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Cmt is setting sail with the premiere of Pontoon Payday, the first-ever game show on a boat. A boat? Yes, a boat. And thankfully, most of Pontoon Paydays’ contestants come with personal safety devices in the form of inflated egos, pumped up muscles, or buoyant bosoms, and everyone is protected by a healthy dose of alcohol. In the hot and hilarious new series, unsuspecting lake-goers are plucked from their party boats to compete on the floating game show hosted by comedian Frank Nicotero (Street Smarts). If the buzzed boaters can answer trivia questions correctly, they win quick cash. But if … Continue reading →

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We're back! Melinda and I had a lot to discuss this week, since we got a chance to see "Iron Man 3" a while ago and, now that the embargo is lifted, we can actually talk about it. We also have some strong opinions about Miley Cyrus' new photo spread and "Today." Here's a rundown:   :45 I went to an "America's Got Talent" taping -- but just missed the taping where a comic foolishly (allegedly) stole material from the warm-up guy, Frank Nicotero. We have thoughts, of course.  5:25 As much as we wanted to love "Iron Man 3," it...

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After spending 51 years as a highly successful board game, Hasbro and the Hub television network, formerly known as “Discovery Kids,” have finally figured out how to turn “The Game of Life” into a game show. The family-oriented program will be hosted by comedian Frank Nicotero (Street Smarts, The Sharon Osbourne Show) and it will air alongside another Hasbro property: “Scramble Showdown.”

Many of the key features from the board game have been worked into the show including the car,...

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This needs to be stated matter offactly from the get go. Henry Winkler is the nicest guy in Hollywood. We hadmet him several years ago at a book signing for one of the installments in his Hank Zipzer children’s book series, andwe walked away feeling all warm and fuzzy about The Fonz. So when we got theemail last week about an upcoming conference call interview with the Happy Days icon, we were very excited.Not only did he not disappoint us, we could tell the every single person on thephone was genuinely touched by his kindness of spirit and generosity of time.

He might have been there to promote Royal Pains, which he did with grace,but he touched on a career full of pop culture jewels, gave some heartfeltadvice and even gushed a bit about our home town. He covered so many...

In celebration of its 500 millionth stream, Yahoo! TV's most popular web series Primetime in No Time is tapping web celebrities Michelle Phan, DeStorm Power, and Soleil Moon Frye to guest co-host the show between March 28 and March 30. Primetime in No Time offers a comical three-minute roundup of the previous night’s primetime TV shows. Host comedian Frank Nicotero (former host of comedy game show Street Smarts) will hand over the reins to the guest hosts, who are promoting a contest starting today on the Yahoo! Facebook page in which fans can enter to win a trip to Los Angeles to watch the special episodes being made. Phan, the make-up and beauty guru whose YouTube channel has racked up 1.2 million subscribers with over 333 million video views, is the #1 most subscribed female on YouTube. Singer, songwriter, and video editor DeStorm Power is another YouTube powerhouse whose music has been featured in national commercial spots for major brands.

Frank Nicotero, more commonly known as "the Yahoo! guy," is the host of the site's daily Internet show Primetime in No Time or PiNT for short. Any day now, the series will reach a big web milestone — half a billion streams, making it the most popular daily show on the Internet.

To celebrate Yahoo! is bringing in three guest co-hosts to work with Frank — Soleil Moon Frye, Michelle Phan and DeStorm Power, who all have pretty strong web followings of their own. And Yahoo! is holding a contest for fans giving one lucky winner a trip to La to see their favorite co-host tape an episode of PiNT. Check out Yahoo!'s Facebook page for details.

It seems like Frank deserves a little break. In a recent exclusive phone interview he told us that in the last three years, he has taped 744 episodes of the web series... and counting. And...

                  

 "Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the pastry box"

How many of you out there have seen Charles Band's and his Full Moon Feature's Gingerdead Man starring Gary Busey? Well if you haven't you need to so you can watch Gingerdead Man 2 :The Passion of the Crust and the upcoming Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver. Right now let's focus on the Passion of the Crust which is the  evident sequel to Gingerdead Man.

Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust is as much fun as you could expect from a Full Moon movie. Watching each victim (this time on a movie set) get stalked down and killed by this killer cookie is just laughable yet still enjoyable to the point it just draws you in.  The effects are what you would expect but to me that makes it more enjoyable and cheesy...

With their hugely popular series Primetime in No Time, Yahoo! offers a daily recap of everything you missed last night on TV. Hosted by comedian Frank Nicotero entire evenings of sitcoms, dramas, and reality shows are distilled into a fast paced laugh fest. Frank pokes fun at our favorite shows and the ones that make us cringe. The Yahoo! audience eats it up. Last month Primetime in No Time flew past 208 million views mark. With the racapping phenomenon of cable shows like The Soup, The Dish, and Best Week Ever and the web series like This Week in YouTube, Primetime in No Time offers a pop culture crash course in quick episodes. Catching up the most outrageous things that happened on TV can often be more fun that watching the shows themselves. Thankfully we have Frank and the staff at Yahoo! to do it for us.