TV Squad http://www.tvsquad.com TV Squad http://www.tvsquad.com/media/feedlogo.gif TV Squad http://www.tvsquad.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Sketch Comedy Saturday: Little Britainhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2009/06/20/sketch-comedy-saturday-little-britain/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/06/20/sketch-comedy-saturday-little-britain/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/06/20/sketch-comedy-saturday-little-britain/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

little britain
For some strange reason, I was initially compelled to start this installment of Sketch Comedy Saturday with "Never fear, Little Britain is here!" I suppose there was a need for a campy intro. Then, I realized that there are actually plenty of things to fear in Little Britain: Matt Lucas wearing really tight shorts, old women violently projectile vomiting on everything in sight, more Matt Lucas wearing really, really tight shorts ... Really, the horrifying list goes on.

 

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]]>british comedyBritishComedydavid walliamsDavidWalliamshbolittle britainlittle britain usaLittleBritainLittleBritainUsamatt lucasMattLucasrosie odonnellRosieOdonnellsketch comedysketch comedy saturdaySketchComedySketchComedySaturdayAnnie WuSat, 20 Jun 2009 17:48:00 ESTThe View's Sherri Shepherd is getting a Lifetime showhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/19/the-views-sherri-shepherd-is-getting-a-lifetime-show/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/19/the-views-sherri-shepherd-is-getting-a-lifetime-show/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/19/the-views-sherri-shepherd-is-getting-a-lifetime-show/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Sherri ShepherdIt was inevitable. Ever since Rosie O'Donnell grew a second head and spit venom at Elisabeth Hasselbeck, The View has been on the radar. Even without current host Rosie O'Donnell, there's been buzz with new co-host Whoopi Goldberg. Hasselbeck keeps causing trouble on the set with her lone conservative voice, Whoopi is outspoken in her own right, Joy Behar is a lunatic and even Barbara Walters has been known to snag a headline or two. Of course Lifetime wants a piece of that buzz. And to get it they're grabbing ... uh ... Sherri Shepherd?

Doesn't Sherri Shepherd think she'll fall off the edge of the earth if she goes too far? I thought she was still there because they didn't want to have to rebuild the table with one fewer chair. Huh, I guess I was wrong. Lifetime picked up Sherri Shepherd's sitcom Sherri for 12-episodes.

 

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]]>cybill shepherdCybillShepherdelisabeth hasselbeckElisabethHasselbeckjoy behardJoyBehardlifetimerosie odonnellRosieOdonnellsherri shepherdSherriShepherdthe viewTheViewvalerie bertinelliValerieBertinelliwhoopi goldbergWhoopiGoldbergJason HughesTue, 19 May 2009 14:25:00 ESTAnticipating a ding dong American Idol finalehttp://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/15/anticipating-a-ding-dong-american-idol-finale/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/15/anticipating-a-ding-dong-american-idol-finale/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/05/15/anticipating-a-ding-dong-american-idol-finale/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Kris and Adam American IdolAttention, Rosie O'Donnell: Simon Cowell promised that next week's American Idol will be a ding-dong finale. Break out the Drake's Cakes! Actually, Simon wasn't referring to Rosie's favorite chocolate cake treat, he was using perhaps the strangest euphemism he could come up with to hype the finale which he anticipates -- and rightfully so -- a great showdown between two singers who could both be deservedly crowned the winner of American Idol.

Adam Lambert vs. Kris Allen might seem like a heavyweight versus a bantam weight, one guy who's already been splashed on magazine covers -- last week's Entertainment Weekly -- as the presumptive champ, while the other was nearly knocked on his butt by the judge's song choice that was so bad that Simon faulted Kara and Randy for setting him up to fail.

 

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]]>Adam LambertAdamLambertAmerican IdolAmericanIdolDanny GokeyDannyGokeyEntertainment WeeklyEntertainmentWeeklyFoxJennifer HudsonJenniferHudsonKris AllenKrisAllenNielsensRosie ODonnellRosieOdonnellSimon CowellSimonCowellAllison WaldmanFri, 15 May 2009 19:06:00 ESTRosie O'Donnell stops blogging (Breaking News?)http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/27/rosie-odonnell-stops-blogging-breaking-news/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/27/rosie-odonnell-stops-blogging-breaking-news/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/27/rosie-odonnell-stops-blogging-breaking-news/#commentsFiled under: , ,

RosieSad news for people who enjoy blogs that are typed in all lower-case letters: Rosie O'Donnell has stopped updating her blog. Oh the humanity, etc.

O'Donnell says she has stopped blogging because it "wasn't providing the joy that it used to." Or the Whoopi, the Sherri, the Barbara or the Elizabeth. Definitely not the Elizabeth. This all is perfectly reasonable though. Nothing Rosie has done lately (*cough* live show on NBC *cough*) has given any joy to TV viewers either, so it's only fair that this stop bringing joy to her. But she's not shutting down her web site. She'll just post other things besides her opinions and thoughts and personal videos. Rosie.com now forwards to RosiesBroadwayKids.org, which is a worthwhile endeavor, so kudos to her for that.

My favorite quote from Rosie about the blogging stoppage is this: "when I started to blog, no one knew what a blog was." Uhhhh, yeah. OK.

[via TV Tattle]

 

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]]>blogsrosie odonnellrosies broadway kidsthe viewweblogsBob SassoneTue, 27 Jan 2009 16:30:00 ESTBefore Idol, Von Smith was a YouTube sensation - VIDEOhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/27/before-idol-von-smith-was-a-youtube-sensation-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/27/before-idol-von-smith-was-a-youtube-sensation-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/27/before-idol-von-smith-was-a-youtube-sensation-video/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

american idol von smith viewWell, we're not through to Hollywood just yet, as the American Idol auditions keep on keepin' on. Indeed, as promised by the show's producers, we're not seeing as many crazies as we have in years past. However, it's safe to say that the pool of eccentric Idol wannabes has been anything but left on the cutting room floor. That's not going to happen anytime soon.

In terms of memorable performances thus far, Von Smith has arguably been "the big breakout," at least among the contestants on American Idol's Kansas City stop (he sang "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and wore a white fedora ... which, when you think about it, doesn't necessarily differentiate him from every other contestant).

 

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]]>american idolAmericanIdolcorrinne bailey raerosie odonnellRosieOdonnellthe viewTheViewvon smithVonSmithyoutubeEliot GlazerTue, 27 Jan 2009 09:02:00 ESTHowie does what exactly? - VIDEOhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/12/howie-does-what-exactly-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/12/howie-does-what-exactly-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/12/howie-does-what-exactly-video/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

howie mandel howie do it deal or no deal nbcAs far as we can tell, here are the responsibilities for hosting Deal Or No Deal:

1. Repeat the painfully obvious rules of the game over and over and over.

2. Loudly announce the names of pretty ladies holding suitcases.

3. Pretend that a game requiring absolutely no skills whatsoever requires skills when choosing numbers in a logically devoid random order.

4. Convince fully-grown adults that you're not pretend-talking on the phone to a villainous, money-hungry banker.

5. Never ever touch the palm of another human being.

 

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]]>bad ideasBadIdeasdeal or no dealDealOrNoDealgame showsGameShowshidden cameraHiddenCamerahowiehowie do ithowie mandelHowieDoItHowieMandelnbcprankrosierosie odonnellRosieOdonnellEliot GlazerMon, 12 Jan 2009 09:03:00 ESTTBS to try vaudeville...no kiddinghttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/05/tbs-to-try-vaudeville-no-kidding/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/05/tbs-to-try-vaudeville-no-kidding/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/05/tbs-to-try-vaudeville-no-kidding/#commentsFiled under: , ,

TBS logoMemo to TBS: vaudeville is dead. Apparently, the folks at Turner never got that news flash. TBS has greenlighted a vaudeville pilot to be hosted by Harland Williams. The half-hour installments -- should it get picked up -- would be a late-night entry.

That means you'd have to be up late and probably pretty bored with infomercials to not surf away from the jugglers, puppets, plate spinners, gymnasts and other novelty acts likely on the program.

TBS is serious about this concept, tentatively called The TBS Comedy Roadshow, and if they emphasize the comedy aspect, maybe it'll find a niche. But the term vaudeville makes me very wary.

 

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]]>Ed SullivanEdSullivaninfomercialsmusicalPushing DaisiesPushingDaisiesreanimationregionalRosie LiveRosie ODonnellRosieLiveRosieOdonnellTBSvarietyvaudevilleAllison WaldmanFri, 05 Dec 2008 12:06:00 ESTRosie Live now among the living deadhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/30/rosie-live-now-among-the-living-dead/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/30/rosie-live-now-among-the-living-dead/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/30/rosie-live-now-among-the-living-dead/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

It seems that the show NBC hoped would revive the variety show format was getting an autopsy before it even had a chance to get off of the operating table.

E! Online reports that Rosie O'Donnell said her live variety show, the cleverly named Rosie Live, won't make it past the first episode, or as she so cutely wrote on her web site, "there will b no more."

The one and only episode of Rosie's return from TV purgatory was dismal, to say the least. Friday's Wednesday's episode only drew 5 million viewers, despite the appearance of high profile celebrities like Alec Baldwin, Alanis Morissette and Ne-Yo to help them forget the fact that they were watching a show where Rosie O'Donnell is the star.

 

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]]>alanis morisettealanis morissettealanis morrissettealanismorisetteAlanisMorissetteAlanisMorrissettealec baldwinAlecBaldwinnbcrosierosie liverosie odonnellRosieLiveRosieOdonnellvariety showVarietyShowDanny GallagherSun, 30 Nov 2008 12:05:00 ESTRosie does not equal ratings - VIDEOhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/28/rosie-does-not-equal-ratings-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/28/rosie-does-not-equal-ratings-video/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/28/rosie-does-not-equal-ratings-video/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Rosie LiveIt looks like Rosie Live has been declared dead. Her attempt at reviving the variety show format tied for the lowest-rated program of the evening.

Frankly, I don't think it's necessarily a death-knell for the format so much as the host. Rosie's highly-publicized feuds have certainly soured me on watching any sort of television program hosted by her.

In comparison, Stephen Colbert's A Colbert Christmas pretty much embraced the variety show format (with enough changes to keep it modern and interesting) and it was great entertainment. Granted, cable stations don't have the ratings requirements of network and the entire special was pretty much an attempt to sell the DVD (in a humorous, non-annoying fashion). If some other Broadway-style celebrity hosted the same show, I'm willing to bet ratings would have been higher.

I've embedded a video from Rosie Live after the jump, guest-starring Alec Baldwin. I'll let you folks judge for yourselves whether or not Rosie's variety show is cringe-worthy or simply unappreciated.

 

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]]>Alec BaldwinAlecBaldwinNBCRosie LiveRosie ODonnellRosieLiveRosieOdonnellBrad TrechakFri, 28 Nov 2008 10:33:00 ESTRosie Live! - the parade with no balloonshttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/26/rosie-live-the-parade-with-no-balloons/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/26/rosie-live-the-parade-with-no-balloons/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/26/rosie-live-the-parade-with-no-balloons/#commentsFiled under: ,

finale of Rosie Live!

I grew up on The Lawrence Welk Show (during visits to my grandmother) and Donny and Marie, so my affinity for the variety show started young. I was always a little bit rock-and-roll, which is why I couldn't help but like the Nick and Jessica Variety Hour specials when they aired several years back; it was in my blood.

So I was curious to check out Rosie Live! tonight. I expected some goofy skits, like from Laugh In (or Nick and Jessica), but instead we got some authentic conversation with the guests, some horribly executed guest visits, some unknown talent that was almost painful to watch and ... show tunes.

I liken Rosie Live! to a parade. You wait through the whole broadcast for those special floats that don't come until the end, and of course for the bigger-than-life balloons. The balloons never came, folks.

 

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]]>rosie liverosie odonnellRosieLiveRosieOdonnellvariety showVarietyShowDebra McDuffeeWed, 26 Nov 2008 22:04:00 ESTBarbara Walters snags the Obamas for a sit downhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/25/barbara-walters-snags-the-obamas-for-a-sit-down/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/25/barbara-walters-snags-the-obamas-for-a-sit-down/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/25/barbara-walters-snags-the-obamas-for-a-sit-down/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Baba WawaYou know that Barbara Walters-Rosie O'Donnell dust up this week with the two former View co-stars trading comments/insults about the sins of the past? Well, it smelled to me of a publicity stunt and now I'm convinced of it.

Turns out both divas will be having TV specials on Wednesday night, November 26. That's tomorrow night. Rosie Live will air at 8 o'clock on NBC.

Meanwhile, Barbara Walters has snagged Barack and Michelle Obama for a one-hour news special to air at 10 o'clock on ABC on November 26. What a coincidence!

 

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]]>60 Minutes60MinutesABCBarack ObamaBarackObamaBarbara WaltersBarbaraWaltersCBSMichelle ObamaMichelleObamaPushing DaisiesPushingDaisiesRosie LiveRosie ODonnellRosieLiveRosieOdonnellThe ObamasTheObamasAllison WaldmanTue, 25 Nov 2008 12:06:00 ESTRosie Live...or how NBC is trying to revive TV variety showshttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/13/rosie-live-or-how-nbc-is-trying-to-revive-tv-variety-shows/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/13/rosie-live-or-how-nbc-is-trying-to-revive-tv-variety-shows/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/11/13/rosie-live-or-how-nbc-is-trying-to-revive-tv-variety-shows/#commentsFiled under: , ,

rosieOnce upon a time the airwaves were filled with TV variety shows. There were stars like Sonny and Cher and Donny and Marie, and further back, The Ed Sullivan Show and The Carol Burnett Show.

Well, Rosie O'Donnell remembers that kind of TV entertainment, and she thinks it's what America wants now. As Bob reported not long ago, NBC is giving her an hour to see if anyone agrees, the night before Thanksgiving, November 26, from 9-10 p.m. ET, Rosie Live will air live from the Shubert Theater in New York.

The news today is that Rosie has booked Ne-Yo and Alanis Morissette to provide the musical portion of the program. The plans for the rest of the hour include a topical monologue, which Rosie should have no problem pulling off because she did one every day on her daytime talk show.

 

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]]>alanis morissetteAlanisMorissetteamerican idolAmericanIdolnbcne-yorosie liverosie odonnellRosieLiveRosieOdonnellvariety showVarietyShowAllison WaldmanThu, 13 Nov 2008 01:00:00 ESTHey Whoopi, Joy, Sherri, and Barbara: leave Elisabeth alone!http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/06/hey-whoopi-joy-sherri-and-barbara-leave-elisabeth-alone/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/06/hey-whoopi-joy-sherri-and-barbara-leave-elisabeth-alone/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/06/hey-whoopi-joy-sherri-and-barbara-leave-elisabeth-alone/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Elisabeth HasselbeckI don't know if the rumors about View host Elisabeth Hasselbeck going to Fox News Channel are true or not (Hasselbeck and the show deny it), but at this point I wouldn't blame her one bit.

Hasselbeck has had a lot of battles on the show with her co-hosts, from Rosie O'Donnell months ago to Barbara Walters. But today was the day I actually felt bad for her. The group was talking about the election, and how nasty the election could soon get in the final few weeks (Joy wasn't on the show today, so it was Elisabeth, Whoopi, Sherri, and Barbara). After playing the funny debate sketch from Saturday Night Live, the women discussed Governor Palin's attack on Barack Obama over the weekend, linking him to Bill Ayers (probably a desperate gambit by McCain but a fully legitimate one, I believe). Now, this has been brought up before, most notably by George Stephanopoulos in a debate and also by Hillary Clinton if I remember correctly, but the McCain campaign is bringing it up again.

So when the women discussed it, you can pretty much guess what happened.

 

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]]>abcbarbara waltersconservativeelisabeth hasselbeckjoy beharliberalpoliticsrosie odonnellsherri shepherdthe viewwhoopi goldbergBob SassoneMon, 06 Oct 2008 14:09:00 ESTRosie O'Donnell is coming to your house for Thanksgivinghttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/02/rosie-odonnell-is-coming-to-your-house-for-thanksgiving/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/02/rosie-odonnell-is-coming-to-your-house-for-thanksgiving/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/02/rosie-odonnell-is-coming-to-your-house-for-thanksgiving/#commentsFiled under: , ,

RosieRumors have been swirling for months that Rosie O'Donnell was in negotiations with NBC to create her own show. There were even rumors that she would get a talk show on MSNBC to compliment Keith Olbermann's show (though now Rachel Maddow has that gig). Instead, it has been announced that Rosie will host a variety show on NBC on Thanksgiving Eve, November 26.

It's called Rosie's Variety Hour, because it's hosted by Rosie, it features variety, and it's going to last 60 minutes. Rosie will do a monologue and introduce musical and comedy acts, and they'll be big prizes for people in the studio audience and people watching at home. Rosie compares the show to Carol Burnett, Ed Sullivan, and Sonny & Cher. She had me at the first two. I'd love to see a show like that on TV again. Not sure about the last one, but I think I know what she means.

If the show is a hit, you might see it as a weekly series.

 

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]]>nbcrosie odonnellrosie.comrosies variety hourthanksgivingBob SassoneThu, 02 Oct 2008 15:02:00 ESTRosie O'Donnell raped by The Viewhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/04/rosie-odonnell-raped-by-the-view/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/04/rosie-odonnell-raped-by-the-view/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/04/rosie-odonnell-raped-by-the-view/#commentsFiled under: ,

Rosie O'DonnellIn what has got to be the funniest news article I've read today, Rosie O'Donnell compares her time as one of the hostesses of The View to prison rape. The comment was made while O'Donnell appeared at Cyndi Lauper's True Colors tour in Vancouver (Yes, Cyndi Lauper still tours).

She uses the specific example of the movie Born Innocent starring Linda Blair. There's a scene involving a broom that doesn't need to be described any further. Needless to say, it was very graphic and quite controversial at the time. Out of curiosity, does this comparison make Barbara Walters the evil warden character?

 

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]]>born innocentBornInnocentprison rapePrisonRapeRosie ODonnellRosieOdonnellThe Viewwhoopi goldbergWhoopiGoldbergBrad TrechakFri, 04 Jul 2008 09:20:00 ESTDavid Schwimmer to helm Little Britainhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/10/david-schwimmer-to-helm-little-britain/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/10/david-schwimmer-to-helm-little-britain/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/10/david-schwimmer-to-helm-little-britain/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

David SchwimmerThe former Friends cast member will be heading up the Los Angeles-set parts of the new HBO s comedy show Little Britain.The show is the U.S. counterpart to the BBC sketch show of the same name. The series will focus on the hijinx of British comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams (stars from the BBC show) here stateside. They are currently filming in North Carolina. Schwimmer will be directing the studio segments of the six-part HBO series here in California. Guests for his segments include Rosie O'Donnell and Sting.

This isn't the first time Schwimmer will be directing or showing his love of all things British. He directed a few episodes of Friends. And this past year, made his feature directorial debut with Run Fat Boy Run The film starred Simon Pegg as a non-committal cad who has a change of heart toward the mother of his child and enters a marathon to prove his love.

 

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]]>BBCdavid schwimmerdavid walliamsDavidSchwimmerDavidWalliamsfriendsHBOmatt lucasMattLucasrosie odonnellRosieOdonnellrun fat boy runRunFatBoyRunstingKristin SampleTue, 10 Jun 2008 07:41:00 ESTMillion Dollar Password -- An early lookhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/30/million-dollar-password-an-early-look/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/30/million-dollar-password-an-early-look/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/30/million-dollar-password-an-early-look/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Million Dollar Password
Here's the thing about game show revivals: you have to satisfy people on two levels. For fans of the old show, you have to make the gameplay of the new show familiar enough to keep them happy and coming back. And, in order to attract new fans, you have to modernize and add touches that will suck in viewers and help build drama. That's one of the reasons why most new game shows have Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-style darkened sets with swirling lights, and depend on ominous music and tight camera angles to create drama.

Million Dollar Password, premiering Sunday at 8 PM ET, has all of that. They even nabbed Millionaire's original American host, Regis Philbin, to give it that extra bit of primetime oomph. But does it work? Well... sorta. Fans of the Allen Ludden / Tom Kennedy / Bert Convy incarnations might be dissatisfied with what they've done to their old favorite, but even an objective observer can see that the gameplay has some flaws that are going to need to be worked out for the show to succeed.

 

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]]>allen luddenbert convyBertConvybetty whiteBettyWhitefeaturedmillion dollar passwordMillionDollarPasswordneil patrick harrisNeilPatrickHarrispasswordrachael rayRachaelRayregis philbinRegisPhilbinrosie odonnellRosieOdonnellsusie essmanSusieEssmantom kennedyTomKennedytony hawkTonyHawkJoel KellerFri, 30 May 2008 15:22:00 ESTThe View to try a new point of viewhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/17/the-view-to-try-a-new-point-of-view/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/17/the-view-to-try-a-new-point-of-view/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/17/the-view-to-try-a-new-point-of-view/#commentsFiled under: , ,

The ViewABC in turning things around on The View -- at least for one day. In what a cynic might call a stunt, The View is going to broadcast one show from the next two weeks from backstage. Essentially, what they're doing, is a rerun, but in a way you never saw the show.

On Friday, May 30, the experimental episode will show how The View is made, by lifting the curtain so you can see how the magic happens. They've chosen to show the upside down, backstage View on that Friday - and don't worry about marking it in your calendar. You can expect plenty of reminders from Barbara Walters (if she's there), Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd. With all that behind the scenes footage, only half of the show as seen originally -- from the camera's point of view -- will be seen.

 

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]]>ABCbackstageBarbara WaltersBarbaraWaltersElisabeth HasselbeckElisabethHasselbeckJoy BeharJoyBeharRosie ODonnellRosieOdonnellSherri ShepherdSherriShepherdStar JonesStarJonesThe ViewTheViewWhoopi GoldbergWhoopiGoldbergAllison WaldmanSat, 17 May 2008 12:03:00 ESTEllen not happy with Rachael Ray and Rosiehttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/02/ellen-not-happy-with-rachael-ray-and-rosie/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/02/ellen-not-happy-with-rachael-ray-and-rosie/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/02/ellen-not-happy-with-rachael-ray-and-rosie/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Rachael RayRachael Ray aired a special tribute episode for Rosie O'Donnell today, and Ellen DeGeneres' show isn't happy about it.

Rosie O'Donnell appeared on the special episode earlier today, one day after Telepictures (the company that syndicates Ellen) called and tried to get the episode pulled. That's right, a company called the day before an episode aired to try and get it pulled. Seems that Telepictures is worried that if Rachael Ray airs old footage from The Rosie O'Donnell Show (which Telepictures also syndicated), then Ellen would be beaten in the ratings.

 

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]]>ellen degeneresrachael rayrosie odonnellrosie.comtelepicturesBob SassoneFri, 02 May 2008 15:45:00 ESTBetty White to appear on Million Dollar Passwordhttp://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/20/betty-white-to-appear-on-million-dollar-password/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/20/betty-white-to-appear-on-million-dollar-password/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/20/betty-white-to-appear-on-million-dollar-password/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Betty White returns to give the clues in Million Dollar PasswordIn an announcement that most who remember the older versions of Password would consider a no-brainer, it has been revealed that Betty White will be returning as a guest panelist on CBS' new Million Dollar Password series. And, really, if she wasn't even being considered would it even be Password?

White, who is 86-years-young, was a staple of the original version of Password when it started back in 1961 as well as the revived 70s and 80s versions of the show. Much of that connection came from her marriage to original Password host Allen Ludden. White and Ludden were married in 1963 and remained together until his death from stomach cancer in 1981.

 

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]]>CBSMillion Dollar PasswordMillionDollarPasswordNeil Patrick HarrisNeilPatrickHarrisPasswordPassword PlusPasswordPlusRachel RayRachelRayRegis PhilbinRegisPhilbinRosie OdonnellRosieOdonnellSuper PasswordSuperPasswordRichard KellerSun, 20 Apr 2008 10:08:00 EST