Posts with tag theview
Posted Jul 20th 2008 1:03PM by Paul Goebel
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Casting
A day hasn't gone by where we haven't received some sort of tip or email asking us, the TV Squad, how to get on [insert reality show here]. Unfortunately no, Simon Cowell does not work for us, and Donald Trump isn't my BFF, so we really can't help all that much.
The folks at RealityWanted.com often send us a list of new and existing reality shows that are looking for new, er, talent, and they've given us permission to make mention of them here. We'll try to make this a regular feature as often as we get a new list.
This time we have Rock of Love, Family Court and a lot of new shows.
Continue reading Reality show casting calls
Posted Jul 15th 2008 8:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-Free
It was an historic occasion
yesterday last Thursday on NBC's
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, didn't you know? The lady who lives to be banned -- and re-banned in the case of
The View --
Kathy Griffin appeared as Jay Leno's guest. What's the big deal?
Well, if you recall the first season of Kathy's show, Bravo's
My Life on the D List, the comic was rather brutally insulted by Jay when he called her ugly, and in the subsequent episodes of the show, Kathy revealed that she was put on
The Tonight Show's "do not invite list."
And yet, the other night, there was Kathy in the prime seat, chatting it up with Jay, dissing celebrities as is her wont, and generally looking like the D List is now just the title of her show, not her true show business status.
Continue reading Kathy Griffin welcomed on Leno, ends Tonight Show ban
Posted Jun 21st 2008 11:46AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Watercooler Talk, Celebrities, Emmys
For the first time in a long time, something was different about the Daytime Emmys. No, it's not that they're on in primetime; that happened years ago. What was different was the 35th Daytime Emmys opted to forgo the theater setting and seat the stars at round tables. As co-host (with
All My Children's Cameron Mathison)
Sherri Shepherd told the AP days before the AP, "Usually everyone is sitting in a row. This year, it'll be like a wedding. We're also going to do something so that fans will be able to get a view of what's going on at the different tables." That would be web video created by the actors at every table - table cam. Perfect for hams. The vids are at
SOAPnet. For details about the show from the winners backstage, check out
AOL.
So did the seating arrangements make a difference? Well, it depends. Those who were there probably had a better time because there was an open bar, just like the Golden Globes. For viewers, it still looked like the Daytime Emmys, including many familiar faces winning. After a strained attempt at comedy for the opening -- blending
All My Children fictional characters with
The View's real hosts -- the show commenced.
Continue reading The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
Posted Jun 5th 2008 12:25PM by Erin Martell
Filed under: Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free
Another potential First Lady is set to join the ladies of the
The View. Following Cindy McCain's April appearance,
Michelle Obama will be a guest host on the show's June 18 episode. Obama was offered a guest appearance, but wanted to try her hand at hosting instead. This will be her first appearance on the talk show; Barack Obama has been a guest twice before.
As a guest host, Michelle Obama will help conduct interviews, participate in the show's "hot topics" segment, and chat about current events. She'll also be interrupted by her co-hosts on numerous occasions. The guest lineup for Obama's episode hasn't been set yet.
Cindy McCain interviewed Craig Ferguson when she guest-hosted.
Continue reading Michelle Obama will be a guest host on The View
Posted May 27th 2008 10:46AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Celebrities, Talk Show, Awards, Emmys, Reality-Free
Well, the
Daytime Emmy nominations were not exactly soul-stirring -- lots of repeat nominees, the same old, same old -- so the producers of the Emmy broadcast are trying to inject something new: that means new hosts. Call them the newest odd couple.
Cameron Mathison will team up with Sherri Shepherd to co-host the ABC broadcast of the 35th Annunal Daytime Emmy Awards on June 20. Not coincidentally, Cameron and Sherri are ABC stars. He's Ryan Lavery on
All My Children (and a former contestant on Dancing with the Stars); she's one of the five talkers on
The View. And if you think they didn't ask Whoopi Goldberg first, you don't know TV.
Continue reading Daytime Emmys hosts announced
Posted May 17th 2008 12:03PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, Daytime, Talk Show
ABC 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.
Continue reading The View to try a new point of view
Posted May 9th 2008 2:00PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Awards, Reality-Free
She's an experienced host, an Oscar-winner, a Broadway star. But is
Whoopi Goldberg hosting the 62nd Tony Awards the answer for the struggling annual broadcast? The Tony Awards, which honors the best in Broadway theater is considered one of the four major entertainment awards, along with the Oscar, Emmy and Grammy. But the Tonys have been losing viewership year after year despite the stars lured onto the broadcast. After having no single host the past two years, CBS has tapped Whoopi to be the emcee for the June 15 live broadcast from Radio City Music Hall in hopes that she'll make a difference in the Nielsens. The last single host was Hugh Jackman in 2005.
While this is Whoopi's first turn as Tony host, she is well regarded for her four stints as Oscar hostess. At the most recent Oscars, when Whoopi was left out of the host-highlight clip package of years gone by, she was ticked off and talked about it the morning after on
The View. Perhaps doing the Tonys will be her way of sticking to the Oscars?
Continue reading Can Whoopi save the Tony Awards?
Posted Apr 30th 2008 2:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Talk Show, Emmys, Reality-Free
The Daytime Emmy nominations were announced this morning on
The View. My initial reaction is this: there are so many repeat nominees! This list is filled with actors who have won multiple times. Are the Daytime Emmys in a rut? I'm afraid so. This list seems very stale to me, not that many of these performers aren't worthy, but a lot of other worthy actors were completely overlooked. Again. Emmy could use an overhaul, but we'll discuss that another time.
Here are the main nominees -- and some comments -- and you can check out the complete list and a photo gallery of the
Daytime Emmy nominees at AOL Television. On Friday, June 20, ABC will broadcast the awards in primetime (8-11 p.m. EST) from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
Outstanding Daytime Drama General Hospital
Guiding Light
One Life to Live
The Young & the Restless Here we have the usual suspects. Last year,
Y&R and
GL shared the prize. My choice would be
OLTL this time around -- they had a great year and have been on the uprise. However,
Y&R has a lot of actor nominations and that could mean another Emmy for the Bell show. I'd be flabbergasted if either
GH or
GL win. Both shows have received critical blasts this past year.
Continue reading The Daytime Emmy nominations announced
Posted Apr 17th 2008 9:21AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Daytime, Talk Show, Reality-Free
Now we know that we're getting serious when it comes to the 2008 presidential campaign: Cindy McCain, wife of presumptive Republican nominee John McCain,
will co-host on The View on Monday, according to both the AP and the
show's own web site. Mrs. McCain has been on the show before, appearing with her husband in 2004, and Sen. McCain has been on the show a number of times, most recently last week. But this is the first time either of them have sat with the hosts for the entire episode.
As the AP article mentions, there's no word on whether Mrs. McCain will share any recipes on the show. Why is that significant? Nothing really, just a little bit of plagiarism committed by an overzealous campaign intern; the intern
reprinted recipes from various Food Network personalities, including Rachael Ray, on the campaign's web site and tried to pass them off as "McCain Family Recipes." I'm surprised people didn't get suspicious sooner, because I don't think I've ever heard either McCain say the word "Yum-o."
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Posted Mar 31st 2008 10:04AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Celebrities, Talk Show
Three weeks ago it was a hot rumor. Now it's a fact. NBC announced that
Kathie Lee Gifford will co-host the fourth hour of Today beginning Monday, April 7th. She'll be teaming up with Hoda Kotb for an hour of chit-chat, info, interviews and what have you. I doubt she'll be singing, but then again, if Kathie Lee can cajole them into rolling a piano onto the set, watch out.
"I am truly honored to join the
Today show family, many of whom have been friends and colleagues of mine for years," said Kathie Lee via release. "And I'm especially looking forward to working with Hoda, a bright and beautiful woman I admire very much. Together I hope we will bring a fresh and fun perspective to the topics that affect all of our daily lives."
Continue reading It's official: Kathie Lee joins Today
Posted Feb 28th 2008 11:29AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Nip/Tuck, Daytime, Web, Celebrities, Talk Show, Ratings, Emmys
Funny ladies Rosie O'Donnell (
Nip/Tuck) and Fran Drescher (
The Nanny) are working together on creating a new "fun, happy, family comedy" for TV. On Rosie's website,
Fran and Rosie teamed up on camera to talk -- primarily about Fran's "cancer schmancer" campaign for public awareness -- but at the end,
Rosie and Fran revealed a sitcom they are planning in which they'll star together.
There's no question that Fran and Rosie are funny women with loyal fans.
The Nanny was a CBS hit for six seasons. Rosie, who more recently has been a source of controversy like her very tumultuous time as a
cohost on The View, has also been a success on TV. While she was on The View, the ratings were higher than ever before or since. She also had an Emmy-award winning daytime
talk show for six years straight which had a vociferous following.
Continue reading Rosie and Fran teaming up for a sitcom
Posted Feb 20th 2008 8:19PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Sports, OpEd, Daytime, Video, Celebrities, Talk Show
Yesterday, Amani Toomer and Michael Strahan of the World Champion New York Giants (boy, it feels great to write that) stopped by
The View to talk about fitness equipment. During the segment, Whoopi Goldberg, who is such a self-proclaimed Giants fan that she spoke during the team's post-victory-parade ceremony at New York's City Hall, asked Toomer about the miracle catch he made late in the game, where he pinned the football to his helmet before being tackled.
There was just one problem: Toomer didn't make the catch. David Tyree did. Video is after the jump, thanks to our friends at
BestWeekEver.tvContinue reading Whoopi Goldberg asks wrong Giant about miracle Super Bowl catch - VIDEO
Posted Dec 26th 2007 8:00AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Daytime, Talk Show, Casting
Some people don't think this should be a "top story" of 2007, as I've heard it decried already around the interwebs, but the fact remains that this feud was all over the news, garnered high ratings and made The View one of the most buzzed about shows of 2007. Regardless of if you think Rosie was being a bully or Elisabeth was being a baby or if both were being words we don't say in polite company, it was a big deal. I know when I heard she was joining the show for its tenth season, my first thought was "The View is still on the air?"
Continue reading Top TV Stories of 2007: Rosie vs. Elisabeth - VIDEO
Posted Dec 14th 2007 2:02PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Web, Celebrities
AOL TV listed the
Top 5 TV Clips of the year today. Users went in and
voted from the five categories and now the winners of these categories will compete for Top TV Moment of the 2007. You can even see how the votes were distributed over at AOL TV.
And the finalists are: In Crybabies: Ellen DeGeneres's doggie drama
In Feuds: Rosie vs. Elisabeth on
The ViewIn Shockers: Sabrina of the
The Cheetah Girls being voted off
Dancing with the StarsIn Spills: Marie Osmond fainting on
Dancing with the StarsIn Trainwrecks: Britney on the
VMAsWhat did you think of these finalists? Here's my two cents. As for Ellen, Marie Osmond, and Miss Spears, I'm not surprised. As for the feud between Rosie and Elisabeth--I just don't get this one. I really don't see why anyone cares about what happens on
The View. And the
Cheetah Girl on
DWTS--I didn't even know what a
Cheetah Girl was until I saw her on the show so I wasn't too upset when she got the boot. Furthermore, I am appalled that
The Sopranos finale didn't get any votes. That was a great TV moment and it got snubbed for
Dancing with the Stars. Come on!
AOL TV will release the winner on December 19th. Make sure you go in and vote so your opinion counts. I hope Britney wins!
Posted Nov 12th 2007 8:05PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Survivor, Celebrities, Talk Show
Ex-
Survivor: Australian Outback castaway and current
The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck called her daytime talk show to let her co-workers know the name of her baby boy born over the weekend.
Although it's November sweeps, I doubt she planned the timing of the birth to boost ratings. Perhaps the phone call, though! In her call to the show she told them that Taylor Thomas Hasselbeck was born at 7:52 am on Friday morning.
Elisabeth's husband is Tim Hasselbeck, a back-up quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals.
Continue reading It's a son for Elisabeth Hasselbeck of The View and Survivor
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