Irish funnylad Graham Norton has hosted a talk-show hit, So Graham Norton, in the UK for six years. Tonight on Comedy Central, he debuts an American version called The Graham Norton Effect at 10 pm/ET. The weekly, hourlong celebrity chatfest promises to be 13 episodes of racy, cheeky fun — more if it's a success. Here, Norton tells TV Guide Online he's "a little nervous," but definitely ready to show us all a good time.
TV Guide Online: So you just taped the first Effect episode on Monday.Graham Norton: Although we've been doing the show for six years back home, it's daunting to start over. Obviously, you cannot judge something from the reaction of 250 people in the studio, but they had a really good time.
TVGO: Maybe they were just happy for free gifts under their chairs.Norton: Right! They got T-shirts, and we had Sandra Bernhard and Marlon Wayans on. They're both very funny. We also met a man who get
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Connoisseurs of BBC America already know Graham Norton from his cheeky U.K.-based talk show, So Graham Norton. Starting in June, Comedy Central will introduce him to a wider American audience with The Graham Norton Show. "It's exciting," the Dublin-born wit says. "We're taking a very popular, successful comedy show in Britain and remaking it for the American market. Who knows? By June, I could be the new Coupling!"
As usual, he's smarting off. If you recall, NBC's version of Coupling was hyped as "the next Friends," then vanished soon after. But Norton doesn't feel as much pressure on his wacky chatfest. "It's not big. It's not clever," he says. "It's the sort of rubbish you get drunk at parties and laugh about, but with celebrities and an audience there as well."
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Connoisseurs of BBC America already know Graham Norton from his cheeky U.K.-based talk show, So Graham Norton. Starting in June, Comedy Central will introduce him to a wider American audience with The Graham Norton Show. "It's exciting," the Dublin-born wit says. "We're taking a very popular, successful comedy show in Britain and remaking it for the American market. Who knows? By June, I could be the new Coupling!"
As usual, he's smarting off. If you recall, NBC's version of Coupling was hyped as "the next Friends," then vanished soon after. But Norton doesn't feel as much pressure on his wacky chatfest. "It's not big. It's not clever," he says. "It's the sort of rubbish you get drunk at parties and laugh about, but with celebrities and an audience there as well."
Don't know much about Norton? Here's some vital stats:
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