Ozzy Osbourne, Snoop Dogg, MC Hammer
Ever since Ozzy Osbourne invited cameras to document his dysfunctional family life back in 2002, networks have been trying to recreate the same magic by giving musicians reality shows to call their own. Now, 1990s superstar MC Hammer is jumping on the family-themed reality bandwagon with his new series Hammertime (premiering Sunday, June 14 at 10 pm/ET on A&E).
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Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne fans can soon put their air guitars away and turn on the tube: The rocker and his family have set a return date.
The Osbournes: Reloaded premieres March 31 (9 pm/ET, Fox), and promises to bring a new slew of antics with it. In a format that sounds part talk-show, part Jackass — plus many parts Ozzy — the new series will feature studio-audience interaction, shocking stunts and a brash sensibility. Highlights include such scintillating moments as Sharon Osbourne unveiling a stripping grandmother, her children Kelly and Jack bringing a ladies' man face-to-face with his exes and Ozzy spraying foam into the audience.
Reloaded marks the Osbournes' return to TV as a family for the first time since their MTV reality foray ended in 2005.
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24 by Kelsey McNeal/Fox and Fringe by Mark Holzberg/Fox
Matt and Mickey here at the TCA press tour. Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly has taken the stage to field questions. • First discussing Fringe, Reilly says that Fox was hot to work with J.J. Abrams, and thus offered him a series "on Day 1." Pegging Fringe as "X-Files meets Indiana Jones," Reilly says, "Sometimes with these big show runners, it's all hype and no delivery.... This one is going to bring the goods."• Reilly reiterates that which has been said before and by others: "24 is going to come back rocking and rolling" after suffering hard from a full season's postponement. "It was a good opportunity for [exec producer] Howard [Gordon], who is such a perfectionist," he explains. "He was really wanting this next season to be great, and it was unfortunate that he got interrupted [by the WGA strike]." Reilly adds that the "prequel" movie airing Nov. 23 "is a cool piece of business."• Explaining the decision to get in bed with Ozzy Osbourne and family, Reilly ...
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Ozzy, Kelly, Sharon and Jack Osbourne by Mark Allan/ WireImage.com
The Osbournes are once again inviting the cameras into their tumultuous lives. This time, they'll appear on Fox, and they've got a new schtick.Ozzy, Sharon, Jack and Kelly will headline a variety show — produced by FremantleMedia North America (the folks who bring you American Idol) — that will include a mix of performances, stunts and competitions.Fox alternative programming chief Mike Darnell told Variety the Osbournes' show — currently with the working title The Osbournes: Loud and Dangerous — is likely to launch as a Christmas special, and that he sees the show as a potential throwback to Donny and Marie's variety show from the 1970s (Osbournes? Osmonds? That's a stretch, dude, but we'll go with it).Sharon, by the way, is still under contract as a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent. Fox will tape episodes of the new show around her AGT schedule. — J.R. Whalen
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Ozzy Osbourne had "a minor outpatient procedure" performed in Denver over the weekend before he took off for the next stop on his tour. What ailed him? Officially, no one's saying. But NBC affiliate KUSA-TV alleges that he underwent surgery for a blood clot after experiencing leg pain on Saturday.... Kiss lead singer Paul Stanley bailed on a weekend performance with his bandmates Friday when, during a sound check, his heart rate leapt to 190-plus beats per minute. Understandable: I mean, 190 bpm is fine for a Donna Summer show, but Kiss? Not so much.
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The New York Post reports that Ozzy Osbourne was to have appeared on last week's American Idol finale but backed out in the 11th hour upon learning that "he would have to do a duet with Sanjaya. Ozzy said he didn't want to be on stage with that idiot." Instead, Joe Perry of Aerosmith did the, um, honors.
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Tons of kids wearing black and metal horns high. It's the VH1 Rock Honors baby, yeah! Right now, my iPod is filled with nothing but '80s music and metal. So naturally, the second annual Rock Honors was highly anticipated in the Steed household. Over the past week, I've closed my eyes to not read any reviews of the show by critics who've never gotten near a ZZ Top album. So what you read below is my opinion only. Hell, yeah!!! That phrase could describe many points during the night, so let's run it down from the beginning. I hate Nickelback! I think they are the absolute bottom of the barrel, the point at which all bad music is judged. The Mendoza Line of the music world. Naturally then, you can probably understand that when they opened this broadcast my horns slithered away. But — and Lord, forgive me for saying this, but I promise this will be the only time — Nickelback actually rocked. D'oh. Making that statement almost makes me vomit, but it's true. Their performance of...
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Salma Hayek has inked a new two-year deal with ABC Studios, under which she and fellow Ugly Betty exec producer Jose Tamez will develop new series.... Ozzy Osbourne will perform on consecutive nights of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Monday, May 21, and Tuesday, May 22.... MTV has announced a May 22 premiere for Season 2 of Rob & Big.... Starz' Encore marathons all four Jaws films on Memorial Day, starting at 5 am/ET. Think that includes The Spy Who Loved Me?... Which of the three Spider-Man films is now your all-time fave? Vote in today's poll (bottom right).
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Ticket prices for the 12th OzzFest concert tour, which usually go for $35 to $150 a pop, will be free this year, thanks to Ozzy's bid to "do something different," and the underwriting of corporate sponsors. "He's been doing this a long time, and his audience has been really good to him," wife Sharon tells the Associated Press. "So if he goes out one summer of his life and he doesn’t get paid, big deal." OzzFest kicks off its 25-city jaunt July 7 in Los Angeles.
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