Saget To Host New A&E Series Nov 18, 2009
Saget, star of the 1980s sitcom Full House and host of America's Funniest Home Videos, will host the seven one-episode series which is slated for a 2010 premiere. "Bob Saget has been a part of the television landscape for years, but now we'll be seeing him in a completely different light as he travels the country to explore ways of living that most of us know nothing about," said Robert Sharenow, senior vice president of nonfiction and alternative programming for A&E in a statement. (Multichannel News)
The whole tooth about Soupy Nov 1, 2009
ABC's "America's Funniest Home Videos" isn't nearly as funny as it was, not since becoming reliant on laugh tracks attached to clips of people in head-first falls from trees, bicycles, skateboards and horses ... ABC's "America's Funniest Home Videos" isn't nearly as funny as it was, not since becoming reliant on laugh tracks attached to clips of people in head-first falls from trees, bicycles, skateboards and horses. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Andrea Wong Wants to Reinvigorate Lifetime. (Step One: Steal Project Runway) Sep 4, 2009
After three years, she felt the need to prove her creative chops and took a lower-level post in ABC's alternative programming department, which oversaw shows such as America's Funniest Home Videos. "There were no rules," Wong says of reality TV in those days. (FastCompany)
'Dr. Oz' steps out for a new show Aug 28, 2009
Also new to WPCW: "Judge Hatchett" moves over from WPMY (10 and 10:30 a.m. weekdays, Sept. 7); reruns of "America's Funniest Home Videos" (1 p.m. weekdays, Sept. 14) and "Cold Case Files" (2 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28). WPGH: "Martha Stewart," which had been airing on WBGN, moves over to Channel 53, airing weekdays at 5 a.m. beginning Sept. 14. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The wrong Tom Bergeron... Aug 25, 2009
Here's the 'right' Tom Bergeron"Dancing with the Stars" and "America's Funniest Home Videos" host Tom Bergeron has an unlikely e-mail assistant a guy who lives in Tennessee and works at a nuclear power plant. As Bergeron explained it, a few years ago he made the mistake of giving his e-mail address on air. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
ABC Goes Nuts! May 21, 2009
Saturday has no new scripted series and Sunday remains intact with "America's Funniest Home Videos," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Desperate Housewives" and "Brothers rs.". "Better Off Ted" and "Scrubs," which will feature six appearances by Zach Braff, return at midseason and will be joined by dramas "The Deep End," about newbie lawyers; "Happy Town," a mystery-thriller about dark deeds in a small Minnesota town; and "V," a re-imagining of the 1980s sci-fi miniseries. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
ABC's schedule for the fall TV season May 20, 2009
7 p.m. _ "America's Funniest Home Videos". 8 p.m. _ "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition". (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Tom Bergeron hosts National Spelling Bee this month May 6, 2009
Tom Bergeron -- host of "Dancing with the Stars" and "America's Funniest Home Videos," who got his start in Portsmouth and is AND who is turning 54 on May 6 -- will host the live television coverage of the final championship rounds of The 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 28 (8-10 p.m.). The show will air live from Washington, DC, as 293 spellers from around the world compete. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Memoir-ing with the stars Apr 13, 2009
Claim to fame: Hosting everything from beauty pageants to America's Funniest Home Videos and Hollywood Squares. Appeared on Dancing With the Stars. (USA Today -- Life)
Tom Bergeron Hosts as Fast as He Can Apr 10, 2009
Now Bergeron has written a new book about his career experiences called "I'm Hosting as Fast as I Can!" The Massachusetts native and Emmy nominee describes his first broadcast job at age 17 and his subsequent high-profile gigs, which have included host of "Hollywood Squares," "America's Funniest Home Videos.". Read an excerpt of his book below. (ABC News)
'Dancing with the Stars' host shares Portsmouth stories in new book Mar 8, 2009
Host of America's Funniest Home Videos, 2001-present ... The Port City shares page time with "America's Funniest Home Videos," "Hollywood Squares" and "Dancing with the Stars" in Bergeron's new book, "I'm Hosting as Fast as I Can!: Zen and the Art of Staying Sane in Hollywood." Look for that on April 7. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Writing While Female Feb 8, 2009
Something like "David" is different from, say, a clip of your kid on TV's America's Funniest Home Videos. Web stuff can move around the world so easily, getting copied and reproducednot to mention archived indefinitelythat it's unnerving. (Slate)
