{"id":29640,"date":"2024-04-08T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/?p=29640"},"modified":"2024-04-08T09:18:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T13:18:08","slug":"celebrity-status-snl-eclipse-coverage-and-sajak-says-see-ya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/blogs\/mornings\/2024\/04\/celebrity-status-snl-eclipse-coverage-and-sajak-says-see-ya\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Status &#8211; SNL, Eclipse Coverage, And Sajak Says See Ya!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>For Monday, April 8th:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pat Sajak<\/strong> announced last June that he would be retiring after this season&#8230; and on Friday he taped his <strong>final show<\/strong> as the host of <strong>Wheel of Fortune<\/strong>. That episode will air on Friday, June 7th, but Sajak will serve as a consultant on the show for three years as the show transitions to its new host, <strong>Ryan Seacrest<\/strong>. <strong>Vanna White<\/strong> will stay on a little longer.<\/p>\n<p>At the box office, <strong>\u201cGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire\u201d<\/strong> easily swatted away the competition to hold on to the top spot for the second week in a row, taking in nearly $32 million. Dev Patel\u2019s revenge thriller <strong>\u201cMonkey Man\u201d<\/strong> earned just over $10 million for second place and<strong> \u201cGhostbusters: Frozen Empire\u201d<\/strong> was hot on its heels for third.<\/p>\n<p>Everywhere you turn there will be <strong>eclipse coverage,<\/strong> but on CBS&#8217; special &#8216;Total Eclipse of the Heartland&#8217; they&#8217;re going to have science guy <strong>Bill Nye<\/strong> and space traveler <strong>William Shatner<\/strong>. Well&#8230; he played one on TV anyway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ICYMI: Kristen Wiig<\/strong>&#8216;s hosting gig on <strong>SNL<\/strong> became a barrage of <strong>cameos<\/strong>, with Paul Rudd, Matt Damon, Jon Hamm, Will Forte, Martin Short, and Fred Armisen serenading her as she was inducted into the 5-timers Club. Oh, and <strong>Ryan Gosling<\/strong> was there too, ahead of his hosting gig this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>And <strong>Noah Kahan<\/strong>&#8216;s sold out show at Budweiser Gardens last night has been <strong>rescheduled<\/strong> to April 17th, after he canceled due to illness. Which means there could be a few tickets that come up for grabs. (You can join the other people in the comments on the <strong>Budweiser Gardens<\/strong> page who are all saying, &#8220;Looking for two tickets please&#8230;&#8221;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Monday, April 8th:\u00a0 Pat Sajak announced last June that he would be retiring after this season&#8230; and on Friday he taped his final show as the host of Wheel of Fortune. 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