Posted Sep 6th 2008 11:05AM by TMZ Staff
Sarah Palin -- hotter than Carrie Underwood. Barack Obama -- bigger than Michael Phelps.
Each convention pulled in more viewers than an "American Idol" finale, the Academy Awards and the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics.
The GOP had 76 million eyeballs (we've rounded it out, accounting for the fact that not everyone has two eyeballs. Total viewership -- 38.9 mil). The Dems snagged 38.4 million viewers on the networks. When you add in PBS, both prez candidates had 42 million viewers watching their acceptance speeches.
It could be a dead heat. Under the new election rules, if there's a tie there will be a steel-cage match. Our money is on Palin.
Filed under: TV, Prez Election 2008
Posted Sep 4th 2008 1:09PM by TMZ Staff
Polly Holliday is best known for playing sassy waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the '70s TV series "Alice." Guess what she looks like now!
Filed under: TV, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
Posted Sep 2nd 2008 2:22PM by TMZ Staff
A string of bad luck -- including two deaths -- has the staff at the "Dr. Phil" show wondering if their set is cursed.
Sources close to the production tell TMZ in the last few months two employees of the show have passed away and two others suffered medical emergencies. We're told one staffer recently died of cancer, while a young intern who had strep throat was dead by the end of the week. Our sources also tell us the wife of an editor recently suffered a family tragedy, while a producer suffered a concussion and a broken arm while on the Paramount Studios set of the daytime talk show.
Our sources say Phil and other execs have been trying to retool the show for the new upcoming season and that has some staffers feeling the bad luck may be a sign they should leave well enough alone. We're told Phil held a staff meeting this past Friday where he addressed the recent sad turn of events and attempted to boost the crew's morale.
A rep for the "Dr. Phil" show was not immediately reached.
Filed under: TV, Dr. Phil
Posted Sep 1st 2008 10:37AM by TMZ Staff
If Craig Robinson were just Craig Robinson from around the way -- instead of Craig Robinson from "The Office" -- he'd probably be behind bars today.
But Craig figured it out...when you're caught with a pharmacy of illegal drugs, just hire legal titan Blair Berk. The go-to lawyer got him a slap on the wrist two weeks ago, and he was chowing down at Katsuya in Hollywood last night.
Justice can be delicious.
Filed under: TV
Posted Sep 1st 2008 10:35AM by TMZ Staff
Shannen Doherty couldn't get arrested in Hollywood (almost literally) since she left "Charmed" back in 2001. Now her ego is so big, she can't even remember when her new show premieres.
Filed under: TV
Posted Aug 31st 2008 6:16AM by TMZ Staff
Fashion retailers Johnston & Murphy are hiding all evidence that David Duchovny endorses their product, because he was too busy having sexy time to keep their clothes on.
David's XXX files became public knowledge when he checked into rehab this week for sex addiction -- and a store clerk at the J&M store on Madison Avenue told the NYPost Duchovny's poster was removed because "We got the call from corporate this morning to take him down."
Guess there is such a thing as bad publicity.
Filed under: TV
Posted Aug 30th 2008 9:20AM by TMZ Staff
Before becoming TV stars and then making themselves unrecognizable to the people they grew up with, they were just two 15-year-old gals posing for glamour shots with their friends at a Southern California mall in 2000. Guess who they transformed into?!
Filed under: TV, 'Memba Them?!
Posted Aug 26th 2008 9:30AM by TMZ Staff
Ed Westwick sho iz picky.
Chace Crawford ain't gonna like this one bit.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, TV, Wacky & Weird
Posted Aug 22nd 2008 12:53PM by TMZ Staff
Mike Farrell is best known for playing Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the '70s and '80s series "M*A*S*H." Guess what he looks like now!
Filed under: TV, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
Posted Aug 21st 2008 8:30AM by TMZ Staff
Before she was John Edwards' girl on the side/possible baby mama, Rielle Hunter was just another contestant on the game show "Lingo."
Hunter was on the popular GSN show back in 2002 and told host Chuck Woolery her hobbies were yoga and chanting.
"Bedding presidential hopefuls" was not on her list.
Filed under: TV
Posted Aug 18th 2008 2:14PM by TMZ Staff
Josie Davis played the daughter that wasn't Nicole Eggert on '80s sitcom "Charles in Charge." Guess what she looks like now!
Filed under: TV, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
Posted Aug 14th 2008 1:30PM by TMZ Staff
Katherine Helmond is best known for playing Judith Light's man-hungry mother on the '80s sitcom "Who's the Boss?" Guess what she looks like now!
Filed under: TV, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
Posted Aug 13th 2008 2:00PM by TMZ Staff
Georgia Engel is best known for playing Georgette Franklin Baxter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Guess what she looks like now!
Filed under: TV, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
Posted Aug 12th 2008 11:47AM by TMZ Staff
One would think Tori Spelling would take any paying gig she could get. Think again.
Tori has decided to back out of the new "90210" remake, reports Nikki Finke, and get this -- it's because she isn't getting paid enough. Apparently Tori was offered between $10 and $20 grand per episode, while Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth will be raking in between $35 and $50,000.
Filed under: TV, Tori Spelling
Posted Aug 12th 2008 6:00AM by TMZ Staff
So you just get the news that a really good friend of yours has died. You walk into a room for privacy. What to do? Grieve? Reflect? No, if you're the star of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing," you get on the horn to score the listing on the dead guy's home.
Josh Flagg, the punk who was just busted for allegedly stealing expensive paintings from the estates he was selling, is one of the show's stars. In the first episode of season two, Josh's pal, legendary Hollywood publicist Jay Bernstein, had just passed away. That's when Josh did what he does best ... operate without soul.
And under the category "takes one to know one" -- during another part of the show, Josh and his pal, Jason "Gummi Bear" Davis, talked about faking their own deaths to see who would show up to the funerals, so they could judge who their "real friends" are.
We're guessing a phone booth could more than handle the guests.
Filed under: Train Wrecks, TV
