I'm going out on a limb this week, and I'm choosing a DVD set I haven't seen for my "Pick of the Week" (minor mix-up at the PR firm) - Not Just The Best Of The Larry Sanders Show. Though this is a dreaded "best of" release (please, please continue with the series in seasons sets), there are tons of bonus materials on the release. Garry Shandling is joined by Peter Tolan for commentary on two episodes, with Todd Holland and Judd Apatow doing one episode a piece. There's a documentary about making the series, deleted and extended scenes, alternate takes, and interviews with Alec Baldwin, Ellen DeGeneres, David Duchovny, Tom Petty, Jerry Seinfeld, Sharon Stone, Jon Stewart, Carol Burnett, Penny Johnson, Wallace Langham, Scott Thompson, Janeane Garofalo, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Sarah Silverman, Jeremy Piven, Bob Odenkirk and Linda Doucett. Those special features join 23 episodes of the series on 4 discs. The only thing that would make this set better? Well, that would be the rest of the seas...
read more
In order for this year's Primetime Emmy Awards to be considered a success, I decided early on that one of three things must happen. The first one is obvious: To hell with the restraining order, I gotta finally meet Mariska Hargitay. Next, I must observe at least one uncomfortable moment between Sex and the City-movie killer Kim Cattrall and her resentful costars, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis. And lastly, and this is a big one, the Academy has to end what's arguably become one of the most egregious snubs in awards show history and hand Scrubs the statuette for best comedy series. What? It wasn't even nominated? Great, I'm 0 and 1 and I haven't even put on my tux yet. Mariska, here I come!
1:15 pm/PST I arrive at the security check-in and there's a homeless man at the front of the line trying to gain access. Ah, Hollywood.
1:16 Wait, that's not a homeless man — it's Garr
read more
You folks at home may've watched the 56th Annual Emmy Awards while guzzling beer in old wifebeaters and sweatpants, but we here at TV Guide Online screened it in style! Backstage at L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium, Michael Ausiello and I sat side by side in our natty tuxedos — he interviewed the newly minted winners while I caught the live feed of the telecast. That meant spending a wacky night of cheering for our faves (The Sopranos!), giggling at celebrity gaffes and sizing up Garry Shandling's latest turn as host. Read on for our sassy rundown of the show's most memorable highlights....
Enough Already!C'mon, The Larry Sanders Show ended in 1998! Shouldn't Garry Shandling have squeezed in all those self-referential winks to Sanders during his first gig as Emmys emcee? That said, the best one was David Duchovny showing up on his imaginary reality show — What's in Front of Garry's Door? — with a Ping-Pong pa
read more
