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Seinfeld Teams Up With Bill Gates for Microsoft Ad | Today's News: Our Take | 9/8/2008
If there's anyone in this world who could afford to hire Jerry Seinfeld to help promote its products, it's Microsoft. For its new $300 million campaign, which aired during NFL's first regular season game Thursday night, the 90 second spot featured Seinfeld, Bill Gates, shoe shopping and a churro. Though we have to admit the commercial was a bit odd (to say the least), it definitely was a bit of a surprise to see the computer guru shake his money-maker at the end. read more
Microsoft Recruits Jerry Seinfeld for Big Mac Attack | Today's News: Our Take | 8/21/2008
Jerry Seinfeld will be the Justin Long to Microsoft's Apple.The comedian has signed on to be Microsoft Corp.'s new celebrity spokesman, The Wall Street Journal reports.Seinfeld, who last pitched for American Express (remember those Superman webisodes?), will appear in TV spots with chairman Bill Gates for a cool $10 million.The venture is part of Microsoft's new $300 million advertising campaign aimed at overhauling its less-than-hip image.The ads will begin airing Sept. 4 and will feature the... read more
Jerry Seinfeld Unhurt in Car Accident | Today's News: Our Take | 4/3/2008
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld escaped serious injury after the brakes on one of his classic cars gave out and the car rolled over. He was driving his 1967 Fiat BTM along a road in East Hampton, Long Island, when police say the brakes failed, as did the car’s emergency brake.Seinfeld, 53, who was driving alone, then swerved to avoid an intersection when the car flipped over yards away from the highway. Police attributed the wreck to mechanical failure.Ever the comic, Seinfeld joked about the... read more
New NBC Seinfeld Show Really About Nothing | Today's News: Our Take | 3/7/2008
That is, much ado about nothing. On Friday, PageSix.com enthusiastically trumpeted Jerry Seinfeld's return to TV with a new NBC sitcom described as "Curb Your Enthusiasm, but with Jerry instead of Larry [David]." Which, let's face it, sounds like the worst idea ever, if only for its lack of originality. But fear not, defenders of David, for he shall remain the master of his creative domain. Because it turns out the Seinfeld rumors just flat out aren't true, as both NBC and Seinfeld very quickly... read more
Stars' Former Professions That Turned Out to Be Dead Ends | Today's News: Our Take | 11/14/2007
It's a good thing they quit their day jobs....1) Brad Pitt: Restaurant mascot 2) Denzel Washington: Coffin polisher3) Jerry Seinfeld: Phone sales (lightbulbs) 4) Ellen DeGeneres: Oyster shucker5) Jack Nicholson: Toy-store employee6) Lucy Liu: Pajama-factory worker7) Tom Hanks: Bellboy8) Jim Carrey: Janitor9) Jerry Springer: Cincinnati mayor10) Charles Bronson: Coal miner11) David Letterman: Weatherman12) Jay Leno: Mechanic13) Norm MacDonald: Garbage collector14) Mr. T: Gym teacher15) Danny... read more
Seinfeld Buzzes About Bee Movie, Sitcoms and More | Today's News: Our Take | 11/2/2007
TV Guide caught up with Jerry Seinfeld in the middle of all the buzz about his latest release, Bee Movie, hitting theaters today. TV Guide: Are you psyched that your animated film, Bee Movie, is finally coming to a theater near us? Jerry Seinfeld: This was a big life experience for me — and it's been going on for four years. I didn't plan it that way. I thought I was just going to write it and give it to DreamWorks and they would make it. But then I got involved in how it got made, and... read more
Jeers: To Bee or Not to Bee | Cheers & Jeers | 11/2/2007
Jeers to "N-Bee-C" for its incessant Bee Movie hype. I don't blame Jerry Seinfeld for wanting to promote his first big feature film, but did his former network need to devote so much airtime to his not-so-funny "TV Juniors" shorts? (I'm surprised they didn't get Jerry to host a special edition of The Singing Bee, too.) That said, I'm taking my kids to see Bee Movie on opening night, so I guess all the promos worked.Related: Seinfeld Buzzes About Bee Movie, Sitcoms and More. (And no, the irony... read more
Busy Bee Seinfeld Takes Over Fox Talk Show | Today's News: Our Take | 10/29/2007
As "part of the comic's exhaustive efforts to tub-thump for his upcoming Bee Movie" (as Variety so perfectly puts it), Jerry Seinfeld will host this Saturday's edition of Fox's Talkshow with Spike Feresten, which airs at midnight after Mad TV.Feresten himself will "drop by" as a guest, as will Seinfeld alum Patrick Warburton. read more
I can't begin to describe how ... | Matt Roush | 10/26/2007
Question: I can't begin to describe how much I enjoyed the last hour-long episode (on Oct. 18) of The Office. It was dark and bleak and felt slightly surreal, and yet it was probably the most satisfying episode of this season. While it wasn't bust-a-gut hilarious, I truly enjoyed seeing the characters interact with each other in a more human way. I know some fans will disagree, so I wonder what your take on this darker Office was. Do you dislike when sitcoms dispense with the wacky high jinks... read more
Oh, Mama: A Great New Grey's | Matt Roush | 10/4/2007
If you don't like tonight's first-rate episode of Grey's Anatomy, which fires on about as many cylinders as possible (humor and emotion coexisting wonderfully), then you should probably face the fact that you simply don't like Grey's anymore, if you ever did. Diahann Carroll, terrific as the departed Burke's visiting mom, hovers around Seattle Grace this week as a much-needed reality check and conscience for the various characters: including Meredith, who could always use a good dressing-down... read more
Seinfeld Returns to NBC's Thursday — on 30 Rock! | Today's News: Our Take | 10/4/2007
There'll be no Pez dispensers, puffy shirts or Junior Mints in sight. Still, the Emmy-winning 30 Rock's Oct. 4 season premiere (8:30/ET) will seem like a trip back in time as Jerry Seinfeld returns to Must-See TV for a sidesplitting one-night stand. Fans have Seinfeld's upcoming animated feature, Bee Movie, to thank for the comedic legend's return to Thursday night. While Seinfeld was working on NBC promos for the flick, network cochairman Ben Silverman asked the comic if he'd be interested in... read more
Dough-pra Winfrey Tops Forbes List of TV Cash Cows | Today's News: Our Take | 9/28/2007
Talk titan Oprah Winfrey is television's No. 1 earner, having reaped $260 million between June 2006 and June 2007, says the Forbes TV 20 ranking. Coming in at a distant No. 2 is Jerry Seinfeld, with a $60 mil payday, while Simon Cowell placed third with $45 mil.Other notable finishes: David Letterman (at No. 4, with $40 mil), Jay Leno (No. 6, $32 mil) Tyra Banks (No. 12, $18 mil), Ryan Seacrest (No. 16, $14 mil) and Barbara Walters (No. 18, $12 mil). read more
Complete Seinfeld DVD Set... Yada, Yada, Yada... $284 | Today's News: Our Take | 8/22/2007
On Nov. 6, as the final batch of Seinfeld arrives on DVD, so will a boxed set boasting all nine seasons. Seinfeld: The Complete Series delivers 180 episodes on 32 discs, all for a suggested list price of $283.95 — not that there's anything wrong with that. After all, the set includes a 226-page coffee-table book filled with photos, quotes, trivia and personal reflections from Jerry Seinfeld, a compilation previously only shared by him with his cast mates. The book, in turn, contains a DVD... read more
NBC at TCA: Meet the New Guy | Matt Roush | 7/16/2007
He dropped names as diverse as Norman Lear, Uri Geller, Isaiah Washington and Jerry Seinfeld. He teased an all-celebrity version of The Apprentice (with a half-joking promise to extend an invitation to Rosie O’Donnell). In describing his vision for NBC's immediate and long-term future, the network’s boyish new co-chair Ben Silverman showed his affinity for both packaging and programming TV in an enthusiastic debut performance in front of the nation’s TV critics on Monday... read more
Seinfeld Visits 30 Rock, FNL Moves, More NBC News | Today's News: Our Take | 7/16/2007
A flurry of announcements from the Peacock regarding the upcoming season of television (in addition to Isaiah going Bionic, that is):• TV icon Norman Lear is producing an hourlong dramedy about a widowed mother who reenters the workforce and is thus pitted against her late husband's Wall Street adversaries.• Jerry Seinfeld will play himself on the Oct. 4 second-season opener of 30 Rock. Quips Tina Fey, "Finally, my parents have an excuse to watch the show." Love. Her.• My Name Is... read more
NBC Announces Its Fall Schedule | Today's News: Our Take | 5/14/2007
NBC's 2007-08 lineup features the new dramas Journeyman (Mondays, 10 pm/ET), a romantic-mystery from the Emmy Award-winning producers of The West Wing, concerning a San Francisco newspaper reporter (Kevin McKidd, Rome) who inexplicably begins to travel through time and alter people's lives; and Chuck(Tuesdays, 9 pm/ET), a comedic spy thriller about an unassuming computer geek who is unexpectedly catapulted into a new career as a government agent after spy secrets are mysteriously embedded into... read more
DVD Pick of the Week - April 17, 2007 | Today's News: Our Take | 4/11/2007
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... read more
Oscarmath: Seinfeld Unlikely to Host Next, and More | Today's News: Our Take | 2/28/2007
• Despite his winning appearance as a presenter on Sunday's telecast, Jerry Seinfeld is unlikely to host next year's Academy Awards, as has been buzzed about for the past few days. Here's why: The animated Bee Movie, which is written by and stars Seinfeld, and opens in November, is likely to net an Oscar nod, reports the New York Daily News, effectively disqualifying the comedian from emceeing the show.• YouTube on Tuesday complied with a "request" from the Academy to take down all... read more
Get Out! Seinfeld's Patrick Warburton Gives Elaine the Boot | Today's News: Our Take | 2/5/2007
If you have a 9:30 date with CBS tonight, there's bad news and good news. The New Adventures of Old Christine is still on hiatus, and even when it does return, on March 12, it will be airing an hour earlier. But in Old Christine's place is an old friend of Julia Louis-Dreyfus' — Patrick Warbuton, who played Puddy to her Elaine on Seinfeld, stars on Rules of Engagement, a new laffer juxtaposing the mindsets of a married couple (Warburton and Megyn Price), a betrothed duo (Oliver... read more
No Laughing Matter: Seinfeld Vet Says, "I'm Not a Racist" | Today's News: Our Take | 11/21/2006
With the help of Jerry Seinfeld, who said his longtime friend was "shattered" and "deserves a chance to apologize," Michael Richards appeared on Monday's Late Show with David Letterman to discuss the racial epithet-strewn rant that capped his Friday performance at a Los Angeles comedy club, and was immediately disseminated via the Internet. "I was... trying to do my act, and I got heckled, and I took it badly," Richards said. "I went into a rage and said some pretty nasty things... a lot of... read more