Alec Baldwin does not like the paparazzi. Proof: these two amazing photos of him tussling with a Daily News photographer, an interaction he described in a tweet as the photographer almost hitting him in the face with his camera. Hey, maybe! Here's the second one:
Ratings last night were pretty awful all across the board, with nearly every show taking a tumble compared to previous weeks. Included are our headline fighters, $#*! My Dad Says and 30 Rock. $#*! My Dad Says dropped about 15% to 9.78 million viewers. Unfortunately, 30 Rock fell even further, dropping down to 4.92 million viewers, down from 5.69 million last week. It's ugly out there, folks.
Late last week, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner sat down with Jeff Garlin, of Curb Your Enthusiasm fame, at Largo in Los Angeles to discuss Alex Trebek, Conan O'Brien, TV recappers, and the end of Weiner's AMC show. Of the stories that Grantland's Lane Brown relayed along, the one that I found most fascinating was this blurb:
When Weiner was a writer on a network sitcom he refused to name, he had a dispute with one of the show's actors that ended in a bruised ass. Said Garlin: "I know you were kicked in the butt once. [Weiner] was writing on a show, and one of the [...]
A quick update on the epic ratings battle between $#*! My Dad Says and 30 Rock: Shatner dropped 18% to 10.44 million viewers and Liz Lemon held steady at 5.69 million viewers, so there may be hope in the world after all. I mean, $#*! My Dad Says still handily won the time slot, but not by nearly as much. Don't worry, I will keep you updated on this important fight every Friday.
Here's a weird thing: Seth MacFarlane was recently on CNN's show that feature Piers Morgan yelling at people obnoxiously (I assume, based on this clip), and he talked about a bit of bad blood between himself and Jon Stewart. Seth didn't approve of Stewart running a live Daily Show during the writers' strike, so he wrote in a joke at his expense into Family Guy. Stewart didn't like that, so he called him up to air his grievances in a heated phone call that lasted over an hour. Despite MacFarlane claiming that he had never told the story and expressing shock at the investigative abilities of Morgan, [...]
