Joel McHale was surprised that his Bill Clinton cigar joke wasn”t considered controversial at White House Correspondents” Dinner
“I was very surprised by that,” says McHale. “I thought that of any jokes, the Bill Clinton jokes would be kind of the roughest, but no one is talking about them.” McHale also says New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie “was very cool” with being the target of his jokes. PLUS: McHale”s performance “was a mess.”
E Street Band member named bandleader of “The Meredith Vieira Show”
Everett Bradley will be joined by announcer Jon Harris when Vieira”s show debuts Sept. 8.
“Mad Men” hijacked by metaphors
“The Monolith,” last night”s episode, was “so over-the-top symbolic, it”s practically literal,” as Logan Hills puts it. PLUS: “Mad Men” may have entered the Peggy Olson era, last night”s episode was pretty terrific once it stopped being cute with the symbolism, and last night”s episode vs. the real 1969.
“Silicon Valley” airs Christopher Evan Welch”s final episode
After filming last week”s episode, the actor could no longer film the series due to the cancer that would kill him in December. PLUS: How Pied Piper”s logo measures up.
Moviefone expands to TV listings
AOL has revamped its movie listings site to include television listings because, as the CEO of the company behind the change put it, “the line between television and film content blurs more every day.”
“SNL” alum Chris Kattan reunites with Jimmy Fallon after reuniting with Seth Meyers
Kattan is apparently touring NBC”s late-night shows.
Conan O”Brien”s Team Coco launching a comedy label
Conan”s label”s first release will be comic Ian Edwards' “100% Half Assed.”
“The Simpsons” writers reveal their favorite Lego episode jokes
Producer Matt Selman boasted of having a Lego Advent Calendar joke: “I was like, ‘Is The Lego Movie going to have a Lego Advent calendar joke? I doubt it.”” PLUS: Last night”s episode felt like the old days.
Adult Swim orders the live-action “Dream Corp LLC” from John Krasinski
“The Office” alum will produce a show about a service that lets people confront workplace issues via virtual reality. It stars “Lost” alum Jon Gries.
Hallmark Channel renews “When Calls The Heart”
The series starring Lori Loughlin will return for a 2nd season.
How outdated does the 1st season of “24” look?
In Season 1, Jack Bauer has a floppy disk, a flip phone and CTU has a really old-looking Mac.
Download your own “The Good Wife” coloring book
As seen on “Billy on the Street.”
Check out “New Girl”s” Max Greenfield in a cage on “Hot in Cleveland”
Greenfield guests on this week”s episode.
Which of the 6 “Friends” were the closest?
Slate crunched the numbers in honor of this week”s 10-year finale anniversary, and determined that Ross and Rachel were the closest, followed by Monica and Chandler.
“The O.C.”s” Ryan and Trey Atwood reunite
Ben McKenzie got to meet former co-star Logan Marshall-Green”s new baby over the weekend.
Watch the trailer for DirecTV”s “Rogue”
Season 2 premieres May 28.