Mark Corwin, Emmy Award-winning director of Wheel Of Fortune, died this morning in Los Angeles. He was 65. Corwin directed more than 2,000 episodes of the top-rated game show, and was beloved by staff and crew. “Mark made directing Wheel of Fortune look easy, and it’s no simple task,” Executive Producer Harry Friedman said. “He loved this show and understood that the viewers have a special bond with Wheel, which he never took for granted.” Corwin began his career as a stage manager, then worked his way up to associate director on various NBC network shows, including Hollywood Squares. His other credits include Password Plus, The New High Rollers, Card Sharks and Jeopardy! Photo Credit: Carol Kaelson...
- 7/25/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
When it comes to the greatest cameo performances ever made by a game show host, the argument inevitably comes down to two men: Bob Barker and Alex Trebek. The two TV titans are the Ali-Frazier of their field. The Jeopardy! host set the bar high with his 1990 appearance on Cheers, in which Cliff Clavin lost “22,000 big ones” with the Final Jeopardy answer, “Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?” But Barker rallied in 1996, treating Adam Sandler like a hyper Spca puppy in Happy Gilmore. The price was most definitely right, Bob. (Watch both clips after the jump.
- 11/19/2010
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
They try to avoid injuries every season, but these days the Dancing with the Stars cast is hoping to protect themselves from the flu bug that's hit the ballroom. "I'm living off of [vitamin drink mix] Emergen-c right now," Lacey Schwimmer said after Monday night's performance. "And though I love them, I'm also keeping my distance from Derek [Hough] and Mark [Ballas]." Hough, who got sick and had to drop out of Monday's performance with model Joanna Krupa, said he's not 100 percent recovered but is "feeling and doing a lot better. I was in pretty bad shape last week." "Wednesday I got home around 1 a.m. after rehearsing and choreographing [the Michael Jackson tribute]. By 3 a.m., I was sicker than a dog," Hough told People, adding that he had a 105-degree fever. "My whole bed was drenched because I sweated so much. I had to sleep in the bathtub. I've been sick a thousand times but something was...
- 10/20/2009
- by StyleWatch
- People.com - TV Watch
The fall TV season may only be a few weeks old, but a clear front-runner has emerged in the race for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series: Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" has already been used to genius effect on Glee and Cougar Town, and last night, its irresistible beats ushered in the series premiere of Sherri on Lifetime. Not that the show's titular star, The View's Sherri Shepherd, needed much help turning this semi-autobiographical comedy into something worthy of repeat spins. Indeed, the first-episode punchlines flew faster and more furiously than heated barbs...
- 10/6/2009
- by Michael Slezak
- EW.com - PopWatch
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