It really is Cocopalooza this morning, huh? While the identity of Conan O'Brien's first guest will be left to the denizens of Twitter to decide, the remaining stars booked for the premiere week of Conan were announced moments ago. Exciting! Open up your Google Calendars and click ahead to see which nights Tom Hanks and Jon Hamm will brighten up your bedtime.
Last week, Trey Parker and Matt Stone mercilessly parodied Jersey Shore and this week, the pair moved onto another reality epidemic plaguing the airwaves: Hoarders in "Insheeption." When a leading hoarding specialist visited South Park, he determined that Stan and Mr. Mackie were suffering from advanced stages of hoarding psychosis and demanded that they undergo dream regression therapy, which trapped them both in Mr. Mackie's subconscious Inception-style. Freddy Kreuger was there. And Matt Hasselbeck too. Cue the hazy dissolve...
If you've managed to get through this week without reading something about the scandalous photo shoot the cast of Glee did for GQ, congratulations! You're the only one. The Terry Richardson pictures of Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron and a spread eagle Lea Michele that grace the cover and pages of November's edition of GQ have caused quite the ruckus, even to the point of being called "borderline pedophilia" by the Parents Television Council. Yeah, it's serious. With the P-word in the conversation, you just knew some crafty public relations spinning would occur. Click ahead for your morning manufactured controversy update.
With Leno, Letterman, Fallon, Ferguson, Stewart and Colbert off the air this week, we have to take what late night segments we can still get. Last night, the best of the rest included Jenny McCarthy's anecdote about the time she dated a chubby, hairy dude who lived in a Home Depot shed, Ron Artest's explanation of his love of Celine Dion and George Lopez's confession that he has fallen asleep at the wheel of his car. Thanks for the honesty?
Who can watch a great ensemble cast and accept each player as an equal? Movieline believes rankings are always necessary. With the fifth episode of Modern Family's ebullient second season airing tonight, let's rank the show's cast members for their charm, wits, realism, and general hilarity so far. Using the scores from our feature "Modern Family Member of the Week," we'll count up who's been dishing the best confessionals and one-liners of season two -- and who we should expect more from in the future.
Whether or not you've seen the award-winning British drama series Shameless, you'll likely enjoy Showtime's adaptation this winter. That is, if you are a fan of serious film actors crossing over into premium cable under the skilled wing of an expert showrunner (John Wells, whose credits include ER and West Wing) working his magic on a comically dysfunctional-yet-heartwarming series.
Erin Andrews, Movieline's trusty new Dancing with the Stars commentator, has processed all of this week's dance madness, which included Bristol Palin's gorilla suit, a Bewitched throwback, and a triumph for Brandy and Erin's former partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. And she's ready to talk! Let's chat with the ESPN hostess about her feelings on this week's episodes.
The first words to great me as I clicked on the live CocoCam belonged to Andy Richter: "This seems like a strange thing for people to be masturbating to." (How did he know? Could he see me?) Yes, Conan O'Brien has stepped up his marketing even another notch by letting us have a live peak at the behind-the-scenes adventures in his new offices. I've been watching the CocoCam for a little over 20 minutes and, to this point, I've seen zero Conan O'Brien, one cameo by Andy Richter, a lot of people unpacking boxes and, if you hurry, you can still watch a wannabee Andy Kaufman reading Shakespeare's Pericles. Update: The Pericles narrator is now eating a snack. (Feel free to share what you have seen on the CocoCam in the comments.) [Team Coco]
I'm so old, I remember when people used to complain that MTV didn't play music anymore. Glad we live in the present where everyone realizes MTV's greatest gift is an affinity for finding reality stars with spunk (Snooki), criminal levels of self-absorption (Heidi Montag), and insanity (Ryan from last season's Real World). So why is MTV turning some of its better-liked reality shows into movies and not focusing on making reality series? Let's cringe at the network's new direction.
It was only a matter of time before the Got Milk? campaign tapped the most buxom Emmy-nominated member of the Modern Family cast to star in a new milk mustache ad. And when Eric Stonestreet turned down their request, Sofia Vergara filled in. (Rim shot?) Anyway, take a look at the photo of the 38-year-old actress and her 19-year-old son, Manolo, and see how many disturbing mother-son sexual undertones you gather from the accompanying image and text.
Fox may have neglected your craving for fresh Glee last night by cruelly slipping you season one's ditchweed episode "Hairography," but Movieline cannot rob you faithful Gleebasing followers of your weekly fix of Schue & the Gang. So just four episodes into Glee's sophomore season, let's review the best decisions Ryan Murphy had made of late, which have already produced some of the best highs of this show's short career.
Well, it's better than MythBusters? Barack Obama will become the first sitting president to appear on The Daily Show when he tapes an interview with Jon Stewart on Oct. 27. The Daily Show host will be in Washington, D.C. for his Rally to Restore Sanity march, which Obama has already endorsed. Next up: A guest spot on Community! [AP via Vulture]
Movieline contributor Lindsay Wolfe goes deep on the new spoiler culture, including this totally immutable truth: "These days, TV's going the way of the family dinner. What used to unite whole households and even communities in discussion now has us fragmented. It's whenever you have a minute to spare, whatever you want to watch, and solitary. [...] If a show is lower priority, and is one you can't get around to watching for several weeks or months or perhaps several years after it airs, then just because you have the opportunity to watch these things at your leisure, please, for the love of god, do not assume the conversation is going to halt while you catch up." A-effing-men. [Brain Rot Defense]
While Stephen Colbert prepared for next week's March to Keep Fear Alive, his staffers put together a highlight package of the best Colbert Report segments dedicated to Bill O'Reilly through the years. Meanwhile, George Lopez foolishly tried to organize a stun gun game for the Jackass 3D stars and Jimmy Kimmel told Florence Henderson about his Brady Bunch incest theory.
Good and bad news, Glee fans. First the bad: You have to wait until next week to see a new episode of your favorite Fox musical series. The upside: GQ has just posted a scandalous excerpt from their upcoming Glee cover story that will make last week's girl-on-girl make-out session between Brittany and Santana seem like an episode of Sesame Street. Well, an episode of Sesame Street that doesn't feature Katy Perry's cleavage.
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