Carson’s Having a Baby and MTV’s Having a Ball

Technically, it’s Carson Daly’s girlfriend who’s having the couple’s first child, but the TV talk show host is thrilled still the same. Reps for the 35-year-old host of “Last Call With Carson Daly” just announced that Siri Pinter is in fact pregnant with Daly’s baby. Pinter is a staff member on Daly’s late-night show. The two reportedly started dating about a year ago. Interestingly, the couple have never been photographed in public together and not much is know about Daly’s baby mama save for the fact that she is in her mid-20s, attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has family in … Continue reading

Late Night Talk Show Hosts Talk Return and “Sex and the City” Girls Talk Trilogy

Are you sick of Leno, Letterman, and O’Brien reruns yet? Well, here’s some good news–it appears the late-night talk show hosts could soon be returning with fresh laughs. According to Variety, four major late night hosts (Leno, Letterman, O’Brien and Craig Ferguson) are considering a return despite the ongoing Hollywood writer’s strike. No surprise, ratings for the late-night talk shows (which have been airing reruns since the mass work stoppage began two months ago) have taken a nosedive and network execs want the hosts to get back on the air ASAP. But who will be first to cross the line? … Continue reading

The Writers Strike and Late-Night Talk Shows—THE BACKLASH!

Did you watch “Last Call” last night? If so you witnessed the first fresh episode of late-night talk since the writer’s strike began more than four weeks ago. After host Carson Daly cracked jokes about his applause sign still working and shared pictures of what he and his staff did in the last month he finally explained why his NBC show became the first late-night chatfest to return to the air with fresh material since members of the Writers Guild of America took to the picket lines more than a month ago. “We ran out of repeats,” Daly cracked. “A … Continue reading

Food Network BAMS Emeril and Carson Crosses the Line

One of my dad’s favorite TV shows is getting sliced, diced and dumped from the Food Network. “Emeril Live,” which has been a mainstay on the all-cooking channel for more than a decade will cease production on December 11th. However, according to network execs, the show’s star celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, is still under contract with Food Network. Which means you’ll still see the effervescent cook BAM-ing, basting and butterflying chicken breasts, but it won’t be on the show that made him a household name. (Though, the network says reruns of “Emeril Live” will air at least until the end … Continue reading