Julia vs. Joe, or Veep Versus VP–It’s the Funny Factor That Wins This Race
If you appreciate the humorous aspects – accidental and intentional – of VP Joe Biden and the Emmy award-winning comedic style of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, you most definitely will love the second season of “Veep,” which is truly hitting its stride in the humor department. (So much so, HBO just renewed it for a third season.) Take her in front of a roasting pig on a spit at a community barbecue, while discussing the...
MTV Returns to its Roots With an Artist-Focused Initiative
More than three decades after its debut created a seismic shift in the pop culture landscape, it can be very easy to forget that MTV still stands for music television. That also makes it surprising to learn that 1,200 hours of music videos are aired each week across the Viacom family of networks, including MTV, CMT, and VH1 that reach 100 million homes in TV-land and 60 million online via digital and social screens. It’s...
The Legendary Lorne Gives the Long–and Short–of SNL’s Storied Past
With the exception of his brief but fairly regular cameos on “Saturday Night Live,” its executive producer Lorne Michaels is a man who prefers to work behind the scenes, someone who doesn’t normally seek the spotlight. But as one of the most powerful producers in the business, he was the laser focus of attention at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom, in the hot seat alongside one of the many comedic actors whose...
Cable TV Hitmakers Ride Tide of Quality Programming Across Platforms
Amongst them, they have hits ranging from “Girls” to “Hatfields & McCoys,” “Game of Thrones” to “Duck Dynasty,” “Southland” to “Dallas” and lucrative reruns of comedies including “Seinfeld” and “The Office.” The big topics of discussion as Nancy Dubuc, Michael Lombardo and Steve Koonin — the presidents of A+E Networks, HBO and Turner Entertainment...
Five Things You Don’t Know About Jimmy Kimmel
In honor of the late night host receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, here are five things you may not know about Jimmy Kimmel: -He’s a cooking enthusiast and has a pizza oven and meat smoker at his home, regularly entertaining for 100-150 people, and is especially partial to Italian food. Kimmel makes a mean thin-crust proscuitto pizza with dough from scratch –He’s a fly fishing lover, like David Letterman, and...
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