MADtv

It hardly seems possible that Michael McDonald - the longest-running cast member of FOX's MADtv and the undeniable anchor of that show until he left last year - began his professional life as something as unfunny as a loan officer.

In this weeklong series hosted by Michael Buffer, celebrities consider such age-old philosophical quandaries as ''Who's More Bootylicious? J. Lo vs. Beyoncé,'' ''Best Invention for a Man: Rogaine vs. Viagra,'' and ''Who's Got More Cooties? Amy Winehouse or Pete Doherty." Tough call.

 CA He's also a founding member of the comedy trio “Stella,” was a writer on “MADtv,” and is the creator of the television series “Wainy Days.” A sample tweet: @misterwallace - London-based writer Danny Wallace wrote the book that became the 2008 Jim ...

By Jason the TVaholic In late night, FOX has the series finales of MADtv and Talkshow With Spike Feresten and NBC has the season finale of Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live (E!): Repeat. Paris Hilton hosted with musical guest Keane. Plays again later.

Originally debuting in 1995 when the primetime sketch comedy world had already expanded with shows like In Living Color, MADtv took the offbeat humor within the pages of the long popular MAD Magazine and gave it a comedic face on television. ...

The MADtv cast, clockwise from bottom: Bobby Lee, Arden Myrin, Johnny Sanchez, Lauren Pritchard, Keegan-Michael Key, Nicole Parker, Eric Price, Erica Ash, Matt Braunger, Crista Flanagan. By Jim McFarlin When it exploded on the scene, nobody gave it a ...

 Canada He spent 8 seasons as a core member of the Improvisational troupe Die-Nasty, the improvised soap opera and 3 seasons in the cast of Fox's MADTV. But don't let his baby-face fool you, he'sa menace! Naomi Snieckus - Naomi Snieckus is one of the most ...

 New York MADtv's Arden Myrin stopped by to talk about the popular sketch comedy show and its upcoming series finale on May 16. Now in its 14th season, MADtv has, over the year proven to be an audience favorite with its unrivalled pop-culture parodies and ...

After 14 seasons, the sketch show's last episode ever will be full of glory-day clips and return visits from such alums as Alex Borstein, Will Sasso, Mo Collins, and Artie Lange. And with that, the show will enter the ''Wait, that show was still on?'' hall of fame. —Josh Wolk

By Jason the TVaholic News & Notes Tonight, CBS has Harper’s Island on its new night and FOX has NASCAR racing in primetime. Over on cable, Hallmark Channel has the TV movie premiere of Lving Out Loud and WE has the second season finale of The Locator. In late night, Comedy Central has a Willie Barcena: Deal Wit...

 VA - Mike Holtzclaw, Mike Holtzclaw Spears, who starred on Fox's sketch comedy show "MADtv," will perform at the club on May 8. The 10 pm show is sold out, but tickets remain for the 8 pm show. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by phone at 518-2929 or online at ...

By Jason the TVaholic Bravo has 12 episodes of America’s Next Top Model. Discovery Channel has five episodes of Rampage!. Disney Channel has 13 episodes of Phineas and Ferb. Oxygen has 10 episodes of Snapped. Travel Channel has six episodes of Dhani Tackles the Globe. USA has six episodes of NCIS tonight.

By Jason the TVaholic Sports Notes CBS has third round coverage of The Masters golf tournament.ESPN has NASCAR racing with the Nationwide Series: Pepsi 300.FOX has MLB action with FOX Saturday Baseball.NBA TV has the Detroit Pistons at the Indiana Pacers. Late Night MADtv (FOX): New. Sketches include Bobby Lee p...

By Jason the TVaholic BET has 28 episodes of The Game. Bravo has eight episodes of America’s Next Top Model. Discovery Channel has seven episodes of Dirty Jobs tonight. Spike has 13 episodes of The Ultimate Fighter. truTV has 12 episodes of Forensic Files. USA has 14 episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

By Jason the TVaholic Sports Notes ABC has NASCAR racing with the Nationwide Series: Scotts Turf Builder 300.CBS has NCAA Basketball Championship tournament games.ESPN has World Baseball Classic action.ESPN2 has Women’s NCAA Basketball Championship games.NBA TV has the Boston Celtics at the Memphis Grizz...

 NY COM - Fox's "MADtv" has been a source of Saturday night comedy for many years. But all good things must come to an end, so the cast and crew get ready to say goodbye after 14 seasons on the air. Watch the report from Fox's Anita Vogel (video, left). ...

By Jason the TVaholic BET has 18 episodes of One on One. Bravo has 13 episodes of Ameirca’s Next Top Model. truTV has seven episodes of World’s Wildest Police Chases today followed by 12 episodes of Speeders tonight. USA has six episodes of Burn Notice from this winter season followed by eight episodes of NCIS.

 CA - Compared to many sketch shows, (like SNL or MADtv, which can sometimes drag a one-joke sketch into a five-minute waste of time), Robot Chicken's ...

 CT - So, OK, MADtv. You were in the original cast, what were your expectations going into that show? Nicole: I didn't have an expectation to speak of, ...

By rss@youtube.com (rlprivera19) MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licenses the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise has no connection with the humor magazine outside of animated Spy vs. Spy cartoon shorts that aired during the late-'90s. It was first broadcast on October 14, 1995. The one-hour show air...

CHRISTMAS WRAP: Connie Chung interviews Barack Obama on MADtv’s main stage. ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH: The white employees of Abercrombie and Fitch are confronted by the black employees. THE REINFATHER: An animated parody of The Godfather featuring Rudolph. TICKLE ME EMO: A commercial fea...

  Canada - Nov 29, 2008 With late-night's MADtv playing out the string before it, too, leaves the air for good and Saturday Night Live in reruns--tonight's SNL is a repeat of the ...

MADtv alumni Ron Pederson is sad. After 14 years, Fox is canceling the sketch-comedy show at the end of this season. Pederson, an Edmonton native and master of improv, was a cast member for three years — playing characters such as ...

The Meow Mix Think Like a Cat Game Show: Chuck Woolery hosts this one-shot game show with a pretty self-explanatory title. Mesquite's Alma Coronado and her cat, Abbey, are among the contestants. 8:30 p.m., GSN Saturday Night Live: Paul Rudd is the guest host of the first new SNL since the presi...

By evankessler The typical MADtv episode was marked, we figure, by the penchant for overcomedifying every one of it’s sketches to the point of unfunniness, and a mediocre cast hell bent on repeating the same lame characters week after week.  Unlike it’s chief competitor Saturday Night Live, the show’s...

 NY - Nov 13, 2008 Nonetheless, the show has had legions of fans, and I wonder whether Matthew Weiner is/was one; after all, he cast longtime "MADtv" castmember Crista ...

By editorial@zap2it.com We thank everyone at FOX for believing in 'MADtv' for an unprecedented 326 episodes, and particularly applaud the artistry and passion of the most gifted cast, writers and production team anywhere. We hope that the great interest in ...

SNL may do better political sketches, but MAD TV's pop-culture and Movie/TV spoofs are much much better... I really hope another network but not one of the big 4, picks up MAD TV. I will really miss MADTV, it was so overshadowed by SNL. ...

By Jaime Weinman It’s so easy to trash MadTV, Fox’s cynical attempt to pull off a complex, multi-layered ripoff troika: it’s Saturday Night Live meets In Living Color meets Mad Magazine. And since many of the writers were from SCTV, you could even call ...

By Jason the TVaholic BET has 11 episodes of Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is. Disney Channel has 16 episodes of Hannah Montana. MTV2 has 18 episodes of Run’s House. Oxygen has five episodes of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Spike has three James Bond movies. TNT has seven episodes of Law & Order.

PR-inside.com) - StreamSend, a leading email marketing solutions provider, today announced its role in helping client MADtv create specialized communications with its fans. The fast-paced, Emmy award winning comedy series has proven to be an audience favorite for fourteen seasons w...

By Tom Lewis You might know Frank Caliendo from his tenure on Fox's "MADtv", you might know him from his show "Frank TV" which returns to TV with a full season starting on October 21st on TBS, and you definitely should know him from FOX NFL Sunday where he's been appearing since 2001. Frank Caliendo is bri...

MADtv: Nicole Parker debuts her impression of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, which is a leeetle behind the curve, considering all the attention Tina Fey has been getting for her impression of Palin on rival Saturday Night Live. 10 p.m., KDFW/Channel 4

In this spell of political humor, Fox's “MADtv” (11 p.m. Saturdays) has launched its new season with inspired sketches and hip writing, whipping NBC's stale and stolid “Saturday Night Live” (11:30 p.m. Saturdays).

By Cameron Archer Two years ago, I reviewed MADtv and Talkshow with Spike Feresten for Blogcritics. I decided to revisit the two shows as they are still on the air for some reason.I'm amazed MADtv is still on the air. I used to like the show back in 1995, but almost all connections to what MADtv originally was are g...

By Jason the TVaholic A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to talk with Spike Feresten of Talkshow With Spike Feresten and former producer/writer on Seinfeld. He will be back for a third season beginning tomorrow, Saturday, September 13th, in late night, following the 14th season premiere of MADtv on FO...

 - Audrina is getting geared up to try her hand at the comedy genre, as she’ll be appearing on an upcoming episode of the FOX sketch comedy show MADtv. ...

 TX - MADtv: How irreverent is the irreverent sketch comedy staying as it begins its 14th season? Well, one of the scheduled bits is So You Think You Can Dance: ...

Las Vegas Review - Journal DOUG ELFMAN: O'Hurley savors being the king Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV - Jul 15, 2008 Many cast members plan to return to New York. Erica Ash, who played the Lady of the Lake, has signed up for Fox's "MADtv," as noted by TV critic Chris ...

The big stuff tonight comes after prime time, as MADtv, Saturday Night Live and Talkshow With Spike Feresten all air their season finales. Saturday Night Live: The Office's Steve Carell makes a return to the guest-host slot in the season finale, featuring Usher as the musical guest. 10:30...

By Jason the TVaholic Free Subscriber Download: Printable Spring 2008 TV Schedule v1.05 (PDF) - Updated as of 4.20.2008 - NBC has 30 Rock and Scrubs switching timeslots on Thursdays and Best of Saturday Night Live reruns taking over on Tuesdays. News & Notes On cable tonight, BBC America has the second season...

MADtv's Ike Barinholtz plays a round of golf in sweltering heat. Michael McDonald and Keegan-Michael Key call the game, and Bobby Lee appears as the Devil.

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It's Springertime as MADtv opens its new season Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - MADtv is at its best in its parodies, and so it's only natural, too, that Springer hosts a parody of Fox-style reality shows in a sketch called MADtv Ruined ...

By Jason the TVaholic Tonight is the season premieres of MADtv and Talkshow With Spike Feresten on FOX. Prime Pick Saturday Night College Football (ABC): USC (1) at Nebraska (14). Broadcast starts at 8:00 p.m. ET and is scheduled for 3½ hours. Solid Selections

A parody of the Michael Jackson song, "Black or White". Featuring Phil Lamarr. From MADtv.

By mrbrown Part 1 to 4 of the funniest soap opera parody I've seen so far, by the crazy guys at MADtv, starring Bobby Lee, Sung Kang, and Cathy Shim. This is Part 1: (Youtube text link) Part 2: (Youtube text link)... Part 1 to 4 of the funniest soap opera parody I've seen so far, by the crazy guys at MADtv, starri...

Students and alum of the Second City Training Center can call 312-475-3564 to make reservations for a MADtv panel event tomorrow night, April 27, from 5-6 PM at 1608 North Wells. "Meet and hear from cast members of FOX's hit sketch comedy show MADtv at this free event for students and alumni...

By Richard Keller Michael McDonald portrays House in this skit. Even though he really didn't get the character's voice down he has all of the mannerisms that Hugh Laurie portrays on the actual show. This is the second MADtv skit where I've seen McDonald really nail the character he's playing. The first one was...

By Adam Finley Popular YouTube star Lisa Nova, real name Lisa Donovan, will be joining the cast of MADtv on Saturday, February 17. Donovan originally auditioned for MADtv upon moving to Los Angeles, but didn't make the cut. ...