A little more from my interview with Jerry Seinfeld, who talked at length about the third season of his Crackle series, “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee,” in the TV section of Monday’s Post.
I asked Seinfeld if anyone he’s asked to be on the show has turned him down. “So far we’ve been very lucky. People like to do the show,” he said. “I’m not a reacher-outer [for guests] . . . and we worked really hard in designing it and I thought, ‘How can I make this something really fun and easy for our guests to do?’
“Having been a guest myself on TV talk shows, I know what’s annoying about doing a talk show. You gotta go someplace that’s not your house. So we’ll pick you up. There’s no makeup, no pre-set questions. We just try to eliminate all of the little annoyances of doing a talk show.”
‘Ripper Street’ Web boost
BBC America’s period drama“Ripper Street” was cancelled after two seasons in the UK — where it originates on the BBC — but that didn’t stop British fans from voting it the year’s best TV show.
In an online poll, readers of the UK’s venerable Radio Times (its title is a misnomer) rated “Ripper Street” (Matthew MacFadyen, Adam Rothenberg, Jerome Flynn) the year’s top show — ahead of BBC crime series “Peaky Blinders” and “Doctor Who,” which finished third (followed by “Broadchurch” and “Breaking Bad,” which is available in the UK via Netflix).
But, according to Radio Times, there’s a caveat — that the show’s fans were sending a message. Here’s the headline which accompanied its story: “ ‘Ripper Street’ fans protest against BBC axing by voting crime drama the best TV show of 2013.”
“Fans of the show, which was cancelled by the BBC . . . have come out in force to push the drama to the top spot,” it noted. Season 2 of “Ripper Street” premieres Feb. 22 on BBC America.
Last, but not least . . .
Sheree L. Heil became the biggest winner in the history of daytime’s “The Price Is Right” Monday when she walked away with an Audi Spyder Quattro S Tronic worth $157,300 . . . CUNY TV on Friday will air a digitally restored interview with Ozzie Nelson conducted by the late James Day. It hasn’t aired since January 1974 (Nelson died in ’75) and will be archived on cuny.tv after premiering at 9:30 a.m. . . . Sunday on “Dateline” (7 p.m./Ch. 4): Lester Holt investigates the link between poverty and childhood asthma . . . “House of Lies” star Don Cheadle on his guilty TV pleasure: “Somehow my attention is stuck on ‘Shahs of Sunset,’ ” he tells People magazine (in its Jan. 2 issue). “Watching a show like that with the sound off is hilarious. I can’t take anybody on it seriously” . . . My Damn Channel’s “Answerly” relaunches Monday as “Answerly Book Club” with hosts Hayley Hoover, Joseph Birdsong and Kristina Horner . . . WINS’ Philip V. Pilato will be honored by the Writers Guild of America, East Feb. 1.