TV Buzz Not enough or just right? Here's how “Saturday Night Live” paid tribute to departed pop queen Whitney Houston tonight.
TV Buzz NBC debuted a promotional spot called “The Brotherhood of Man” over the weekend and while it was cool to see Ron Swanson, Jack Donaghy, Andy Bernard, and Brian Williams performing a musical ditty together, it also caused many rolled eyes and raised eyebrows. Not to worry, internet! TV networks have been churning out these silly ads — in which all of the network's biggest stars put on a song and dance in one long extended commercial — for decades.
TV Buzz How'd he do that?! Here's video (and an animated GIF) of a background dancer, whose unnatural foot/leg movements during Madonna's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLVI stole the show.
TV Buzz M.I.A. flipping off the camera wasn't the only GIF-able moment of Madonna's Super Bowl XLVI halftime performance. Here are 24 more of them, presented chronologically.
TV Buzz The cast of “30 Rock”, “Community”, “Parks And Rec” and some other shows’ cast members sing for millions of football fans. More importantly, there’s a dancing Chang!
TV Buzz Late-night wars come and go, but grudges last forever. Renowned Jay Leno-hater Howard Stern joined David Letterman on tonight's “Late Show” to congratulate Letterman on his 30 years in late-night TV. And since Letterman hates Leno just as much as Stern does, what better way to celebrate than by spending five minutes talking smack about him!
Politics Buzz Brokaw: “I do not want my role as a journalist compromised for political gain by any campaign.”
TV Buzz Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica. According to Deadline, NBC likes these three things so incredibly much that they're working on a deal to give Dwight Schrute his very own series on the network.
Politics Buzz He disagrees with his father.
TV Buzz Last night in Tina Fey's fictional world of “30 Rock,” Liz Lemon found herself in a familiar situation: the star of her show offended the entire gay community after a regular comedy show disintegrated into a slew of hateful words about homosexual people. The episode — appropriately titled “Crisis Control” — revolved around Liz's attempts to deal with offended co-workers, annoyed sponsors, angry mobs, and making statements to the press. It makes us wonder exactly how much was borrowed from the real-life situation that occurred over a year ago, and what's written into the show's script to make Tracy Morgan seem a little more sympathetic.
TV Buzz All signs point to “YES!” A tipster sent the New York Post this screenshot from last week's episode of “The Office” of what looks to be a bearded Carell on the “Queerenstein Bears” trivia team. When asked, NBC “could not definitively confirm” if it was actually Carell. Let's have another look at the clip.
TV Buzz We still don't know what day “Community” returns to the NBC Thursday night schedule. In the meantime, play this!
TV Buzz Pretty pictures of even prettier stars! The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards are history, but that doesn't mean we're done talking about them. From the red carpet coverage to the Madonna mayhem, from Elton John's stank face to Meryl Streep's “surprised” one, here are the night's most memorable images.
TV Buzz Where do I even begin here? So, Madonna won a Golden Globe tonight for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture, which she accepted via an affected, narcissistic and pretentious speech that drew ire from the other nominees. She then made passive-aggressive remarks about Elton John. After that, Ricky Gervais. And then, finally, her narcissism had an encore when she presented the award for Best Foreign Film. Here's everything you missed in the order it occurred.
TV Buzz “So, where was I?” Ricky Gervais returned tonight as host of the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards, one year after his harsh, celebrity-bashing remarks at the 2011 ceremony sparked a media firestorm. Here's video of Gervais' opening monologue tonight, which included jokes at the expense of Jodie Foster, Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber, Eddie Murphy and more.
TV Buzz In “30 Rock's” season-opener, we learned that something is different about Liz Lemon. She's stress-free, care-free, and happy. What gives?
Culture Buzz SNL failed to poke fun at this week's musical guest Kelly Clarkson's endorsement of Ron Paul, BuzzFeed didn't.
TV Buzz Greendale fans, rejoice! NBC execs finally clear the air: “Community” isn't canceled, and will definitely be coming back. Let's all breathe a collective sigh of relief. (via thedailybeast.com)
Sports Buzz Warmer than usual weather conditions delayed the start of the NHL's annual outdoor Winter Classic two hours on Monday, with the Rangers ultimately prevailing 3-2 over the Flyers at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The game, and stunning photography that accompanied it, was well worth the wait.