{"id":18480,"date":"2012-07-24T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T02:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/?p=18480"},"modified":"2012-07-25T02:17:11","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T02:17:11","slug":"craig-ferguson-medley-colorado-lynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-medley-colorado-lynn\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"Craig Tweets on Critics<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nWith the Television Critics Association meeting in Los Angeles this week, Craig Ferguson<\/strong> couldn’t resist a tweet about them:

All the television critics in LA for a big convention except Tom Shales of the Washington Post. #<\/s>creepyshutin<\/strong><\/a> #<\/s>tca<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\nHowever, he was corrected soon afterward and replied:

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Hank Stuever<\/p><\/div>

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153@<\/s>hankstuever<\/strong><\/a>: I’m here & I’m the WaPo’s TV critic since ’09 ” Oops. My apologies Hank. #<\/s>you<\/strong><\/a>‘recreepytoothough #<\/s>tca<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

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Tom Shales<\/p><\/div>Hank Stuever<\/strong> has indeed been the Post’s day-to-day TV critic in recent years, after Tom Shales<\/strong> was promoted to a position as a “style” columnist, covering not only the big events of television but the nation’s culture in general.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The Pulitzer Prize-winning Shales has a reputation for being irritable, irascible and downright cranky, once calling the field of late night shows the “cereal aisle” of television, “overpopulated” with too many similar choices.\u00c2\u00a0 For example, he has said he thinks Craig would be the wrong choice to replace David Letterman<\/strong> when Letterman retires:\r\n\r\n“Ferguson certainly has a constituency but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s broad enough \u00e2\u20ac\u201c OR YOUNG ENOUGH \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to keep a network happy at 11:35 p.m., When you consider that even Leno attracts too old audience, Ferguson would be a self-defeating choice.”<\/em>\r\n\r\nHowever, he has been generally positive about Craig in the past eight years, saying things like:\r\n\r\n“Ferguson comes closest of the late-night troops to doing a talk show of the loftiest sort: a genuine televised conversation, not just a string of pat questions, wisecracks by the host and canned comments that guests have already supplied to producers during pre-interviews.”<\/em>\r\n\r\nWe’re keeping an eye on the TCA events and will post updates if anything exciting happens.\r\n\r\nComedian Needs Help<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\nCraig also retweeted a request for help for comedian Caleb Medley, who was badly wounded in the Colorado shootings and whose wife just gave birth to a son.\r\n\r\n

Please help comedian Caleb Medley, seriously injured in Aurora massacre. His wife gave birth today. http:\/\/calebmedley.com\/help<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\nMore Praise for Friday<\/strong><\/span>\r\nDenver’s Westword Magazine<\/a> complimented Craig’s decision to edit the show on Friday, contrasting it to the reactions of Jay Leno<\/strong> and Jimmy Fallon<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nKeeping It In the Family<\/strong><\/span>\r\nOn the anniversary of September 11th a few years ago, Craig decided not to have the usual guests and comedy bits but chose instead to invite his sister, writer and comedienne Lynn Ferguson as a guest. The brother-sister duo kept things funny in this two-part interview:\r\n\r\nVideo courtesy: rock3rgyrl<\/span>\r\n<\/object>\r\n\r\n<\/object>\r\n\r\nTonight’s Guests<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nMonday on the Late Late Show, Craig welcomes actor George Hamilton<\/strong> and actress Julie Gonzalo<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Earlier on Monday, Craig tweeted:

George Hamilton on the show tonight. Always a tricky one for the lighting guy. He’s the same color as my desk. #<\/s>tan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\nOn Tuesday, Craig’s guests are actress Minnie Driver<\/strong> and comedian Colin Mochrie<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nGuest Update<\/strong><\/span>

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Craig and Malin<\/p><\/div>

More guests have been added to the confirmed schedule through August 3rd, including Selma Blair<\/strong>, Adam Savage<\/strong>, Rashida Jones<\/strong>, Julie Delpy<\/strong>, Edward Norton<\/strong> and Malin \u00c3\u2026kerman<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Originally scheduled to appear this Wednesday, comedian Brian Scolaro<\/strong>‘s stand-up set was used to help fill time in last Friday’s show when the monologue was dropped due to events in Colorado.\u00c2\u00a0 We are being told that a new guest will be added to Wednesday’s show along with the already scheduled Matthew\u00c2\u00a0McConaughey<\/strong> and we will update the listings as soon as that guest is confirmed.\u00c2\u00a0 In another change, actress Joanne Froggatt<\/strong> and singer Joss Stone<\/strong> had been scheduled to appear this Friday along with actor Vince Vaughn<\/strong> but the most current schedule shows Vaughn as the lone guest.\u00c2\u00a0 Froggatt and Stone will be re-scheduled for a future date.\u00c2\u00a0 As always, you can see the latest listings on our Guests<\/a> page.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Craig tweets about critics, a comedian needs help, a Denver magazine praises CF, Craig talks with his sister, plus a guest update.<\/p>\n

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