There's a little bit of everything being promoted with guest appearances this week, but my two faves are Jeremy Piven, stumping for a dark little bit of business called I Melt with You and the luminous Zooey Deschanel who is doing double duty promoting her TV show, The New Girl, and her new holiday album... Continue Reading →
Talk-show tango May 31-June 4: Sarah Ferguson, Katherine Heigl, Jonah Hill and repeats
On the plus side, maybe Sarah Ferguson's OMG-I'm-so-sorry-I-failed-you-my-fans with Oprah on Tuesday this week will get her a job? So she can perhaps make money for other than appearing to or at least promising to pimp out her princely, trade envoy ex-husband's very valuable time? Not sure what I'm talking about? Click the video above. And... Continue Reading →
Exit stage left: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 1992-2009
As you probably know, Jay Leno does the last Tonight Show of his 17-year stint behind the iconic desk, starting tonight (May 29) at 11:35 p.m. James Taylor is the musical guest. Conan O'Brien, the former East Coast Late Night host who takes over the Tonight Show Monday, will be his guest. Expect also what... Continue Reading →
Talk-show tango: May 11-15
Sweet jaysus mary and joseph! Do not watch Susan Boyle on Oprah on Monday. Do not! Nothing to see here. Just keep moving. Montrealer-on-a-talk-show-alert: Now that makes me sound like a dork, right? But I just wanna make sure that you know that I spied Andy Nulman's name on the guest list this week for... Continue Reading →
Talk-show tango: April 13-17
Hello chickens! I dunno who this Zac Efron guy is but he's everywhere this week. Doesn't look old enough to be up that late, but his parents know best, I guess. Speaking of staying up late, I've added listings to Chelsea Lately!, weeknights on E! at 1:37 a.m. Not 1:35 mind you. You are warned.... Continue Reading →
Talk-show tango: March 2-6
I'm all atwitter about this week in late night. And I don't mean the time gobbling micro blogging site that is taking up waaaaay too much of my TV-watching time. I mean the double whammy of the launch of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, debuting Monday, March 2 on NBC at 12:35 a.m. You can... Continue Reading →
Talk-show tango: Feb. 23-27
Big week for Jimmy Fallon. After months of preparation, including his daily video podcast, an astounding array of promos that you won't be able to avoid during NBC prime time, a recent guest appearances on the Tonight Show (repeating Friday) and on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (which you can watch below), Fallon is now... Continue Reading →
Talk-show tango: Feb. 2-6
"But I don't do ads," Conan O'Brien says at the beginning of this, well, ad. But this is Bud Light. Which means that not only is he soon under the influence -- of the brand, not the beer, at least for the moment -- but he deeply regrets it the next morning. Enjoy O'Brien's ad,... Continue Reading →