The Arsenio Hall Show News

Almost every late-night host desperately tries to emulate Johnny Carson, so it's a relief to see two newcomers -- Wanda Sykes and George Lopez -- take their cues from other sources.

I count myself extremely fortunate to have been writing about television, and working in Los Angeles for long stretches, during the late '80s. I got wind that comedian Arsenio Hall was grooming his own syndicated late-night series, and since no other folks of color were hosting anything close to that back then, I wangled a one-on-one interview with ...

I f George Lopez is late-night's savior, we can all think about hitting the sack earlier.

As experts plot and plan late-night shows, something may be overlooked: These things should be fun, shouldn't they? And maybe a bit spontaneous? George Lopez expects his new show to be like that, anyway.

Anyone who has watched TBS recently no doubt has seen the commercial with President Obama telling Lopez that his show is "change I can believe in." "He was really funny because he played it really dry," Lopez said in a recent telephone interview from Los Angeles.

Wanda Sykes and George Lopez are both getting their own talk shows in the next week.

George Lopez 's new U.S. late-night talk show, which is to start airing Nov. 9, will have a party atmosphere, TBS said.

Back in 1991 former Go-Go Belinda Carlisle announced that she was pregnant on the Arsenio Hall Show The following April Carlisle gave birth to James "Duke" Mason .

Until now, the answer to the question, "What do Melissa Joan Hart of Sabrina The Teenage Witch and former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay have in common?" was probably "Not much." But now, they are both set to appear on the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars .

Alex Wolff tosses drum sticks to fans at the unveiling of a new playground at Fannie C. Williams Elementary School in New Orleans East in May 2008.

A couple of weeks ago, I listed my choices for the worst TV series of all time. That set off a hue and cry among readers.

From staff writer Will Ayers: Long before Bill Clinton honked his saxophone on The Arsenio Hall Show, Tennessee Sen.

Keno for Monday, May 25: The unofficial winning numbers were: 1, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 26, 31, 33, 38, 40, 43, 53, 57, 60, 68 and 69.

'Celebrity; The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown.' 'Notoriety; The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; - commonly used in an unfavorable sense;' - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary I define the words because apparently, some of us don't understand the difference.