelina Jolie and Michael J. Fox. As usual, each episode is
$1.99.
ABC has two new episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,
starting at 7pm, followed by a new Desperate Housewives and a new Grey's Anatomy. 
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