VH-1's "Best Week Ever" Getting A Single Host Revamp

New York Times:

For nearly five years, viewers looking to catch up on the world of pop culture could turn to "Best Week Ever" on VH1, where an array of talking heads -- comedians, writers and entertainment personalities like Nick Kroll, Rachel Harris and Judah Friedlander of "30 Rock" -- would dish and snark on the lives of the Lohans, the Spears', reality-show contestants and anyone else caught midfoible in a video clip.

But the era of multiple commentators is coming to a close: starting on Oct. 24 the show will move to a new format, centered on a single host, the comedian Paul F. Tompkins, VH1 plans to announce on Wednesday.

The change is part of a larger revamping of the show, the channel's longest-running weekly series if not its most popular. "Clearly, some of our reality shows get bigger numbers," said Jim Ackerman, the senior vice president for development at VH1, referring to programs like "I Love New York." "But I think 'Best Week Ever' has helped find the voice of the channel in the last couple years."

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Comments

[SheriChardonnay]

i am watching this now and it SUCKS....he is not funny....no frangela..no sizzler....its boring now...not watching anymore!

[MIMom]

Booo. This is one of my favorite shows. Why "f" with it?

I like Paul and all, but I like the show the way it is now. Maybe it's b/c Chuck Nice, et.al. are everywhere now, working on show's like TruTv's "Most D*mb..."

I'll give the new show a chance, but it will probably s u ck.

[HDR]

Thank God! No more Hal Sparks.

[MIMom]

Hal was not on BWE. He does all the "I Love the ____" shows (80's, 70s, etc.).

[cnobody]

this is a big mistake. I like Paul and find him very funny, but the appeal of BWE was the multiple voices.

[Talullah]

Yeah we have that show, it's called The Soup. And they chose the least funny of the lot to take the spot.

[MIMom]

Yeah. They couldn't have kept Chuck maybe? Do a two-host show?