Tonight at 10p Hollywood Game Night is coming to NBC and you will want to keep the kids up late so you all can watch this show together. Now if you don’t have kids, then just you and a few friends will want to stay up to watch the show together so that you can play the games from it afterwards. With the help of some alcohol because that is what makes game nights so much better.
So what is Hollywood Game Night? Jane Lynch takes on the role of party host, something that comes very naturally for her. There are two teams of three celebrities and one civilian playing against each other and only one of the non-celebs has the chance of leaving the show $25,000 richer. They play games that you can play with your friends and family over and over again and never get bored. There is a game where you have to name a snack food in a bowl from a picture. Then there is another game where one person has to guess what their teammates are describing and they can only give one word to describe said clue. A fun one is Little Picasso where elementary school kids draw their favorite stars, and the teams have to guess who it is? Fun fact tonight one of the celebrities will see how kids see them. The funnest game for Lynch and can be for you too (but not for me), is where a contestant has to get their teammates to guess the song that they are singing using only the word Do. These are just a few of the exciting games that they will be playing and you will be enjoying later on your own.
But the show is more than that like any game night. There is also the interaction between Lynch and the stars, and the celebrities with each other. For example tonight Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Perry are on the show and they are on opposite teams. Let’s just say they might not be Friends after tonight. Then there is Martin Short being Martin Short. Kristen Bell being cute, just as cute as her competitor Alyson Hannigan. Finally there is Daniel Day Kim, who is surprisingly the best person on his team. You will see your favorite celebrities like you have never seen them before. Having fun, being goofy and doing anything to win. Kind of what they are like when they are not working on the shows we love and the movies we adore them in.
A few weeks ago, I drove to a secret location in the Hollywood Hills to visit the set and play the games with Jane Lynch hosting our mock rounds. The first game I played was where they mashed up a picture of two celebrities faces, who share a same name as one like George Michael Cera. I did good in the round. The next round was the Do game and I don’t want to talk about that round. Finally we played a game where we would have to get our team to guess a show with the least amount of words as possible like “chair” for The Voice. It all sounds easy when I describe it, but when you play it it is a lot harder. And even though I sucked at two of the rounds, I had the most fun I have ever had a set visit. Jane Lynch was warm, entertaining and didn’t make me feel bad for being an idiot. Even though I made it easy for her.
When I left that house that day, I started telling everyone I knew to watch this show. People who don’t watch game shows, people who do and even people who don’t watch TV. I knew right then and there that show was going to be a big summer hit, just like American Idol and Dancing with the Stars were their first season during the summer. That’s because they were family shows just like Hollywood Game Night. And unlike those other two shows, after you watch HGN, you can play the games with them. I am sure Do will become a family favorite in no time. You can play it in the car during long trips and at home for fun. When was the last time you could do that after watching any show on television. That is why folks, I can’t tell you enough how much I love love love Hollywood Game Night and I know you will feel the same way too. I got even more excited for the show after I watched the tonight’s premiere episode because it is even better than I could have dreamed. The games, the interaction and Jane’s hosting make it so much fun and that is what we have been craving from our television shows.
Seriously Hazy Mills Production has yet another hit on their hands. People talk about the success of Shonda Rimes and J.J. Abrams shows, but Hazy Mills has yet to have a show cancelled. In fact Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner have 5 shows either on the air or about to air. Hot In Cleveland is going strong as is it’s spinoff The Soul Man on TV Land, Grimm is one of NBC’s most successful shows, you know how I feel about HGN and Sean Saves the World is a throwback to the NBC comedies from the Must See Thursday days. Seriously they are the production company to watch, since afterall we have been watching their shows and will continue to do so!
So make sure to watch Hollywood Game Night tonight and every Thursday at 10p!
Last night Jane Lynch wowed us when she sang Little Girls from Annie at the Tonys and I spoke to her about starring in the Broadway show at a set visit for her upcoming NBC game show Hollywood Game Show right before she left to do it.
Lynch will be hosting Hollywood Game Night starting on July 11th at 10p and I asked what was left on her bucket list because she has done TV, movies, hosted the Emmys, won one and now can add hosting a game show to the list. She told me, “I don’t have a bucket list.” She then explained, “It was Broadway, it was the last thing on it. I thought a Broadway musical was preposterous, in terms of fantasy.”
Well that fantasy is now a reality until July 14th. So how did it happen? She told us, “I didn’t seek out Annie. It kind of just feel into my lap. Things happened perfectly, it just showed up one day.”
And another thing that happened perfectly was before she sang Little Girls on the Great White Way and on The Tonys, she sang it on Glee. Here’s a little tidbit about how that happened, creator Ryan Murphy did that on purpose for her to cross promote her Broadway musical debut. And she admitted, “It’s a perfect song for Sue Sylvester too.” There is a lot of Miss Hannigan in Sue Sylvester if you think about it.
As you might remember in 1982 Carol Burnett played Miss Hannigan in the movie version of the musical; and the lendary comedian also played Lynch’s mom on Glee. So I wanted to know if the former head of the oprhanage had any words on how to run the place now. Lynch said, “She was the first person to text me and say, ‘Congratulations, enjoy it.'” Then she added that Burnett, “is the best.”
And Jane Lynch is up there with Carol Burnett when it comes to be being the best out there in the comedic world. Something you will really see her shine at when Hollywood Game Night makes it debut next month. I honestly think that the NBC game show will be the biggest hit of the summer. Everyone in the family will enjoy it and then after the credits roll, they will want to play the games with their friends and family. I know I have played a few with my friends already, and I will be honest I sucked just as bad them. But that is the fun about Hollywood Game Night. So mark your calendars to watch the show on July 11th, I promise it will be the latest addiction of your TV viewing and you are not going to want to miss celebrities and non-celebs go all out in the spirit of competition as they play games we can all play at home. The best part is we get to see them make fools of themselves. Who doesn’t love that? And who won’t love this show?
What more do you need from great television? Nothing, so make sure to watch it. And tell your friends and family to too, so that you can play these fun embarrassing games with them when the episodes end.
Tonight at 10p is the season finale for Grimm on NBC and you so don’t want to miss a single exhilarating second.
The Zombie like people are taking over Portland and now it is up to Nick, Hank, Juliette and Rosalee to try to stop them. But there might be too many of them to fight off. The battle of good vs bad comes to climatic shocking end, followed by the words “To Be Continued.”
But before we see those three evil words the royal brothers meet one more time, Adalind might’ve gone to the wrong people to get her powers back and someone gets bitten.
All of this will leave you on the edge of your seat as you wonder what will happen next on the episode and what will happen next next season. The jaw dropping cliffhanger will leave you hanging until the show’s return.
Yvette Nicole Brown Tweeted this picture of her with Cheryl Hines, Sarah Chalke and Sean Hayes getting ready for the soon-to-be-really-popular Hollywood Game Night, and Valerie Bertinelli totally photobombed the group shot. The Hot in Cleveland star proved she is hot at taking the thunder away from her boss Sean Hayes, who also created this winning show.
When it comes to Hollywood Game Night, I will be telling you more about the game show hosted by Jane Lynch that debuts on July 11th at 10p as we get closer to the air date, but what I will tell you now is that this is a show that everyone and their families will enjoy watching together. It’s like what Hollywood Squares and Match Game were back in their day, a lot of fun with celebrities doing and saying embarrassing stuff!
NBC announced today that they are pulling Ready for Love from their air effective immediately and they are not sure when or if it will be back.
Starting on Tuesday The Voice will expand to two hours and Grimm will move from Fridays at 9p to Tuesdays at 10p. Dateline will replace Grimm on Fridays at 9p.
Hopefully Grimm will do well in its new timeslot, but I will miss it on Friday nights.
