bluesix

Now that I've given up on Rachel Ray I freed up a slot on my DVR so I've been checking out the Megan Mullally show and found it to be surpisingly good!

I guess I underestimated Megan because I didn't realize how naturally good she comes off as an interviewer. She comes off being genuinely interested in each guest, and doesn't cut them off or make them feel awkward.

She also seems to have worked with EVERYBODY at one time or another. I didn't realize how many small bit parts she has had in movies and shows or on Broadway. I only know her from W&G. It's also fun to gauge how well she knows people by how close she gets with them on the couch. With some of them she is practically sitting on their laps! The only awkward moment I have noticed was with Tom Arnold and that seems totally understandable.

Since she doesnt have a skill like cooking or doing a monologue or providing second-rate psychotherapy her show is purely guest-oriented. Every now and then she seems to mix things up with a pre-taped bit or jokey sketch but somehow everything seems fresh and fun.

She seems to get a lot of celebs you don't normally find making the promotional rounds too probably because they are B or C list but its kind of fun to out what Rupert from Survivor's been up to or see Melora Hardin from The Office.

Sadly I don't think the ratings have been good enough to make it another season but there's still time. If you're looking for a talk show that is entertaining in a low key way, slightly saucy and flirty and not at all head-ache inducing and screechy like some others, give her a try people!

movieking

It's a trainwreck. I taped the first few weeks of episodes to see how they were, and they were brutal. Maybe she's gotten better, but I didn't hold much promise for it.

Does she still wear basically the same thing every show?

SPiRAL

Jeans and a black blazer ?

Charlie Goose

It's fluff, but she's a likable personality.

Rogue588

If she starts hosting topless, i'm there.

Or, heck, even in a wet t-shirt...

Otherwise, no.

Giantrobo

I'm a huge Megan fan and I've watched the show when it was at 4p here in LA. Now it's at Noon and I'm busy at that time.

Phodg

I've seen it at the health club at lunchtimes. It's horrible.

bluesix

Giantrobo

They have moved the show back to the afternoon, its on at 3pm now and bumped ellen degeneres to 4pm

weird shuffle...like they are trying to 'trick' ellen viewers into watching it....another sign the show won't be around much longer...

I havent been to a taping (I'm not THAT big of a fan) but I have to say, her audience always sounds like they are having a hell of a great time. I wonder if they give out free beer...

movieking

For those of you that still watch this show, it's been cancelled. Reruns will air until something is announced to replace it.

Mopower

Probably Will and Grace reruns will replace it.

cornflakeguy

That's too bad. I had high hopes that the topless idea may come to pass.

nateman

i really, really love megan mullally in will & grace karen was my favorite character in the show and her and Jack (Sean Hayes) had great Chemistry together.
i wanted to like this show when i first heard of it and then i tuned in to the first couple of episodes and it was awful.
it had nothing of intrest she pretty much just talked to guests and didn't do intresting stuff like ellen does.
i feel sorry for megan cause she really wanted to do a talk show but she really didn't know how to do it.
i hope megan will continue to act in sitcoms again and maybe one day get her own.
sitcom actors usually only get one main show and the rest is just guest appearences on other sitcoms.
i personally don't care for daytime shows, ellen is the only one i will tune into for background nosie and she is occasionally funny.
i prefer late night with conan O'Brien at night or even leno or craig.
i wish megan the best of luck for the rest of her acting career but her talk show time is up!
i hope she can recover some actors don't feel like acting or are really hurt when their show gets cancelled.
i know it must have been really hard for her to hear because this was something she really wanted to do professionally and personally.

Giantrobo

Too bad. But then again Megan needs to get back to acting. Screw Daytime TV.

movieking

I think that MM has a very likable personality, but this definitely wasn't the vehicle for her. The show itself was a real trainwreck, as I mentioned above. I wanted to like it, but it just didn't click for me.

SlingshotBandit

I liked the show. I only caught one episode of it, however. She was interviewing a latino actor who is in CSI. I forgot his name, though.

Anyway, when she leads the show off with the opening statements/comedy routine, she is VERY likeable. Her interviewing skills I'm rather indifferent about.

Her and the talk show vehicle doesn't seem like a natural fit, and I'd like to see her do a sitcom again, but if her show had a bigger budget I could see this being a VERY good show.

But I guess it's a moot point now.

Anybody ever watch Last Resort, with Charles Grodin? She's in that movie, looking much thinner and in a bikini half the time. She's also about 15 years younger.

jackson2006

My husband and I watch hoping for cleavage!!!!

jiggawhat

I'm so happy this is canceled, I'd much rather watch Saved by the Bell in the mornings.

bluesix

Rumor is she will be moving to Wisteria Lane....

Giantrobo

get out...

serious?

Giantrobo

That's just it. She was great when she sang or did a bit but her interviews seemed a bit stiff. But I don't think she's like that. It seemed like someone told her to "tone down" or to be mellow.



Yeah she also in one of those 80's "Brat pack" flicks.

Abelkems

That's what I normally have on in the mornings before work. I was disappointed to turn it on and see she had replace Kelly Kapowski.

I can't stand the show. Her voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard.

maingon

i think its pretty bad, when its time to interview it feels odd and uncomfortable.

antennaball

In half your posts, you mention your husband. The other half you take care to remind us that you're a single female.

Schizophrenic much?