Hollywood Game Night was the hot show of the summer and it is back this Monday at 10p to warm up our winter starting with a special holiday edition. The celebrities taking part on the Christmas show are, Ray Romano, Cheryl Hines, Gavin DeGraw, Rachel Bilson, Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker. For the first time in HGN history, a married couple is on the show. Recently I went to the set of the popular game show and host Jane Lynch told us that Roddick and Decker are on opposing teams. So should we expect niceness from them? She told us they came to play, so expect some unmodel like behavior and some backhand comments between them. If that isn’t a reason to tune in, then the fact that the game show likes making celebrities look silly is the other reason to check it out.
So who are the other celebrities that are coming up on the show’s second season that officially starts on January 20th at 10p? They are Julie Bowen, Beth Behrs, Valerie Bertinelli,Lester Holt, Jason Alexander, Martin Short, Sean Hayes, Olivia Wilde, Jason Sudeikis, Alison Janney, Don Cheadle, Christina Applegate, Rosie O’Donnell, Penny Marshall, Chris Colfer, Taryn Manning, Donald Faison, Kaley Cuoco, Alison Sweeney, Fred Willard, Breckin Meyer, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Taraji P. Henson, Angela Kinsey, Jenna Elfman, Molly Shannon, Ellie Kemper, Bob Harper, Joel Madden, Nate Berkus, Erika Christensen, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mel B, Padma Lakshmi, Michael Weatherly, Yvette Nicole Brown, Anthony Anderson, Tiffani Thiessen, Pete Wentz, Adam Scott, Gary Dell’abate, Retta, Michael Chiklis, Tom Lennon, Paget Brewster, Mario Lopez, Alyssa Milano, Cobie Smulders, Taran Killam, Angie Harmon, Mark Feuerstein, Mayim Bialik and Henry Winkler.
So what surprises can we expect from that list of names. Lynch told us they tried to put couples and BFFs on opposite teams, but that idea struck out with Penny Marshall and Rosie O’Donnell so they are the same team. The Glee coach used one of her co-stars as a buffer between the two women or as she put it, “We put Chris Colfer between them to knock down the testosterone.” We will have to tune in to see if their team is something to sing about. On that note, some of the stars joined the band for a song or two including The Shield’s Michael Chiklis on drums and NBC News’ Lester Holt on bass. One star Lynch was singing the praises of was Rachel Bilson, who she misjudged because of her work on The OC. Jane told us that she was actually quite funny and the Hart of Dixie sweetheart shares a hilarious story about her pet pig that will leave everyone in tears because they are laughing so hard.
Just like every episode of Hollywood Game Night has done thus far. So don’t be a Scrooge and start your Christmas cheer early with HGN this Monday at 10p. Don’t miss it or be prepared to be Clue Boomed!
