What is a mondo shoot?

Answer 1

From: http://www.insidesocal.com/tv/2007/01/2007s-first-top10-list.html

Mondo Shoot (CBS): In TV terms, the "mondo shoot"? is the day in which stars of TV series pose for their on-air promos, either eying the camera lasciviously or folding their arms with a grim determination or acting as though they genuinely like their co-stars.

You see them endlessly during other shows - David Caruso removing his sunglasses meaningfully; Eva Longoria virtually thrusting the cameraman upon a nearby couch (ironically, naturally); Keith Olbermann folding his arms over his chest and turning, purposefully, toward the camera.