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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>Letterman to tape a show this Friday</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/01/letterman-to-tape-a-show-this-friday/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/01/letterman-to-tape-a-show-this-friday/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/01/letterman-to-tape-a-show-this-friday/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/tv-royalty/" rel="tag">TV Royalty</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/programming/" rel="tag">Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="167" width="200" vspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/09/david-letterman-return-1.jpg" alt="Letterman" />That headline might be confusing to some. After all, doesn't David Letterman have an episode of his show every Friday night? <br /><br />He does, but he always tapes it on Monday night after he tapes the regular Monday episode. But he wants to <a href="http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2008/09/dave-to-do-rare.html">tape a show on Friday</a> so he can comment on the Senator Joe Biden/Governor Sarah Palin VP debate which happens on Thursday night.<a href="http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/index.html"><br /></a><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/01/letterman-to-tape-a-show-this-friday/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1329906/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/10/01/letterman-to-tape-a-show-this-friday/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cbs</category><category>david letterman</category><category>joe biden</category><category>john mccain</category><category>late night talk shows</category><category>sarah palin</category><category>the late show</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Letterman speaks up for Leno</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/09/03/letterman-speaks-up-for-leno/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/09/03/letterman-speaks-up-for-leno/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/09/03/letterman-speaks-up-for-leno/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="167" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/09/david-letterman-return-1.jpg" alt="Letterman desk" />While <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/21/jay-lenos-exit-from-nbc/">NBC is carefully plotting Jay Leno's exit</a> from <em>The Tonight Show</em>, <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_en_tv/tv_david_letterman">David Letterman is talking about staying on the CBS <em>Late Show</em> beyond 2010</a>. And since the subject of Leno came up, Dave thinks the guys at NBC are nuts to treat Jay the way they are, especially since he's done such a great job in the 11:30 slot. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/arts/television/03lett.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin">Letterman even said he wants Jay on his show the day after his <em>Tonight Show</em> tenure ends</a>.<br /><br />Letterman, who was once the heir apparent to Johnny Carson's desk but was passed over in favor of Leno, has thrived on CBS even though he was crushed to lose <em>The Tonight Show</em>. The supposed feud between Letterman and Leno, and their competition for <em>The Tonight Show</em>, was depicted in the HBO film (and Bill Carter book) <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116835/"><em>The Late Shift</em></a>. (If you've never seen it, buy or rent it; it's one of the best films ever about how TV works behind the scenes.)<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/09/03/letterman-speaks-up-for-leno/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1303278/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/09/03/letterman-speaks-up-for-leno/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>2010</category><category>Bill Carter</category><category>BillCarter</category><category>CBS</category><category>Conan OBrien</category><category>ConanObrien</category><category>David Letterman</category><category>DavidLetterman</category><category>future</category><category>HBO</category><category>Jay Leno</category><category>JayLeno</category><category>NBC</category><category>The Late shift</category><category>The Late Show</category><category>The Tonight Show</category><category>TheLateShift</category><category>TheLateShow</category><category>TheTonightShow</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Nightline a goner?</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/12/is-nightline-a-goner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/12/is-nightline-a-goner/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/12/is-nightline-a-goner/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/programming/" rel="tag">Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="142" width="200" vspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/08/nightlinelogoabc.jpg" alt="Nightline" />So we all know that <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/21/leno-pulls-a-kimmel-at-nbc-exec-panel-also-late-night-timeframe/">Conan O'Brien is taking over for Jay Leno</a> next year, and that when he does Leno might go some place else, perhaps ABC, which might bump Kimmel to 12:35am. But what about the other late night player in all of this,<span style="font-style: italic;"> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/nightline">Nightline</a></span>?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-nightline11-2008aug11,0,3013679.story">The long-running news show will probably be dumped</a> and its employees out of jobs if ABC pays Leno a bunch of money to come over to the network to host a show at 11:35pm and go up against David Letterman. Even though <span style="font-style: italic;">Nightline's</span> ratings are good (they often beat Letterman) and it's makes money, they'll make more with Leno.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/12/is-nightline-a-goner/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1282296/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/12/is-nightline-a-goner/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>60 minutes</category><category>abc</category><category>cbs</category><category>conan obrien</category><category>dateline</category><category>david letterman</category><category>jay leno</category><category>jimmy kimmel</category><category>nbc</category><category>nightline</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>TV's highest paid stars, starting with Charlie Sheen</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/05/tvs-highest-paid-stars-starting-with-charlie-sheen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/05/tvs-highest-paid-stars-starting-with-charlie-sheen/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/05/tvs-highest-paid-stars-starting-with-charlie-sheen/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="316" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/08/charlie_sheen-1.jpg" alt="Charlie Sheen" />On <em>Two and a Half Men</em>, Charlie Sheen plays a vulgar playboy, a shallow guy who's more interested in booze, women and having a good time than being responsible and working hard. The role has earned him a couple of Emmy nominations and a lot of money. A lot of money. In fact, in <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN0451456620080804">a new poll from <em>TV Guide</em>, Charlie Sheen is the highest paid actor on TV</a>, making $825,000 per episode; in a season of 23 shows, that comes out to nearly $20 million. <br /><br />That's more than he could make in the movies, and unlike films, Charlie can keep on raking it in on <em>Two and a Half Men</em> for years. The show is a huge hit in syndication, so more episodes will simply mean more money down the road.<br /><br />Right behind Charlie on the list is fellow CBS leading man, <em>CSI's</em> William Petersen. He's making $600,000 an episode. He's only doing ten episodes this season, but since he's also an executive producer on the series, he's probably making even more.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/05/tvs-highest-paid-stars-starting-with-charlie-sheen/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1275311/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/08/05/tvs-highest-paid-stars-starting-with-charlie-sheen/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>American Idol</category><category>AmericanIdol</category><category>CBS</category><category>Charlie Sheen</category><category>CharlieSheen</category><category>CSI</category><category>David Letterman</category><category>DavidLetterman</category><category>Emmy nominations</category><category>EmmyNominations</category><category>highest paid</category><category>HighestPaid</category><category>Katie Couric</category><category>KatieCouric</category><category>Kyra Sedgwick</category><category>KyraSedgwick</category><category>Law and Order SVU</category><category>LawAndOrderSvu</category><category>Mariska Hargitay</category><category>MariskaHargitay</category><category>Oprah Winfrey</category><category>OprahWinfrey</category><category>Simon Cowell</category><category>SimonCowell</category><category>The Closer</category><category>TheCloser</category><category>TV Guide</category><category>TvGuide</category><category>Two and a Half Men</category><category>TwoAndAHalfMen</category><category>William Petersen</category><category>WilliamPetersen</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Jay Leno's exit from NBC</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/21/jay-lenos-exit-from-nbc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/21/jay-lenos-exit-from-nbc/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/21/jay-lenos-exit-from-nbc/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img hspace="4" height="265" width="200" vspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/07/1tntbt01-1.jpg" alt="Jay standing" />Goodbye, Jay -- you don't mind if we push you out of the chair, do you? If you thought NBC made a mess of the David Letterman/Jay Leno replacement switch-off back in 1992, then you might find it not very surprising that the hand off from Jay (I don't want to go) Leno to Conan O'Brien is portending to be just as sticky.<br /><br />According to <em>TV Week</em>, <a href="http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/07/lenos_nbc_era_to_end_in_late_m.php">NBC is poised to announce the official Jay Leno departure from <em>The Tonight Show</em></a> and Conan O'Brien arrival today. Our man at the <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/TCA-press-tour">TCA</a>, Joel Keller, could have all the details later on, so keep checking back with TV Squad. <br /><br />Reportedly, Leno will be exiting in late May, possibly on the anniversary of the date he took the chair from Johnny Carson, May 25. Carson's last <em>Tonight Show</em> was May 22, 1992; Jay's tenure commenced on Monday, May 25. The problem with re-creating that symmetry in 2009 is that those dates are Memorial Day weekend.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/21/jay-lenos-exit-from-nbc/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1262479/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/21/jay-lenos-exit-from-nbc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Conan O</category><category>Conan OBrien</category><category>ConanO</category><category>ConanObrien</category><category>David Letterman</category><category>DavidLetterman</category><category>Jay Leno</category><category>JayLeno</category><category>Johnny Carson</category><category>JohnnyCarson</category><category>Memorial Day</category><category>MemorialDay</category><category>NBC</category><category>The Tonight Show</category><category>TheTonightShow</category><category>USA Today</category><category>UsaToday</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>David Letterman and Michael Jackson ... together! - VIDEO</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/13/david-letterman-and-michael-jackson-together-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/13/david-letterman-and-michael-jackson-together-video/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/13/david-letterman-and-michael-jackson-together-video/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/tv-royalty/" rel="tag">TV Royalty</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><p><img hspace="4" height="205" width="250" vspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="David Letterman" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/07/letterman.jpg" />If you're like me, the last two weeks of<em> <a href="http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/">Late Show</a></em><a href="javascript:void(0);/*1215887717890*/"> </a>reruns have driven you crazy. I actually get a little bummed out when the late night shows are in repeats, especially Letterman's show. Letterman is always the great bookend to my day. I can always count on him to entertain me before I go to bed, to make me laugh. But he has been in repeats for the past two weeks (not just one, but two!) and it's been lame. I mean, if they had older repeats from two, four, six, ten years ago, that would be cool (we've talked about this here several times before), but it's always repeats from a few weeks ago and that's just tedious.</p>
<p>So, to hold us over until new episodes of <em>The Late Show</em> start this Monday, a few videos from <em>Letterman's</em> past. The first one is from the <em>Jacksons Variety Show</em> in 1977 and features Dave with Michael Jackson!</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/13/david-letterman-and-michael-jackson-together-video/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1253636/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/13/david-letterman-and-michael-jackson-together-video/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cbs</category><category>david letterman</category><category>late night</category><category>late night talk show</category><category>michael jackson</category><category>nbc</category><category>the late show</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Watch David Letterman open an old-school can of snark on The Hills' Spencer Pratt - VIDEOS</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/17/watch-david-letterman-open-an-old-school-can-of-snark-on-the-hil/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/17/watch-david-letterman-open-an-old-school-can-of-snark-on-the-hil/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/17/watch-david-letterman-open-an-old-school-can-of-snark-on-the-hil/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="202" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/06/image534275x.jpg" alt="Older, but still sharp." /><em>You talkin' about my hair? Well, all right -- What is that? A swim cap?</em><br /><br />One of the greatest all-time moments of my senior year of high school was watching David Letterman completely dismantle Madonna. She came on with the idea that she was going to set the agenda and really give Dave the business; I guess the sycophantic dancers in Madonna's pre-show prayer circle told her that <em>she was really funny</em>. Anyway, if you remember, she went toe to toe with the big guy and, to quote a phrase, she awoke a sleeping giant.<br /><br />Letterman's cultural cache might be waning a bit -- <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/02/leno-and-nightline-beat-letterman-in-the-ratings/">he was beaten by <em>Nightline</em> in the ratings recently</a> -- but his wit is still with him. Further, as the following clip with hair-product enthusiast Spencer Pratt will show, he can still seethe with barely controlled rage at our culture's propensity to elevate idiots to places of prominence. The video after the jump...<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/17/watch-david-letterman-open-an-old-school-can-of-snark-on-the-hil/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1227928/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/17/watch-david-letterman-open-an-old-school-can-of-snark-on-the-hil/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>david letterman</category><category>DavidLetterman</category><category>madonna</category><category>spencer pratt</category><category>SpencerPratt</category><category>the hills</category><category>TheHills</category><dc:creator>Jay Black</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Forbes picks the 100 most powerful celebrities</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/16/forbes-picks-the-100-most-powerful-celebrities/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/16/forbes-picks-the-100-most-powerful-celebrities/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/16/forbes-picks-the-100-most-powerful-celebrities/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="260" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/06/heigl2.jpg" alt="Heigl" />Like most red-blooded Americans, I love lists. <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/lists/">We do a lot of them here at TV Squad</a> and you'll see them at many sites every single day of the week. But I think that sometimes the lists go too far. I mean, what's the point of listing the top 50 or top 100 of something? Isn't that a little bit too many spots? Instead of getting down to the nitty-gritty (say, a top 10 or top 25), you ended up not only listing the best, worst, most, least (or whatever the list's topic is), you're just listing all of them.</p>
<p>Case in point, this <em>Forbes</em> list of the <a href="http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/06/11/most-powerful-celebrities-lists-celebrities08-cx_mn_0611c_land.html">100 most powerful celebrities</a>. </p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/16/forbes-picks-the-100-most-powerful-celebrities/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1226076/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/16/forbes-picks-the-100-most-powerful-celebrities/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>angelina jolie</category><category>brad pitt</category><category>david letterman</category><category>dr. phil</category><category>forbes</category><category>jay leno</category><category>jerry seinfeld</category><category>lauren conrad</category><category>oprah winfrey</category><category>rachael ray</category><category>roger federer</category><category>ryan seacrest</category><category>steven spielberg</category><category>the police</category><category>tiger woods</category><category>tina fey</category><category>will smith</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Who is the funniest person in America?</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/06/who-is-the-funniest-person-in-america/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/06/who-is-the-funniest-person-in-america/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/06/who-is-the-funniest-person-in-america/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="261" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/06/mattstonetreyparker.jpg" alt="Stone and Parker" />When you think of funny people in America, who do you immediately think of? Stephen Colbert? Robin Williams? Chris Rock? Matt Stone and Trey Parker? How about David Letterman or Dane Cook?</p>
<p>Some of the people above are on <em>Entertainment Weekly's</em> list of the <a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20201450,00.html">25 funniest people in America</a> (two of the people above aren't on the list, nor should they be!). Some of the choices are downright baffling (as usual for these lists): Augustun Burroughs? Please. Diablo Cody? Good writer, but one of the funniest in the country based on<em> Juno</em>? But it's good to see the Sedarises on there (both David and Amy), as well as people like <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/30-rock/">Tina Fey</a> and Demetri Martin. There are even two current cast members of <em><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/saturday-night-live/">Saturday Night Live</a></em> on the list. Can you guess who they are?</p>
<p>Once you read the list, you can go into the comments and say "why the hell is _________ on the list?!?"</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/06/who-is-the-funniest-person-in-america/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1217408/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/06/who-is-the-funniest-person-in-america/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>amy sedaris</category><category>catherine ohara</category><category>chris rock</category><category>david letterman</category><category>david sedaris</category><category>demetri martin</category><category>diablo cody</category><category>funniest people in america</category><category>larry david</category><category>matt stone</category><category>saturday night live</category><category>stephen colbert</category><category>steve carell</category><category>tina fey</category><category>trey parker</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Leno and Nightline beat Letterman in the ratings</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/02/leno-and-nightline-beat-letterman-in-the-ratings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/02/leno-and-nightline-beat-letterman-in-the-ratings/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/02/leno-and-nightline-beat-letterman-in-the-ratings/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/watercooler-talk/" rel="tag">Watercooler Talk</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/ratings/" rel="tag">Ratings</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="168" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/06/jaylenov.jpg" alt="Jay Leno" />It seriously sends a message to CBS when <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080602/tv_nm/latenight_dc;_ylt=AvfIB.bymHfhiR6nc3hpDxNpMhkF">even <em>Nightline</em> as well as Leno is beating Letterman in the ratings</a>. <em>Nightline</em> averaged 3.6 million viewers for the week ended May 19. <em>The Tonight Show</em> <em>with Jay Leno</em> averaged 5 million and <em>The Late Show with David Letterman</em> averaged 3.4 million according to latest <span style="border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212390757_1">Nielsen Media Research data</span>.<br /><br />It's tough to believe that David Letterman has fallen from grace so far and is now largely irrelevant. Given the gap, perhaps NBC should look into <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/11/its-official-conan-moving-to-l-a/">keeping Leno for a little bit longer</a> rather than have him leave in 2009, particularly considering that even <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/12/ferguson-tops-conan-for-the-first-time/">Craig Ferguson is beating Conan O'Brien in the ratings</a>.<br /><br />I remember when Letterman was a shot of adrenaline to the late night wars. What has Letterman done (or not done) to place him in the number three position? If CBS decided to replace Letterman, who would be the logical choice for the timeslot?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/02/leno-and-nightline-beat-letterman-in-the-ratings/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1212284/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/02/leno-and-nightline-beat-letterman-in-the-ratings/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>ABC</category><category>CBS</category><category>David Letterman</category><category>DavidLetterman</category><category>Jay Leno</category><category>Late Night</category><category>NBC</category><category>Nightline</category><category>The Late Show</category><category>The Tonight Show</category><category>TheTonightShow</category><dc:creator>Brad Trechak</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Oxygen to Talk Sex no longer</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/07/oxygen-to-talk-sex-no-longer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/07/oxygen-to-talk-sex-no-longer/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/07/oxygen-to-talk-sex-no-longer/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/web/" rel="tag">Web</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/cancellations/" rel="tag">Cancellations</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="215" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/05/sue-johanson1.jpg" alt="Sue Johanson" />After six seasons, Oxygen is <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hDXYQ0OZyPMwhwqlNq8fMVEe1u6QD90GDCKO2">shutting down <em>Talk Sex with Sue Johanson</em></a>. Her final advice on love, lust and awkward positions will be dispensed this Sunday, May 11. The show will feature the year's top ten sex toys. Wheee!<br /><br />A frequent guest on talk shows (and a favorite of <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/david+letterman/">David Letterman</a>'s), the 78-year-old grandma of two has been dishing sex advice on <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/Oxygen/">Oxygen</a> for six seasons. Whenever I've stumbled across the show, I always thought it was just so weird. Like getting sex advice from your grandma. <br /><br />Then again, between Johanson and <a href="http://drruth.com/">Dr. Ruth</a>, maybe they make the best sexperts because you'd never look at them in a lustful way. That's just my armchair psychology talking.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/07/oxygen-to-talk-sex-no-longer/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1188804/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/07/oxygen-to-talk-sex-no-longer/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>David Letterman</category><category>DavidLetterman</category><category>Dr. Ruth</category><category>Dr.Ruth</category><category>oxygen</category><category>Sue Johanson</category><category>SueJohanson</category><category>Talk Sex With Sue Johanson</category><category>talk show</category><category>TalkSexWithSueJohanson</category><category>TalkShow</category><dc:creator>Jane Boursaw</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>ABC still interested in Leno</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/09/abc-still-interested-in-leno/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/09/abc-still-interested-in-leno/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/09/abc-still-interested-in-leno/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/reality-free/" rel="tag">Reality-Free</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="308" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/04/jay_leno-1.jpg" alt="Jay Leno" />So, Disney CEO Robert Iger was having one of those yummy breakfast confabs talking about the future of the network and new media, alternate platforms and all those other fun buzz words about how we're going to be watching shows in the next few years. Then, kind of as an aside, he was asked about Jay Leno. With the end of Leno's era as the host of <em>The Tonight Show</em> looming -- and Conan O'Brien chomping at the bit to take over -- <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3id751287ff1c2313e9e04fb782f2d0669">Mr. Iger said that he wouldn't rule out ABC going after Jay</a>.<br /><br />Ken Auletta of the <em>New Yorker </em>pressed Iger about Leno, to which the ABC head man squirmed and said, "It's not something we typically comment on."<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/09/abc-still-interested-in-leno/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1162219/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/09/abc-still-interested-in-leno/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>ABC</category><category>AOL survey talk show hosts</category><category>AolSurveyTalkShowHosts</category><category>Ben Affleck</category><category>BenAffleck</category><category>Conan OBrien</category><category>ConanObrien</category><category>David Letterman</category><category>DavidLetterman</category><category>Jay Leno</category><category>JayLeno</category><category>Jimmy Kimmel</category><category>JimmyKimmel</category><category>Matt Damon</category><category>MattDamon</category><category>NBC</category><category>Robert Iger</category><category>RobertIger</category><category>Sarah Silverman</category><category>SarahSilverman</category><category>Tonight Show</category><category>TonightShow</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Letterman is recycling his own jokes</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/07/letterman-is-recycling-his-own-jokes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/07/letterman-is-recycling-his-own-jokes/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/07/letterman-is-recycling-his-own-jokes/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/watercooler-talk/" rel="tag">Watercooler Talk</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="216" border="0" align="right" alt="david letterman" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/04/letterman200.jpg" />David Letterman likes to make people think he's just phoning it in. And I'm starting to wonder if it's not just an act. <a href="http://defamer.com/376310/stop-david-letterman-if-youve-heard-this-one-before-hint-you-have">Defamer caught him recycling his jokes last week</a>. His monologue on Wednesday (Apr. 2) was nearly identical to his monologue on Thursday (Apr. 3).<br /><br />Seriously. He just changed up the wording of a few jokes, and some of them he repeated word-for-word. This isn't like his on-going jokes about the "hookers in Times Square" or the "squirrels in Central Park" or "John McCain is so old that...".<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/07/letterman-is-recycling-his-own-jokes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1160825/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/07/letterman-is-recycling-his-own-jokes/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cbs</category><category>david letterman</category><category>DavidLetterman</category><category>defamer</category><category>letterman recycling jokes</category><category>letterman repeats jokes</category><category>letterman reuses jokes</category><category>LettermanReusesJokes</category><dc:creator>Anna Johns</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>David Letterman made me cringe last night</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/27/david-letterman-made-me-cringe-last-night/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/27/david-letterman-made-me-cringe-last-night/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/27/david-letterman-made-me-cringe-last-night/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/tv-royalty/" rel="tag">TV Royalty</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/oped/" rel="tag">OpEd</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/watercooler-talk/" rel="tag">Watercooler Talk</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a></p><p><img height="175" alt="Andy Rooney" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/03/andyrooney2.jpg" width="200" align="right" vspace="4" border="0" />After Johnny Carson, <a href="http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/">David Letterman</a> is my favorite late night talk show host of all-time. But last night he made a joke that made me cringe (and I'm pretty cringe-resistant).</p>
<p>He was giving the weekly "Fun Facts" list (doing it on Wednesday this week because he's in repeats tonight and Friday due to of March Madness basketball), and the last joke in the pile was one about Andy Rooney. I don't remember it verbatim, but it was something along the lines of, "Andy Rooney's wife tells him, 'yeah, a--hole, I've noticed," a joke about how Rooney always says the phrase "you ever notice...," which, in all fairness to Rooney, I think has been said more by his impersonators (like Joe Piscopo) than by Rooney himself.</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/27/david-letterman-made-me-cringe-last-night/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1150830/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/27/david-letterman-made-me-cringe-last-night/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>60 minutes</category><category>60Minutes</category><category>andy rooney</category><category>david letterman</category><category>fun facts</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>AOL readers rate TV talk show hosts</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/27/aol-readers-rate-tv-talk-show-hosts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/27/aol-readers-rate-tv-talk-show-hosts/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/27/aol-readers-rate-tv-talk-show-hosts/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/daytime/" rel="tag">Daytime</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/lists/" rel="tag">TV Squad Lists</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="170" border="0" align="right" alt="Ellen Degeneres" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/03/ellen0508-1.jpg" />So, AOL TV did a poll about <a href="http://television.aol.com/feature/talk-show-hosts-poll">America's favorite talk show hosts</a> and 1.3 million people made their feelings known. Interesting results. I didn't agree with some of them, like who I like waking up with. Diane Sawyer was the top choice, but I'd go for the second place finisher, Matt Lauer. As for whom to go to bed with -- TV talk show wise, that is -- I can't believe most of the people chose Jay Leno. Is he really that popular? I prefer David Letterman; I'm a sucker for the Top Ten lists. <br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: Talk Show Hosts</strong></p><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/talk-show-hosts/721022/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/03/1agtakn05-1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Regis Philbin" title="Regis Philbin" /></a><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/talk-show-hosts/721028/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/03/1lcoac03-1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Conan O'Brien" title="Conan O'Brien" /></a><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/talk-show-hosts/721032/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/03/2flnaq01-1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Jay Leno on David Letterman" title="Jay Leno on David Letterman" /></a><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/talk-show-hosts/721034/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/03/0000035907_20061117160305-1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Diane Sawyer" title="Diane Sawyer" /></a><a href="http://"www.tvsquad.com"/photos/talk-show-hosts/721035/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/03/0000037231_20070118114223-1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Ellen DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/27/aol-readers-rate-tv-talk-show-hosts/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1149990/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/27/aol-readers-rate-tv-talk-show-hosts/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Al Roker</category><category>AlRoker</category><category>AOL</category><category>ConanO'brien</category><category>David Letterman</category><category>DavidLetterman</category><category>Ellen DeGeneres</category><category>EllenDegeneres</category><category>Jay Leno</category><category>JayLeno</category><category>Jerry Springer</category><category>JerrySpringer</category><category>Jon Stewart</category><category>JonStewart</category><category>Kelly Ripa</category><category>KellyRipa</category><category>Larry King</category><category>LarryKing</category><category>Martha Stewart</category><category>MarthaStewart</category><category>Matt Lauer</category><category>MattLauer</category><category>Michael Keaton</category><category>MichaelKeaton</category><category>Oprah Winfrey</category><category>OprahWinfrey</category><category>Regis Philbin</category><category>RegisPhilbin</category><category>Stephen Colbert</category><category>StephenColbert</category><category>talk show hosts</category><category>TalkShowHosts</category><category>Tina Fey</category><category>TinaFey</category><category>Whoopi Goldberg</category><category>WhoopiGoldberg</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Anderson Cooper has cancer surgery</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/19/anderson-cooper-has-cancer-surgery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/19/anderson-cooper-has-cancer-surgery/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/19/anderson-cooper-has-cancer-surgery/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/news/" rel="tag">News</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="315" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/03/andersoncoopercnn.jpg" alt="Anderson Cooper " />If you've been wondering why Anderson Cooper hasn't been on his CNN show this week (I believe Soledad O'Brien has been filling in for him), it's not because he was busy spending the day with Barack Obama for a special episode that airs tonight. It's actually because he had cancer surgery on Monday.</p>
<p><a href="http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/andersons-view-on-the-road-with-obama/">Cooper describes on the <em>Anderson Cooper 360</em> blog</a> that "a small spot of skin cancer" was removed from under his eye. He says he wasn't even going to mention the surgery, but he still has stitches, and when he returns to the show tonight people would have noticed and he'd have to explain anyway (of course, he's probably still going to explain what's wrong, since I'm sure a lot of people don't read the<em> 360</em> blog).</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/19/anderson-cooper-has-cancer-surgery/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1144221/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/19/anderson-cooper-has-cancer-surgery/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>ac360</category><category>anderson cooper 360</category><category>charlie rose</category><category>cnn</category><category>david letterman</category><category>surgery</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>CBS says yes to Mike Birbiglia</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/15/cbs-says-yes-to-mike-birbiglia/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/15/cbs-says-yes-to-mike-birbiglia/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/15/cbs-says-yes-to-mike-birbiglia/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/comedy/" rel="tag">Other Comedy Shows</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/pickups-and-renewals/" rel="tag">Pickups and Renewals</a></p><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="215" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/03/51oh0no1asl-1._aa280_.jpg" alt="Mike Birbiglia" />Mike Birbigilia's girlfriend probably doesn't think it's a good idea, but someone at <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i177ff2f002836ece63364e680d175442">CBS has greenlighted <span style="font-style: italic;">Mike Birbiglia's Secret Public Journal</span>,</a> a pilot for a new sitcom. Maybe it was Whiffle Ball Tony, you know? <br /><br />Mike's sitcom will be based on the comic's stand up comedy act as well as his weekly autobiographical blog. In the show, Mike plays a Brooklyn stand-up comedian who lives with his girlfriend, works on their relationship and tries to make a success in show business. The humor, naturally, will reflect the routines he's been doing on CD (two) and on TV -- <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Late Show with David Letterman </span></a>(he was one of the youngest guys ever to do stand up on the show), <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/comedy-central/">Comedy Central</a> and <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/conan%20o'brien/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Late Night with Conan O'Brien</span></a>.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/15/cbs-says-yes-to-mike-birbiglia/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1141044/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/15/cbs-says-yes-to-mike-birbiglia/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Andrew Secunda</category><category>AndrewSecunda</category><category>CBS</category><category>Conan O'Brien</category><category>ConanO'brien</category><category>David Letterman</category><category>DavidLetterman</category><category>Mike Birbiglia</category><category>MikeBirbiglia</category><category>pilot</category><category>stand up comic</category><category>StandUpComic</category><category>whiffle ball Tony</category><category>WhiffleBallTony</category><dc:creator>Allison Waldman</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Evangeline Lilly and Jeff Fahey talk Lost - VIDEOS</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/02/14/evangeline-lilly-and-jeff-fahey-talk-lost-videos/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/02/14/evangeline-lilly-and-jeff-fahey-talk-lost-videos/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/02/14/evangeline-lilly-and-jeff-fahey-talk-lost-videos/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/lost/" rel="tag">Lost</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/video/" rel="tag">Video</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="315" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/02/02132008fahey.jpg" alt="Jeff Fahey" />With the TV season getting back to business as usual, a few <em>Lost</em> stars have been making the rounds in the media this week. Earlier,<em> E!'s</em> <a href="http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=70278acb-942b-4c8e-8186-0369fd37fcc7&amp;sid=rss_kristin&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_kristin">Kristin Dos Santos</a> interviewed Jeff Fahey, who plays pilot Frank Lapidus on the show. Frank is my favorite new <em><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/lost/">Lost</a> </em>character, and Fahey is very intriguing and well-spoken in person. The actor discusses his reasons for joining the show and admits that he had never watched <em>Lost</em> before joining the cast.</p>
<p>Evangeline Lilly was a guest on Tuesday night's episode of the <em><a href="http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/wahoo/index/php/20080212.phtml">Late Show with David Letterman</a></em>. The actress tells Dave about how a planned trip to China became an impromptu trip to Japan (no visitor's visa). She also talks about the writers' strike and how she deals with island fever during filming in Hawaii. </p>
<p>Both videos are available after the jump. Enjoy! </p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/02/14/evangeline-lilly-and-jeff-fahey-talk-lost-videos/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1114550/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/02/14/evangeline-lilly-and-jeff-fahey-talk-lost-videos/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>David Letterman</category><category>Evangeline Lilly</category><category>Evangeline Lilly interview</category><category>Jeff Fahey</category><category>Jeff Fahey interview</category><category>Lost</category><category>Lost cast</category><category>Lost cast interviews</category><category>Lost season four</category><dc:creator>Erin Martell</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ferguson wants Jon Stewart to replace Letterman</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/02/11/ferguson-wants-jon-stewart-to-replace-letterman/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/02/11/ferguson-wants-jon-stewart-to-replace-letterman/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/02/11/ferguson-wants-jon-stewart-to-replace-letterman/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/late-night/" rel="tag">Late Night</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/talk-show/" rel="tag">Talk Show</a></p><p><img width="250" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="175" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/02/craigfergusoncbs2.jpg" alt="Craig Ferguson" />Awwww, isn't it nice when one late night host gives a compliment to another?</p>
<p><em>Late, Late Show</em> host Craig Ferguson says that he would like to see Jon Stewart take over for David Letterman if and when Letterman retires. Letterman's current contract with CBS is up in 2010, which just happens to be the same time that Stewart's contract is up with <em>The Daily Show</em> and Comedy Central.</p>
<p>But that's not the most interesting part of <a href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6530816.html">this interview with Ferguson</a> over at <em>Broadcasting and Cable</em>. Ferguson hints strongly that if Letterman stays, he'll stay, but if Letterman does indeed retire, he'll probably retire too. And he really doesn't have an interest in the 11:35 slot (Ferguson has already said <a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2007/08/16/Tv/Ferguson_a_standout_l.shtml">he might leave CBS</a> when his six year contract is up).</p><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/02/11/ferguson-wants-jon-stewart-to-replace-letterman/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1112174/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/02/11/ferguson-wants-jon-stewart-to-replace-letterman/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>cbs</category><category>comedy central</category><category>conan o'brien</category><category>craig ferguson</category><category>david letterman</category><category>jon stewart</category><category>nbc</category><category>the daily show</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Out of the Blogosphere</title><link>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/26/out-of-the-blogosphere/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/26/out-of-the-blogosphere/</guid><comments>http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/26/out-of-the-blogosphere/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/programming/" rel="tag">Programming</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/web/" rel="tag">Web</a>, <a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><p><em><img width="200" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="219" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/01/freaksgeeksdvd.jpg" alt="Freaks and Geeks" />What's going on at the other TV blogs via the internets.</em></p>
<ul>
    <li>BuzzSugar has the scoop on the <a href="http://buzzsugar.com/tags/Freaks+and+Geeks+speak"><em>Freaks &amp; Geeks</em> reunion</a>. </li>
    <li>Bill O'Reilly is <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/oreilly_fires_back_at_edwardsletterman_75776.asp">not happy</a> with David Letterman or John Edwards. </li>
    <li><em>Mad Men's</em> Rich Sommer (Harry) has one of the coolest celebrity <a href="http://richsommer.vox.com/">blogs</a> you'll find, and check out the incredible <a href="http://richsommer.vox.com/library/post/happy-holidays.html">Xmas card</a> he sent out. </li>
    <li>What were you doing in 1983? I was graduating from high school and <a href="http://torr.typepad.com/weblog/2008/01/stream-3-hours.html">watching MTV</a>. </li>
    <li><em>New York</em> picks <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/01/ten_shows_from_the_eighties_we.html">10 shows</a> that they'd like to see NBC's Ben Silverman bring back. </li>
    <li><a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/hannah-montana/teenager-arrested-in-connectio-16060.aspx">This teen</a> wanted to crash a Hannah Montana concert - literally. </li>
    <li>Matt Roush loves ABC's new show <em><a href="http://www.tvguide.com/Roush-Review/080123-01">Eli Stone</a></em>. </li>
    <li>During the strike, Alan Sepinwall is <a href="http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/search/label/Cupid">reviewing</a> episodes of <em>Cupid</em>.</li>
</ul><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/26/out-of-the-blogosphere/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/forward/1097294/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/01/26/out-of-the-blogosphere/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bill o'reilly</category><category>cupid</category><category>david letterman</category><category>eli stone</category><category>freaks and geeks</category><category>mad men</category><category>matt roush</category><category>mtv</category><category>rich sommer</category><category>tv blogs</category><dc:creator>Bob Sassone</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:33:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>