Newsradio - The Complete Series
Tune into NewsRadio for a hilarious look behind-the-scenes at WNYX, the #2 news radio station in New York City. Starring Dave Foley (Kids in the Hall), Stephen Root (Office Space), Andy Dick (Less Than Perfect), Maura Tierney (ER), Vicki Lewis (Three Sisters), Joe Rogan (Fear Factor), Khandi Alexander (ER), Phil Hartman (Saturday Night Live) and Jon Lovitz (Saturday Night Live), NewsRadio delivers tons of laughs in this 12-disc set featuring all 97 episodes of the series. Bonus material includes hilarious commentary tracks (some of the best I've ever heard), blooper reels, filmographies, featurettes, and more. The only downside is the packaging; the discs are on a plastic hub. but on the bright side it's only $59.95 (SRP) for the complete series. There's no reason to buy this if you already have the season sets, but it offers fans an opportunity to buy the entire series for a cheap price if you don't already have it in your collection.
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The CEO of Broadway Video tells the New York Daily News that Lorne Michaels is "in the early stage of talking" with a major Las Vegas casino to create and stage a live Saturday Night Live revue. The plan would be for such former Not Ready for Prime Time players as Martin Short, Jon Lovitz and Julia Sweeney to recreate classic sketches as well as present new material. Ideally, top-shelf alumni à la Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and Steve Martin would pay special visits throughout the year.
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Jon Lovitz has agreed to play the Laugh Factory on Sunset Strip every Wednesday night for the rest of his life. That isn't a joke.... Fresh out of dignity, the '80s Eminem, Vanilla Ice, is joining wackadoodle Baldwin brother Stephen and down-and-out '70s pinup Leif Garrett on CMT's new reality show, Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge, debuting Aug. 10.
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Yes, that was my shout of glee that woke up the neighbors Sunday night when Chandra Wilson was named outstanding female actor in a drama series for Grey’s Anatomy. At long last, Miranda Bailey has been given her due, and the wonderful Ms. Wilson rose to the occasion with a rapturous acceptance speech, acknowledging how unlikely it would be for someone with her skin, her nose, her height, her weight, to be accepted in this industry. (I think I also yelped in delight when the entire Grey’s cast took the stage for its well-deserved ensemble acting award.)This on the same night that Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera also took home an Actor trophy. Another unconventional, but absolutely right, choice.I tend to enjoy the crisp, fast-moving SAG Awards telecast—aside from those pretentious opening monologues in which the likes of Marg Helgenberger (revealing an astounding lot of cleavage, right up there with Marcia Gay Harden), Jada Pinkett Smith and Freddie Rodriguez remind ...
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Per the Hollywood Reporter, Madeleine Stowe has joined NBC's mid-season drama Raines as a shrink that Jeff Goldblum's "I talk to dead people" cop is forced to see.... Hottie Brooke Burns, most recently seen on Pepper Dennis, and Earl Billings have joined the ABC comedy pilot Miss/Guided.... Per Variety, Jon Lovitz has been tapped to star in Bad Judge, an improvised NBC comedy pilot spoofing Judge Judy and the ilk.
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