tonight show with jay leno-related stories
Posted Aug 21st 2009 9:01AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, News, Ratings, Reality-Free
NBC must be doing a lot of regretting these days for moving Jay Leno to 10 p.m., and not just because it screws up the perfect headline alliteration with his former competition.
It seems that
David Letterman's Late Show reruns are getting higher ratings than Conan O'Brien's brand-spanking new
Tonight Show episodes.
The margins aren't very wide, but it must hurt when a rival is kicking your lily-white hide and he's not even throwing any punches. It's like getting your ass kicked by a one legged Stephen Hawking.
Continue reading Letterman beating O'Brien with old shows
Posted Jul 21st 2009 5:00PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, Reality-Free
The world is facing a population explosion of Biblical proportions. People are procreating and reproducing faster than sustenance reserves and housing requirements can keep up with it. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have officially given up adoption for the next three Lents.
Something has to be done that doesn't involve condoms, birth control pills, or taking a hammer to certain parts of the human anatomy.
India claims they have found a solution.
Television?Continue reading India's plan for population control includes ... late night TV?!?
Posted Jun 28th 2009 9:03AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Not only did the
"Fire David Letterman" crowd completely fail at their attempt to oust the late night host from his desk chair, but they actually helped him.
That makes them the least successful protest effort since 1977's memorable campaign to
"Keep Pies Away from Anita Bryant." I believe it had something to do with preventing the spread of diabetes.
Variety reports that Letterman surpassed
The Tonight Show in the ratings for the first time in nearly three-and-a-half years while the whole Palin family "Jokegate" debacle was still slowly being scraped off the fan.
Continue reading Letterman has the last laugh on Palin's "Jokegate"
Posted Jan 5th 2009 9:02AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, OpEd, Talk Show, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
If you live in New York (first of all, you have my deepest sympathy) and you've been itching to catch
Late Night with Conan O'Brien in person since you moved out there to pursue some crazy dream that will only leave you penniless, heartbroken and homeless, your time is running out.
The big-headed one will film his last show in the New York studio on Feb. 20,
according to the show's website.
And since he leaves no corner of his little universe jokeless, anyone can get tickets to his remaining New York shows by shooting an email to conangobyebye@nbc.com.
Continue reading Conan close to making LA move
Posted Dec 10th 2008 8:28AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Web, Reality-Free, Webisodes
A lot of comedy geeks called "shenanigans" on NBC when they announced Jimmy Fallon would get Conan O'Brien's
Late Night slot when he moves to Los Angeles next year. I wasn't a big fan of the Fallon when he was on
SNL and his movie career lacked a certain something (like entertainment value), but late night comedy is a different monster. Even O'Brien had problems establishing himself and I was willing to give Fallon the benefit of the doubt.
Then NBC announced that
Jay Leno would get his own primetime spot when he leaves
The Tonight Show, an announcement that couldn't have shocked me more if NBC delivered it with a 20-watt tazer.
Then I watched the first episode of
Jimmy Fallon's web premiere and I understood why.
Continue reading Jimmy Fallon's first taste of Late Night tastes like feet - VIDEO
Posted Mar 30th 2006 6:36PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, NBC, Cable, Late Night, Battlestar Galactica, Las Vegas, Law and Order, Daytime, Music and Variety, The Office
NBC is adding a dozen shows to Comcasts's On Demand
service, starting in May. That means you can buy the show for $.99 after it airs, in case you missed it. Unfortunately,
it's not for everybody. In fact, it's not for many of us. The deal is only valid in markets (aka 'cities') where your
local NBC affiliate is actually owned and operated by NBC. For instance, here in Portland, our NBC affiliate is owned
and operated by BELO Corp., so no luck here. Eh. TiVo is better, anyway.
The shows hitting VOD are:
Continue reading NBC shows coming to Comcast On Demand
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