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Posted Jul 27th 2009 7:03PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities, Judges
File this one under the header, "Thanks but no thanks." According to reps for J-Lo,
Jennifer Lopez will not replace Paula Abdul on American Idol. Apparently, there's a hot rumor out there that Jennifer had some interest in taking over in light of the lack of progress in Paula's negotiations with the producers for her return.
This sounds like a bunch of malarchy.
Jennifer Lopez has no need to appear on
American Idol as a judge. She's got a thriving career -- something Abdul did not have when she got the
Idol gig in 2002. For J-Lo to plunk herself on
American Idol would likely impede her career, although it would give her lots of visibility.
Continue reading J-Lo nixes idea of replacing Paula on Idol
Posted Jun 22nd 2008 6:23PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: News, Industry, Casting, Reality-Free
There's been
speculation about who will replace Tim Russert on NBC's
Meet the Press. David Gregory, Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews and Katie Couric were a few of the rumored possibilities. Jovie Baclayon of E! Online reports that
Tom Brokaw will be temporarily replacing the tragically-lost news anchor. NBC announced today that the former
Nightly News anchor and South Dakota native would take over moderating responsibilities on Sunday mornings. He will guide discussions through the November presidential elections.
Steve Capus, NBC News President, made this statement about Brokaw's decision to step in: "To have someone of Tom's stature step up and dedicate himself to ensuring its ongoing success is not only a testament to his loyalty to Tim, but his enduring commitment to NBC News and our viewers."
After 21 years helming the program, Tom Brokaw retired from
NBC Nightly News in 2004.
Tim Russert
died of a heart attack last week on June 13th. He was 58.
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Posted Jun 16th 2008 12:01PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: News, Industry, OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Reality-Free
I'm sure a lot of you were scratching your heads over the weekend, wondering how
Tim Russert's passing merited the all-encompassing, presidential-like coverage it got, especially on his home network of NBC. He's only a reporter, right? Why the wall-to-wall coverage? Well, first of all, it seems that by all accounts, Russert was one of the most well-liked people in the news business, so the outpouring might have been a function of people mourning a friend who was taken from them too soon. But, I have another, more off-beat theory as to why NBC did a broadcast version of sitting shiva for Russert: it was because they have no idea how to replace him.
Think about it: he wasn't only the longtime moderator of
Meet The Press, where he took the venerable show and rejiggered its format, making him the face of the show. He was also NBC News' Washington bureau chief and the main political voice for the network. "It's going to take four or five people to replace Tim," CBS' Bob Schieffer told
The New York Times.
For now, though, the immediate question is who will replace him on
Meet The Press.
Speculation is already underway.Continue reading Who's replacing Tim Russert?
Posted Aug 2nd 2007 9:05PM by Varun Lella
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Programming, OpEd
It seems like there is plenty of drama on CBS's new vampire detective show
Moonlight, and it hasn't even debuted. Just months after
Angel co-creator David Greenwalt was
hired to executive produce the show he
left. The head honchos at CBS have tapped
Dark Angel's Chip Johannessen to take the reigns from Greenwalt
according to The Hollywood Reporter.In addition to the Executive Producer difficulties, the cast of
Moonlight has had more
changes than Kelly Osbourne's hair color, including
dropping Shannon Lucio earlier in the spring.
Continue reading Chip Johannessen replaces Greenwalt on Moonlight
Posted Apr 5th 2007 3:22PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: News, TV Royalty, OpEd, American Idol, Celebrities, Talk Show, Host
If you think that entertainment journalists have it easy compared to their war correspondent colleagues, think again. Jacques Steinberg of
The New York Times, in the process of following around Larry King
for an interview, actually witnessed the ancient talk show host standing half-naked in his office, waiting to receive the dress shirt he was to wear on the air that night. So, imagine the image of King, suspenders draped over his bare chicken-wing shoulders, waiting for his shirt. I'm not sure the
Times could pay me enough to witness that.
Anyway, while Steinberg was watching King dress at work and kibitz with his pals over a "healthy" breakfast (he recently had surgery to clear plaque out of an artery in his neck), he also asked King questions about retirement and who might replace him. While King feels that he'll go at least another ten years, if he were to pick someone to replace him it would be Ryan Seacrest. Yes,
that Ryan Seacrest.
Continue reading If Larry King chose his successor it would be... Ryan Seacrest?
Posted Jan 11th 2007 11:33AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: CBS, News, TV Royalty, Industry
According to Gail Shister of the
Philadelphia Inquirer, the
60 Minutes office office of Ed Bradley
has not been touched since the veteran reporter
died of complications from leukemia in November. Staffers, including his fellow correspondents, have been going into the office to find comfort and reflect on Bradley's unexpected death. ""It feels like he's still here. In some ways, it almost feels like he's off shooting a story," Steve Kroft tells Shister.
The article also speculates on who eventually might take Bradley's spot on the full-time correspondents' roster starting next season. Believe it or not, the last full-timer to come aboard the mothership (not the
60 II edition that ended a couple of years ago) was Leslie Stahl...
in 1991.
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Posted Nov 2nd 2006 3:46PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: CBS, TV Royalty, OpEd, Daytime, Celebrities, Game Show
Ever since
The Price is Right's Bob Barker
announced his retirement, game show fans have been bandying about names of possible replacements. The names most commonly mentioned are Todd Newton, who hosts the
TPiR road show, Marc Summers of FoodTV's
Unwrapped (and the late, lamented Nick game show
Double Dare), and Rich Fields, the show's current announcer. But an unexpected name is coming out of left field, and may be a strong contender: Dave Price.
The Early Show's weatherman and all-around goofball recently signed a new deal with CBS, and according to
an article in the New York
Daily News, that contract also calls for him to do "entertainment-based projects" for the network. In addition, the story reports that he was at the offices of
TPiR producer Fremantle Media doing a mock run-through of the show for a small audience (who responded to a Craigslist ad, for crissakes). CBS is saying that it's too early to even talk about a replacement for Barker.
Continue reading Dave Price to take over for Bob Barker?
Posted Apr 5th 2006 9:47AM by Ryan j Budke
Filed under: NBC, CBS, News, Talent, Celebrities
Katie Couric announced this morning that she is indeed
going to be leaving the
Today show at the end of May; she'll be moving on to the news division at CBS (their
Evening News and
60 Minutes primarily). It was an odd announcement, because as she said herself,
she's not leaving right this moment, and it's pretty much the worst kept secret in America. Though this was a
non-announcement, it was still a little emotional, and you can tell that no matter what's gone on behind the scenes
throughout the years at NBC in the morning, they are a close-knit crew. There's going to be some fun stuff coming up as
they look back over Katie's career.
So now the big question is "who will replace Katie?" The front
runner in the rumor-mill is Meredith Vieira. I've never really seen her on anything besides
Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire (yes I know she's on
The View, but honestly I've just never seen it.) What do you guys think?
Would Meredith be any good? She certainly has some big shoes to fill from
Katherine Katie Couric.
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