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About First Call

Our team helps brands, their agencies and nonprofit organizations by assessing the business value of celebrities, negotiating smart partnerships and activating each program. We provide fast and accurate information and recommend talent based on many factors including their relevance, points of differentiation and cost. The results of our work are seen as television commercials, webisodes, publicity programs, YouTube posts, celebrity seeding, social media » Read More

This Week on Talk Shows: May 13-19

Chances are, your favorite shows’ season finales are this week (see: Gossip Girl, How I Met Your Mother, Make It or Break It, Two and a Half Men, Hart of Dixie, Mike & Molly, Hawaii Five-O, Smash, 90210, NCIS: LA, Fashion Star, Private Practice, Suburgatory, Interior Therapy, Criminal Minds, Missing, Rules of Engagement, Grey’s Anatomy, Person of Interest, The Mentalist, Scandal, Shark » Read More

May 13, 2012 | Comments: 0

This Week on TV: May 6- May 12

Another full week of quality TV is upon is, but if you only have time for one show this week, we recommend the series premier of the new USA Network comedy/drama Common Law on Friday, May 11. The series stars Michael Ealy, fresh off a starring role in the hit movie Think Like a Man, and Warren Cole, who previously appeared in » Read More

May 6, 2012 | Comments: 0

This Week on Talk Shows: April 29-May 5

If you only have time for one show this week, we recommend the cinco de mayo episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl champion Eli Manning with musical guest Rihanna. Eli follows in the footsteps of his older brother Peyton, who hosted the show back in 2007 in the wake of his own Super Bowl championship. » Read More

April 29, 2012 | Comments: 0

This Week on TV: April 22-28

This week brings us another jam-packed schedule of can’t-miss programming. If you only have time from one show, we recommend this week’s new episode of 30 Rock. 30 Rock will air a second live episode this Thursday. The show’s first live episode,  last year during the 5th season, was the highest rated episode of the season and earned an Emmy nomination for » Read More

April 23, 2012 | Comments: 0

This Week on TV: April 15-21

Another week is upon us full of quality television  and as always, it will be difficult to decide which shows you absolutely can’t miss. But, if you’re only going to catch one show this week, we recommend the series premier of HBO’s much hyped new series Girls, debuting this Sunday at 10:30pm. The series features an ensemble cast of talented newcomers- Lena Dunham, Jemima  » Read More

April 15, 2012 | Comments: 0

This Week on TV: April 9-13

If your TiVo is full and schedule jam-packed and can only make it home for one TV show this week, we recommend catching “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23″ at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday on ABC. The show’s a quirky comedy following the popularity and niche charm of this year’s successes: Fox’s “New Girl” and CBS’ “2 Broke Girls.” Krysten Ritter plays plays the described-by-the-title-character whose b—–  behavior is » Read More

April 8, 2012 | Comments: 0

This Week on Talk Shows: March 26-30

Coming off of a strong week dominated by The Hunger Games and Mad Men premiers expect the talk show circuit  to feature even more Hunger Games stars (Elizabeth Banks on Jay Leno 3/26, Liam Hemsworth on Conan O’Brian 3/26 and Jay Leno 3/29, Woody Harrelson on a rerun of The View 3/26, Josh Hutcherson on Conan 3/27, and Jennifer Laurence on a rerun » Read More

March 25, 2012 | Comments: 0

This Week on Talk Shows: March 19-23

This week’s talk show appearances are are saturated with what is expected to be the next hot YA read turned blockbuster- The Hunger Games. The US release this Friday the 23rd marks the first installment in the trilogy.  Catch cast members Jennifer Lawrence (on David Letterman 3/20, Jimmy Fallon 3/21), Liam Hemsworth (on Ellen 3/23), Josh Hutcherson (on David Letterman 3/21), Elizabeth Banks (on Craig » Read More

March 18, 2012 | Comments: 0

This Week on Talk Shows: March 12-16

This week on talk shows expect to see multiple appearances by stars from the Friday the 16th premier films Casa de Mi Padre and 21 Jump Street. Catch Will Ferrell promoting Casa on David Letterman (3/12), Today (3/13), Jimmy Kimmel (3/13), Daily Show (3/13), and Live with Kelly (3/13). Ferrell both produced and starred in the completely Spanish film- expect to be » Read More

March 11, 2012 | Comments: 0

This Week on Talk Shows: February 13-17

Valentines week is upon us and the Talk Shows are in full swing to bring us interviews with the celebrities we love. Check out Ricky Gervais this week out to promote”Life’s Too Short” (premiering this Sunday on HBO) and  the third season of “The Ricky Gervais Show” (starting April 20th on HBO). Ricky was recently featured in a Super Bowl ad for Time Warner » Read More

February 12, 2012 | Comments: 0