Have you enjoyed SNL Day at Movieline? Look, it was an accident. We can't help that there's much to discuss about Jenny Slate's departure, Lorne Michaels' new hires, the greatest one-season cast members, and now Amy Poehler's season premiere hosting gig. The Parks and Recreation star's return to Studio 8H will no doubt be a successful one, but it could be sublime if she revived these three sketches.
Gaga-loving ice skater Johnny Weir takes to Bravo tonight for some styling shenanigans. Will Rachel Zoe declare him "bananas" or "out of control" -- or both? Elsewhere on TV tonight, Sons of Anarchy returns, VH1 counts down some innovators, and John Travolta jive talks.
One more year! One more year! According to the New York Times, Fred Armisen will retain his status as in-house Barack Obama imitator on Saturday Night Live this season, despite the presence of newly hired African-American comedian (and possibly superior Obama impersonator) Jay Pharoah. Below, compare the two impressions and also find out which former cast member will host the season premiere on Sept. 25.
Bravo closed the curtain on the Real Housewives of New Jersey's second season last night, and there were tears, fake apologies, and (best of all) one dramatic weave-pull re-enactment courtesy of Andy Cohen and Danielle Staub. In the tradition of last week's Real Housewives of New Jersey recap, Movieline is again applying the By the Numbers scorecard to Staub's last episode on the series ever. Here are our findings:
With news this morning that single-season Saturday Night Live cast member Jenny Slate may be out of a job in the fall, Movieline is taking the time to relish those who made a lasting impact with a one-year gig on Lorne Michaels' mothership. Here are ten SNL performers -- some successful and some forgotten -- who had only one season to shine.
Nonplussed by the rumor that Steven Tyler may become American Idol's head judge? His Aerosmith bandmate Joe Perry is considerably more worked up about it. "It's a reality show designed to get people to watch that station and sell advertising," Perry seethed to the Calgary Herald. "It's one step above [Teenage Mutant] Ninja Turtles...I'll tell you one thing, when we put this band together, this is not something that he would do. It's his business, but I don't want Aerosmith's name involved with it." Draft Love! [Calgary Herald via TMZ]
Just hours after Bravo plucked the final strings on the hellish hate song that was season two Real Housewives of New Jersey, Danielle Staub has confirmed that she is leaving the franchise that Andy Cohen built. Her plan? To give back to others...in the form of another reality project centered entirely around herself.
Movieline alumnus alert! What's erstwhile Bad Movies We Love guru Michael Adams been up to? Oh, not much -- just hosting a reviews show in Australia and launching the new Web magazine WordyMofo. Way to multitask! Of the latter, Issue #0 (gotta start somewhere) features an interview with the auteur behind Titanic II and the greatest article ever written about spending the Fourth of July randomly flipping through cable channels five minutes at a time for 24 hours straight. Cheers to Mr. Adams and his mates, and happy reading to you. [WordyMofo]
Casting changes are apparently not yet complete for Saturday Night Live's 36th season, alleges Deadline this morning. The current cast member whose fate hangs in the balance is reportedly Jenny Slate, the Brooklyn comedian best known for her Hoda Kotb impression, Tina-Tina Cheneuse sketches, and accidental use of an expletive during her first season. Second-generation cast member Abby Elliott is supposedly being asked to return for another season after her fate also hung in "serious jeopardy." [Deadline]
Maybe it's because he is an immigrant and didn't know any better -- maybe it's because he is just dedicated -- but Craig Ferguson was the lone late night host to show up to work on Labor Day. See how he and his robot sidekick Geoff entertained viewers (with puppets, yesterday's TV stars and bondage fashion advice aplenty!) below.
Also in this morning's TV Bites: CBS wants to be in the Robert Ludlum business... Billy Ray Cyrus becomes an alien hunter... a Scrubs veteran heads to Cougar Town... and more ahead.
Damn you, Matthew Weiner: Always making me work on a holiday. It's an apt metaphor for Sunday night's Mad Men, however. I suppose he'd greet my complaint with some paraphrase of Don's afterhours reality check to birthday girl Peggy -- "You're 30-something years old; it's time to get over Labor Day" -- before insisting I hunker down and bring ides for the year's seventh episode. And here I am! It worked.
Happy Labor Day Friday, everyone! In a news dump that would make most former presidential press secretaries jealous, Fox announced what everyone already assumed back in July: Kara DioGuardi is leaving American Idol effective immediately. Gasp, shock, surprise! Click ahead to read the full press release and then go on with the rest of your holiday weekend.
The rough-and-tumble attractiveness of Hugh Dillon boils over tonight on Flashpoint. What's provoking the fire behind those baby blues this week? Roll through to see.
For last year's Project Runway bridal challenge, I called my recap "Brides' Dress Revisited," and I see no reason this pun can't be re-spun and employed again. Congrats to laziness! While we didn't bear witness to another of Gretchen's Medusa explosions last night, we did watch as Ivy polished her fangs and hissed to everyone in a 15-mile radius that Michael C. called her a smelly jackass (or something else made up?). Let's break down all the stupidity using our favorite instrument: Mean jokes.
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