Kathy (talk show)

Kathy
GenreComedy
Directed byLenn Goodside
Presented byKathy Griffin
Starring
Theme music composerAdam Schlesinger
Opening theme"I'll Say It" (season 1)
"I'll Say It" (Remix)
Ending theme"I'll Say It" (season 1)
"I'll Say It" (instrumental) (season 2)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Eric Leiderman
  • Kay O'Connell
  • Michelle Collins
  • Ken Daly
  • Marshall Heyman
Production locationEast Hollywood, Los Angeles
Editors
  • Kurt Heydle
  • Matt Silfen
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time44 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBravo
ReleaseApril 19, 2012 (2012-04-19) –
March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28)

Kathy is an American late-night talk show hosted by Kathy Griffin. The show debuted on April 19, 2012, at 10:00 p.m. on Bravo and aired every Thursday.[1] The show was renewed for a second season, which started airing on January 10, 2013[2] as started to air Live at 10:00 p.m. on Bravo, which was later changed to 11:30 p.m. in mid-season.[3]

On April 6, 2013, Bravo announced the cancellation of Kathy after two seasons.[4]

Format

The show relies on Kathy Griffin's stand-up in the first part of the program. Kathy's mother Maggie Griffin, and Kathy's assistant Tiffany Rinehart, both seated in the front row of the audience, are then introduced. The main parts of the show feature a panel of "civilians" (random people, staff, or friends) and sometimes celebrities, chatting about hot issues of the week. The next part of the show is a pre-recorded segment involving comedic antics Kathy has done during the week. Finally, Maggie gives her opinions on topics and the night's events in a segment called "Maggie Tucks Us In".

In season 2, the set of the show was re-decorated. It was revealed that the studio of the show, Studio 58, used to be the studio of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson before it moved to Studio 56. Also, the panelists consist mostly of celebrities rather than "civilians". The segment "Maggie Tucks Us In" has been cut; however, Maggie Griffin, along with Rinehart is still seated in the audience each episode and Kathy would occasionally chat with them.

Episodes

Series overview

Season Episodes Original airing
Season premiere Season finale
1 12 April 19, 2012 (2012-04-19) July 5, 2012 (2012-07-05)
2 12 January 10, 2013 (2013-01-10) March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28)

Season 1 (2012)

No. Original Airdate Guest Panelists Additional Guest Panelists Topics Discussed Special Segment Musical Guests Notes
1 April 19, 2012 (2012-04-19) Michelle Collins,
Meredith Morris,
Greg Howell 		Kathy staff:
John Oliveira,
Cole Bruns,
Kristen Rae Urban,
Mina Ross 		Real Housewives of Atlanta, Secret Service scandal, Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie, Janet Jackson's Weight Loss, Tupac Hologram, Wilson Phillips: Still Holding On, Couples Therapy, The Real Housewives of Orange County "The Real Staff of Kathy Reunion" None
2 April 26, 2012 (2012-04-26) Teresa Strasser,
Lisa Delcampo,
Ryan Steckloff 		East Hollywood residents:
Steven Whiddon,
Paulina Mercado,
Nick Rizzo 		Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Khloé & Lamar, John Edwards trial, Lindsay Lohan, Cesar Millan's divorce, Simon Cowell's unauthorized biography, Wilson Phillips: Still Holding On, The Client List, Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding "Greetings from East Hollywood, CA" None Lance Bass makes a brief appearance
3 May 3, 2012 (2012-05-03) Michelle Collins,
Jodi Shays,
Marshall Heyman 		Wilson Phillips White House Correspondents Dinner, Celebrity Vow Renewals, Secret Service scandal, Jessica Simpson's baby, Gloria Steinem and The New Feminists, Lifetime's 7 Days of Sex, Bethenny Ever After, Wilson Phillips: Still Holding On New opening credits or "hero shots" for the Kathy show Wilson Phillips
4 May 10, 2012 (2012-05-10) Mike Russo,
Sara Zofko,
Chelsea Peretti 		None John Travolta rumors, Obama supports gay marriage, Wedding mania, Celebrity divorces, Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp Kathy's dinner with Gloria Estefan, The Celebrity Apprentice 5, Toddlers & Tiaras Kathy babysits Blake Webster's children None
5 May 17, 2012 (2012-05-17) Jill Benjamin,
Meredith Morris,
Katie Robbins 		Firefighters:
Alex Abdalla,
David Hay,
Wayne Tinsley 		The X Factor's new judges, Fifty Shades of Grey, Judy Blume, Obama and Hasselbeck on The View, Cher vs Donald Trump, Mel Gibson at a Victoria's Secret party, Alexis from The Real Housewives of Orange County, Toddlers & Tiaras "Aging America" focus group None Kathy's Twitter fans:
Danny Van Hook,
Jacki Bray,
Josiah Tubbs
(panel appeared after special segment)
6 May 24, 2012 (2012-05-24) Todd Glass,
Claire Griffin,
Marshall Heyman 		Here Come the Brides:
Catie Galich,
Kristian Goodman,
Amber Revelle 		Miley Cyrus, Kim Zolciak's side-boob, Wayne the Firefighter and Tiffany, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The FiFi Awards, Jenna Talackova and Miss Universe Canada, Bachelorette parties, Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding, My Fair Wedding with David Tutera The "new" Lifetime line-up None Byrd from Judge Judy makes a brief appearance
7 May 31, 2012 (2012-05-31) Michelle Collins,
Randy Sklar,
Jason Sklar 		Hot Marines:
James Bick,
C.J. Guitron,
Phil Jaquet 		Mrs. Eastwood & Company, Britney Spears on The X Factor, Gay bar bans bachelorette parties, Polygamy and Sister Wives, The Real Housewives of Orange County, Mob Wives Chicago Kathy confronts her staff about their Facebook photos Space Cops (a.k.a. Cole Bruns)
8 June 7, 2012 (2012-06-07) Chelsea Handler,
Whitney Cummings,
Ryan Steckloff 		None Inappropriate things to say, Chelsea's knee surgery, Whip-its, Equality for women in comedy, Liposuction, Miley Cyrus' engagement, Colonics, Ryan's mugshot and job, Tanisha Gets Married, My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding Kathy works at Donut Prince None Cole Bruns (a.k.a. Space Cops) joins Maggie on the couch for "Maggie Tucks Us In"
9 June 14, 2012 (2012-06-14) Robert Verdi,
Michelle Buteau,
Ralph Garman 		AJ McLean,
Lance Bass 		Celebrity nipples, Wardrobe malfunctions, Fashion, Gay Pride Month, Madonna seeking attention, Dance Moms, On the Fly, Monster In-Laws Kathy reminisces with A.J. and Lance Kathy, A.J. and Lance sing a cappella Lance and A.J. join Kathy for the "Tuck us in" segment
10 June 21, 2012 (2012-06-21) Anderson Cooper,
Michelle Collins,
Meredith Morris 		None People's reactions to Anderson, Kathy's visit to Anderson's house, Anderson's confrontation on a flight, Anderson's mom Gloria Vanderbilt, Alec Baldwin vs Paparazzi, Extremely overpriced face cream, Inappropriateness on airplanes Bridezillas, The Glass House, Noisey: Back and Forth from YouTube "Kathy's Dating Game" None Anderson joins Maggie for "Maggie Tucks Us In"
11 June 28, 2012 (2012-06-28) Jane Fonda,
Sharon Osbourne,
Lisa Ling 		None How Jane and Sharon first met, The "celebrity building", Kathy's visit to Jane's house, Jack Osbourne being diagnosed with MS, Food issues, Celebrity protesters, ShowBiz Dynasties, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The state of marriage, Women's sexual peak, Too old to care "Maggie's 92nd Birthday Rager" None
12 July 5, 2012 (2012-07-05) Jimmy Kimmel
3rd segment:
Gail Hunt,
Deanna Spinale,
Jessica Hill 		"Gay" segment:
Nick Rizzo,
John Oliveira 		Jimmy's pact with Howard Stern, Jimmy's experience with Oprah Winfrey, Jimmy dressed as a "penis", Gaydars, Gay icons, Circuit parties, Gay cruises, Guess the gay, Guilty pleasures, Celebrity exhaustion, Online dating "Staff Beer Fest" None

Season 2 (2013)

No. Original Airdate Guest Panelists Additional Guest Panelists Topics Discussed Special Segment Musical Guests Notes
1 January 10, 2013 (2013-01-10) Jane Lynch,
Lisa Kudrow 		None "Kathy Welcomes Her New Fish" None Liza Minnelli was scheduled as the third panelist, but did not attend.
2 January 17, 2013 (2013-01-17) T.I.,
Meredith Morris,
Ryan Steckloff 		None Millionaire Matchmaker, Golden Globe parties, bumping into Mel Gibson, Miss America 2013, T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle "Shocking Psychic Revelations" None Tameka Cottle (wife of T.I.) made a brief appearance.
3 January 24, 2013 (2013-01-24) Chelsea Handler,
Chris Noth 		None Censoring Kathy on Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings, Barack Obama's inauguration, Lance Armstrong's interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prosecuting Casey Anthony on Lifetime, Shahs of Sunset cast comparing themselves to Rosa Parks, Levi Johnston's alleged attack by wife, Catfish: The TV Show, Paris Hilton on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, rummaging through an audience member's purse "Sell Kathy Your Stuff" None
4 January 31, 2013 (2013-01-31) Chris Colfer,
Kelly Osbourne,
Lisa Ling 		None Super Bowl XLVIII, diet secrets, Kesha interview on MTV, Tyler Perry's birthday gift to Oprah, Sharon Osbourne burning house, Chris Brown fighting Frank Ocean, Teen Mom 2, Toddlers & Tiaras, audience makeunders "52 and Pregnant" None Jeremy Irons was announced as a guest, but was replaced by Colfer.
5 February 7, 2013 (2013-02-07) Larry King,
Craig Ferguson 		None Shahs of Sunset, 2013 Grammy Awards, Katie Couric, Chris Christie, Donald Trump suing Bill Maher, Chris Brown, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Double Divas, recording outgoing messages on audience member's voicemails None YLA
6 February 14, 2013 (2013-02-14) Russell Brand,
ASAP Rocky,
Danny Brown 		None 2013 Grammy Awards, lyrics to ASAP Rocky's songs, guests' opinions on having children, Fashion Week, gay marriages, crazy places to have oral sex, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Sex Dice Game "Kathy and Maggie Visit the Pleasure Chest" None
7 February 21, 2013 (2013-02-21) Kate Walsh,
Steven Weber,
Aubrey Plaza 		None 85th Academy Awards, Kathy's Grammy Awards giftbag, prison fan art, piercing Aubrey's ear live, Shahs of Sunset, Pit Bulls & Parolees "Kathy's Kompassionate Kanines" None
8 February 28, 2013 (2013-02-28) Margaret Cho,
Johnny Weir,
Carmen Electra 		None Celebrity financials, Suzanne Somers' 92-acres of land, Carmen hosting The White Party, Andy Dick competing on Dancing with the Stars, Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong-Un, the feud between Bethenny Frankel and Johnny stemming from Skating with the Stars, Maury, audience dance contest "Teamwork Among the Staff" None Suze Orman briefly appeared during the celebrity financials segment.
9 March 7, 2013 (2013-03-07) Jaime Pressly,
Pauley Perrette,
Kunal Nayyar 		None Celebrity impressions of major news stories, the Jodi Arias trial, discussion of her guests' TV shows, Taylor Swift, Russell Crowe, Bar Rescue, odd sexual positions, and a blind-folded touching game.
10 March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14) Megan Mullally,
Nick Offerman,
Michelle Trachtenberg 		None A lie detector test for Maggie Griffin, Kathy Griffin's parody of Law and Order: SVU, celebrity airport questions, Kris Jenner, the dating lives of her guests, Preachers' Daughters, Bar Rescue, Lizard Lick Towing, answering some tweets, and Kathy responding to lie detector tests
11 March 21, 2013 (2013-03-21) Jesse Tyler Ferguson,
Darren Criss,
Lily Tomlin 		None Ryan Seacrest's break-up with Julianne Hough, discussion of Jodi Arias, the conclusion to Kathy Griffin's parody of Law and Order: SVU, the guests' discussion each of their own shows, Lily Tomlin at Studio 54, the rainbow house near the Westboro Baptist Church, Girls and Lena Dunham, other D-list celebrities, Urban Tarzan, and the searching through the audience members' bags
12 March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28) Eva Longoria,
Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Groban 		None Nancy Grace responding to Kathy's impression and asking Kathy some questions, stealing Kristin Chenoweth's bike to bring to the show, sucking the helium from balloons and explaining pictures, getting Barbra Streisand to sit at Kathy's table during a party, poking her crew with a dildo, Urban Tarzan, and renewal of a gay couples' wedding vows.

See also

References

  • McNamara, Mary (April 20, 2012). "'Kathy' review: Kathy Griffin finds a new level of reality". Show Tracker. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
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  3. ^ "Bravo Media Has Its Fill of Food, Fashion, Feuds and Fabulousness from February 27 - March 6". The Futon Critic. February 26, 2013.
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