<![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, showbiz show]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, showbiz show]]> http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/showbizshow http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/showbizshow <![CDATA[David Spade Has Torn Hollywood Its Last New One]]> david-spade-sho2.jpg· Comedy Central decides not to renew The Showbiz Show for a fourth season, officially freeing David Spade from the conflict-inviting hosting duties that sometimes put him in the uncomfortable position of having to use puppets to explain how Heather Locklear's marriage was already over by the time he was banging her. [Variety]
· APA signs Graham Greene, Chris Kattan and Heather Matarazzo, a trio of "gets" that should help the agency to finally put the days of having to endure dismissive "Who the fuck invited APA?!" jokes on Entourage behind them. [THR]
· Pushing Daisies—which we enjoyed quite a bit despite the crushing hype—posts the best debut numbers of any new 8 pm timeslot show this season. (Can't ABC just funnel the entire Cavemen budget into Daises to keep that expensive, Burtonesque look?) Meanwhile, NBC's Bionic Woman pumps-and-dumps, falling off 30 percent from its first-week ratings. [Variety]
· Ehren Kruger joins Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci in writing the screenplay that director Michael Bay will use as a rough guide for where to place his giant fucking robots on Transformers 2. [THR]
· DreamWorks is wisely trying to keep their Norbit dream team of Eddie Murphy and critic-proof producer Brain Robbins intact, entering final negotiations to reunite them for the comedy A Thousand Words, the story of a guy who "only has 1,000 words left to speak before he dies." [Variety]

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=307266&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Showbiz Show Renewed; Weary Hollywood Prepares To Swat Away Host Attempting To Tear It Yet Another 'New One']]> spade-no.jpgLike so many struggling actresses seeking parts as "Big Breasted Girl in Elevator" in Adam Sandler comedies, it seems that Comedy Central has finally succumbed to David Spade's floppy-haired charms. They've signed up his Showbiz Show for a third go-around a full two months earlier than its second-season renewal, giving the comedian another 13 weeks to tie Hollywood to his bedpost and tickle it until it threatens to pee all over his silk, tiger-print sheets. A proud network programming executive sings Showbiz's praises on this special day:

" 'The Showbiz Show' found its voice during the second season and really hit its stride to turn into appointment viewing for our celeb-crazed culture," said Lauren Corrao, Comedy Central executive vp original programming and development. "Our viewers, including celebrities themselves, tune-in to 'Showbiz' each week to get David's incomparable take on the latest Hollywood gossip, scandals and self-obsession."

The story also notes that Spade has also been made a "last-minute addition" to the CBS midseason sitcom Rules of Engagement, a project produced by aforementioned BFF Sandler's Happy Madison. We can't wait for the new season's first installment of Self-Referential Cardboard Puppet Theater (which is always a refreshing break from the self-mocking asides that comprise 50 percent of the show), in which the host's popsicle-stick stand-in and his movie star pal discuss how Spade only got the gig by offering to clean Sandler's pool twice a week until the show is eventually cancelled.

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