new host-related stories
Posted Oct 15th 2008 1:05PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free
A lot of us over here at the Squad are fans of VH1's
Best Week Ever. We're either fans of the comedians who are asked to be pop-culture wise-asses, or we just like the format in general. Heck,
we even like the website, mainly because it has the same attitude as the show.
However, the network has decided that the multiple talking-head format needs a change, so they've named
Paul F. Tompkins as the show's sole host. Tompkins (aka "That comedian in the suits"), of course, was one of the best of those talking heads, and his surreal takes on pop culture's funnier bits were always among each episode's highlights. So it's not like the producers are going "outside the family" in order to find a host.
Continue reading No more talking heads: Best Week Ever is now Paul F. Tompkins' show
Posted Jul 23rd 2007 5:37PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities, Game Show, Casting
Well, after all the hemming and hawing about who was going to replace Bob Barker on
The Price is Right, we finally have a name. And, apparently, a signature pair of glasses to go along with it.
According to James Hibberd of
TV Week,
Drew Carey has been signed to host the venerable game show. CBS decided to offer Carey the job after seeing his hosting skills in action on
The Power of Ten. The plan is to have Carey announce the move tonight on
Late Night with David Letterman.
Continue reading Drew Carey to host The Price is Right - BREAKING NEWS
Posted Mar 5th 2007 6:42PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, NBC, Industry, OpEd, Celebrities
I guess ol' Reege is finally slowing down.
Last year, when he hosted
America's Got Talent, Regis Philbin was following a schedule that would tire out just about anyone, much less a 76-year-old (who, I must admit, is probably in much better physical shape than people half his age). Every week, he did his show with Kelly Ripa from his New York home base, then fly out to L.A. to do the weekend installments of
Talent. That's a lot of flying, even if it's all in first class.
But no more. There were rumors floating around that Philbin wouldn't host the second season of the Simon Cowell-produced
Talent, and those were confirmed today when schlockmeister and
Dancing with the Stars reject Jerry Springer
was named the show's host.
Continue reading Jerry Springer replaces Regis on America's Got Talent
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