Television

Elizabeth Taylor: A Passion For Life is the hardback book I'm giving away this afternoon on Puffman Trivia and the author of the book, Joseph Papa, will be my special guest today at 4:35. Papa's a publicist and writer living in New York City and his book covers the time Elizabeth Taylor appeared in National Velvet at the age of 12 back in 1944 until her death last month.

Following word that Katie Couric is planning to leave her post at 'CBS Evening News' in the near future, the NY Times is now reporting that the 54-year-old anchor may pursue a syndicated talk show with her former 'Today' co-host, Matt Lauer. But don't get too excited: According to the report, the move would be "intensely complicated," as Lauer's contract with 'Today' doesn't expire until

Discussed the Glee show with friends the other night. One friend disconnected their cable network because of it. I use the Tivo and let my daughter watch the songs but not the rest of the show.

She's used to breaking headlines, but today, Katie Couric is making some of her own. According to a report from the AP, Couric is leaving her historic anchor post at 'CBS Evening News' after joining the program less than five years ago, in 2006. Her next move: a syndicated talk show, which is expected to launch in 2012. CouricÕs contract with CBS ends on June 4, though no word on when her official

Elton John put on a show as host of ÔSaturday Night LiveÕ this weekend, marking only his second appearance on the long running sketch comedy show. In his opening monologue, John proclaimed Òthe bitch is backÓ before launching into a series of jokes about his new baby boy, whom John said was born with Òten fingers, ten toes, and $400 million dollars.Ó John also joked about Lady Gaga being his sonÕ

Jimmy Fallon & Betty White...how much fun would playing beer pong with them be?? Check out the video after the jump...

First, he went after Rosie O'Donnell, and now, reality television personality Donald Trump has found himself feuding with another 'View' co-host: Whoopi Goldberg. The fight went down on today's episode, during which Barbara Walters mentioned Trump's recent comments about wanting Barack Obama to show his birth certificate to prove he was actually born in the United States.

The voice of CBS, FOX, and many other TV shows such as Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Deal or No Deal plus SO MUCH MORE(!), Joe Cipriano is my guest today (Monday) afternoon at 4:30 on The Puffman Show. Ed's going to appear on Wheel of Fortune tonight and all next week as he "tries out" to be the next Wheel of Fortune announcer...

I guess we'll find out this afternoon (Tuesday 3/1) when I talk with Jerome Charyn, author of an eloquent new book on Joe DiMaggio. Biographers have painted the private DiMaggio as a cruel, cunning man with little interest in other people, a man obsessed with his own image as the great American hero...

Who was the real Howard Hughes? We'll find out this afternoon at 4:35 when I talk with television producer and director Douglas Wellman. Wellman 's  the Assistant Dean of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California and he's written a book entitled "Boxes-The Secret Life of Howard Hughes"...

Well I guess it would be the "square screen" but none-the-less, our favorite weatherman appears to have his own statewide television program Sunday mornings on KRTV, channel 3 out of Great Falls. I happened upon this television endeavor Sunday morning in the 9 o'clock hour...

This week on "Jeopardy," a supercomputer named Watson is competing against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, the two most storied players in the history of the game show Watson is able to respond in a human voice to Alex Trebek’s answers. And the supercomputer is able to do so quickly enough to often beat the two human "Jeopardy" legends to the buzzer. After the first day of the co