It’s been a week since Oprah and Rosie started tearing it up on OWN, and the former queen of daytime has been teaching her protege some key lessons. Oprah has continued to share her wealth of knowledge, teaching Rosie how to take a tequila shot. Rosie told her viewers on Monday that she was shocked […]
Read moreNow two weeks to the launch of “Rock Center”, NBC’s Brian Williams sits down with the New York Times’ David Carr for this morning’s Media Equation column. I have heard people in Midwestern V.F.W.’s say nice things about him, but he also received favorable mention at a breakfast of digital media savants I recently attended. […]
Read moreRachel Maddow journeyed down to Occupy Wall Street in the early hours of Friday morning, just as the protesters in the Lower Manhattan encampment were preparing to face off with New York City police trying to eject them from the park they have been occupying for weeks. Maddow said she saw a substantial police presence, […]
Read more“Rock Center with Brian Williams” added another star to its list of famous contributors on Thursday. Ted Koppel will join the team as a special correspondent. NBC made the announcement in a statement, confirming earlier rumors that Koppel was gearing up to join the program. It is not clear how regularly he will be seen […]
Read moreOprah and Rosie O’Donnell brought in the highest ratings yet during their respective timeslots for the struggling Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Monday night’s debut of “The Rosie Show,” and “Oprah Lifeclass” were simulcast among five different Discovery Network channels (including Discovery-owned subsidiary, OWN). “Rosie,” which marked O’Donnell’s return to the talk show world, outdid “Lifeclass,” […]
Read moreRosie O’Donnell premiered her new show, “The Rosie Show,” Monday night on The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) to mixed reviews. The energetic show opened with Rosie delivering standup, followed by a musical dance scene with half-naked Broadway boys, a game show, and an interview with Rosie’s new obsession: Russell Brand. Variety’s Brian Lowry described the […]
Read moreOprah took to her Facebook page and blog to prepare viewers for Monday’s premiere of her new OWN show, “Lifeclass.” While it seemed as though she was quite tired from a busy trip to her school in South Africa, Oprah wrote about the topics she plans to cover and lessons she plans to teach during […]
Read moreKatie Couric will join Kelly Ripa at the hosting table of ‘Live! With Regis and Kelly’ on Tues., Oct. 11. The new ABC star will help Ripa interview Dylan McDermott and Anna Torv in addition to sharing her mom’s pear and jello recipe during the ‘Live’ “Co-Host Cook-Off Week” segment. Other upcoming ‘Live’ co-hosts include: […]
Read moreRosie O’Donnell will have the support of a new girlfriend as she returns to television with her new nightly talk show, The Rosie Show, which debuts on Oprah Winfrey’s network, OWN, Oct. 10. “I did not expect it when I met her at Starbucks,” O’Donnell, 49, tells PEOPLE of falling for I.T. headhunter Michelle Rounds, […]
Read moreA teenager is in a coma after falling off his skateboard while video taping himself for an upcoming episode of Anderson Cooper’s new daytime talk show, “Anderson,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. The teen was participating in an upcoming show based off a National Geographic article that investigates the teenage brain. ‘Anderson’ producers asked the […]
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