JB on TV

I missed this on Friday night, but my old Loop colleague Johnny B has a brand new television show, and it debuted late Friday night after Carson Daly. Robert Feder has the details...

"Brandmeier, is a lively (and decidedly low-budget) local talk show on NBC 5 — following Last Call With Carson Daly. Also airing on the station’s Chicago NonStop digital subchannel, the fast-paced weekly half-hour serves as a showcase for Brandmeier to play off the news and draw out assorted eccentrics as only he can. Guests on the premiere included a Wisconsin man who was ticketed for flipping the bird at Governor Scott Walker, a champion air guitarist, a California taxidermist who advertises on YouTube, and the Constitutionalist Party candidate for president. Somehow Johnny B. also managed to mine laughs from the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray. "It’s a work in progress for all involved, but I’m thrilled to have the opportunity," he said on his website. Brandmeier is set for a 10-week run."