THIS WEEK AT THE TV BARN
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Jan 22, 2007


*** TV Barn Podcasts! ***

AARON SORKIN IN HIS OWN WORDS
The co-creator of "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" invited TV critics onto his
set last week, and held forth about the future of his show, criticism of "Studio
60's" less-than-scintillating sketch comedy pieces, and what he really thinks
about bloggers and the L.A. Times. You've read the transcripts, but there really
is no substitute for Sorkin in his own entertaining voice.
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2007/01/aaron_sorkin_in.html

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*** Aaron Barnhart in the Kansas City Star ***

THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR '24' AND 'STUDIO 60'
BURBANK, Calif. — Ask Aaron Sorkin what's wrong with Studio 60 on the Sunset
Strip, his television show about a television show, and his answer will tell you
everything. It will tell you why NBC ...
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2007/01/the_clock_is_ti.html

NBC: HOME OF THE HOMELESS TV SHOWS
PASADENA, Calif. -- In a parallel universe where everyone has TiVo, or at least
knows how to program a VCR, the number one network in the ...
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2007/01/nbc_home_of_the.html

DATELINE HOLLYWOOD: "UGLY BETTY" SITTING PRETTY
HOLLYWOOD -- It's not déjà vu if you really did do the same thing twice. Two
busloads of TV critics and I are being herded through the Raleigh Studios
parking lot and into the same ...
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2007/01/dateline_hollyw.html


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*** What's on the blog right now ***

* Papa Bear interviews Baby Bear
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2007/01/papa_bear_inter.html
* Papa Bear-Baby Bear, part 2: A cunning stunt brings stunning ... Nielsen
ratings
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2007/01/papa_bearbaby_b.html
* "Scrubs: The Musical: The Producer"
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2007/01/scrubs_the_musi.html
* Sting, sing a song, make it simple and don't be so #&@$!! pretentious
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2007/01/sting_sing_a_so.html
* Dateline Pasadena: ‘Scrubs’ is prepped for another season, perhaps on ABC;
and two ‘Class’ mates weigh on show’s future (one’s in denial)
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2007/01/dateline_pasade_6.html
* Dateline Pasadena: Journeys with Ted; or, how a meth-buying,
male-hooker-loving ex-pastor helped Alexandra Pelosi make a better film about
evangelicals
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2007/01/dateline_pasade_5.html
* Dateline Pasadena: We didn't cancel those shows, we merely kept you from
seeing them; it's not a bonus "Sopranos" if it's not any good; and lifetime
deals for 2 PBS icons, assuming they live that long
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2007/01/dateline_pasade_4.html
* Bye-bye, "Queer Eye"
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2007/01/byebye_queer_ey.html


*** Sue's late-night lineups ***
Updated regularly at interbridge.com/lineups.html

LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, CBS
Mo 1/22: Kevin Spacey, Alicia Keys, Nellie McKay and the Brooklyn
Philharmonic
Tu 1/23: Ricky Gervais, Forest Whitaker, the Shins
We 1/24: Frank Caliendo, Mandy Moore
Th 1/25: Howard Stern, Gwen Stefani (R 12/12/06)
Fr 1/26: Clint Eastwood, Matthew Fox (R 12/15/06)

Mo 1/29: Will Smith, Evanescence (R 12/14/06)
Tu 1/30: Matt Damon, Barbara Walters (R 12/11/06)
We 1/31: Holiday Toy Demo, Renee Zellweger, Taking Back Sunday (R
12/20/06)
Th 2/1: Bill Murray, Harry Connick Jr.
Fr 2/2: David Spade, Dustin Kensrue

THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, NBC
Mo 1/22: Jennifer Garner, Ty Pennington, Bow Wow
Tu 1/23: Jon Cryer, Switchfoot
We 1/24: Sienna Miller, Phyllis Diller, Branford Marsalis
Th 1/25: Wanda Sykes, the Bird and the Bee
Fr 1/26: Rebecca Romijn, Bob Saget, Rodrigo y Gabriela

Mo 1/29: Bill Cosby, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Katharine McPhee
Tu 1/30: Diane Keaton, Ivanka Trump, the Soweto Gospel Choir
We 1/31: Forest Whitaker, Daniel Powter
Th 2/1: Christina Aguilera

LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON, CBS
Mo 1/22: Emily Blunt, Louis CK, Lady Sovereign (R 1/12/07)
Tu 1/23: Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Teutul Jr., Kelly Hu, Gary Owen (R
1/15/07)
We 1/24: Mario Lopez, NeYo, Shawn Colvin (R 1/8/07)
Th 1/25: Kate Walsh, Clark Gregg, Skyler Stone (R 1/3/07)
Fr 1/26: LL Cool J, Masi Oka, Chris Daughtry (R 1/10/07)

Mo 1/29: Dylan McDermott, Connie Nielsen, Mat Kearney
Tu 1/30: Thandie Newton, John Cena
We 1/31: Chad Lowe

LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, NBC
Mo 1/22: Kate Beckinsale, Tyrese Gibson, Will Gadd (R 6/22/06)
Tu 1/23: Orlando Bloom, Campbell Brown, Cheap Trick (R 6/29/06)
We 1/24: Stephen Colbert, Rainn Wilson, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
(R 7/12/06)
Th 1/25: Uma Thurman, Kevin Smith, New York Dolls (R 7/20/06)
Fr 1/26: Will Ferrell, Christopher Meloni, Landon Pigg (R 8/1/06)

Mo 1/29: Brad Garrett, Sarah Silverman, Peter Bjorn & John
Tu 1/30: Kristin Davis, Bob Saget, Paolo Nutini
We 1/31: Sienna Miller, Goran Visnjic, Paul Weller
Th 2/1: TBA
Fr 2/2: Charlize Theron

Mo 2/5: Sen. Charles Schumer
Tu 2/6: Dr. Phil McGraw
We 2/7: Cuba Gooding Jr.

LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY, NBC
Mo 1/22: Donald Faison, Gary Gulman (R 11/28/06)
Tu 1/23: Frank Caliendo, James Blunt (R 11/29/06)
We 1/24: Minka Kelly, Matt Costa (R 11/30/06)
Th 1/25: Nick Cannon, Landon Pigg (R 12/12/06)
Fr 1/26: Freddy Rodriguez, Young Jeezy (R 12/13/06)

Mo 1/29: Marlon Wayans, Flyleaf (R 12/14/06)

THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART, Comedy Central
Mo 1/22: Gen. Rupert Smith
Tu 1/23: Terry McAuliffe
We 1/24: Scott McClellan
Th 1/25: Sen. Charles Schumer

THE COLBERT REPORT, Comedy Central
Mo 1/22: Tom Schaller
Tu 1/23: Michael Steele
We 1/24: Lou Dobbs
Th 1/25: Mike Wallace

Mo 1/29: Barry M. Lando
Tu 1/30: Donna Shalala
We 1/31: TBA
Th 2/1: Sen. Chuck Schumer

Mo 2/5: Wendy Kopp
Tu 2/6: Charlie LeDuff
We 2/7: Steven Pinker
Th 2/8: Chris Hedges

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, ABC
Mo 1/22: Howard Stern, Forest Whitaker, Nas (R 12/15/07)
Tu 1/23: Pat O'Brien, Dominic Purcell, Sunshine Anderson
We 1/24: Andy Garcia, John Mellencamp
Th 1/25: Jeremy Piven, Padma Lakshmi, John Mellencamp
Fr 1/26: Ryan Reynolds, Robert Kelly

Mo 1/29: Donald Trump, Carrot Top, Radiant (R 1/16/07)
Tu 1/30: Christina Applegate, Patton Oswalt
We 1/31: Kevin Bacon, Sofia Vergara
Th 2/1: Felicity Huffman
Fr 2/2: Ivanka Trump

THE VIEW, ABC
Mo 1/22: Justin Chambers, Heather Goldenherch, Lizzy Caplan
Tu 1/23: Tatum O'Neal
We 1/24: Forest Whitaker, Marc Summers
Th 1/25: Lou Dobbs, Tony Danza, guest co-host Tina Fey
Fr 1/26: Jeremy Piven, Duff Goldman

Mo 1/29: Guest co-host Toni Braxton
Tu 1/30: Harry Connick Jr., Kristin Davis, guest co-host Whoopi
Goldberg
We 1/31: Lorraine Bracco, Mary Hart, guest co-host Jane Krakowski
Th 2/1: Goran Visnjic, Sarah Silverman
Fr 2/2: Kevin Bacon

LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY, syndicated
Mo 1/22: Carmen Electra, Robert Knepper, Carly Roney
Tu 1/23: Claudia Cohen, Jeremy Piven, Nina Zagat
We 1/24: Jennifer Garner, Ryan Reynolds, Pauline Frommer
Th 1/25: Julianne Moore, Cecille and Nate from "Beauty and the Geek",
Samantha Moore

Mo 1/29: Sheryl Crow
Tu 1/30: Brad Garrett
We 1/31: Dylan McDermott, the newly-crowned Miss America
Th 2/1: Sienna Miller, Katharine McPhee
Fr 2/2: Charlize Theron, guest co-host Jeff Probst

THE MEGAN MULLALLY SHOW, syndicated
Mo 1/22: Sean Hayes, Eddie Cibrian, Mitch Albom, Cesar Millan (R)
Tu 1/23: Molly Sims, Andrea Bowen, the Ten Tenors (R 11/10/06)
We 1/24: Chandra Wilson, Jesse Bradford, Clay Aiken
Th 1/25: Antonio Sabato Jr., Kevin Nealon (R 11/8/06)
Fr 1/26: Josh Duhamel, Alison Lohman, Aly & AJ, Mark Leyner and Billy
Goldberg (R 10/20/06)

THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW, PBS
Mo 1/22: Bob Herbert, Jerry Rice
Tu 1/23: Michael Edesess
We 1/24: TBA
Th 1/25: Tom Vilsack
Fr 1/26: Saidiya Hartman

THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW, syndicated
Mo 1/22: Steve Harvey
Tu 1/23: Judge Judy Sheindlin
We 1/24: George Lopez
Th 1/25: Julie Andrews
Fr 1/26: 8-year-old musical prodigy Marc Yu

Mo 1/29: Wanda Sykes, fitness trainer Bob Harper, Keane