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The Wanda Sykes Show: Second Week Decline; Cancel or Keep It?

38 minutes ago | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

Stand-up comic and actress Wanda Sykes recently unveiled her vision of a Saturday night talk show. Is it a keeper or should she stick to The New Adventures of Old Christine?

The Wanda Sykes Show is a late night talk show that airs once a week. It's hosted by Sykes and her trademark biting wit to a monologue, skits, and interviews. Comedian Keith Robinson co-stars as her sidekick.

The show debuted on November 7th to a 2.2 household rating. According to Variety, that placed the Wanda Sykes premiere 16% higher than the average of MADtv a year earlier (1.9/4) and double the performance of Talk Show with Spike Feresten from last winter (1.1/2).

The first episode was also in part competing against the highest-rated episode of Saturday Night Live of the season.

Last Saturday's episode wasn't quite »

- TVSeriesFinale.com

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Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Kicks Off November 11th

9 November 2009 10:46 PM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

The Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Flglff) is back for another five days of gay-friendly films, showcasing over two dozen movies from November 11th to the 15th.

Among the titles, all having their South Florida premieres, are holiday comedy "Make the Yuletide Gay," the Edgar Allen Poe-based thriller "House of Usher," and the sequel to hit gay franchise "Eating Out," "Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat."

On Friday the 13th, Gateway Cinema premieres "House of Usher," the latest Poe-adaptation from director David Decoteau, who also helmed the "Brotherhood" films. Also premiering the 13th at the Las Olas Riverfront Cinema is "Misconceptions," a comedy drama starring "Mad TV" album Orlando Jones.

Rebekah Kochan and Mink Stole return for thirds of "Eating Out" with the latest sequel, "Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat," which premieres Saturday, November 14th at Gateway Cinema.

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Ratings: Wanda Sykes Looks Solid in Debut

8 November 2009 10:46 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Josef Adalian

Official numbers won't be in until Thursday, but at least in the nation's biggest TV markets, "The Wanda Sykes Show" is off to a solid start for Fox.

According to Nielsen metered market overnight data, Saturday's "Wanda" bow averaged a 2.2/5 from 11 p.m.- midnight. That's up 16 percent from what "Mad TV" averaged last fall in the overnights.

What's more, "Wanda" dramatically improved on the numbers Fox did last January and February, when the network experimented with airing "Talkshow with Spike Feresten" in the 11 p.m. timeslot... »

- Adalian

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Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein happy hour Sunday, Nov. 8

5 November 2009 7:39 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Animation king of comedy Seth MacFarlane highlights Fox Animation Domination this Sunday, November 8 at 8:30 Pm Et. Joined by his "Family Guy" voice over right-hand Alex Borstein, the commercial-free variety special will highlight the duo.s subversive and unique comedic sensibilities and feature original animation, live-action performances of Family Guy's most memorable musical numbers, comedy sketches and surprise celebrity guests. Borstein met MacFarlane when she was at MADtv, and he cast her as Peter Griffin's put-upon wife, Lois. »

- April MacIntyre

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TV Alert: "The Wanda Sykes Show" premieres this Saturday

5 November 2009 3:00 PM, PST | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »

One of the high points on last year's Lgbt Roller Coaster Ride of Terror was Wanda Sykes coming out as gay and married. It's not every day our community gets an intelligent, hilarious, high-profile woman of color as a spokesperson — especially one that isn't afraid pull punches.

This Saturday night (Nov. 7), Fox is launching The Wanda Sykes show, which should be the perfect platform for Sykes to push as many buttons as the FCC will allow.

Wanda has been making the daytime talk show rounds over the last few weeks, stopping in to chat with Oprah, Joy Behar on Hln and the women of The View. In every interview, she's spoken openly and affectionately about her wife and their six-month-old twins.

In fact, she and Oprah got philosophical over her sexual orientation, with Oprah saying:

When you admitted you are gay and open — not that there needed to be an »

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Hatchet Director Adam Green and Grace Director Paul Solet Want to Interest You in a Fackin’ Jack Chop

28 October 2009 4:27 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

It’s almost Halloween and you haven’t even started carving your pumpkin!  Using just a regular knife will be far too arduous and you’re starting to think of just picking up a plastic pumpkin from Wal-Mart.  Stop!  Adam Green and Paul Solet, the directors of “Hatchet” and “Grace”, respectively, have just the solution for you: Jack Chop!

Done in the style of an infomercial gone horribly wrong, Solet slathers his words in a thick New England accent and just lets the gore go to work.  Spewing profanities and the inability to die from blood loss, Solet may not make the best case for the Jack Chop but he definitely makes the video worth watching.  It reminded me of the MadTV sketch with Will Sasso as Paul Timberman, an equally accident-prone TV pitchman.  Hit the jump to see both videos.  I’ll even throw in a fackin’ glowstick.

Thanks to twitch for finding this. »

- Matt Goldberg

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Nicole Sullivan on Keeping Pregnancy Under Wraps

28 October 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | People - CelebrityBabies | See recent People - CelebrityBabies news »

Courtesy Life & Style

Although she made a name for herself on MADtv and The King of Queens, Nicole Sullivan says the biggest test of her acting skill came earlier this year when she tried to hide her pregnancy with son Beckett Edward, now 8 weeks, from the cast and crew of Lifetime’s Rita Rocks.

“I got pregnant before the end of last season and was so sick at work,” she explains in a new interview, “and one day I had to come in and lie down for 15 minutes.”

The show sent a doctor to Nicole’s dressing room, where the »

- Missy

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Black Dynamite Blowing Up on Screens Big and Small!

23 October 2009 3:33 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Hey suckah, if you ain’t been out to theaters to see Black Dynamite take on The Man, you need to get gone already!

It might sound like I’m joking, but Black Dynamite is a movie seriously worth watching (see our review) and it’s in theaters now, still waiting for people just like you to come along and turn it into the cult-hit it’s destined to become. But if you think you can hide from the badass kung fu brother who drives $5,000 cars and wears $100 suits, you wrong, suckah - Dead wrong - because Black Dynamite will be blowing up on your TV screen in full Technocolor Blanimation (that’s 20% blacker than animation) all too soon!

 

After all the ra-ra we’ve done for this film I don’t know how you could possibly Not know what it’s about, but just in case:

Actor Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight, »

- Kofi Outlaw

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Meet Beckett Edward Packham!

7 October 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | People - CelebrityBabies | See recent People - CelebrityBabies news »

Rita Rocks star and MADtv alum Nicole Sullivan is known for delivering laughs. But delivering her second son, Beckett Edward, on August 31st was a major reality check for the actress.

“I’m no spring chicken,” Nicole, who turned 39 in April, told Life & Style during an exclusive interview at her Los Angeles home. “I feel very lucky I got pregnant twice.”

Although she didn’t experience the same levels of nausea, sciatic nerve pain or insomnia that she did while pregnant with her eldest son, Dashel Pierce, now 2, Beckett’s arrival had its share of complications. Nicole had planned to give birth to the 8 lbs. »

- Sarah

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Trinity Of Terrors Guest Profile: Robert Kurtzman

7 October 2009 12:33 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Writer, Director, and Special FX legend Robert Kurtzman will be attending the inaugural Fangoria Trinity Of Terrors, to be held October 30 through November 1 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas! Kurtzman will be onhand to discuss his work on the Jennifer Lynch-directed Hisss, his latest directorial effort Deadly Impact (formerly To Live And Die) starring Sean Patrick Flanery and Joe Pantoliano, and the latest FX projects from his Precinct 13 Creature Corps.

Tickets for our massive Halloween Weekend are now available online through http://www.trinityofterrors.com and through Vegas.com. You may also order tickets from Vegas.com by phone - 1-888-las-vegas (527-8342) 24 hours a day.

For more than two decades Robert Kurtzman has been an icon in the world of special make-up,creature effects, and genre filmmaking.

His award winning, photorealistic effects work can be seen inhundreds of movies including Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, franchises and television series. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Staff)

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Humor Mill TV Presents... Aires Spears

6 October 2009 3:53 AM, PDT | The Humor Mill | See recent The Humor Mill news »

Here we have an interview with comedian Aires Spears who will probably be best known for his stint on Mad TV. We get a chance to talk about all of the comedy shows he has done, he how he feels about the industry after plugging away for almost 20 years! A very candid look in what goes on in Hollywood when you are trying to make it!

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- noreply@blogger.com (The Humor Mill Magazine)

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Rita Rocks season two -- An early look

5 October 2009 8:25 AM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Rita Rocks is premiering its second season on Lifetime tonight, along with Sherri Shepherd's new sitcom, Sherri. For those of you who haven't seen the show before, Rita stars Mad TV's Nicole Sullivan, who plays Rita, a suburban mom of two daughters who plays in a rock band on the side. Rounding out her garage band are her friends Owen (Ian Gomez), Patty (Tisha Campbell-Martin) and Kip (Ricky Ullman), Rita's daughter Hallie's (Natalie Dreyfuss) boyfriend.

The second-season premiere doesn't really focus on Rita's music so much. While we do still see her at practice, she's mainly dealing with mom stuff, specifically in relation to Hallie, her oldest daughter. In fact, what we have is a perennial family-sitcom classic-- the parent having to give the child "The Talk."

Continue reading Rita Rocks season two -- An early look

 

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- Kona Gallagher

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Recast scoop: 'Gilmore' girl out, 'Mad' woman in!

25 September 2009 10:43 AM, PDT | EW - Ausiello Files | See recent EW.com - The Ausiello Files news »

Mad Men's infamous foot-dicing secretary found another job! Crista Flanagan, who became a permanent part of Mad Men lore on Sunday when her character ran over an ad exec's foot with a lawn tractor, is joining ABC's new Kelsey Grammer sitcom, Hank. The actress, who also spent three years on MADtv, will play the recurring role of Dawn, the wife of David Koechner's Grady and sister-in-law to Grammer's Hank. She replaces Gilmore Girls alum Melissa McCarthy, who dropped out when she landed a supporting role in the Katherine Heigl-Josh Duhamel romantic comedy, Life as We Know It. The fate of Flanagan's Mad alter ego, Lois, was left up in the air in last week's episode, although it's hard to imagine Sterling Cooper keeping her on in the wake of hoof-gate. »

- Michael Ausiello

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Adapt This: 'Casanova' By Matt Fraction & Gabriel Bá

23 September 2009 12:31 PM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

The Story: "Casanova" by Matt Fraction (W) and Gabriel Bá (A) - Image Comics

What It's About: The title hero, Casanova Quinn, is part James Bond, a little bit Doctor Who and a dash of Buckaroo Banzai. He's an alpha male super-spy for hire with with a dad out to kill him and beautiful lady robots around every corner. His first volume of adventures in "Casanova: Luxuria" smacks of Nick Fury bravado and Terry Gilliam-style absurdity.

His father Cornelius, the ultimate authority figure, runs a planetwide organization called E.M.P.I.R.E. that enforces world peace with a mighty fist. Casanova remains the persist rebel, but transdimensional hijinx and his father's nemesis, a villain named Newman Xeno, pull him into an adventure involving alternate versions of himself and deranged sci-fi plans.

Why It Works: Casanova is a textbook of male wish fulfillment, punching alien creatures through the »

- Brian Warmoth

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Two and a Half Men Recap: "818-jklpuzo"

22 September 2009 8:52 AM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »

Last night Two and a Half Men had its seventh season premiere, and some how Charlie Sheen and Emmy-award winning Jon Cryer (sorry Nph, we had to throw that in) continue to not disappoint.

The show, in its typical fashion, was all about both Charlie's bowel movements and his relationship at the same time.  Of course, when Charlie has relationship issues that means the amazing Jane Lynch takes a break from stealing scenes in Glee to guest star as Charlie's amazing therapist, Dr. Freeman.

In addition to Jane Lynch reprising her role, fans were treated to a rather humorous, albeit pointless cameo by Eddie Van Halen, the return of the incredibly hot Emmanuelle Vaugier, and MadTV's Will Sasso.  Not bad.

Find out what all these guest stars did in our "818-jklpuzo" recap.  Now for some of the hilarious Two and a Half Men quotes from the episode.

Berta: That's a pretty mouth, »

- eric@iscribelimited.com (The Barnacle)

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Timberlake, Fey, HBO shine at Creative Emmys

13 September 2009 7:41 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Justin Timberlake made history as the first 'SNL' host to win a Creative Emmy. Timberlake's competition included Alan Alda, 73, one of three actors nominated this year for guest starring on NBC's hit series, "30 Rock." Timberlake is also in the race for another Emmy next Sunday for his efforts on "Motherlover," written for SNL. A partial list of winners: Prosthetic Makeup for a Movie, Miniseries or a Special: Grey Gardens, HBONon-Prosthetic Makeup for a Movie or Miniseries: The Irena Sendler Story: A Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation, CBSNon-Prosthetic Makeup for a Single-Camera Series: Pushing Daisies, ABCNon-Prosthetic Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series: MadTV, Fox Reality Program: Intervention, A&EAnimated Program (less than an hour): South Park, Comedy CentralAnimated »

- April MacIntyre

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Sook-Yin Lee marks her directorial debut!

11 September 2009 2:07 PM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »

Sook-Yin Lee is often regarded as a bold actor and broadcaster. In 2001, for instance, she mooned TV cameras on one of her last days as a VJ at MuchMusic. And in the 2006 big-screen drama Shortbus, she performs non-simulated intercourse as the lead character, a sex-therapist.Which is why it's surprising that Lee is timid about the world premiere of Year of the Carnivore . she wrote and directed the feature . at the Toronto International Film Festival."I've been so scared!" the Vancouver native, host of CBC Radio's pop-culture show "Definitely Not the Opera," said in a recent interview."I love this movie, and you set it out into the world and you don't know if it'll get brutalized . or worse, ignored."So I've just been like: 'Oh my God, why do I make things? What am I doing?"'Year of the Carnivore . which »

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Black Dynamite Final Trailer

10 September 2009 6:42 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Scott Sanders’ blaxploitation homage Black Dynamite is one of those films I feel like I’ve heard about for the past year without hearing a concrete word on whether it’s good or not. Regardless, we’ve got the last trailer for the film before its release on October 16th this year.

The film stars Michael Jai White (famous for Spawn but more famous for getting himself tossed by the Joker in The Dark Knight), Arsenio Hall (!!!) and Nicole Sullivan of MadTV fame, amongst others.

Judging by this trailer from Yahoo, they’ve pulled off the aesthetic of these sorts of bygone films with precision. Check it out.

'Black Dynamite' Theatrical Trailer @ Yahoo! Video »

- John Cooper

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Andrea Wong Wants to Reinvigorate Lifetime. (Step One: Steal Project Runway)

3 September 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »

Andrea Wong brought us The Bachelor! Now she's trying to reinvigorate Lifetime with positivity and fun.

If Project Runway had a needlepoint challenge, the show might find itself with an unlikely contestant. "About a year ago, I started needlepointing," confesses Andrea Wong, CEO of Lifetime Networks. She is perched on a chair in her Los Angeles office, wearing a black Yves Saint Laurent pantsuit. "It completely relaxes me." Well, usually. There was that time she was stitching a cushion for her boyfriend. "I was needlepointing while doing conference calls. It practically killed me."

Wong's coexisting affection for high fashion and homey crafts are the perfect metaphor for her plan to reinvigorate the dowdy, if successful, cable channel. Lifetime has been the top ad-backed female-focused network for years but, before Wong's 2007 arrival, was plagued with a reputation for lowbrow movies like My Stepson, My Lover. Its ratings were falling or flat for five straight years. »

- Danielle Sacks

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Beyond A Reasonable Doubt Clip: Black People Hate Springsteen

24 August 2009 8:13 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is. sort of funny? The film is the newest lawyer/crime thriller to star Michael Douglas in a suit. In it he plays a high-profile lawyer being investigated by a rookie journalist (played by Jesse Metcalf) for tampering with evidence. Along the way he encounters former Mad TV star, turned 7-Up pitchman Orlando Jones who, does not seem to like Bruce Springsteen, and it.s sort of funny. Below we have an exclusive clip from Beyond a Reasonable Doubt showcasing the aforementioned Orlando Jones moment. Take a look: »

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