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Oprah To Fans: I’m Quitting My Show Because My Bones Told Me Too

4:53AM John Cook | Here’s a clip from Oprah Winfrey’s on-air announcement that she’s putting the Oprah Winfrey Show out to pasture: “Why walk away, and make next season the last? Here is the real reason: [T]wenty-five years feels right in my bones.” More »
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Jay Leno: Old Media’s Biggest Enemy

4:03AM Richard Rushfield | How did Jay Leno become the most punk rock upstart revolutionary force in media today? Across the spectrum, the entertainment world has lined-up arm-in-arm, salivating at the prospect of disaster when his new show debuts tonight. More »
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Zac Effron Could Talk All Day About How Much Girls Love Him

7:43AM Gabriel Snyder | Every week, some poor celebrity has to do the talk-show rounds to promote some new movie. This week, it was Zac Effron who used the opportunity to explain why he is an icon of heterosexuality. More »

‘Ellen’ Tries To Poop On The Rachael/Rosie Love Parade

3:35AM Seth | In a Battle of the Lesbian Talk Show Titans (and Rachael Ray, who isn’t a lesbian, despite the fact that we could easily picture her spitting out tobacco juice from a softball dugout), producers of The Ellen DeGeneres Show made a last-minute attempt at blocking today’s Rosie O’Donnell-themed episode of The Rachael Ray Show. The reason? Concerns that Ray’s syndicated series, which used Telepictures-owned clips of Rosie’s old show, would beat Ellen’s (also a Telepictures production) in the ratings. The Scoop reports: More »