Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran puts the bite on Mr. Media Radio

"Shark Tank" panelists Barbara Corcoran and Robert Herjavec, image by Getty Images via Daylife

By BOB ANDELMAN

“Shark Tank” star Barbara Corcoran has a sense of humor. She must: an incredibly successful real estate mogul, she’s the author of three books, including my favorite title, If You Don’t Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons on Your Pigtails.

Yikes!

On her ABC show, which airs its second season finale this Friday, February 5 at 9 p.m., Barbara is on a panel of experts assessing potential business investments. There are some great ideas; and there are some horrible ideas.

Barbara is the only woman on the panel and presents some of the best “Are you out of your mind?” facial expressions to the deer-in-the-headlights, wannabee capitalists.

But she’s also invested in a few good ideas along the way.

(Website: Shark Tank)

AUDIO EXCERPT: "Think of the opportunity and the sheer entertainment value of 'Shark Tank'! We're working 11-hour days, listening to pitch after pitch and we're never bored. It is so fascinating! And then you go home with new business partners. Who would say no to something like that?" 

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Super-Manny Mike Ruggles fills in for Supernanny: Mr. Media Radio Interview

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By BOB ANDELMAN

As a middle school girls soccer coach, I enjoy working with kids and their parents, But not, I suspect, enough to want to be Jo Frost, the star of the ABC TV series “Supernanny.” And while it would be tempting to be called “Super-Manny,” the title that falls to her associate Mike Ruggles, I don’t think I’d want to be him, either.

That doesn’t mean it won’t be fun to watch on Friday, January 29 @ 8 p.m. when Ruggles takes over the show for an episode of parenting, “Wally World” style.

In this very special episode of “Supernanny” titled “Super-Manny Special: Griswold Family,” Ruggles might meet just his match in a family of real-life Griswolds. That’s right, the Griswolds—just like in my favorite holiday movie, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

AUDIO EXCERPT: "When they brought me in, they thought it might be good angle to work with Dad. They were centered on Dad, but it turned out the whole family needed work." 

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Chris Gorham, actor, UGLY BETTY, COVERT AFFAIRS: Mr Media Radio Interview

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By BOB ANDELMAN

If you’ve ever watched ABC’s romantic dramedy “Ugly Betty,” you know that Betty’s boyfriend Henry will always be the one who got away.

And came back.

And got away again.

The actor who plays “Henry” is Chris Gorham, a busy young man who is a husband, a father, and host of “ACME Saturday Night” this Saturday, January 30. You can watch the online comedy TV show streaming live online @ http://www.acmecomedy.com at 10 pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific.

(Moments before this interview began, Variety announced that "Ugly Betty" would wrap up the series in its remaining episodes, so that's where the conversation begins...)


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AUDIO EXCERPT: "I feel bad for everyone on the show. Silvio Horta wanted to tell the story in five years... at least the audience will get a proper ending. But I feel bad for my friends at 'Ugly Betty.'" 

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Elisabeth Leamy, consumer reporter, ABC's GOOD MORNING AMERICA: Mr. Media Radio Interview

By BOB ANDELMAN

The last two years have been horribly stressful on the wallets and pocketbooks of Americans, rich and poor. There have been days when most of us felt we were in a financial hole from which we’d never climb out.

To be sure, there are still plenty of challenges ahead and many of our friends, family and neighbors are unemployed, struggling to make ends meet.

There are two sure things we can do in situations like these: 1) Take any job that provides at least some income to pay the bills; and 2) Cut back on expenses.

This is where “Good Morning America” consumer reporter Elisabeth Leamy can help. In addition to her regular reports on the ABC morning show, Elisabeth just published a new book called Save Big! It’s packed with an array of clever ideas to save a lot of money in this time of need.

(Elisabeth Leamy's website)

AUDIO EXCERPT: "Don't take another 30-year mortgage. Use the savings you get from the lower interest rate and roll those savings into a shorter mortgage. Your payment, often, is not any higher, but you're paying more aggressively and savings tens of thousands of dollars." 

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MORE MR. MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH NATIONAL JOURNALISTS

• Miles O’Brien (CNN American Mornings)
• Lane DeGregory (2009 Pulitzer Prize winner for Feature Writing, St. Petersburg Times)
• Chris Hansen (Dateline NBC, April 2009)
• Chris Hansen (Dateline NBC, March 2009)
• Paul Gillin (blogger, NewspaperDeathWatch.com)
• Rene Syler (co-host, CBS “Early Show”; author, “Good Enough Mother)
• Karen Dunlap (president, Poynter Institute)
• Clay Bennett (Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist)
• Laurel Touby (Mediabistro.com founder, socializer-in-chief)
• Marlise Kast (Tabloid Prodigy, Globe magazine)
• Jeff Kreisler (My Wall Street Journal; Indecision 2008)
• Bill Adair (Politifact.com; St. Petersburg Times)
• Alberto Ibargüen (Knight Foundation)
• Sree Sreenivasan (Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; WNBC-TV)
• Eric Deggans (St. Petersburg Times The Feed blog)
• Eric Deggans and Aaron Barnhart (St. Petersburg Times/The Feed, Kansas City Star/TVBarn.com)
• Howard Finberg (NewsU)
• Dave Jones (The New York Times)
• Pete Hamill (New York Daily News, The Drinking Life)
• Chuck Shepherd (News of the Weird)

Ashanti, singer, EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION guest: Mr. Media Radio Interview

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By BOB ANDELMAN

Here are two pop culture references I never thought I’d make in the same sentence: ABC-TV’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and Grammy Award winner Ashanti.

But this Sunday, the delicate, carefully crafted singer will be a special guest star alongside the sometimes shrill Ty Pennington as “Extreme Makeover.”

Sounds crazy, right?

What’s a beautiful girl like her doing on a construction site with the likes of him? Good question! Let’s find out.

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AUDIO EXCERPT: "Delores Powell has such a power about her, a strength. For me to be able to do something positive for her, it was a blessing... Who can sit back and watch without doing anything?"

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Ana Ortiz, Tony Plana, UGLY BETTY ABC TV stars: Mr. Media Radio Interview

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By BOB ANDELMAN

The big news is that ABC’s sexy, fashion-funny romcom “Ugly Betty” is moving to Wednesday nights at 10 p.m.

And while I understand that surviving a Friday night timeslot on network TV is like getting a stay of execution from the governor, in the digital age, I have to wonder if timeslots matter at all. Or is my family the only one recording “Betty” on a DVR and watching it at our convenience instead of the network’s?

Of course not.

Anyway, to celebrate the new time slot, I’m being joined by Betty’s older sister, Hilda, played by the red-hot chica, Ana Ortiz, and Betty’s distinguished and wise Papi, played by Tony Plana.

AUDIO EXCERPT: "Oh, my gosh! The show comes from a novella in Colombia. When it ended, the had the character of Betty get together with the Daniel Meade character. The country when bananas and was furious about it. The said Betty would never fall in love with this guy! Betty is going to evolve, but not into Cinderella." 

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Ali Landry, David Charvet, THE SUPERSTARS celebrity contestants: Mr. Media Radio Interview

My best friend Bruce Kessler and I would be glued to ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” during the 1970s when it aired its ‘Superstars” competitions, pitting athletes and celebrities against one another in sports which no one had a natural advantage or, usually, much experience.

Now ABC has once more brought back that old chestnut in a new primetime seasons of “The Superstars,” airs on Tuesday through July at 8 p.m. on ABC. This time around, we get male/female, celebrity/athlete teams including Terrell Owens and Joanna Krupa, Robert Horry and Estella Warren, Lisa Leslie and Dan Cortese, Brandi Chastain and Julio Iglesias Jr. and others.

Joining me today are two superstars who are not teamed together, Baywatch and Melrose Place star David Charvet and actress and former Miss USA Ali Landry.

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LISTEN! Brandi Chastain on Mr. Media Radio!

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Harold Perrineau, THE UNUSUALS, LOST ABC-TV star: Mr. Media Audio Interview

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Defining the prototypical acting role for Harold Perrineau is difficult if not damn near impossible.

Was it Augustus Hill, the philosophical, always cool, wheelchair-bound inmate in HBO’s violent, often gross-out prison drama “Oz”?

Maybe it was the hapless Michael Dawson on “Lost,” who came and went from the show and storyline with such dizzying plot twists that it seemed like the writers didn’t know what to do with him.

Or perhaps it will be his latest character, Detective Leo Banks, on ABC’s new drama, “The Unusuals.”

You can LISTEN to this interview with actor HAROLD PERRINEAU, star of the ABC-TV dramas "LOST" and "THE UNUSUALS," by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player above!

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Donal Logue, LIFE actor: Mr. Media Interview

Donal Logue via WikipediaDonal Logue joins the cast of the NBC drama series “Life” this fall. He plays the character of Capt. Kevin Tidwell.

My guess is that many of you know Donal than may know “Life.” He starred ina traditional sitcom on Fox, “Grounded For Life” and a non-traditional sitcom, “The Knights of Prosperity,” on ABC.

My guess is that NBC is counting on Donal to add a new dimension of familiarity to “Life,” which built a rabid, if small, fan base in its first season and hopes to improve upon it this year. It airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m.

You can LISTEN to this interview with DONAL LOGUE star of "LIFE" by clicking the BlogTalkRadio.com audio player below!

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Freshly eliminated from ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," Rocco DiSpirito ("The Restaurant") was in good spirits this past weekend at the NYC Food & Wine Festival on Saturday. Not without talent, Dispirito showed off his moves, twirling and dipping the Evian models. (Photo by Soul Brother)




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