Every now and again, we'll see someone representing the 518 on television, be it a game show (i.e. Jeopardy!), a reality competition (Madison Vandenberg on American Idol, Sawyer Fredericks on The Voice), or, in the case of Rachael Ray, a talk show.
Add Sean McLaughlin's name to the list.
McLaughlin, the son of Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin, will appear on ABC's The Bachelorette this fall, getting his share of the spotlight for the first time. We'll see how he fares. He could wind up a winner like Fredericks, who won on The Voice a few years ago, or he'll end up falling short.
Stay tuned.
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Ryan Seacrest is making a habit of inheriting someone else's show.
Seacrest, the busiest man in television and radio these days, has been tapped to succeed Pat Sajak as host of Wheel of Fortune, starting with the 2024-5 season. Sajak is retiring after the 2023-4 season, which begins in September.
For Seacrest, this is nothing new.
After Casey Kasem's passing in 2014, Seacrest succeeded the radio & cartoon legend as host of American Top 40. On TV, he stepped down as Kelly Ripa's on-air co-host on Live earlier this year, with Ripa's actor-husband, Mark Consuelos (ex-All My Children, Riverdale) becoming the 3rd co-host, after Seacrest and Michael Strahan, to succeed another icon in Regis Philbin. Seacrest also inherited ABC's New Year's Rockin' Eve from its originator, the late Dick Clark.
The poster child for the 36 hour day.
Keep in mind, of course, that the extra work keeps Seacrest busy when American Idol is in its offseason.
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Budget cuts at Disney could spell the end of Max Kellerman's 2nd go-round at ESPN.
His afternoon talk show, This Just In, is being sacked to make room for Pat McAfee's yack-fest, which doesn't mean McAfee is done with WWE. Unless Max on Boxing, on ESPN2, isn't drawing ratings, there's really no reason to get rid of Kellerman. Fox would welcome him back in a LA minute, and CBS & NBC would break the bank for him, since controversy magnet Screamin' A. Cosell (Stephen A. Smith) isn't leaving ESPN anytime soon, despite the fact he routinely gets exposed as a fraud on a regular basis (which was a reason why Kellerman was booted from First Take).
Do the right thing, ESPN. Keep Kellerman, and muzzle Screamin' A. For all of us rational viewers.
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