Archive: November 2010 (41-45 of 45)

Nov 3 2010 12:00 AM ET

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's 'Indecision 2010': 'If you're a Democrat, how do you look at yourself in the mirror Wednesday morning?'

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Categories: In the News, Jon Stewart, Politics, Pundits Right and Left, Talk Shows, Television, The Daily Show, TV news shows, TV Review

Jon Stewart went for titles-within-titles for his live election coverage on Tuesday night. The Daily Show became Comedy Central’s Indecision 2010, with the subtitle Maybe We Can’t its… subtitle? Its sigh of resignation?

The live studio audience booed some of the Republican winners and cheered some of the Democratic winners. Although when Stewart said, “West Virginia will keep a Democratic seat,” the smattering of applause prompted Stewart to note sarcastically, “Boy, that sounded enthusiastic.”

To analyze what he termed “the ass-whupping that has been delivered to the Democrats,” Stewart brought out his guest, presidential historian Michael Beschloss. He pointed out that READ FULL STORY »

Nov 2 2010 08:30 PM ET

George Bush really does not 'appreciate' Kanye West's Katrina criticism: 'The worst moment of my presidency'

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Categories: Controversy, In the News, Politics, Television, The Today Show, TV news shows

President George W. Bush says that when he heard Kanye West say, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people,” “it was one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency.”

Bush has taped an interview with Matt Lauer that will air on a special prime-time Matt Lauer Reports on NBC Nov. 8. It’s to promote his forthcoming book, Decision Points. The subjects of the interview are wide-ranging, but the former president is very passionate on the subject of West’s criticism of the way Bush handled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. NBC has released some quotations from the interview.

“He called me a racist,” Bush tells Lauer. “And I didn’t READ FULL STORY »

Nov 2 2010 01:43 PM ET

'The Larry Sanders Show': One of the greatest sitcoms in history, out on DVD today

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Categories: Classic TV, DVD, Sitcoms, Television, TV Review

The Larry Sanders Show: The Complete Series, released today, is 17 discs of pleasure and pain — the pleasure is ours, the pain is Garry Shandling’s. Shandling subbed for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show many times, did stand-up, and wrote for TV sitcoms, was, and is, a total comedy pro, and he used all of his inside-industry knowledge to make The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998) something unique. It worked as a straightforward half-hour sitcom, complete with a peerless cast of READ FULL STORY »

Nov 1 2010 11:10 PM ET

Conan O'Brien online 'Show Zero' review: Gee, that was fast...

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Categories: Conan O'Brien, Fall TV, In the News, Television, TV Recap, TV Review

On Monday night, Conan O’Brien went online with a “Show Zero” — a supposed preview of what his new TBS talk show will be like when it premieres on Nov. 8. O’Brien said that READ FULL STORY »

Nov 1 2010 08:18 PM ET

Glenn Beck reviews Jon Stewart's 'Rally to Restore Sanity': 'It was not good... a high-school play'

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Categories: Barack Obama, Controversy, Glenn Beck, In the News, Jon Stewart, Keith Olbermann, Politics, Pundits Right and Left, Stephen Colbert, Television, The Daily Show, TV news shows, TV Review

Glenn Beck offered his take on the Jon Stewart-Stephen Colbert “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” on his Monday afternoon Fox News Channel show.

Mid-way through the hour-long Glenn Beck show, Beck characterized Stewart’s effort as the equivalent of “a high-school play; it was not good.” Referring to much of the rally as “nonsense,” Beck nonetheless said Stewart tried to give out “the same message I gave on 8/28,” referring to his own D.C. rally this past August.

But unlike Beck, Stewart was “co-opted [by the liberals]. I don’t think READ FULL STORY »

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