Chelsea Lately
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| Chelsea Lately | |
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 Chelsea Lately intertitle. |
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| Format | Comedy Talk show |
| Written by | Heather McDonald Sarah Colonna Guy Branum Jen Kirkman Steve Marmalstein Bradley Wollack Chris Franjola Chelsea Handler |
| Directed by | Bob McKinnon |
| Presented by | Chelsea Handler Chuy Bravo |
| Narrated by | Mike Rock |
| Composer(s) | Doug Deangelis |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 418 (as of November 18, 2009)[1] |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Chelsea Handler Tom Brunelle |
| Producer(s) | Gary Snoonian Sue Murphy |
| Location(s) | Digital Media Center 12312 W. Olympic Blvd Los Angeles, California |
| Running time | 30 mins. (with commericals) |
| Production company(s) | Borderline Amazing Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | E! |
| Picture format | 480i (NTSC) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original run | July 16, 2007 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Chelsea Handler Show |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Chelsea Lately is an American late night comedy talk show that airs on the E! television network, and is notable for host comedienne Chelsea Handler's sarcastic approach to the format. It premiered on Monday, July 16, 2007 at 11:30 p.m. Eastern Time, as a successor to the mini-series The Chelsea Handler Show. It is taped in Los Angeles, California, USA,[2] and the set was formerly used by a show on E!'s sister network G4, Attack of the Show! before G4's move to the E! Building in early 2007. In March 2009, it was announced that the show's run has been extended into 2012.[3] In mid-February 2009, the network moved up the premiere airing to 11:00 p.m. Eastern [4]. Starting on May 18, 2009, the show moved to taping with high-definition cameras and is currently presented in a 16:9 aspect ratio. At the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, Chelsea Lately won for Best Late-Night Talk Show [5]. However, Handler mentioned during Interviewing Rex Lee that FOX wasn't going to permit Handler into the awards and that they weren't going to air that segment of the awards. Chelsea Lately is produced by Handler's production company, Borderline Amazing Productions. It is taped in Los Angeles, California.[6]
[edit] History
Handler was approached to host her own late night talk show after the success and popularity of The Chelsea Handler Show. Handler stated she was skeptical of the idea of her own show. She stated that she has no problem making fun of celebrities and that "it's not like she's making fun of wholesome people". Chelsea Lately premiered on July 17 2007 on 11:30PM.
The show has been renewed to 2012. The show starts at 11:00PM before popular other late night shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon among others.
[edit] Cold Open
Within the two minutes before the actual show, Chelsea Lately starts off with Handler's opening monologue discussing a new topic in pop culture. She then usually plays a clip or shows a picture of the topic she is dicussing. She then pokes more fun at the topic, leaves on a joke and then walks to the round table to start off the episode.
[edit] Talent
Handler's assistant, Chuy Bravo participates in many of Chelsea Lately segments and sketches. He usually has a starring role or costars with Chelsea. Others who are in these popular sketches include roundtable regulars.
There have been occasional in-set performances. These include Ray J performing his hit song "Sexy Can I"[7] and Natasha Bedingfield performing "Pocket Full of sunshine" [8]
[edit] Format
Chelsea Lately is presented in a half-hour format, and is broadcast Monday to Friday at 11:00 p.m. The show opens with a short monologue by Chelsea herself. There is usually a panel of three comedians, actors, etc. who discuss the goings on in pop culture on what Handler refers to as the 'Round Table'
Round Table regulars include Heather McDonald, [9] John Caparulo, Jen Kirkman, Loni Love, Brody Stevens, Jason Kennedy, Giuliana Rancic, Arden Myrin, Natasha Leggero, Whitney Cummings, Kevin Hart, T. J. Miller, George Wallace, Conor Knighton, Guy Branum, Jo Koy, Ross Mathews, Josh Wolf, Chris Franjola, Michael Yo, Lavell Crawford, Chris Hardwick, Brad Wollack, Jim Norton, Gary Valentine, Sarah Colonna, Hyla Matthews, Randy and Jason Sklar, Ben Gleib, Kim Coles, Carrot Top, and Billy Gardell as well as a variety of other E! correspondents, such as Ashlan Gorse and Ken Baker.
Handler has an assistant, Chuy Bravo, who sits across from the round table, often interviewing the studio audience and participating alongside Handler in video segments for the show.
Handler is known to have displayed a dislike for celebrities Zac Efron, Tori Spelling, Megan Fox, Tyra Banks, Jonas Brothers, Paris Hilton, Madonna, Amy Winehouse, John Mayer, Melissa Rivers, Joan Rivers, Joey Fatone, Jeremy Piven, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Kim Catrall, Kanye West, Sean Penn, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, David Hasselhoff, Brooke Shields, Billy Bob Thornton, Shannon Doherty, and Lindsay Lohan amongst others, as well as non-celebrities Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, Holly Montag, Nadya Suleman and Heather Mills. In mid-2009, she stated that she would no longer refer to Spencer Pratt or Heidi Montag by name, and instead calls them "Herpes 1" and "Herpes 2." Sometimes, however, celebrities who she often jokes about appear on the show and are credited for "being a good sport", such as Lisa Rinna, Aubrey O'Day, Michael Lohan, Denise Richards, Antonio Sabato Jr., and Daisy de la Hoya (the last of whom Handler had once stated she never wanted to see again until she was booked as a guest on the show). Handler has also made fun of Miley Cyrus, but has now confessed to being a fan of hers after a controversial dance Cyrus did on the Teen Choice Awards.
[edit] Episode structure
The show opens cold and Handler performs a short stand-up monologue. The routine is usually focused on a topic from pop culture or current events, and may include a video clip or other visual aid. Over the opening credits, the announcer presents the topics of discussion, as well as the show's guest.
After the open, Handler will introduce the "round table" panel of three people, usually comedians, who discuss topics from popular culture. Then, Handler interviews celebrity guests for about six minutes each show.
The show closes with another monologue, where Handler delivers a one-liner or story, and presents small segments like "Fat Ass Baby," with pictures for comedic value. The show ends with Handler and Bravo interacting with the audience.
[edit] Theme Song
A theme song was composed by the Chelsea Lately composer, Doug Deangelis.
The theme song is played in the opening credits while the announcer is saying the upcoming topics in the episode and the celebrity guest.It is also played at the end of each episode when Handler and Bravo interact with the studio audience.
[edit] Specials
[edit] Comedians Of Chelsea Lately
A special titled "Comedians Of Chelsea Lately" premiered on August 14 2009 and lasted 4 weeks.The special consisted of Chelsea Lately roundtable regulars such as Loni Love,Jo Koy and among others performing their comedy stand up routines and was directed by James Yukich.The stand up routines lasted for about 6 to 9 minutes in length.The first airing of the special had roundtable regulars Guy Branum, Sarah Colona and Chris Franjola performing.
There was speculation that Chelsea Handler was pitching the idea of turning the special into a weekly show produced by Handler's production company, Borderline Amazing Productions to the exucutives at E!. There has been no confirmation as to whether Handler did actually pitch the idea to E! or whether the special will be turned into a weekly episodic show.
[edit] Chelsea Lately Bloopers
A Chelsea Lately special entitled "Chelsea Lately Bloopers" will premiere on Tuesday December 22 2009.
It will feature old and new bloopers, deleted scenes and outtakes from the roundtable and guest interviews.The special is directed by a Chelsea Lately staffer.
[edit] Same-Day Tapings
Chelsea Lately is taped the same day it airs. Handler stated during a roundtable session that everyone gets to the Chelsea Lately studio at about 9:30 AM and the actual episode of Chelsea Lately is taped at 1:30-3:30 PM in the afternoon.
Between the time when everyone gets to the studio and the time when the episode is taped, the Chelsea Lately staff and writers meet and discuss what ideas, topics and jokes are going to feature in that paticular episode. Chelsea Lately usually reports on the topics that E! news is featuring on their program.
[edit] Impersonations or Characters
Impersonations and skit characters that are done by Handler are usually people or characters that receive a large amount of fame or appear in pop culture an large amount of time. Such impersonated characters include Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan among others. These characters are used in sketches and are used to put emphasis on how Handler thinks celebrities are fake and how stupid they are. The impersonated characters also include non-celebrities. These non-celebrities include Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt among others.
In most sketches using impersonated characters Chelsea Handler's assistant, Chuy Bravo also impersonates a particular character. The most frequent character Chuy Bravo has impersonated was Ryan Seacrest. In many sketches Bravo wears a blond wig and a blazer and he is declared Ryan Seacrest probably pertaining to Seacrest's short and small stature.
Less frequent and one-time impersonations include Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, The Real Housewives of Orange County among others.
Chelsea Lately staff is also used to impersonate certain people. Chris Franjola was used to impersonate the host from the Real Housewives reunion spoof. Heather McDonald spoofed Amy Winehouse and Miley Cyrus among other celebrities.
[edit] Staff
Some Chelsea Lately staff are comedians and are round table regulars. These staffers include Jen Kirkman, Brad Wollack, Guy Branum and Sarah Colonna.
Other round table regulars do not work on Chelsea Lately. These include Loni Love, Josh Wolf and Jo Koy
There has been a Chelsea Lately segment entitled "Single Staffers" where the selected staff from Chelsea Lately tell the audience about their persona and at the end give out their myspace URL for contact.
The announcer of Chelsea Lately consists of Mike Rock and Drew Bell.
[edit] Notable Guests
- Jennifer Aniston appeared in an episode of Chelsea Lately to promote her movie Love Happens.
- Katy Perry was a guest on the show to promote her new album.[10]
- Adam Lambert was a guest to promote his album, For Your Entertainment
- Tyrese Gibson appeared in an episode to promote Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen and his new comic book series titled "Mayhem".[11]
- Perez Hilton came on an episode to discuss how he feels about Handler and the rumor he spread about her saying that she had an operation performed upon her vagina. He has appeared on the roundtable twice since then.
- Kim Kardashian appeared to promote herself on Dancing with the Stars. She and Handler discussed her show Keeping up with the Kardashians
- Khloé Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian appeared to promote their summer series Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami. Khloé Kardashian also appeared in another episode with her new husband Lamar Odom.
- Valerie Bertinelli appeared in an episode
- Jesse McCartney appeared in an episode to promote his new album.
- Jenny McCarthy appeared in an episode.
- Jensen Ackles appeared to promote his movie "My Bloody Valentine 3D"
- Ray J appeared in an episode performing his song Sexy Can I and he also was a guest a few times.
- Denise Richards came as a guest to promote the second season of her reality show.
- Sofia Vergara apeared as a guest in two episodes to promote her films Meet the Browns, Madea Goes to Jail and her show Modern Family.
- Snoop Dog apeared in an episode to promote his reality show.
- Holly Madison apeared in an episode.
- Kendra Wilkinson appeared in several episodes to promote various things.
- Bridget Marquardt appeared to promote her new show.
- Brooke Hogan appeared in two episodes.
- Busta Rhymes came to promote his new album.
- Sugarland appeared in an episode.
- Kristin Cavallari appeared in an episode.
- T.I. appeared in an episode.
- Janice Dickinson appeared in an episode.
[edit] Jennifer Aniston
Chelsea Lately's first special guest was Jenifer Aniston. Aniston appeared on an episode to promote her movie, Love Happens. She and Handler discussed the movie and what Aniston does to keep in shape. Days before the interview E! broadcast several commercials featuring Handler during a roundtable session making funny remarks and saying "Wednesday night, watch Chelsea take on Jennifer Aniston". These commercials were broadcast throughout the day until the episode aired on E!.
A retired regular segment of Chelsea Lately was "Single Staffers". Chelsea Lately aired a special Single Staffers entitled "Single Staffers: Jennifer Aniston Addition". The segment included friends of Chelsea Handler providing information about themselves and at the end they gave out their Myspace URLs for contact with Aniston.
[edit] Host
[edit] Physical Comedy
Handler herself is known for her physical comedy, which she has used throughout many episodes, such as getting up and hitting roundtable regular, Brad Wolluck, or throwing her blue notes on the floor after the roundtable session of the episode is done. She has also taken off a round table guest's shoe and thrown it on the floor. Handler's common gag in the opening monologue after showing a video clip or displaying a photo is to move in any type of way that would suit that topic - such as discussing Miley Cyrus's performance on the Teen Choice Awards and throwing her hands up and singing Party in the U.S.A.. When the guest at the end of the show comes out Handler gets up and hugs the guest and usually says "It's great to meet you" or "It's great to see you again." At the end of the closing monologue Handler and Chuy Bravo go over to the audience and sign autographs and shake hands with the audience.
[edit] One-Liner
Chelsea Handler usually says many one-liners with no apparent reason other than to amuse the audience.She might make comments like "What...a whirl wind or "This is borderline amazing". Another original line is for Handler to cal a celebrity "A hotmess" or calling Chuy "My little nugget".Other one-liners might be from songs or off of tv shows or movies such as Handler shouting "It's a Party In The U.S.A" derived from Miley cyrus's song of the same name.
[edit] Self-Deprecation
Handler has demonstrated that she is okay with poking fun at herself or having someone poke fun at her. She showed this by having Brad Wolluck go to an undisclosed location and interview Jonas Brothers fans, telling them that Handler doesn't like them. In turn the fans lashed out at Handler calling her stupid, a bitch and other derogatory names. On other occasions she has had no qualms about telling the audience that she has just farted or that when she laughs really hard she pees her pants. In some sketches Chuy Bravo tells Handler that she has Camel Toe and this doesn't seem to embarrass her at all.
[edit] Set
The Chelsea Lately set has gone through some cosmetic changes.The floor of the stage has been turned black and throughout the stage there is more purple to go with scheme of the entire show. In older episodes there was brick around the entrance, leading to where the guest stars walk out to be interviewed by Handler. Also, the background mural behind where Handler and the guests of the roundtable sit has been changed to a city, presumbably Los Angeles. In the newer episodes the roundtable has been made larger. A blue neon light was added above the scrolling Chelsea Lately logo and above the guest entrance. The lighting of the set has been darkened to enhance these changes.In the show's third season, the floor of the stage was darkened and a blue neon light was added above the scrolling Chelsea Lately logo and guest entrance. The background mural was changed to a city's skyline.
These chages were presumbably made to change the image of Chelsea Lately, as they happened within a month of the show's moving to its new timeslot in early 2009. The only thing that remains of the new redesigned Chelsea Lately set is the show's large scrolling logo behind where Handler interviews her guests and the plasma with the Chelsea Lately logo next to where the guest entrance is located
[edit] Locations
- Chelsea Lately is taped in Los Angeles on Olympics Blvd.The set used was also used on a G4 show but has since then been transformed into the Chelsea Lately set and building.
- Sydney, Australia is where Chelsea Lately was be taped for one week. A contest titled "Chelsea Goes Down Under" was held with the intent of sending a fan to the city in order to attend a taping of the show while they are taping in Sydney.
- At the Teen Choice Awards red carpet, in an attempt to gain attention about Handler's show being nominatated but she not being invited to the show, Handler's assitant Chuy Bravo was sent along with a staff member that works on Chelsea Lately and is a regular round table guest Brad Wollack to the red carpet of the Teen Choice Awards to interview celebrities and find how they feel about Handler not being invited to the show
[edit] Comedic sketches
Chelsea Lately has various recurring comedic segments that follow the roundtable and precede the guest interview, or are incorporated into Handler's opening monologue.
[edit] Regular segments
- "Lately Lexicon" is a sketch to explain jargon that appears regularly on the show, such as "hot pocket," "shadoobie," "Hoff-tastic," and "coslopus".These words are common for Handler to say.Handler stated that she uses these words in the place of words that will need censorship.She said she would get in trouble if she used the original word that would need censorship
- "Lately, I've Been Thinking" is an absurdist parody of a public service announcement, presented by Handler.She speaks of a new topic in pop culture and makes funny, unusual comments of the topic and tells her advice on it.There has been a segment of this with Handler saying she has been thinking of the many people giving unneeded advice about her dog, Chunk.
- "Judge Lately" is a parody of Judge Judy and similar shows. Handler presides over cases presenting ordinary problems in a comedic light. Chuy Bravo appears as the bailiff and Jen Kirkman as the court reporter. Handler usually pokes fun at those in court and solves the trial with unusual solutions.
- "Dr. Lately" is a parody of medical shows. Handler and Bravo talk to a patient about an odd medical problem, such as a woman who "farted from the ear," and present an unusual diagnosis and pokes fun at their dalima.Handler's asistant acts as her nurse in this sketch.
- "Detective Lately" is a parody of detective shows where Chelsea and Chuy talk to a suspect or victim with Chelsea giving no help, and sometimes even being the one who started the problem.In the sketch Handler usually shout "Damn It!" for no apparent reason.Handler's asistant usually sits beside her and also turns the victims into the perportraitor.
- "Unlicensed Entertainment Therapist" is a sketch where Handler interviews a client about a problem they have and attempts to help by using tactics involving celebrities with the same problems.
- "Chelsea's Blessing" is a graphic card which appears during the roundtable when Handler expresses enthusiasm over a particular story and gives her blessing to the people in the particular topic.
- "Staff Intervention' is a parody of a show on A&E.It features Chelsea, Chuy,on regular occasions,Lillian Glass and a staff member people
are having problems with.Lillian Glass is the mediator and tries to find the problem and the solution to that certain problem.
- "Staff Book Club is a segment were staff of Chelsea Lately gathers together and tries to discuss a book they are reading but they usually vere off topic.
- "Faculty Review" is a segment were Chelsea interviews a staff member and discusses their problems and tries to find the cause of it.She tells them what their doing wrong and then at the end a letter that starts with their problem comes up. "Example": D is for Drunk and Disorderly.
The show also features parodies of other E! shows such as Keeping up with the Kardashians and Living Lohan.
[edit] Former segments
- "Chelsea's Advice Box." Chelsea sets up an advice box in some random location and "helps" people with their problems.
- "Single Staffers." A dating segment for members of the Chelsea Lately staff. Chuy would appear in a Cupid costume. The "single staffers" would announce their MySpace address at the end of the segment.
- "Deep Inside Hollywood." A parody of entertainment news shows such as Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood.
[edit] Common Quotes Made By Chelsea
- Referring to anything as "borderline amazing"
- I like it, I like it a lot!
- Suck it! Suck it hard
- I don't think so, buddy!
- (Celebrity Name) is a hot mess. Example: "Amy Winehouse is a hot mess."
- Shut your face!
- What....a whirl wind
- My little nugget ... Chuy
- Loosey Goosey
- Nugget
- References to a vagina include Peekachoo (not to be confused with Pikachu), Coslopus, Beaver, Hot Pocket, Oval Office, Cavernous Hole, Sloppy Sea Bass, and others
- Referring to number 2 as a "shadoobie"
- Because she detests talking about Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, she wont say their names and instead refers to them as Herpes Simplex 1 and 2, respectively.
- You Silly goose!
- You got that...girl?
- Taking a number 2 has also been referred to as a Boom Boom
[edit] Ratings
Chelsea Lately averages 746,000 viewers per episode[12] and attracts more women aged 18 to 34 than Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Last Call with Carson Daly.[13]
On September 17, 2009, Chelsea Lately hit a series high of 1.2 million viewers, with an episode featuring Jennifer Aniston.[14]
[edit] International broadcasts
In the UK, the local version of E!, different to the one in rest of Europe, shows Chelsea Lately on a daily basis. In difference to the European version this feed also includes same day productions The Soup and the full 30 minute version E! News which are not on elsewhere in Europe. Chelsea Lately is also broadcast daily on the E! Network in Australia, and New Zealand. With the demise of E! Canada, the show ceased being broadcast there as of September 1st, 2009 following the closure of the E! network.In the United Kindom, Australia, and New Zealand, Chelsea Lately is broadcast daily on E!.
| Region | Network(s) | Regional Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
E! | Chelsea Lately | |
 Canada |
E! | Chelsea Lately | |
 United Kingdom |
E! | Chelsea Lately | |
| United States |
E! | Chelsea Lately |
[edit] Awards
| Year | Result | Award | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Winner | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Late-Night Talk Show[15] |
| 2010 | Nominated | People's Choice Awards | TV Talk Show[16] |
Although Chelsea Lately won "Choice Late-Night Talk Show" at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards, Handler wasn't invited to the ceremony to receive the award.[17]
[edit] See also
- The Chelsea Handler Show
- List of late-night American network TV programs
- Chelsea Handler
- Ted Harbert
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.tv.com/chelsea-lately/show/74584/episode.html?season=All
- ^ "Chelsea Lately Taping Tickets". On Camera Audiences. http://www.ocatv.com/shows/show/156. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i122eef64e5ea32977dfce6c21572d6b7#5
- ^ http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/162906-_Chelsea_Lately_Gets_New_11_00_P_M_Slot.php
- ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gzwwpelzmXR7OGixpNf7x4tyyiVgD99VR9CO0
- ^ "Chelsea Lately Taping Tickets". On Camera Audiences. http://www.ocatv.com/shows/show/156. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgKwDCb7kFA
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nflMzLD65r8
- ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20211732,00.html
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AJ798ifPbM
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiaZ-yWd4t0
- ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001568.html
- ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i122eef64e5ea3297f78e5583997af4cd
- ^ http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/20/jennifer-anniston-boosts-ratings-for-chelsea-lately/27799
- ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gzwwpelzmXR7OGixpNf7x4tyyiVgD99VR9CO0
- ^ http://www.hollyscoop.com/award-shows/2010-peoples-choice-awards-nominees-list_22095.aspx
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqbLQ1LiZo8
[edit] External links
- Chelsea Lately Official Website
- Chelsea Lately at the Internet Movie Database
- Chelsea Lately at TV.com
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