Say It Ain't So... One & Two
The latest from the “say it ain’t so” department…
Say it ain’t so, item #1: NBC, borrowing a page from the playbooks of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and Fox’s Skating with Celebrities, has announced a new reality series: Celebrity Cooking Showdown. Yes, Celebrity Cooking Showdown, and no, I’m not making it up. NBC calls it “an adrenaline-filled battle of the pans.” Battle of the pans??? Oh, NBC – have things really gotten this desperate for you?
By the way - the series is being produced by Sean “Diddy” Combs. No, I’m not making that up, either.
Say it ain’t so, item #2: the latest classic television series to make the leap from the small screen to the theatrical screen is none other than 70s not-so-classic sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. In trumpeting the project, Dimension Films announced that rapper Ice Cube has been cast in the lead role of teacher Mr. Kotter, a role originally made famous in the seventies by comedian Gabe Kaplan.
Note to self: if you want to make a bad concept even worse, cast Ice Cube in a role originated by Gabe Kaplan.
Flavor Follow-up
The numbers are in, and the finale of Flavor of Love earned the highest rating in VH1 history, attracting 5.9 million viewers. This episode also has claimed the crown of 2005-2006’s highest-rated non-sports program among adults 18-49. That rating was good enough to top the debut of HBO’s new Big Love series (which, by the way, had the mega-benefit of following the season premiere of The Sopranos). Yeah, boyeeeeeeee!
And just when you thought that things couldn't get any better... coming soon: Flavor of Love: The Reunion.
Say it ain’t so, item #1: NBC, borrowing a page from the playbooks of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and Fox’s Skating with Celebrities, has announced a new reality series: Celebrity Cooking Showdown. Yes, Celebrity Cooking Showdown, and no, I’m not making it up. NBC calls it “an adrenaline-filled battle of the pans.” Battle of the pans??? Oh, NBC – have things really gotten this desperate for you?
By the way - the series is being produced by Sean “Diddy” Combs. No, I’m not making that up, either.
Say it ain’t so, item #2: the latest classic television series to make the leap from the small screen to the theatrical screen is none other than 70s not-so-classic sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. In trumpeting the project, Dimension Films announced that rapper Ice Cube has been cast in the lead role of teacher Mr. Kotter, a role originally made famous in the seventies by comedian Gabe Kaplan.
Note to self: if you want to make a bad concept even worse, cast Ice Cube in a role originated by Gabe Kaplan.
Flavor Follow-up
The numbers are in, and the finale of Flavor of Love earned the highest rating in VH1 history, attracting 5.9 million viewers. This episode also has claimed the crown of 2005-2006’s highest-rated non-sports program among adults 18-49. That rating was good enough to top the debut of HBO’s new Big Love series (which, by the way, had the mega-benefit of following the season premiere of The Sopranos). Yeah, boyeeeeeeee!
And just when you thought that things couldn't get any better... coming soon: Flavor of Love: The Reunion.
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