A lot of the American readers of Pajiba After Dark are likely looking forward to the three day weekend we've got this week. Of course, the bad news about Memorial Day weekend is that it tends to mark the departure of basically all television shows worth watching. Makes my job easier, but more depressing for the next few months. So I hope everyone enjoys their picnics, pool parties, or day spent lounging around in PJs but while doing so, give a thought to the brave service people whose sacrifices are being honored this weekend. Here's your TV:
8:00 p.m.: "Flash Forward" on ABC. First season finale.
"So You Think You Can Dance" on Fox. It says "Two hour seventh season finale" but I swear they mean "premiere."
8:30 p.m.: "100 Questions" on NBC. Series premiere.
9:00 p.m.: "Hollywood Salutes Matt Damon: An American Cinematheque Tribute" on ABC.
8:00 p.m.: "Flash Forward" on ABC. First season finale.
"So You Think You Can Dance" on Fox. It says "Two hour seventh season finale" but I swear they mean "premiere."
8:30 p.m.: "100 Questions" on NBC. Series premiere.
9:00 p.m.: "Hollywood Salutes Matt Damon: An American Cinematheque Tribute" on ABC.
- 5/27/2010
- by Intern Rusty
In March, Matt Damon was honored with an American Cinematheque Award for his contribution to the "art of the moving picture."
ABC is airing the star-studded gala in a one-hour special called "Hollywood Salutes Matt Damon: An American Cinematheque Tribute" on Thursday, May 27 at 9 p.m.
In an article for The Huffington Post, David Wild, one of the event's writers, describes it as "that perfect combination of a loving tribute and a hilarious roast."
"[The special] begins with sometimes Damon nemesis Jimmy Kimmel discovering the upsetting fact that he is in fact not hosting a tribute to Matt Dillon," writes Wild. "Kimmel then asks this timeless and hilarious question: 'What can you say about Matt Damon that hasn't already been said about Brendan Fraser?'"
That's just the tip of the iceberg, though. "Good Will Hunting" costar Robin Williams, Ben Stiller and Sarah Silverman are likely to deliver more hilarity.
Long-time friend and collaborater Ben Affleck,...
ABC is airing the star-studded gala in a one-hour special called "Hollywood Salutes Matt Damon: An American Cinematheque Tribute" on Thursday, May 27 at 9 p.m.
In an article for The Huffington Post, David Wild, one of the event's writers, describes it as "that perfect combination of a loving tribute and a hilarious roast."
"[The special] begins with sometimes Damon nemesis Jimmy Kimmel discovering the upsetting fact that he is in fact not hosting a tribute to Matt Dillon," writes Wild. "Kimmel then asks this timeless and hilarious question: 'What can you say about Matt Damon that hasn't already been said about Brendan Fraser?'"
That's just the tip of the iceberg, though. "Good Will Hunting" costar Robin Williams, Ben Stiller and Sarah Silverman are likely to deliver more hilarity.
Long-time friend and collaborater Ben Affleck,...
- 5/27/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
I don't usually come here to shamelessly hawk my goods . . . okay maybe I do. Still, I want to take this opportunity to draw your HuffPost attention towards what I believe to be an excellent hour of television airing Thursday night at 9Pm on ABC called Hollywood Salutes Matt Damon: An American Cinematheque Tribute. I've been honored to work as a writer on these American Cinematheque Tributes for years alongside my friend Paul Flattery, one of the show's Executive Producers, as they have increasingly become that perfect combination of a loving tribute and a hilarious roast. This year's show -- airing for the first time on a major network -- is an entertaining salute to Matt Damon, an fine actor, screenwriter, philanthropist and as it turns out, one funny bastard. Hollywood Salutes Matt Damon: An American Cinematheque...
- 5/27/2010
- by David Wild
- Huffington Post
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