As someone who has some inside knowledge of the show, I can tell you that if you want to point a finger, point it at Bravo. Pace does little more than house the program. Bravo is responsible for the booking of guests and negotiations with agents on what is allowed to be aired and what's not allowed to be aired. The filming is usually about 3-5 hours, so what ends up on the air is only a fraction of the interview process. You want to pick a bone with someone, pick it with Bravo.

Hey! Die hard Bon Jovi fan here. When does it air? Jersey Rules!!!!

They had Elton John on as well. The idea that it's an actor's studio of any kind any more is pretty laughable. I like Lipton, but his questions are softballs, and there's no craft being learned. Some of the more questionable -- i.e. marketable but not really actorly -- guests might be partly a result of the move from the New School to Pace, but I think it just is what it is. "Actors Studio" is kind of a misnomer. "James Lipton's Fawning Interview Show" might be a better title.

Maybe Bon Jovi can tell them all about his work in the seminal Vampires: Los Muertos.

They have also had Jay Leno and Conan on. I don't care if Jay was in Collision Course, which no one watched. He is not an actor and neither is Conan. Then again this is NBC and there is nothing quiet like self-promotion.