TV Junkie: Jimmy Fallon's Show Hits 400 Eps; New Channel Zero Podcast; The Roundup
"Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" celebrates its 400th episode tonight (12:35am on NBC)
We're watching "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" for a lot of good reasons tonight, journalist Martin Bashir is on and the incredible artist Laurie Anderson will perform. But tonight there will be a major milestone for the show: it's 400th episode. We know that "Snooki" is scheduled to be on, but we're hoping that it will, instead, be Abe Vigoda in drag celebrating his 90th birthday (today!).
Disproving what a lot of naysayers were naysaying, Jimmy Fallon and his crew have steadily improved the show from day one, create the best video segments of any late night show (and better than a lot of prime time shows), and have set a watermark for online engagement that hasn't been challenged by any other late show host until only recently. Congratulations to the team at Studio 6-B in Rockefeller Center who should be allowed to take note of tonight's achievement, a quick bow perhaps, before they resume outproducing the other late night squads.
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We have a new edition of the Channel Zero podcast up: The very special Episode 11 is a recording of Jonathan Ames, the award-winning writer and showrunner/creator of HBO's "Bored To Death" discussing creativity and mental health at the Arts In Mind conversation series. Listen to the podcast HERE and/or subscribe via iTunes. It's over an hour of Ames discussing his creative process and how mental health and neurosis come into play.
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More Oscar-y Stuff: ABC and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have extended their contract through 2020 (how lucky for Barbara Walters). On the one hand consistency is a good thing, on the other hand, consistency is boring, on the other other hand we won't have television anymore by 2020 (some people say), on the other other other hand the world is supposed end in 2012 (thank you Mayans).
The best things James Franco and Anne Hathaway could do for the Oscar broadcast this Sunday is to read the script that Ricky Gervais wrote for them and posted on his blog. It's hilarious and guaranteed to be better than anything that's will be put on their teleprompters.
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Our friend, the comedian, TV star, raconteur, and podcaster, Greg Proops will be appearing at the Icehouse Comedy Club in Pasadena tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday (Feb. 25th & 26th) and he will be hosting another free podcast recording of "The Smartest Man In The World" on Wednesday, March 9, at the Comedy Central Stage at the Hudson but you must RSVP at 323-960-5519.
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Yesterday on G4's "Attack of the Show" renegade director (see video embed at the end of this post), avowed stoner, and now weight loss advocate, Kevin Smith, made a special announcement that he will be taking his network of podcasts to the live, daily SModcast Internet Radio, an independent entertainment production. Smith's successes are nothing to snark about and if there's someone that could pull this off and keep expanding it, it's him.
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The TV Junkie Plan: "Community," "Rules of Engagement," "The Office," "Parks and Recreation," "30 Rock," "Archer," "Conan" (Jenna Fischer, actor Jason Biggs, Kumail Nanjiani), "Eagleheart," Fallon (Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, journalist Martin Bashir, Laurie Anderson performs)
8:00pm Community NBC - Greendale prepares for a visit from the vice president; Annie, Jeff, Leonard and Star Burns compete in the school's first student election; Abed befriends a Secret Service agent (Eliza Coupe).
8:00pm The Big Bang Theory CBS - Sheldon is upset when he realizes Leonard is the center of their group of friends
8:30pm Perfect Couples NBC - Julia replaces injured Leigh in a doubles tennis tournament; Amy spoils Vance, Dave and Isabella's fun.
8:30pm Rules of Engagement CBS - The cleaning lady interrupts Jeff's day to himself; Adam tries figure out the cause of the twitching in his eye.
9:00pm The Office NBC - Dunder Mifflin traveling salesman Todd Packer comes to the office looking for a desk job; Andy fights Pam for a new computer
9:00pm Man vs. Wild Discovery - Cape Wrath, Scotland Off the coast of Cape Wrath, Scotland, Bear fashions a wetsuit from the skin of a dead seal and faces a chilly swim; he has a close call with a deadly rock fall before making camp in an old boat.
9:00pm SoCal Connected KCET - Caught on Camera Red-light traffic cameras.
9:00pm Royal Pains USA - Hank believes his patient has been previously misdiagnosed; Divya and Raj take dance lessons.
9:30pm Parks and Recreation NBC - Ron and Leslie travel to Indianapolis to receive commendation for the upcoming Harvest Festival; April and Andy learn to have fun without spending money.
10:00pm 30 Rock NBC - Liz hires a new female comic to combat claims of misogyny at TGS; Jack tries to take out his competition for becoming successor to KableTown, who happens to be the CEO's granddaughter.
10:00pm Fairly Legal USA - An inventor threatens suicide when his employer threatens his dismissal.
10:00pm Archer FX - When members of Woodhouse's famed WWI Royal Flying Corps squadron start dying mysteriously, Archer tries to track down the killer.
10:00pm Out of the Wild: Venezuela Discovery - Welcome to the Jungle The group becomes desperate with no water and lost in the jungle at night.
10:30pm Outsourced NBC - After an employee quits, Todd is excited to hire someone new; Gupta must find a way to pay back a loan shark.
11:00pm Conan TBS - Actress Jenna Fischer; actor Jason Biggs; Kumail Nanjiani.
11:00pm Chelsea Lately E! - Actor Jason Sudeikis.
11:35pm Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Stupid pet tricks; Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Bright Eyes perform.
11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC - Journalist Meredith Vieira; TV personality Pauly D; Hanson performs.
12:00am Eagleheart Cartoon/Adult Swim - Chris Elliott weirdness to no end!!
12:00am Lopez Tonight TBS - Actress Anne Heche; the Unpoppables perform.
12:05am Jimmy Kimmel Live ABC - Actor Owen Wilson; TV host Kelly Ripa; Adele performs.
12:35am The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson CBS - Actor Forest Whitaker.
12:35am Late Night With Jimmy Fallon NBC - Reality-TV personality Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi; journalist Martin Bashir; Laurie Anderson performs