Brad Paisley will be profiled on "CBS Sunday Morning With Charles Osgood" tomorrow, December 11, at 9AM EST. According to Brad's website veteran CBS correspondent Bob Scheiffer joined Brad on tour this year, followed him into the recording studio and joined him for lunch at one of his favorite restaurants "Barbara's Homecookin".
It started even before our Thanksgiving turkey was digested and will continue right through Christmas. I'm talking about the TV Christmas special season which will combine a lot of old favorites with some new additions to help keep us in the Christmas spirit after a long day of battling crowds at the mall. "CMA Country Christmas" this Thursday is just one of the holiday favorites we're looking forward to. Here's the rest of the lineup.
The CBS special "A Home For the Holidays With Martina McBride" will be broadcast December 21 at 8pm Eastern. According to Martina's website the show will feature guests Justin Bieber, Mary J. Blige and Gavin DeGraw among others and promote adoption from foster care.
Two words come to mind when I think of Regis Philbin - entertaining and friendly, and a third word-class, should be mentioned. Today marked the final broadcast of "Live with Regis and Kelly". Kelly will continue on, but Regis, at age 80 is saying goodbye. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "Reeg" has more on-camera air time than any other performer in the history of television.
One of the funniest sitcoms in TV history debuted on this day in 1962 on CBS TV. The Beverly Hillbillies hit the airwaves for the very first time, with veteran actor Buddy Ebsen starring as Jedd Clampett, a hillbilly who struck it rich in oil..."Texas Tea" as the opening song went. The program remained on the air at CBS for nine seasons until 1971.
Reba McEntire has conquered every area of show business she has challenged. One of her greatest successes was her hit TV show "Reba" which ran for 6 seasons on The WB and The CW. Now it appears that she will be returning to the small screen next year. The news broke yesterday on her website.
Even though the Frog Days of Summer are winding down, those of us TV viewers can look forward to the new fall schedule of shows. I remember when I was a kid, I always got excited about the new fall lineup; buying the Fall Preview edition of TV Guide and watching all the network promos for the new shows.
An interesting study out of the University of Maryland shows that when teens have a "media blackout"--meaning no access to phones, TV or Internet--they start to suffer from withdrawal symptoms.
A study out of the State University of New York Albany shows young kids who watch a lot of television kick and scream more.
Zack smokes weed on TV
