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Posted Apr 15th 2009 6:07PM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Music and Variety, Short-Lived Shows, Children, Reality-Free
As a kid, my parents were totally cool with my television viewing habits, as long as it never became excessive or kept my face from being kissed by the light of day every once in a while. Not that they had anything to be worried about, of course, considering that all I was watching was
Nickelodeon.
While my fellow prepubescents were slowly but surely migrating to more grown-up programming on MTV (and Playboy, if you had a cable box), I spent the bulk of my time between 1992 and 1996 fully devoted to
Roundhouse, a 30-minute sketch show sandwiched between the more popular
Clarissa Explains It All and
Are You Afraid Of The Dark? on SNICK, Nickelodeon's Saturday night programming block.
Continue reading Reprise the theme song, roll the credits, and for the love of God, revive Roundhouse! - VIDEO
Posted Apr 7th 2009 10:02AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: Late Night, Industry, Programming, OpEd, Music and Variety, Talk Show, Reality-Free
I'm dreading the fall 10 PM ET/PT time slot on NBC. Oh, I know there's still a lot of time between now and then. But I figure I need to plan ahead. Sure, I realize I'm a Letterman fan who never took to Leno. However, I don't think I'd enjoy seeing Letterman each weeknight in a primetime slot, either. Sigh.
If you've been living under a rock, you might not realize that Jay Leno will be hosting his show
every night during the 10 PM hour while Conan O'Brien hosts
The Tonight Show at 11:30. I don't like this, not at all.
So I have to get a contingency plan in place. I've been trying to think of what I'll do for my TV fix at that hour.
Continue reading I'd rather not watch Leno every weeknight
Posted Sep 6th 2006 4:22PM by Jen Creer
Filed under: NBC, OpEd, Daytime, Music and Variety, Interviews, Talk Show
When my friend Kathy Howe heard I was going to participate in a conference call with Megan Mullally today, she said, "OMG, tell her I LOVE her and want to MARRY her!" So, Megan, if you are reading this, now you know. I did not have the chance to ask Megan any questions during today's conference call (though I did try!), but I did get to listen to all of the other questions and responses. So, here is an overview of the conference call about NBC's forthcoming
The Megan Mullally Show.
Continue reading Megan Mullally gabs about her new talk show
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