Clean Sweep!

It's been an exciting couple of months over at Jimmy Kimmel Live!  JKL put up big numbers in last few weeks, accounting for it's Best Sweep Ever!  

Some of CTB's favorite moments:

Jimmy took on Thor in a 'Strongman Competition'


Funny-man Vince Vaughn stopped by to talk Germany, gambling, and how he fathered over 500 children in his latest film, 'The Delivery Man'


David Blaine set the stage on fire


The hilarious Sarah Silverman finally returned Jimmy's most embarrassing things


Benedict Cumberbactch took on a 'Black Panties' hit



The Queen Latifah Show just had its first sweeps, lining up a host of notables including Ray Romano, Carol Burnett, the cast of 'Homefront,'  Lenny Kravitz, Vince Vaughn, and Oscar front-runner Chiwetel Ejiofor. We are so proud to be part of this great show. 
Check out the latest sizzle reel:


In addition to our work with AOL's lifestyle brands, we are thrilled to be booking content on the AOL.com homepage.

AOL did a Twitter call out to Jake Owen fans, then sat down with the rising country star to answer some of his fans' best questions.

AOL caught up with the modern day Bonnie & Clyde. The lovely Emilie Hirsch and beautiful Holliday Grainger spilled about what it took to revive these classic characters.

 Check out AOL.com's weekly original video: 'The Voice: Post-Confessional'

The multi-talented Jewel stopped by AOL to chat about being a new judge on The Sing-Off  as well as her 'eclectic' new Christmas album.

She also jumped in 670 Broadway's famous "photo phone booth" for a fun glamour shot!

CTB is proud to be working with YouTube's Reserve Channel. Check out some of the latest featured content.
Spike Lee on Artst Tlk with Pharrell Williams


Norman Reedus and Al Wertheimer on Capture with Mark Seliger


Regina Hall on Across the Board with Joy Bryant


Anthony Anderson on Hooked Up with Tom Colicchio



The Wendy Williams Show continues to impress, hitting an all-time high overall HH rating this sweeps!

Some of our favorite highlights:
The handsome boys of The Wanted fielded questions in a special edition 'Ask Wendy & The Wanted'


A Nicki-Minaj-inspired Holly Robinson Peete came by to celebrate Halloween


The beautiful ladies from 'The Best Man Holiday' stopped by to dish with Wendy


We are loving working with Cassandra Grey and her team on Violet Grey, a digital edit that celebrates Hollywood's beauty culture. Violet Grey's December cover story featured the beautiful Eva Mendes in a Christmas fantasy she helped imagine.

 CTB continues to work with Young Hollywood to feature Hollywood's hottest stars - a recent round-up includes:

We've been having a lot of fun working with Jay Z's Life+Times, on GET SET.

Portugal. The Man chatted about their latest album and getting ready for their shows


Jackson Mississippi rock band The Weeks shared their Set List



Wishing all of our friends a very happy and healthy holiday season!  x CTB

So Long Summer



Jimmy Kimmel Live has had a slam dunk summer! 

June kicked off with our always exciting NBA Game Night shows.
Some of Central Talent Booking's favorite moments include a Skype Scavenger hunt and digital trailer launch with One Direction, the world premiere of the "Channing All Over Your Tatum" music video, and special appearances by NBA greats: James Worthy, Bill Walton, Kobe Bryant and Trick-Shot Titus.

The fun continued in July when Johnny Depp stopped by to show Jimmy some love..  

 And the only better way to end the summer than with Oprah...

Is with Oprah giving away a car!

Congratulations to everyone at Jimmy Kimmel Live! on our Primetime Emmy Nomination. Everyone's hard work on the Matt Damon show paid off!

And  a special Congratulations to Jimmy on his beautiful wedding --Warm wishes to Jimmy and Molly xo

The Wendy Williams Show recently wrapped its first full summer of original programming.  We are so proud to be part of such a great success!

Some of Wendy's hottest moments this summer include:







CTB has been loving working with AOL on Moviefone and Lifestyle Brand opportunities.
Some fun moments this summer were when Neil Patrick Harris stepped in as Guest Editor on Moviefone,

Stylelist went on set with Bridgit Mendler,

http://www.stylelist.com/view/on-set-with-disney-channels-bridgit-mendler/#!slide=42286

And Kitchen Daily had Fandemonium's Adam Richman And DC Cupcakes' Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Berman as Guest Editors on the site!

http://www.kitchendaily.com/guest-editor/adam-richman

http://www.kitchendaily.com/guest-editor/georgetown-cupcake

We are so happy to continue working with RJ and our friends at Young Hollywood.  Young Hollywood really heated up this summer as the premiere place for everything young, hip and current!

Amanda Seyfried is Linda Lovelace 

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Anti-Damsel in Distress

Matt Damon’s Childhood Dream

Big applause to the Reserve Channel for two Daytime Emmy noms; Hooked Up with Tom Colicchio and Capture with Mark Seliger were both nominated for Outstanding Lifestyle Programming. And Hooked Up can now also be seen on NBC Sports Network. 

Some Reserve Channel highlights from this summer...
Daniel Lanois "ARTST TLK with Pharrell Williams"


Judd Apatow & Matt Mahurin "Capture with Mark Seliger" 


Steve Byrne "Across the Board with Joy Bryant"


Wylie Dufresne "On the Table with Eric Ripert"


And stay tuned for a fantastic interview with Spike Lee on ARTST TLK with Pharrell Williams! 

CTB is very excited to be working with Bryan Terry on JAY'Z Life+Times new series, GET SET. Each episode will take a behind the scenes look at the meticulous planning that goes into touring as a musician.

Here's a look at the premiere episode:

JAY Z's Life+Times joins Ed Sheeran on the road for the premiere episode of GET SET. 

  In the first episode, Ed speaks on engaging the audience, the difference between playing a stadium and a small venue, and why you should never open with your biggest song.


A big Thumbs Up to the team over at The Queen Latifah Show.  Kelly, Lindsey and Clare have all gone in-house on the Sony Lot. The Queen Latifah Show premieres September 16th!

Wishing everyone a wonderful last few weeks of summer, and a very successful fall! 
x CTB

Spring in Our Step!

Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been on fire since the big move to 11:35pm! 

Major highlights include the Matt Damon Show on January 24, 2013

And the annual After the Oscars Show on Sunday February 23, 2013

Guillermo on the Red Carpet 

The World Premiere of the highly anticipated trailer .. MTM: 2V

And the always hilarious Jamie Foxx's "Channing All over your Tatum" 

Despite the sad news that Anderson Live!will not be continuing after this season, the show has put forth some really great shows.  

It was an absolute pleasure working with Anderson Cooper and the hardworking team at Anderson Live!

Central Talent Booking is so excited to be working  with ESPN2’s hit show SportsNation! Now in its fourth year, ESPN has revamped the show with a new host and a new home in Los Angeles. Host Charissa Thompson has been joined by new co-host Marcellus Wiley and they continue the off-beat SportsNation tradition of discussing the day’s hottest and weirdest sports topics.

We are thrilled to continue to work with Robert Katz and TV One on Life After.  We are hard at work on the fifth season! 

We are also happy to be working on a fun new Lifetime television series, CELEBRITY HOME RAIDERS.

Hosted by Kit Hoover, CELEBRITY HOME RAIDERS’ goal is to clear the unwanted clutter from the talent’s life while raising money and awareness for their favorite charity in each episode.

Check out the sizzle reel:https://vimeo.com/59755158
 (password: chr)

 Next week we will be bringing Russia to LA! We continue to book Evening Urgant, The BIGGEST Late Night show in Russia, and are bringing our fabulous host, Ivan Urgant to Hollywood to meet some new people and discuss some really fun and fresh international opportunities for American stars!

Marylin Manson sat down with Ivan in Moscow

We continue to work with Young Hollywood to showcase Hollywood's hottest young stars.

ALSO:

David Duhcovny & Sofia Vergara

We are also excited to be teaming up with Archetypes Productions and ArchetypeMe.com on their new talk show, Archetypes with LEE WOODRUFF. Hosted by bestselling author and “CBS This Morning” contributor Lee Woodruff, “Archetypes” is a new talk show about what makes us tick, why we like the things we like, why we do what we do, and what these things say about who we are.

The show is coming soon to ArchetypeMe.com, Neil degrasse Tyson , Julie Kent, Kevin Micahel Connolly are among the first interviews.

We love working with Youtube's Reserve channel.  The variety of shows has something for everyone!

Tony Hawk on ARTST TLK

Daniel Boloud on Hooked Up

 And be sure to tune in to the series premiere of SPLASH. The first celebrity diving competition airs March 19, 2013 at  8pmET on ABC.