The Emmys have released a list of the top 10 series finalists for Best Comedy and Drama Series a day early.

I guess this is some sort of consolation prize to the non-nominated films? Or perhaps a way of saying to series such as “Family Guy” and “Friday Night Lights” - you guys came close, but didn’t make it….

TOP 10 COMEDY SERIES FINALISTS
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
“Entourage”
“Family Guy”
“Flight of the Conchords”
“The Office”
“Pushing Daisies”
“30 Rock”
“Two and a Half Men”
“Ugly Betty”
“Weeds”

TOP 10 DRAMA SERIES FINALISTS
“Boston Legal”
“Damages”
“Dexter”
“Friday Night Lights”
“Grey’s Anatomy”
“House”
“Lost”
“Mad Men”
“The Tudors”
“The Wire”

Before Bill O’Reilly ruled the cable news airwaves at Fox News as a tyrant and asshole, the guy was a host of “Inside Edition” a syndicated news program from 1989. It was originally similar to the programs “Hard Copy” and “A Current Affair” but became more closely resembling “Entertainment Tonight” or “The Insider.”

Turns out that the 59-year-old O’Reilly was also a short-tempered asshole in his 30’s and 40’s - check out this classic clip:

One of the most anticipated events to take place on cable television in recent memory was the much hyped “Rain vs. Stephen Colbert Dance-off” on the Colbert Report on the Comedy Channel.

Stephen Colbert had been ticked off that Rain was higher ranked than he was on the Time Magazine poll of the most influential people list. So this was the only way to resolve their rivalry- a dance consest.

Pretty funny - enjoy….

Tony Award and Academy Award winner, Whoopi Goldberg, will host the 62nd Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards® on Sunday, June 15 live from Radio City Music Hall.

The Tony Awards will air live on CBS from 8:00-11:00PM (ET/PT time delay).

Whoopi Goldberg said:

“I’m very excited to be hosting the Tony Awards… I love Broadway and I’m thrilled to be doing anything for the first time. I’m gonna have a blast.”

Whoopi Goldberg is one of a very elite group of artists who have won the Grammy (“Whoopi Goldberg,” 1985), the Academy Award (“Ghost,” 1991), the Golden Globe (“The Color Purple,” 1985 and “Ghost,” 1991), the Emmy (as host of AMC’s “Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel,” 2002) and a Tony (Producer of “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” 2002), as well as countless other awards and honors as an actor, producer, host and author. She currently moderates “The View” on ABC.