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A new comedy special, " Norm MacDonald: Me Doing Stand-Up" (Comedy
Dwight Thurston, host of WWUH's eclectic "In the Weeds" program at WWUH 91.3 FM, played his last show Friday afternoon, closing with Leonard Cohen's "Closing Time."
The man who brought us "The Civil War" and "The War" now wants to see if we can just all get along. Ken Burns announced an initiative Friday in Philadelphia to foster a national conversation about "Civility and Democracy." The announcement came the day before a conference at the National Constitution Center this weekend, "Can We Talk? A Conversation about Civility and Democracy in America." As part of the project, Burns and fellow filmmaker Lynn Novick will join the National Constitution Center and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to develop educational materials for a converstion on civility that will be conducted in a multi-city tour this year. It will also have something to do with the premiere of the latest historical documentary from Burns and Novick, "Prohibition," scheduled to air this fall on PBS. Although the battle over the 18th Amendment doesn't immediately bring to mind the notion of civility. But as Novick said in a statement, "In many ways, 'Prohibition' is an example of an era... Yet another singing show that may be more direct in its intent than "American Idol," "America's Karaoke Challenge" was announced Friday as part of the ABC summer schedule. A look at the Karaoke World Championship s USA, it premieres Aug. 8 alongside a second season of "Bachelor Pad," a "Bachelor" spinoff so confusing, I could never get the hang of it.
More “Reader Emails” and Confirming Ashleys First 1-on-1 Date Guy
If you don’t want to be spoiled about anything upcoming in Ashley’s season of the “Bachelorette”, I suggest you stop reading now. Or for a list of the guys confirmed for Ashley’s season to date, click on the “Ashleys Guys” link above. I will be confirming contestants for the show along with talking about things I’ve heard since filming began last week. You’ve been warned.
Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Dana Delany Returns to Medicine
Dana Delany's newest character, Dr. Megan Hunt, in the new ABC drama "Body of Proof" has a prickliness that may remind viewers of another uncuddly TV doctor, Dr. Gregory House. "I just think she's really smart, that's the main thing" the Stamford-born actress says of her new role. "There's You know how it is when you're secretly glad your vacation is Me neither, but I think I can understand the feeling after At the center of their conflict is a gaping double standard, It was The Situation who heats up the latest fight by It's about time Chef Gordon Ramsey came to Connecticut. He does so tonight when he brings "Restaurant Nightmares" (Fox, 8 p.m.) 
Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Charlie Sheen Adds Another Connecticut Stop to Tour
The Connecticut portion of Charlie Sheen's "My Violent That's a little more than a week after his previously 
Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Roger Catlin | TV Eye: 'Idol' Judges Use Their Save Early
Casey Abrams, the fuzzy faced multi-instrumentalist, who You never know what's going to happen to you when you go grocery shopping these days. Lisa Maiga was out pushing her cart at the ShopRite in Canton recently when she was accosted by a group of coupon experts from "The Nate Berkus Show," camera crew in tow. They made her do all of her shopping over, using coupons to demonstrate how to save a lot of money. For her trouble, she was given a year's worth of groceries by the store owner Chuck Joseph. The check will be presented at the store Friday at 1 p.m. Maiga will also be getting an additional donation to shop for a local family in need, to be distributed through the Canton Food Pantry. And ShopRite will also cut an additional $2,500 check to Foodshare. The whole thing will be part of Monday's "Nate Berkus Show," which airs locally on WVIT, Channel 30 at 3 p.m.
Roger Catlin | TV Eye: On Tonight: A Proposal on 'The Office,' 'Shore' Finale
We are only weeks away from the final farewell of Steve Carell's Michael Before then, tonight may be the next most important episode for him, There's parties elsewhere, too: A "Pulp Fiction" themed birthday party On a new season of " John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show" (Comedy
Roger Catlin | TV Eye: It's Mike vs. Richard in 'Top Chef All-Stars' Finale
A series of twisting challenges in Bermuda cut the final woman from "Top Chef: All-Stars" Wednesday.
While Mike Isabella won the final challenge, with a goulash in a challenge in which they were to cook specific meals for judges, the remaining two, Richard Blais and Antonia Lofaso had to battle to create a final bite to determine who'd stay for the finale and who would go home.
On Motown night at "American Idol," it was Stevie Wonder who 
Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Roger Catlin | TV Eye: TCM Elizabeth Taylor Salute is April 10
Turner Classic Movies was quick to schedule a 24-hour salute to Elizabeth Taylor, who died this morning in Los Angeles. The salute on Sunday, April 10 will feature 11 of her classic movies, with her two Oscar-winning performances, in primetime -- "Butterfield 8" at 8 p.m. and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" at 10 p.m. They might have had room for more, but it includes George Stevens' epic "Giant" at 12:30 a.m., clocking in at 201 minutes. The last time I saw Elizabeth Taylor, it was nine years ago at the Michael Jackson 30th anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden. It was also the first time I ever saw her in person. A staunch supporter and longtime friend of Jackson, it was she who introduced Michael when he finally hit the stage. Before that, she sat with him, and with Macauley Caukin, in the VIP section of the arena, watching the earlier performances. It was a weird mix of Old Hollywood and current pop stars in the crowd. With Janet Leigh sitting near Jay-Z and Diddy. Marlon Brando was also there, blathering on and on from the stage before impatient fans began to boo.
Ashley’s First Week of Dates Plus 9 New Confirmed Contestants – 3/23/11
If you don’t want to be spoiled about anything upcoming in Ashley’s season of the “Bachelorette”, I suggest you stop reading now. I will be confirming contestants for the show along with talking about things I’ve heard since filming began last week. You’ve been warned.
"Paranormal Files" (Syfy, There's no need to take much stock in a movie poll conducted IFC Tuesday announced a second season for its caustic "Onion News Network" as well as a slate of four new shows for the 2011-2012 season. Two of them eminate from web ideas. "Commercial Kings" will follow the work of Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, who celebrate local commercials on a website and travel the country to produce new ones in the same corny style, for free. Ten episodes have been ordered for the first stason, commencing June 24. "Young Broke & Beautiful," which also begins June 24, is a kind of underground travelogue from Stuart Shufferman, better known on the web as Broke-Ass Stuart. "Whisker Wars," from the producer of "Deadliest Catch," follows the world of international competitive facial hair growing. It starts Aug. 5. "Bullet in the Face," starting next year, is a scripted comedy about a criminal turned cop. Gunter Vogler stars in the production from Alan Spencer ("Sledge Hammer!"). Two other shows in development were also announced Tuesday by IFC. One is an alt comedy variety show... Chris Brown thought he had atoned for his sins with two years in exile and public apologies. But, with a new hair color, arms full of tattoos and a new album to sell, he seemed a little taken back at insistant questions about his notorious assault case by Robin Roberts on "Good Morning America" Tuesday. The only way they can justify a cooking show on Syfy is to make the chef The heroin addition of an entire Ohio family is the topoic of the "The Fabulous Beekman Boys" (Planet Green, 10 p.m.) returns for a Our latest item up for bid in cable TV land: "Big Brian: The Fortune There's... It's a full circle moment for Paul Reubens, He first developed Pee-wee as part of L.A.'s First night ratings for the NCAA men's college basketball That might be the result of having all the games on at once,
Two More Confirmed Contestants, Pics from Ashley’s First 1-on-1 date, and More “Reader Emails” – 3/18/11
If you don’t want to be spoiled about anything upcoming in Ashley’s season of the “Bachelorette”, I suggest you stop reading now. I will be confirming contestants for the show along with talking about things I’ve heard since filming began on Tuesday, March 15th. You’ve been warned.
One person glaringly missing from the Donald Trump Roast earlier this He died in September at 44 after overdosing on prescription medication. Well, they may not hate them, but they sure don't vote for The House of Representatives voted along party lines 229-192 to defund National Public Radio. The bill, which prohibits local public stations from using federal money to pay for NPR programs, has little chance of support in the Democrat-controlled Senate, however. And the White House has said it "strongly opposed" the bill, saying "undercutting funding for these radio stations, notably ones in rural areas where such outlets are already scarce, would result in communities losing valuable programming, and some stations could be forced to shut down altogether." In the House, Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., held a sign that said "Save Click and Clack." Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., brought up the "gotcha" footage of NPR funders last week that led to resignation of two NPR officials. "Why should we allow taxpayers dollars to be used to advocate one ideology?" But John Larson, D-Conn., chairman of the House Democratic Caucus said in a statement "NPR plays a vital role in providing quality news programming... Oh, it's on. Just when you thought you were sick of Charlie Sheen's rantings on every outlet, tickets have gone on sale today for his live show, coming to the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford April 9. Its title alone may convince you to line up for this craziness. It's called: "My Violent Torpedo of Truth / Defeat is Not an Option Show." The announcement came with a special invitation from (presumably) Charlie himself:
(You can just hear him saying those words, can't you?). Speaking of bringing it, though, what you should really bring is money, as the prices for the Oakdale gig start at $62.10 and go up to $84.25 and $106... There's not a lot of St. Patrick's Day programming today, sadly. Not The "get to know your finalists" episode of "American Idol," Got some reaction from a piece I wrote last week about a
Mike Fleiss Sucks at Math
Let me ask you a question. If you had a pizza in front of you cut into, say, 12 slices and you ate 11 of those in one sitting, if someone asks you, “Hey, how much of that pizza did you eat?”, what would your answer be? I think most normal people would say, “I pretty much ate the whole thing”, or, “I ate all but one piece”. What if later on you ended up eating that last piece? When talking about that pizza, you’d probably just tell people “I ate the whole thing”. Did it happen at one sitting? No, but eventually you had eaten all of it so that’s all that matters. Well, apparently “Bachelor” creator Mike Fleiss failed basic math in 5th grade as evidenced by an answer he gave to EW.com in an interview that posted last night, in which he addressed me specifically. Here is the question and answer exchange:
Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Wednesday TV: Near-80s Night on 'Idol,' Paget's Farewell
The Top 12 on "American Idol" (Fox, 8 p.m.) spend two hours singing hit Voters have so far been hardest on the women, three of whom were in the bottom
Bachelor Finale Recap – 3/14/11 Including Your First Confirmed Contestant for the “Bachelorette”
For episode-by-episode spoilers of Brad’s season, click on the link above that says “Bachelor Brad Spoilers” (it’s like, 1″ inch above this sentence. Twice). It had a breakdown of every date, rose, and elimination, all the way down to Brad’s final choice. Which of course was modified since there was some kinda big news revealed on Feb. 28th. Don’t know if you heard.
The megalomaniac and possible Presidential If a leaden season and endless three hour finale wasn't The next "Bachelorette" will be Ashley Herbert, the dentist
Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Brad Finally Makes a Choice But Wedding Date is Off
After two full seasons and more than 50 women parading He told blonde, perpetually smiling single mom Emily Maynard A new roster of reality shows start tonight on VH1. "Wedding Wars" (VH1, 9 p.m.) pits 12 engaged couples against eachother in a competition-elimination show to win a dream wedding. But instead of staying in a glitzy resort, they're at a remote island with little food or water. Sounds a baby step up from "Bridalplasty" but not much.
Some ATFR Notes…Is the Final Couple Still Together?
For episode-by-episode spoilers of Brad’s season, click on the link above that says “Bachelor Brad Spoilers” (it’s like, 1″ inch above this sentence. Twice). It has a breakdown of every date, rose, and elimination, all the way down to Brad’s final choice. Which of course was modified since there was some kinda big news revealed on Mon, February 28th. Don’t know if you heard. However, there will be spoilers talked about throughout the course of this column. You’ve been warned.
Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Sunday TV: 'Sister Wives' Return; 'Brick City' Finale
A new season of "Sister Wives" (TLC, 9 p.m.) begins with a
Comic Zach Galifianakis has been known to go the extra mile for his comedy.
On "Real TIme with Bill Maher" once he enlivened a discussion of legalizing marijuana by lighting up. The last time he was on "Saturday Night Live," almost exactly a year ago, he shaved his beard for a sketch (only to tape on a fake one in time for the farewell).
Local college basketball fans still smarting from recent NCAA
Another Video Blog & More “Reader Emails” – 3/11/11
For episode-by-episode spoilers of Brad’s season, click on the link above that says “Bachelor Brad Spoilers” (it’s like, 1″ inch above this sentence. Twice). It has a breakdown of every date, rose, and elimination, all the way down to Brad’s final choice. Which of course was modified since there was some kinda big news revealed last Monday. Don’t know if you heard. However, there will be spoilers talked about throughout the course of this column. You’ve been warned.
The madness isn't quite here yet, but college basketball is Will tonight's game be a replay of the six-overtime game at 
Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Ashton Jones Cut from 'Idol'
Because judges declined to save the wild card selection they As you sit and drink your Jack & Coke, you The unlucky 13 finalists on "American Idol" sang head to
Roger Catlin | TV Eye: On Tonight: 25th 'Real World' Season; 'Idol' Finalists Sing
"The Real World" (MTV, 10 p.m.) brings its 25th season 
Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Roger Catlin | TV Eye: Sofia Vergara, Xfinity Spokeswoman
Her voice is as bubbly and full of life as it is as the vivacious |
