Ryan Seacrest and Dick Clark by Bob D'Amico/ABC
The 36th annual edition of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve will kick off Dec. 31 at 10 pm/ET and again feature the (somewhat) ageless wonder alongside [insert your own adjective] wonder Ryan Seacrest. In addition to musical performances from Los Angeles and Times Square, this year's special adds Good Morning America's Marysol Castro reporting on other New Year's Eve happenings in the Big Apple.
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Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is expected to announce on Tuesday that he has purchased Dick Clark Productions for some $175 million (though it only looks 50, 52 tops).... Sunday's premiere of Ice Road Truckers was watched by 3.4 million total viewers, giving History Channel the best series ratings in the channel's 12-year history.... Disney Channel has ordered a second season of My Friends Tigger & Pooh.
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To help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Huntsville, Alabama, institution, Star Trek icon William Shatner will emcee the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame induction banquet in June.... Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! have been renewed through the 2011-12 season because, really, I'm sure their fates were up in the air.... James Lipton has a stack of note cards waiting for Matt Damon on tonight's Inside the Actors Studio, airing 8 pm/ET on Bravo.... Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve bested the ratings of Carson Daly's NBC special, which in turn trumped Cat Deeley's fete on Fox. Swell coat, though, Cat!... Speaking of New Year's, the lingering confetti slush in Times Square is brought to you by Target.
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent will become the first drama series since 2001 to air weekday reruns in broadcast syndication when it unspools reruns on Fox-owned stations starting next fall.... Ryan Seacrest confirmed on Thursday's Extra that he and Dick Clark will again cohost ABC's New Year's Eve special this Dec. 31.... A Dec. 19 street date has been announced for the straight-to-DVD sequel American Pie: The Naked Mile, featuring what is undoubtedly another blink-and-you-miss-it cameo by franchise vet Eugene Levy.... Disney Channel presents a Halloween-themed Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 9 am/ET.
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Ryan Seacrest, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
Who to watch, who to watch, as your watch ticks toward midnight on Dec. 31? Of course, no one can be faulted for defaulting to ABC's tried-and-true Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2006, which begins at 10 pm/ET. Although the ageless entertainer was MIA last year (having suffered a stroke just weeks prior), he is now back, to be joined in Times Square by American Idol's Ryan Seacrest, while teen queen Hilary Duff oversees things on the West Coast feed. "I think it was important in Dick's mind that his first appearance back [on TV] would be on his own show," says Seacrest. "This is his party and I have been invited to his party, so I'm going to operate in whatever capacity he wants me to." Here is what Seacrest had to tell TVGuide
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Regis Philbin
Regis Philbin has been tapped by Fox to ring in 2006 as host of New Year's Eve Live, a direct competitor to ABC's long-running and Dick Clark-fronted New Year's Rockin' Eve. "I'm very happy to be asked to welcome in the new year on TV," says Philbin. "It's a one-of-a-kind show" — if you don't count ABC's long-running and Dick Clark-fronted New Year's Rockin' Eve.
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On Sept. 15 ABC will premiere Celebrity A-List Bloopers, a special cohosted by Dick Clark and Sherri Shepherd and featuring foul-ups, bleeps and blunders by "Hollywood's biggest stars," including Andy Dick, Wayne Brady, Sharon Osbourne, Ryan Seacrest and Kevin Sorbo. I know what you're thinking: Something is wrong with the "A" on my keyboard.
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Dick Clark
Dick Clark is back — and he's not alone. American Idol's Ryan Seacrest has inked a long-term deal to executive-produce and join the ageless entertainer in cohosting this year's installment of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve — and ultimately replace Clark as the countdown special's solo host. Clark, who last year, in the wake of his December stroke, was spelled by Regis Philbin, says, "I am elated that Ryan has agreed to join me on America's favorite holiday special." I can hear Seacrest now: "Five... four... three... two... and we'll be back with 'one'... after this!"
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Bravo's back-to-back airing of Kathy's new comedy special and the premiere of her reality series was almost too much of a laugh riot for one person to take. The first words out of her mouth in the special — where she proves that the things that happen in her life would clearly not happen to an A-lister like Nicole Kidman — are "I can't stand that a------ Ryan Seacrest, and here's why...." Turns out, she's actually got a pretty good reason. Her fast-moving rambles then hit upon Dick Clark, Anna Nicole, Oprah, Barbra Streisand and Clay Aiken, whom she dubs Gayken. I swear I almost peed my pants when she described Clay's very fab-u-lous pooch as so gay it was a "fog." Too much, and all I could think the whole time was how mad my mom, a Claymate, would be that I almost fell off the couch giggling about the description of Clay's sexual preferences, which my sweet naïve mom takes offense to — but that still didn't stop me fr
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As Dick Clark continues his recovery from a mild stroke, Regis Philbin subs in for him tonight on ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2005. The wisecrackin' showbiz vet will stay up late to count down the ball drop from Good Morning America's studio overlooking Manhattan's Times Square. "I'm glad to hear we're inside," cracks Reege, who agreed to interrupt a tropical trip with wife Joy to help out ABC at the last minute.
"We'll do the show," he says, "and then, I'll just fly back to the Caribbean and I'll continue my vacation." Just don't look for Regis and Joy to share a televised New Year's kiss, like Mr. and Mrs. Clark traditionally do. "Joy's decided to stay on down there," he chuckles. "Part of the reason to get out of town is the frigid temperatures. That's a turn off for her, so she's not coming back for me!"
While Clark apparently greenlit Philbin's replacing him, the two old friends haven't conferred about t
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