Could you imagine Fresh Prince of Bel-Air without Alfronso Ribeiro playing Carlton? Well, the then new head of NBC, Warren Littlefield, imagined it. In fact, Ribeiro told Good Morning America that the big wig tried to replace the Tap Dance Kid, after the pilot even though the Producers and Will Smith said he was the right guy for the part.
Then after Littlefield went through the whole audition process, he too realized that America’s Funniest Videos host was the funniest guy for the part. And the rest is TV history.
Before Cynthia Nixon lied to her friends on Sex and the City, she lied to strangers on To Tell The Truth. How awwwwdorable was she when she was just 9 on that 1975 episode.
Milo Ventimiglia stripped down to a bathing suit for Miley Cyrus when she hosted The Ellen DeGeneres Show and it was all for a good cause. He went into the Ulta Dunking Booth and Cyrus tried to hit the bullseye. If she hit it, he gets covered with water and breast cancer awareness gets $10,000. In other words, he shows his breasts and many breasts benefit from it. I am OK with that!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4glJzvUunOE
Tonight at 10p on NBC, Timeless one of the most anticipated shows of the fall debuts. The Sci-Fi drama ponders what would you do if you could change an iconic moment in history. They start off with the Hindenburg and next week the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. These are two events that happened a long time ago because unlike Quantum Leap they can’t travel within their lifetime. The reasoning is explained early on.
Now that you know that, let’s get to the show. There is a secret time machine that has been hidden from the Government, but now its existence will be known when Garcia Flynn (Goran Visnjic), a master criminal, steals it. He has gone back to New Jersey in 1937 to stop the Hidenburg from blowing up. the secret group has assembled three people to go back in time in the spare ship to stop him before he does his damage to time. Rufus (Malcolm Barrett) works for the company and he will pilot the ship. As an African-American he is not looking forward to the journey back in time. Master Sergeant Wyatt Logan, US Army Delta Force (Matt Lanter) is there to protect them. Then there is Lucy Preston (Abigail Spencer), who teaches history, as in she is a renowned expert is all things the past. She is there to preserve history. Which will be difficult for them when they have to decide whether or not to save someone like Abraham Lincoln.
Do you change the past knowing there will be consequences in the future? Believe me there are consequences. And that is why you will love this show. That and they really capture the look of the eras they go back to. Each week it is a new period piece.
An hour earlier but on Fox, Lucifer’s mom is back in his life and it is going to be Hell on Earth for him. His mom has jumped into Tricia Helfer’s body and that will make things very awkward for him. Which will make this quirky show about the Devil even more lovable. I want to say more, but it is sincerely something you have to enjoy for yourself because that is what Lucifer is all about!
Back in the ’70s, everyone was ga ga over The Gong Show and now ABC is bringing it back! Will Arnett has been tapped to host the first ten episodes that will debut at a later date.
I say first 10 because if it is as successful as Celebrity Family Feud, Match Game and The $10,000 Password, it will be back for many more episodes. I seriously don’t know why ABC keeps their Sunday night lineup with declining dramas going when they can do a night of game shows that have proven to do well for them in the Summer when no one is watching. They do better and since it is all about that is what I prefer to watch.
Hopefully, they will bring back the Unknown Comic!
How excited are you for the return of The Gong Show?
