David Spade Targets Tinseltown in The Showbiz Show, Premiering March 15 on The Comedy Network Programming Highlights / Comedy Network Posted by RAD on Feb 28, 2007 - 03:24 PM Saturday Night Live alumnus David Spade made his "Hollywood Minute" segments lampooning celebrity culture a must-see for viewers everywhere. Now, Canucks can get even more from the man who dares to speak what others are too afraid to say. The Showbiz Show with David Spade premieres Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT, beginning March 15, exclusively on The Comedy Network. Nothing is too sacred in this wickedly satirical, topical comedy series that looks behind the glitz and glamour of celebrity gossip to report on the entertainment industry from the inside. The Showbiz Show is a 13-episode, half-hour series that forgoes fluffy entertainment journalism and provides the tell-it-like-it-is voice of comedy that is desperately needed in today's celeb-crazed world. The series lampoons shows like Extra and Access Hollywood, highlighting all of Hollywood's self-importance and hypocrisy by using actual footage, clips and on-location field pieces, along with celebrity guests and comic personalities who appear as critics and correspondents. According to Spade, the show is "a little bit of Weekend Update. A little bit of The Daily Show. A little bit of Entertainment Tonight." Since its Comedy Central debut in September 2005, The Showbiz Show with David Spade has averaged one million viewers per episode becoming water cooler fodder for viewers who've had it with Tinseltown and all of its trappings. Past seasons have included appearances by Rob Lowe, Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four), Jack Black (School of Rock), Sean Hayes (Will + Grace), Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), Kristin Cavalleri (Laguna Beach), Adam Sandler (Click), among others. The Showbiz Show will launch in Canada with episodes from Season Three. "I am stoked to be back for the third season," said Spade. I love this show. I want to get back on-the-air as quickly as possible, so that we don't miss out. There is too much good stuff going on right now in Hollywood; we have to catch up." No one behind the Hollywood spin machine is safe. Spade's slings and arrows have included: - "Lindsay Lohan was involved in a traffic accident. Police later cited her for weighing 85 in a 30 zone." - "Gwyneth Paltrow once said that she always somehow knew she was destined to be famous. Wow, that's eerie. It takes a real Magic 8 Ball to guess that when your mom's a famous actress, your dad's a big director, and the man you call Uncle Morty is Steve Spielberg, you might have a shot at landing a part. It's not like you're working at the Red Lobster in Redondo." - "JK Rowling has vowed not to write any more Harry Potter books after the one she's working on now. So, say goodbye because one more novel, three more movies, four more video games, a few board games, a theme park ride and she is out. Goodbye sir!" Host and Executive Producer of The Showbiz Show, David Spade is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and his role as Dennis Finch, the wise-cracking, power-hungry assistant on the sitcom Just Shoot Me, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination and an Emmy Award nomination. Spade currently stars as a series regular on the CBS' midseason comedy Rules of Engagement. He played C. J. Barnes on 8 Simple Rules, guest-starred on The Larry Sanders Show and headlined his own HBO special, David Spade: Take the Hit. His film credits include Benchwarmers, Racing Stripes, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Joe Dirt, Tommy Boy and Blacksheep. The Showbiz Show was created by Hugh Fink (SNL Emmy Award-winning writer). Executive producers are David Spade, Eddie Feldmann (Dennis Miller Live Emmy Award-winning writer), Gavin Polone and Peter Traugott. This article is from CHANNEL CANADA   http://www.channelcanada.com/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.channelcanada.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1771