‘Web Therapy’ reunites ‘Friends’ for new season
Fans of “Friends” — and anyone who loves to laugh — should check out Season 2 of “Web Therapy,” an online comedy series available any time and any day on www.LStudio.com.
Last season, Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe on “Friends”) won a Webby Special Achievement Award for her performance as Fiona Wallice, an online therapist who operates a three-minute therapy practice.
All 15 first-season webisodes are available online now, and the first installment for Season 2 started showing Tuesday (June 23).
Courteney Cox (Monica on “Friends”) will appear in an upcoming “Web Therapy” webisode, as will Alan Cumming (“The L Word”), Victor Garber (“Alias”) and Steven Weber (“Wings”).
Season 1 guest stars included Jane Lynch (“Glee”), Rashida Jones (“Parks and Recration”), Tim Bagley (“Will & Grace”) and Julie Claire (“Dirt”).
–Penny TV
Top 55 TV Programs for June 28-July 4, 2009
Sunday’s Oklahoman, which
includes TV Week, hits the newsstands in the Oklahoma City area on Saturday afternoon. And it arrives at the doorstep (or hopefully nearby) early Sunday morning.
But for those who can’t wait to begin planning the upcoming week around the best TV has to offer, here is a sneak peek at programs worth watching the week of June 28:
NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
◊The BET Awards ’09 (7 p.m. on BET): Jamie Foxx (“Ray”) will host the ninth annual event that celebrates the achievements in music, sports and entertainment. The O’Jays will be honored with a lifetime achievement award.
◊“Built to Shred” (7 p.m. on Fuel TV): In Season 2 of this build-and-ride sports show featuring top skateboarders, BMXers and surfers, host Jeff King works with pros to design, build and try out a new obstacle.
◊“Celebrity Rides: Hollywood Speeding Bullitt” (6 p.m. on DIY): Chad McQueen, son of actor Steve McQueen, helps build a 1968 GT Fastvack Mustang made famous by the movie “Bullitt.”
◊“Comedy You Can Believe In With David Alan Grier” (9 p.m. on TBS): David Alan Grier (“Chocolate News”) will perform his own stand-up and introduce comedians Bruce Bruce, Jo Koy, Mark Curry, Aries Spears and Marina Franklin.
◊“Gene Simmons Family Jewels” (8:30 p.m. on A&E): While Gene Simmons rings the bell at the New York Stock Exchange and spreads the word about investing in America, Shannon does some spending of her own when she gets addicted to late-night infomercials.
◊“HGTV Showdown” (9 p.m. on HGTV): A new line-up of challengers and celebrity guests take the design stage for Season 3 of the show. Host Jamie Durie will guide viewers through the action as two teams of expert designers and builders compete to design and execute a winning room makeover for one lucky homeowner. The homeowner also will win a professional design plan and $10,000 toward the redesign of a room in their home.
◊“Hung” (9 p.m. Sunday on HBO): In this new and very adult comedy, Thomas Jane stars as Ray Drucker, a high school basketball coach and divorced dad who sets out to change his fortune.
◊“Masterpiece Mystery!” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): In the new installment “Mrs. McGinty’s Dead,” crime novelist Ariadne Oliver (Zoe Wanamaker, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”) joins Poirot (David Suchet, “Henry VIII”) to save a man who has been sentenced to hang for the murder of his landlady.
◊“Merlin” (7 p.m. on NBC): The witch Nimueh casts a spell with a monster that poisons Camelot’s drinking water, spreading a sickness throughout the city. When Gwen’s father falls ill, Merlin disobeys Gaius’ orders and tries to help.
◊“The Next Food Network Star” (8 p.m. on Food Network): Bobby Flay tests the remaining seven finalists by having them out their culinary point of view on a classic American dish — the burger. Guy Fieri (“Diners, Drive-ins and Dives”) surprises the finalists and challenges them to create a dish using a basket of international ingredients for a group of returning American soldiers.
◊“Prehistoric New York” (8 p.m. on Discovery): Travel back in time through the lost worlds of New York City’s past, when mammoths once trampled down Fifth Avenue and some of the world’s first dinosaurs roamed where the New York Giants now play.
◊“Waging War on Cancer With Paula Zahn: The Future” (1:30 p.m. on OETA-13): This program seeks to demystify cancer by explaining where it comes from. In many cases, it has to do with chronic injury to tissue.
MONDAY, JUNE 29
◊“Blood, Sweat + Gears: Racing Clean to the Tour de France” (9:30 p.m. on Sundance): This documentary follows the journey of an American cycling team seeking to compete in its first Tour de France, the French bicycle race that covers over 3,500 kilometers in 22 grueling days. The 2009 Tour de France runs from July 4-July 26.
◊“The Closer” (8 p.m. on TNT): Brenda and her squad are temporarily deputized into the FBI when a missing person case turns into a full-blown murder investigation involving drug trafficking at gay dance parties. The case gives Brenda and Fritz the chance to work together again, but her investigative tactics don’t exactly fit FBI protocol.
◊“CSI: Miami” (9 p.m. on CBS): When a murderer kidnaps an innocent baby, Horatio and the team must find him before the child becomes his next victim. Teri Polo (“Meet the Parents”) guest stars in this of the show’s 150th episode.
◊“Dance Your … Off” (9 p.m. on Oxygen): Marissa Jaret Winokur (“Hairspray”) hosts this new dance/weight-loss competition series featuring full-figured contestants who struggle with their weight and dance to unleash their inner thin.
◊“History Detectives” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): This installment focuses on an invention that may have been used in the atomic bomb, a 23-pound block of beeswax with strange markings and a French manuscript kept by an American family for 160 years.
◊“JoMoPro 2009″ (7 p.m. on Fuel TV, 265 on Cox Digital Cable, 536 on U-verse, 618 on DirecTV): This BMX event in Joplin, Mo., offers a $20,000 prize purse and features a best-trick contest that awards the winning rider a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
◊“Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List” (9 p.m. on Bravo): Kathy seeks out Paris Hilton. The new BFFs spend the day buying trendy clothes on Robertson Blvd., pose for hundreds of photographers trailing their every move and make a call to Snoop Dog.
◊“NewsHour With Jim Lehrer” (5 p.m. on OETA-13): The segment “A Future That is Bright and Green” features Nathan Wright and Casey Wenzel, who are among the first students at Oklahoma State University to participate in a new degree program in wind turbine technology. They are hopeful about finding jobs that are not only close to home, but that are safer, cleaner and more stable than those in the oil and gas industry.
◊“Operation Emeril” (7 p.m. on Planet Green): In this special, chef Emeril Lagasse visits the Army Center of Excellence Subsistence (ACES) at Fort Lee in Richmond, VA, and meets service men and women training to become military cooks. He shows the soldiers how to mix new combinations of food while in the kitchen and prepare healthy and delicious meals for the masses.
◊“Raising the Bar” (9 p.m. on TNT): When an innocent picture of a little boy in a bathtub winds up on a child pornographer’s Web site, Jerry has his hands full defending the father against Balco’s aggressive prosecution.
◊“Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech” (8 p.m. on HBO): In collaboration with her father, First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus, Oscar nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus explores the social and political trends that have shaped America’s attitudes about free speech and how they can threaten the very tenets upon which the country was built.
◊“Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell” (8 p.m. on Sundance): This film looks at the life and music of Arthur Russell, a little-known composer, producer, cellist, singer and songwriter who died of AIDS in 1992.
TUESDAY, JUNE 30
◊“18 Kids and Counting” (8 p.m. on TLC): Josh and Anna Duggar don’t know if their first child will be a boy or girl — but the “Today” show does. Watch as the Duggars are kept in the dark until it’s revealed live on national television via a special cake from the “Cake Boss.”
◊“The Best Thing I Ever Ate” (8:30 p.m. on Food Network): Food Network stars Guy Fieri (“Diners, Drive-ins and Dives”), Duff Goldman (“Ace of Cakes”) and Aida Mollenkamp (“Ask Aida”) talk about their favorite foods made with bacon.
◊“HawthoRNe” (8 p.m. on TNT): Christina scrambles to create a makeshift ICU bed for a woman whose son isn’t ready to let her go. And Camille spends the day sneaking around the hospital when she’s supposed to be working on an English essay.
◊“NOVA” (7 p.m. on OETA-13): The new installment “Musical Minds” investigates the impact music can have on the human brain through case studies from neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks’ book “Musicophilia.”
◊“NOVA scienceNOW” (8 p.m. on OETA-13): Host Neil deGrasse Tyson returns for Season 4, which is packed with provocative new stories from the frontlines of science, technology, and medicine. In the premiere episode, a blindfolded Tyson is led to a top-secret “diamond farm” to investigate breakthroughs in the engineering of artificial diamonds. Indistinguishable from the real thing, these glittering creations may one day replace silicon transistors in everything from super computers to high-speed electric trains.
◊“P.O.V.” (9:30 p.m. on OETA-13): The family of a French gay man who was brutally murdered by three neo-Nazi skinheads undergoes an astonishing personal journey as its members struggle to seek justice while coming to terms with their unthinkable loss in ‘‘Beyond Hatred.”
◊“Saving Grace” (9 p.m. on TNT): Matthew (F. Murray Abraham, “Amadeus”), one of Earl’s fellow angels, hits a rough patch when it comes to winning souls, and he starts honing in on Earl’s territory.
◊“Stager Invasion” (7 p.m. on TLC): In this new series, professional stager Lisa Lynch visits houses that are on the market by homeowners but aren’t getting much interest. Lynch and a staging team help transform the homes – using mostly items already part of the decor – while battling 8-hour timelines to get everything ready for showings.
◊“Wake Steady” (7 p.m. on Fuel TV, 265 on Cox Digital Cable, 536 on U-verse, 618 on DirecTV): Catch wakeboarding and wakeskating champions attacking still waters worldwide.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1
◊“10 Grand in Your Hand” (8:30 p.m. on DIY, 111 on Dish Network, 171 on Cox Digital Cable, 230 on Direct TV, 454 on U-verse): This series shows homeowners how to cut up to $10,000 from their renovation and remodeling projects. It offers advice on new materials and technologies, as well as how-to info on doing some of the basic work themselves.
◊“American Masters” (7 p.m. on OETA-13): This new 90-minute episode goes behind the scenes of the radio show ‘‘A Prairie Home Companion,” created by humorist and commentator Garrison Keillor. It follows Keillor and his crew of actors and misicians as they travel across the country broadcasting and recording shows.
◊“Clean House: Search for the Messiest Home in the Country” (8 p.m. on Style Network): In the first-season finale host Niecy Nash (“Reno 911!”) unveils 2009′s messiest home in the country and documents its full makeover. The home belongs to a detective, and it is crammed with suff in every room.
◊“Monsters Inside Me” (8 p.m. on Animal Planet): This new series explores the shocking, gruesome and sometimes deadly details of a parasitic infection. Every episode is a constant battle for life as doctors and scientists attempt to unravel each case.
◊“The New Adventures of Old Christine” (7 p.m. on CBS): Christine and Barb are informed by the parent company of their gym franchise that they’ve broken a contractual clause and may lose the gym. Megan Mullally (“Will & Grace”) guest stars as the corporate representative from the gym’s parent company.
THURSDAY, JULY 2
◊“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (7 p.m. on CBS): When a series of victims are found deceased seemingly in the middle of everyday activities, the CSIs must determine what is causing them to remain upright after death. Alex Kingston (“ER”), Jeffrey Tambor (“Arrested Development”) and Will McCormack (“Dirt”) guest star.
◊“The Listener” (9 p.m. on NBC): After witnessing a fatal shooting in Chinatown, Toby uses his telepathic gift to help a blind woman solve the murder of her brother. He discovers a cover-up involving a Chinese crime boss who has a lot to hide from the police.
◊“Moments of Impact” (8 p.m. on Discovery): From terrifyingly close calls on the jet way to a sudden avalanche to unexpected animal attacks, this new series provides a spectacular tour de force of real life spills and chills.
◊“Science of the Movies” (9 p.m. on Science Channel, 101 on Cox Digital Cable, 193 on Dish Network, 258 on U-verse, 284 on DirecTV): This installment goes behind the scenes of Sony Pictures Animation’s 3D feature “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.”
◊“Soundstage” (10 p.m. on OETA-13): Sugarland presents a versatile set that includes pop songs, country sounds and soulful ballads.
◊“Twilight Zone” marathon: (7 a.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. July 5 on SCI FI): The network’s annual event, running Thursday through Saturday, features episodes from the 1980s version of the series, as well as the classic 1960s show.
◊“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic” (6 p.m. on TCM): This special was made in 1989, as it has actually been 70 years since ‘‘Oz” came out. Like the movie, though, it’s still enjoyable and will enhance your appreciation of the film, as actress Angela Lansbury (“Murder, She Wrote”) takes a look back at the production of the 1939 classic.
FRIDAY, JULY 3
◊“According to Jim” (8:30 p.m. on ABC): Jim convinces Andy to play snow football even though Andy’s girlfriend, Mandy, warns him against it. Now injured, Andy has to hide his injury from Mandy, so Jim stages a freak accident for Andy in his home. Garry Marshall (“Race to Witch Mountain”) guest stars.
◊“Alex Haley’s Queen” (9 a.m. on TV One, 157 on U-verse, 167 on Cox Digital Cable, 328 on DirecTV): Halle Berry stars in the six-hour miniseries that chronicles the tale of Alex Haley’s paternal grandmother, Queen, who was the daughter of a black slave and a white plantation owner.
◊“Bathtastic” (8 p.m. on DIY, 111 on Dish Network, 171 on Cox Digital Cable, 230 on Direct TV, 454 on U-verse): Host Matt Muenster shares design tips, information on cutting-edge materials and know-how that will revitalize any bathroom, great or small.
◊“Good Evening Ev’rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong” (9 p.m. on OETA-13): This is a presentation of a never-before-released concert performance of Louis Armstrong and other musical greats at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival in celebration of Armstrong’s 70th birthday. Armstrong performs several of his greatest hits throughout the concert and rehearsals, including ‘Pennies From Heaven” and “Wonderful World.”
◊“Invitation Only” (10 p.m. on CMT): In this installment of the concert series, Darius Rucker performs before a small studio audience in Nashville, takes questions from fans and delivers revealing and candid answers.
◊“Margaret Cho: Beautiful” (10 p.m. on Showtime): Returning to her stand-up roots, Margaret Cho examines the nature of beauty and the importance society has placed on appearance.
◊“The Ultimate Power Lunch: 50 Years of The Four Seasons” (11 a.m. on CNBC): CNBC correspondent Bill Griffeth will speak one-on-one with the most powerful people in finance, media and fashion, asking them about the economy, the markets and their power lunches at the restaurant over the years.
SATURDAY, JULY 4
◊“Apollo 13″ (6:30 p.m. on Cinemax): Ron Howard, who was born in Duncan, directed this 1995 movie about the near-disastrous 1970 Apollo 13 mission. Headed for the moon, Cmdr. Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) and his crew, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert (Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon), experience an on-board explosion.
◊“Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular” (9 p.m. on CBS): Talk show host Craig Ferguson (“The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”) returns for his third year as host of the special broadcast live from the Charles River Esplanade in Boston. Grammy winner Neil Diamond will perform some of his classic hits with The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra under the direction of conductor Keith Lockhart. The final 21 minutes of the broadcast, featuring the spectacular fireworks display, will be presented commercial free.
◊“Burn After Reading” (7 p.m. on HBO): Brad Pitt, who was born in Shawnee, stars as a gym worker in this movie directed by Oscar-winners Joel and Ethan Coen (“No Country for Old Men”). John Malkovich plays a newly resigned CIA agent whose secrets are swiped by his divorce-seeking wife (Tilda Swinton) and ultimately land in the hands of gym workers.
◊“A Capitol Fourth” (7 p.m. on OETA-13): Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Jimmy Smits returns to host this spe3cial live from the West Lawn of the United States Capitol. Barry Manilow will open and close the broadcast with a medley of hits and patriotic classics along with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Choral Arts Society of Washington. Others scheduled to appear are Aretha Franklin, Natasha Bedingfield, Michael Feinstein, Andrew von Oeyen, the Tony Award-winning cast of “Jersey Boys” and the “Sesame Street” gang.
◊“Choking Man” (9 p.m. on Sundance): This film explores the immigrant experience, as it follows a near-mute dishwasher from Ecuador who is quietly nursing a crush on a radiant fellow immigrant in Queens.
◊“Detonators” (7 p.m. on Science Channel, 101 on Cox Digital Cable, 193 on Dish Network, 258 on U-verse, 284 on DirecTV): This series focuses on a specialized team that demolishes skyscrapers, blows up helicopters on movie sets and detonates 50-gallon drums of explosives to quell deadly oil well fires.
◊“Kings” (7 p.m. on NBC): King Silas sends David on a quest to recover a national treasure, the Charter of Gilboa. While on the mission, David discovers shocking information about his father’s death. Leslie Bibb (Confessions of a Shopaholic”) guest stars as Katrina, who is engaged to Jack.
◊“Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular” (8 p.m. on NBC): “Today” correspondents Natalie Morales and Tiki Barber co-host the special live from New York City. The nation’s 233rd birthday extravaganza will include performances by rock singer Rob Thomas country singer Jewel and the cast from the 2009 revival of “West Side Story.” The fireworks display featuring more than 40,000 shells will be set of from six barges positioned between 24th and 50th Streets on the Hudson River.
◊“Mantracker” marathon (11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Science Channel, 101 on Cox Digital Cable, 193 on Dish Network, 258 on U-verse, 284 on DirecTV): Terry Grant is an expert outdoorsman trained to track and retrieve missing persons in the deep wilderness. His mission in each episode is to track two contestants through rough country and capture them before they can reach the finish line.
◊“Sweet Land of Liberty” (5 p.m. on OETA-13): Music selections include “America the Beautiful,” “Stars and Stripes Forever” and “God Bless America.”
◊“Tribute to Liberty” (5:30 p.m. on OETA-13): Music selections include “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “This Is My Country.”
–Penny TV
Happy Birthday, Busy Philipps
June 25, 2009 — Elizabeth Jean
Philipps, who plays Laurie in the upcoming series “Cougar Town” (premieres Sept. 23 on ABC), turns 30 today.
She played Audrey Liddell on “Dawson’s Creek” (2001-03).
Her first television appearance was as Mindy in an episode of the 1999 TV series “Saving Graces.” She was 20.
Best wishes to Busy and everybody who shares this special day with her.
–Penny TV
Pictured at right: Busy Philipps in ABC Photo for “Cougar Town.”
And the 2009 Nickelodeon AddictingGames Awards go to …
Voting for “The AddictingGames Showdown,” which honors the best in online games, is still going on at www.addictinggames.com/showdown.
Ballots will be counted up until the winners are revealed on Saturday (June 27). In between new episodes of “iCarly” and “True Jackson, VP” (7 to 9 p.m.), Jerry Trainor (“iCarly”) will announce the winners on Nickelodeon and online.
“Pencil Racer 3: Drive It”, “50 States”, “Porta-Pusher” and “Bloons” are among the coolest, funniest and most addicting games nominated from the site’s library of 3,000 games across 10 different categories which caters to kids, tweens, teens and parents.
The complete list of nominees are: (NOTE: List has been updated with winners in blue)
Most AddictingGame
o Parking Lot
o Stunt Dirt Bike
o World Wars
o Worlds Hardest Game
Best Performance by a Monkey
o Bloons
o Dance Monkey Dance
o Monkey Go Happy
o Pencil Racer XL
Most Courageous Stick Figure Stunt
o Electric Man 2
o Fancy Pants Adventure
o Pencil Racer 3: Drive It
o Porta-Pusher
Greatest Escape Game
o Charger Escape
o Escape the Car
o Escape the Phone Booth
o Synapsis
Best Game from Planet Random
o Dibs Adventure to Mount Wafers
o Headspin Storybook
o Hide the Farta in Sparta
o Tattoo Artist
Your Mom’s Favorite Game
o Bubble Spinner
o Daily Jigsaw
o Let’s Get Cookin’
o Sara’s Super Spa
Best Performance by a Robot
o Agent Platformer
o Build a Robot 3
o Chronotron
o Pixel Mission
Most Adrenaline Pumping Game
o Moto Rush
o Ragdoll Volleyball
o Redline Rumble
o Supreme Extreme Snowboarding
Poppiest Pop Culture Game
o Baseball Juiced
o Hero on the Hudson
o Mix Master
o Trillion Dollar Bailout
Mostest Edumacational Game
o 50 States
o Battleground States 2008
o Globe Game
o Magic Pen
Top 30 Talk Show Guests on TV (June 25-July 1, 2009)
Wednesday is when The
Oklahoman posts a list of all the guests (and all the topics) coming up on TV talk shows.
Here are 30 (or more) of the best guests appearing on talk shows airing Thursday through Wednesday (June 25, July 1, 2009). For a practically complete list, go to www.newsok.com/tv and click on Talk Shows (located under Resources).
But just like everything else on TV, talk show lineups are subject to change.
BEST GUESTS
••Sacha Baron Cohen (Bruno), June 25 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien” 10:35 p.m., KFOR-4.
••Tom Bergeron (“Dancing With the Stars”), June 25 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Jessica Biel (“Powder Blue”), June 29 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Abigail Breslin (“My Sister’s Keeper”), June 25 on “Today” and “The Martha Stewart Show”
••Kevin Connolly (“Entourage”), June 25 on “Rachael Ray”
••David Cross (“Arrested Development”), June 26 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Ted Danson (“Damages”), June 29 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Larry David (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), June 25 on “The View” and “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Johnny Depp (“Public Enemies”), June 25 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Cameron Diaz (“My Sister’s Keeper”), June 26 on “The Early Show” and “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Michael Douglas (“Solitary Man”), June 29 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Josh Duhamel (“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”), June 29 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Megan Fox (“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”), June 25 on “Late Show With David Letterman”; June 26 on “Today,” “Live With Regis and Kelly” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Michael J. Fox (“Spin City”), June 30 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Andy Garcia (“The Pink Panther 2”), June 29 on “The Martha Stewart Show”
••Selena Gomez (“The Princess Protection Program”), June 26 on “The Early Show”
••Tom Hanks (“Angels & Demons”), June 29 on “The View” and “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Neil Patrick Harris (“How I Met Your Mother”), July 1 on “The View”
••Jennifer Love Hewitt (“Ghost Whisperer”), June 26 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Paris Hilton (“Paris Hilton’s British Best Friend”), June 29 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Ron Howard (“Angels & Demons”), June 29 on “The View”
••Glenn Howerton (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), June 27 on “Talkshow With Spike Feresten”
••Kate Hudson (“Bride Wars”), June 26 on “Rachael Ray”
••Ice-T (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), June 29 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Carrie Ann Inaba (“Dancing With the Stars”), June 29 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Eddie Izzard (“Rage”), June 30 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Ken Jeong (“The Hangover”), June 29 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Jonas Brothers (“Jonas”), July 1 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Angela Kinsey (“The Office”), July 1 on “The Tonight With Conan O’Brien”
••Lisa Kudrow (“Web Therapy”), June 26 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Shia LaBeouf (“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”), June 25 on “Today,” “Live With Regis and Kelly” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”; July 1 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Drew Lachey (“The Comebacks”), June 30 on “The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet”
••Queen Latifah (“Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”), July 1 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Denis Leary (“Rescue Me”), June 30 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”; July 1 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••John Leguizamo (“Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”), July 1 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Ray Liotta (“Observe and Report”), June 25 on “The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet”
••George Lopez (“Mr. Troop Mom”), June 26 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Steve Martin (“Something Good”), June 25 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Seth Meyers (“Key Party”), June 30 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Jillian Michaels (“The Biggest Loser”), June 29 on “Today”
••Eddie Murphy (“Imagine That”), July 1 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Leonard Nimoy (“Star Trek”), July 1 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”)
••Gwyneth Paltrow (“Two Lovers”), June 30 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Regis Philbin (“Live With Regis and Kelly”), July 1 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Zachary Quinto (“Star Trek”), July 1 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••June Diane Raphael (“Year One”), June 25 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”; July 1 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Rachael Ray (“Rachael Ray”), July 1 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Ryan Reynolds (“The Proposal”), June 25 on “The Early Show”
••Joan Rivers (“The Celebrity Apprentice”), July 1 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Ray Romano (“Everybody Loves Raymond”), June 25 on “Today”; June 26 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Freddy Rodríguez (“Nothing Like the Holidays”), June 26 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Seann William Scott (“Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”), June 30 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”), July 1 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Sherri Shepherd (“The View”), June 29 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Martin Short (“Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil”), June 26 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Molly Sims (“Fired Up”), June 30 on “The Martha Stewart Show”
••Victoria Stilwell (“It’s Me or the Dog”), June 25 on “The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet”; June 29 on “The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet”
••Michelle Trachtenberg (“Gossip Girl”), June 30 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Aisha Tyler (“Bedtime Stories”), June 30 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Sofia Vassilieva (“My Sister’s Keeper”), June 26 on “The Early Show”
••Denzel Washington (“The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″), July 1 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Evan Rachel Wood (“Whatever Works”), June 25 on “The View” and “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Tiger Woods (golf great), June 25 on “Good Morning America” and “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
Top 20 Talk Show Topics on TV (June 25-July 1, 2009)
Wednesday is when The Oklahoman
posts a list of all the topics (and all the guests) coming up on TV talk shows.
Here are TV Editor Penny Soldan’s Top 20 picks for shows airing Thursday through Wednesday (June 25-July 1, 2009). For a practically complete list, go to www.newsok.com/tv and click on Talk Shows (located under Resources).
But just like everything else on TV, talk show lineups are subject to change.
TOP TOPICS
••Summer camp for kids, June 25 on “Today”
••Having great hair in the summer heat, June 25 on “The Early Show”
••Healthy exercises and foods, June 25 on “The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet”
••Childbirth techniques, June 25 on “The View”
••Four ways to improve intimacy, June 25 on “Rachael Ray”
••Secrets for looking and feeling 10 years younger, June 25 on “The Doctors”
••Mixing herbs and vegetables in the garden, June 26 on “Today”
••Low-cost health care clinics, June 26 on “The Early Show”
••Saving money at the grocery store, June 26 on “The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet”
••Preserving fresh herbs for use during cold months, June 26 on “The Martha Stewart Show”
••Four things women fear, June 26 on “The Doctors”
••Hot dog and burger taste test, June 27 on “Today”
••Credit card rewards, June 29 on “Today”
••How to dress like first lady Michelle Obama, June 29 on “The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet”
••Genetic scanning of humans for risk of diseases, June 29 on “The Martha Stewart Show”
••Warning signs of brain tumors, June 29 on “The Doctors”
••Themed family road trips, June 30 on “Today”
••Budget-friendly treats for party guests, June 30 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Preventing skin cancer, July 1 on “The Martha Stewart Show”
••Surprising cure for migraine headaches, July 1 on “The Doctors”
Happy Birthday, Joe Penny
June 24, 2009 – Joseph Edward
Penny Jr., who played Jake Styles on “Jake and the Fatman” (1988-97 on CBS), turns 53 today.
He played Martino Vitali on “Days of Our Lives” (six episodes in 2008).
His first acting role was as Sal DiVito in a 1977 episode of “Forever Fernwood.” He was 21.
Best wishes to Joe and everybody who shares this special day with him.
–Penny TV
Jon – Kate = Eight kids w/ divorcing parents; But the Gosselins still have Faith, Joy & Hope
TLC Photo
The Gosselin sextuplets turned 5 in May. The Gosselin twins are 8. Their parents, Jon and Kate, are getting a divorce after 10 years of marriage.
Documents to initiate a legal split were filed in Pennsylvania on Monday.
On Season 5 of “Jon & Kate Plus Eight,” which premiered May 25 on TLC, the couple admitted to having problems. Of course, those following the news already knew that.
Kate’s comment on the premiere episode was interesting, though. “Parents of multiples have triple the divorce rate,” she said through tears. “I was thinking we were going to beat that. I don’t know if I can say that anymore.”
Jon’s comment to People Magazine summed things up, though. He said he wanted a less high-profile life, while Kate was committed to their TV career.
Here’s hoping things go smoothly for all involved, especially Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah, Joel, Cara and Mady. By the way, the middle names of the Gosselin sextuplet girls are Faith, Joy and Hope.
–Penny TV
The CW announces fall 2009-10 premiere dates
Bloody good news: “The Vampire Diaries” premieres Sept. 10 on The CW.
Here are other primetime premiere dates for The CW shows in fall:
Tuesday, Sept. 8
7 p.m. — 90210
8 p.m. — Melrose Place
Wednesday, Sept. 9
7 p.m. — America’s Next Top Model (2-Hour Season Premiere)
Thursday, Sept. 10
7 p.m. — The Vampire Diaries
8 p.m. — Supernatural
Monday, Sept. 14
7 p.m. — One Tree Hill
8 p.m. — Gossip Girl
Wednesday, Sept. 16
7 p.m. — America’s Next Top Model (regular day & time period premiere)
8 p.m. — The Beautiful Life: TBL
Friday, Sept. 25
7 p.m. — Smallville
8 p.m. — America’s Next Top Model (encore episodes)
NOTE: New drama “Life UneXpected” (formerly “Parental Discretion Advised”) will premiere midseason.
Pictured above: The CW Photo featuring Ian Somerhalder as Daman, Nina Dobrev as Elena, Paul Wesley as Stefan in “The Vampire Diaries.”
Happy Birthday, Selma Blair
June 23, 2009 – Selma Blair Beitner,
who played Kim Day on “Kath & Kim” (2008-09 on NBC), turns 37 today.
She played Zoe Bean on “Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane” (1999-2000).
Her first acting role was as Penelope Ghiruto in a 1995 episode of “The Adventures of Pete & Pete.” She was 23.
Best wishes to Selma and everybody who shares this special day with her.
–Penny TV
Pictured at right: Selma Blair arrives for the opening of the exhibition “Between Eternity and History: 1884-2009″ on the occasion of Italian luxury jewelry maker Bulgari’s 125th anniversary, in Rome’s Palazzo delle Esposizioni palace, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The exhibition will be open to the public from May 22 to Sept. 13, 2009. (AP Photo / Riccardo De Luca).
