One of the first sitcoms I latched onto as a kid was “Night Court.” Yes, there was a lot of broad, bawdy humor that was probably not age-appropriate when I first discovered the NBC show in syndication on Fox, but I wasn’t the only one laughing hardest at the debaucherous Dan Fielding, played by brilliant [...]

Get your mind out of the gutter. If you saw the end of last night’s premiere episode of “Chuck” you know exactly what I’m talking about.

Not that the beginning was anything short of dramatic, either. “Before you do anything rash, I think you should know that I have the cipher,” sputters Chuck as he’s dangled [...]

Although you may have watched the outstanding premiere of the NBC spy dramedy “Chuck” online legally in the past week, it makes its premiere on traditional TV (remember that?) tonight at 8 p.m. EST.

Knowing I’d get one or maaaybe two questions to ask “Chuck” stars Zachary Levi (Chuck, pictured right) and Joshua Gomez (Morgan, left) during Thursday’s NBC conference call, I wanted to keep the subject light and veer from the typical reporter fare.

Yes, they’re thrilled to be picked up for a full sophomore season. Yes, guest stars [...]

I’ll admit it: I’m double-posting here and on Suburbarazzi. It’s big news.

Yes, Barack Obama, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell are rumored to return to 30 Rock to appear on tonight’s premiere of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by Olympic behemoth Michael Phelps. But let’s not forget about Eastchester native Bobby Moynihan, either.

Those familiar with “SNL” know [...]

Kara DioGuardi’s singing career never really took on Kelly Clarkson proportions, but she knew at an age younger than all “American Idol” contestants what it’s like to sing in front of huge crowds with a celebrity in the audience.

DioGuardi’s father, a former Republican Congressman who now lives in Ossining, told me that when Kara was [...]

From the camera’s perspective, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell have sat from left-to-right for most of the first seven seasons of “American Idol.”

So where did Kara DioGuardi sit in New York City when she joined the panel for her very first set of “Idol” auditions subjected to judges for Season 8?

Hint: It’s not [...]

… we’d better start preparing for another hanging chad fiasco and days of waiting.

Depending on your source, either John McCain’s speech eked out Barack Obama’s for the TV ratings crown (Reuters) or both were deadlocked with 42.4 million viewers (Associated Press).

One ratings outcome does look clearer: both of those news outlets reported that more people [...]

Remote Access voters love their TV, but that adoration doesn’t necessarily extend to many shows on the new fall slate.

Asked “How many new TV series will you watch at least one episode of this fall?”, the answer that got the most responses was “1 or 2,” with seven tallies.

This was my vote, for what it’s [...]

I’m on vacation through Tuesday, but all this exciting “Chuck” news was just too good not to post in the meantime.

First, and most important, NBC announced Thursday that “Chuck” will be picked up for a full second season! (Thanks to fellow Accessory Brian Howard for the tip.) Here’s what Teri Weinberg, an executive veep for [...]

Even if you don’t like her booming, boisterous voice, it’s hard not to root for Jennifer Hudson, who could be considered the most successful “American Idol” alum not to compete in its season finale. (Although one could make a case for Chris Daughtry as well.)

Hudson will be singing the national anthem tonight at the Democratic [...]

It didn’t take long for new “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi to dive into the experience.

Just a day after Fox announced her as the fourth “Idol” judge, the New Rochelle native joined Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul for some New York City auditions yesterday and posed for pictures for the first time in [...]

Wow, dawg!

Award-winning songwriter and producer Kara DioGuardi, who spent her childhood in Westchester, has just been tabbed as an unprecedented fourth judge on “American Idol.”

It’ll be interesting to see how DioGuardi, 37, changes the dynamic of the judges’ table, which in other countries already features a four-judge “Idol” format. At the very least, her experience [...]

OK, so it wasn’t a popular poll, votes-wise —44 tallies total—but I’m not going to hold that against those who voted, so here we go.

NBC might not be the ratings champ it used to be, but it finished first among Remote Access poll voters, with nearly 1 in 3 choosing it over all other networks [...]

There are some people you meet and you just know they’re going to be famous someday.

So when Eastchester’s Bobby Moynihan told me recently that he would be joining the cast of “Saturday Night Live” this fall, I wasn’t really surprised. After all, I’ve known him for almost 20 years and he’s always been the funniest [...]

There are many things to like about NBC’s “Chuck,” and near the top of that list is Yvonne Strahovski.

The actress known in fan circles as “Strahotski” plays Sarah Walker, who is as triumphant as an FBI agent as she is pathetic expressing her romantic feelings. On a dramedy with no shortage of eye candy, the [...]

Chicken, egg. Egg, chicken.

I’m not sure which came first: the i09.com rough-cut of the “Chuck” segment from NBC’s fall preview special, or the decision to post the finished product on NBC.com. But if you’re like me, you saw the rough stuff first.

No matter. Here’s the official version of the two-minute recap of “Chuck” Season 2.0, [...]

It’s generally not a good idea to mock an audience unless you’re a talented stand-up comedian (which I am not), but I have to give the vast majority of Remote Access readers a gentle ribbing for not voting in this blog’s latest poll.

Seriously, other than the 22 of you to vote so far, do you [...]

Earlier this week, I wrote about “Chuck” star Zachary Levi hosting NBC’s upcoming prime-time preview special. For the special, which is supposed to be broadcast on network and Internet affiliates starting Aug. 30, he’s showing off some of the network’s new shows and teasing returning series.

With a little snooping around, I was able to track [...]

In keeping with the episode title format of NBC’s “Chuck,” call this scenario “Chuck vs. the Other Networks.”

Zachary Levi, who deftly plays the dramedy’s charmingly nerdy title character, will be hosting NBC’s prime-time preview special across the network’s broadcast and online platforms from Aug. 30 to Sept. 28. And in this blogger’s humble opinion, there [...]