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OWN remembers Maya Angelou with a programming tribute

May 30, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will air a special tribute to Dr. Maya Angelou, the renowned author and poet who passed away Wednesday at the age of 86. The tribute will air June 1 from 5pm-10pm ET/PT on OWN. A statement from Oprah Winfrey about Maya Angelou read: “I’ve been blessed to have Maya Angelou as my mentor, mother/sister, and friend since my 20’s. She was there for me always, guiding me through some of the most important years of my life. The world knows her as a poet but at the heart of her, she was a teacher. ‘When you […]

“Chelsea Lately” to end this summer with live, hourlong event

May 28, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

E! announced today that its late-night talk show Chelsea Lately, hosted by Chelsea Handler, will end its seven-year run this summer, with the one-hour series finale airing live Aug. 26 at 11pm ET/PT. Leading up to it will be a month-long celebration of special episodes and surprise guests. “We are very proud of Chelsea Lately’s long-running success and the unique space that the series carved out in late night television,” said Suzanne Kolb, president of E! in a release. “Chelsea brought a distinct voice to late night with her acerbic wit and fearless commentary and we look forward to providing […]

Good Morning America summer concert series 2014 includes Luke Bryan, JLo, Keith Urban, Jason Derulo and more

May 9, 2014 Lori Acken

ABC’s Good Morning America has announced its “Fun in the Sun” Summer Concert Series for 2014 — and it has squeal-worthy sessions for fans of every musical genre. Country music lovers are the big winners with Luke Bryan, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Florida Georgia Line and Lady Antebellum all making appearances in the weekly concert series, which launches on GMA Friday, May 23, from Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. Hipsters and hip-hop fans can check out Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Afrojack, Zedd, Kings of Leon and Paramore while pop music devotees can look forward to Demi Lovato, Robin Thicke, Jason […]

Craig Ferguson stepping down from “The Late Late Show” in December

April 29, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

The late-night shakeup at CBS continues. In the wake of David Letterman announcing his upcoming retirement from Late Show, and the announcement that Stephen Colbert will take his place, last night Craig Ferguson, during the taping of The Late Late Show, announced his plans to step down as host this December. Ferguson has hosted the program since 2005. During the announcement, the host quipped that he might go into carpentry. “CBS and I are not getting divorced,” said Ferguson in a release, “we are ‘consciously uncoupling,’ but we will still spend holidays together and share custody of the fake horse […]

Oliver’s Twist: “The Daily Show” standout John Oliver gets his own gig on HBO

April 24, 2014 Lori Acken

Turns out The Daily Show’s fans weren’t the only ones thinking, “That guy should really have his own show” when the Comedy Central hit’s droll correspondent John Oliver aced his guest-hosting stint last summer, sitting in for Jon Stewart while Stewart directed his first film. Not long after, HBO offered the witty Brit his own weekly news-satire series. Airing late-night on Sundays, Last Week Tonight With John will feature the Emmy-winning writer and sometime standup comic (who also appears as Professor Ian Duncan on NBC’s Community) skewering the previous week’s news highlights and political water cooler moments in trademark Oliver […]

“The View” to unite all 11 past and present co-hosts for Barbara Walters farewell

April 16, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

On Thursday, May 15, ABC’s The View will feature all 11 co-hosts from the show’s 16-plus-year history, as they celebrate series creator Barbara Walters. Walters, the last remaining original co-host of The View since its premiere in August 1997, will make her final co-host appearance on the May 15 episode of the show. She will be saying goodbye to daily television the next day, after more than five decades. The co-hosts featured in the May 15 celebration of Barbara Walters (not including Walters herself) on The View are: Meredith Vieira (moderator, 1997–2006, Season 1–9) Star Jones (1997-2006, Season 1–9) Joy Behar […]

Stephen Colbert to take David Letterman’s “Late Show” seat

April 10, 2014 Ryan Berenz

That didn’t take long. Merely a week after David Letterman announced he will retire as host of The Late Show on CBS in 2015, the network today announced it as found Letterman’s successor in Comedy Central’s popular The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert. Clearly CBS wasn’t too concerned about the recent #CancelColbert campaign (though in a roundabout and unintended way, that campaign got what it wanted). RELATED: David Letterman announces retirement from The Late Show Here’s the press release from CBS with the announcement: CBS ANNOUNCES STEPHEN COLBERT AS THE NEXT HOST OF “THE LATE SHOW” The CBS Television Network […]

“The Chew” on ABC April 7-11

April 4, 2014 Kellie Freeze

The Chew serves up everything food — from cooking and home entertaining to food trends, restaurants, holidays and more — all aimed at making life better, fuller and more fun. The Chew features celebrity chefs Mario Batali, Michael Symon, and Carla Hall, entertaining expert Clinton Kelly and health and wellness enthusiast Daphne Oz (who is currently on maternity leave). For the week of APRIL 7 – 11 1pmET Monday, April 7– “Pour Some Sugar On Me”– Country super group Little Big Town assist Mario Batali in making sticky, sweet cinnamon rolls; Carla Hall visits Nashville, TN’s Cupcake Collection. Tuesday, April […]

David Letterman announces retirement from “Late Show”

April 3, 2014 Jeff Pfeiffer

On Thursday’s installment of Late Show with David Letterman, the longtime host announced that he will be retiring from the show when his latest contract is up in 2015. Letterman has been a fixture on late-night television for over 30 years, helming NBC’s Late Night from 1982-93, and then Late Show on CBS starting in 1993. RELATED: Stephen Colbert will succeed David Letterman as The Late Show host During his announcement, which came following his opening monologue, Letterman sat casually at his desk, interacting with longtime band leader Paul Shaffer and reflecting on how long the two of them have […]

How I Met Your Mother cast comes to Inside the Actors Studio March 27

March 12, 2014 Lori Acken

In anticipation of the upcoming How I Met your Mother series finale, James Lipton will welcome the show’s cast to a special episode of Bravo’s Inside the Actors Studio on Thursday, March 27 at 8pm ET/PT. Josh Radnor, Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel and Cobie Smulders will discuss the Emmy-winning CBS comedy‘s sometimes rocky nine-year history, reveal their all-time favorite scenes, answer Lipton’s questions as themselves and as their characters, and more. • RELATED: The How I Met Your Mother cast reflects on nine seasons Highlights include: “I’m confused by all of this because I thought I was coming here because […]