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June 5, 2007: Season 3 — Episode 1 (Season Premiere) | TV Show Recaps | 6/6/2007
So glad to have my weekly dose of Kathy back! As I expressed last season, I worship the ground Kathy walks on, so you should expect me to say mostly positive things here. Kathy has the guts to say what most people in show business only think about saying. When you see Kathy's stand-up act live or on TV, and when you watch this show, all you do is wait and think: "What is she going to say next?" After watching, laughing and loving her preceding special Kathy Griffin: Everybody Can Suck It, I... read more
Will Whoopi Join The View? | Today's News: Our Take | 5/11/2007
Bye bye Rosie, hello Whoopi! TV Guide has learned from a source close to The View that Whoopi Goldberg is at the top of the wish list to fill one of the two empty seats on the chat show's depleted couch.The departing Rosie O'Donnell says she loves the Whoopster, as do current co-hosts Elisabeth "I hope I stay forever" Hasselbeck and Joy Behar. Whoopi would fit the bill quite nicely: She's outspoken, funny, a woman of color, and already lives in New York — and scored high on TV... read more
Hasselbeck's Rosy View | Today's News: Our Take | 5/3/2007
A repentant Rosie O'Donnell recently pledged not to spat with her View colleague Elisabeth Hasselbeck now that she's pregnant, but the vociferous liberal needn't play nice on her Republican co-host's account. Hasselbeck tells TV Guide she's been "bombarding" O'Donnell with e-mails, "trying to convince her to change her mind" about leaving the chatfest in June. Facing the inevitable, the George W. Bush supporter says she wants "someone as strong as Rosie has been to replace her." How about an... read more
BE OUR GUESTS | Today's News: Our Take | 4/6/2006
Whoopi Goldberg will play a foster mother gone bad — a potentially recurring role — in a May episode of NBC's Law & Order: Criminal Intent. "Whoopi never gets to be the bad guy. In the world of [our show], she'll be the baddest," promises executive producer Fred Berner.... Bernadette Peters will play Karen's sister and Josh Lucas will give Jack a shoulder to cry on in the May 11, penultimate episode of Will & Grace. read more
Daily Show Vet Gets Animated | Today's News: Our Take | 3/8/2006
Rob Corddry, a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, follows in the footsteps of such comedic peers as Conan O'Brien and Saturday Night Live's Amy Poehler when he lends his voice to The N's O'Grady (Fridays at 9:30 pm/ET) this week. Here's what he had to tell us about his animated gig, advising Jon Stewart on the Oscars and more. TVGuide.com: On O'Grady, who or what are you voicing? A news reporter, perhaps?Rob Corddry: No, actually read more
Scrubs Star Is a Wizard of Ha-Has | Today's News: Our Take | 1/24/2006
Tonight at 9 pm/ET, NBC's Scrubs presents its 100th episode, featuring — no, not the death of someone close to Clark Kent — a humorous homage to The Wizard of Oz. This week's second helping guest-stars Jason Bateman and a whole lotta angry ostriches. Is this show officially off the hook? TVGuide.com spoke with Donald Faison, aka Turk, about crafting Scrubs' weekly remedy for the prime-time blahs. TVGuide.com: Donald Faison, pardon my French, but you are on one damn funny show.Donald... read more
The Aristocrats: The Joke's Now on DVD | Today's News: Our Take | 1/24/2006
Paul Provenza is a seasoned comedy veteran. From stand-up to acting in sitcoms and movies, he's no stranger to the funny bone. So it's not surprising that his directorial debut — a meditation on one unbelievably dirty joke — garnered some serious attention at last year's Sundance Film Festival. The Aristocrats, arriving in stores today on DVD, is a who's who of comedy's finest — from George Carlin to Robin Williams to Jon Stewart to Whoopi Goldberg, and the list goes on and on.... read more
Whoopi Tackles Gay Marriage | Today's News: Our Take | 3/23/2004
Ever since NBC's Whoopi debuted, the sitcom has dropped winking references to "Don't Hide Love," Mavis Rae's one-hit wonder from her bygone pop star days. The snippets we've heard of the song are always catchy, but such a tease. We never get to hear the whole thing! Happily, Whoopi Goldberg performs it as Mavis — with accompaniment by the New York City Gay Men's Chorus — in tonight's episode at 8 pm/ET. As Mavis Rae learns, "Don't Hide Love" has become a gay anthem over the years.... read more
Meet Whoopi's Un-Handyman | Today's News: Our Take | 3/10/2004
British stand-up comic Omid Djalili feels perfectly natural in his role as Nasim, an Iranian hotel manager and handyman on Whoopi. That's ironic, since in real life, this 38-year-old father of three is the antithesis of Bob Vila. Translation: He's a total clutz! "When they said I was playing a handyman, I thought, 'Oh God,'" Whoopi Goldberg's sidekick tells TV Guide Online. "My wife thinks it is the biggest joke. I can barely change a bulb. I changed a bulb once in 1998. "I understand that... read more
Dirty Dancing Sequel Scoop! | Today's News: Our Take | 2/24/2004
Last week, NBC held a press conference call with Patrick Swayze, who reunites with Ghost costar Whoopi Goldberg on tonight's Whoopi (8 pm/ET). He plays the former choreographer (and red-hot lover) of the Whoopster's ex-pop star character, Mavis Rae. Intriguingly, though, the Peacock's media invite warned us "he doesn't want to talk about Havana Nights, in which he has a cameo." So you know we have to ask: Why not? Was his part in Miramax's Dirty Dancing sequel a bad experience? "That comment... read more