For the past 28 years, Regis Philbin has been hamming it up with his morning talk show. But on November 18, he’ll be signing off for good. “Friday, November 18 is my last day,” Philbin announced on LIVE! With Regis and Kelly Tuesday. “But don’t worry, the show goes on.” Philbin announced his retirement from […]
Read moreAfter a closely watched migration from CBS to ABC last June, Katie Couric makes her ABC News debut with a wide-ranging interview with actress Sarah Jessica Parker to air Tuesday on Nightline. The interview is hooked to Parker’s new movie, the Working Girl-esque comedy I Don’t Know How She Does It costarring Greg Kinnear and […]
Read moreFormer latenight star Molly Shannon is heading to daytime. The Saturday Night Live alumna is joining CBS’ daytime talk show The Talk as a guest host for the month of September. When the show’s second season starts next Tuesday, Shannon will be sitting around the Talk table alongside returning hosts Sara Gilbert, Julie Chen and […]
Read moreThe wrath of “Queen” Julie Chen continues as she axes the ladies of CBS gab-fest “The Talk.” Chen, who show insiders say warned her co-hosts, “My husband [CBS boss] Les Moonves can fire your asses any day,” has left execs “essentially neutered.” Her latest demand was the addition of Kris Jenner, and Sheryl Underwood to […]
Read moreRicky Gervais has been offered his own late-night US chat show on a major network – but turned it down. The Office creator that he had received several offers from cable channels – and one from one of the big networks –to host a show to rival Jay Leno’s or David Letterman’s. He admitted he […]
Read moreA person familiar with the CBS daytime show “The Talk” has told The Associated Press the show is adding two new faces to its second season. The person said Kris Jenner, reality TV personality, will fill in for Sharon Osbourne for two weeks at the start of the new season and could be a regular […]
Read moreThe FBI and police said Wednesday they were investigating a threatening letter sent to a late night CBS television host that contained a powder that resembled anthrax, but which turned out to be harmless. The letter mailed from France arrived at the CBS offices of the Late Late Show hosted by Craig Ferguson. It was […]
Read moreJoy Behar isn’t saying a peep about her wedding to Steve Janowitz until “The View” returns on September 6, according to the New York Post. Behar shocked everyone when she married Janowitz, her long-time boyfriend whom she frequently mentions on the show, in August. She had previously sworn off marriage, and broke off her engagement […]
Read moreAl Sharpton has been officially named the host of the 6 PM hour on MSNBC. The network announced Tuesday that Sharpton will host “PoliticsNation” on weeknights starting August 29. Sharpton has been the de facto host of the hour for many weeks, but no official announcement had been made until Tuesday. He replaced Cenk Uygur […]
Read moreKatie Couric’s new ABC talk show will simply be titled “Katie,” according to TVNewser. The website notes that former NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker, who will produce Couric’s new program, had hinted at the name in June. Zucker, who has otherwise remained quiet about other details surrounding the show, had suggested that Katie denoted a […]
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