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First Jay Leno Promo Digs at Conan

Tonight Show ad implies Conan O'Brien never belonged there

(Newser) - NBC aired the first promo for Jay Leno’s return to the Tonight Show last night, and it seems to include an underhanded dig at Conan O’Brien. The ad, a sequel to last year’s Super Bowl promo for the Jay Leno Show, shows a “10” decal flying...

NBC Goes Live, Gets F-Bombed
 NBC Goes Live, Gets F-Bombed 
Feb 18, 2010 6:42 AM CST

NBC Goes Live, Gets F-Bombed

Network cringes over raw dudeness of Shaun White's coach

(Newser) - Now we know the real reason for those annoying Olympics tape delays: when NBC goes live, it gets f-bombed. Last night's live snowboarding coverage took an awkward turn for the network when Shaun White's coach told him on live television to "stomp the shit" out of the half-pipe and...

Tape Delay an Olympic Dilemma

 Tape Delay an Olympic Dilemma 
in the age of twitter...
Feb 11, 2010 11:33 AM CST

Tape Delay an Olympic Dilemma

Instant-update world get results from Twitter, not NBC broadcast

(Newser) - The good news for NBC is that the North American location of this year's winter Olympics means far less tape-delaying of events than usual; the bad news is that in an era when Twitter can tell you instantly who won the gold medal, delayed broadcasts annoy audiences more than ever....

Wanda Sykes Mocks NBC's Black History Menu—on NBC

Jay Leno a little uncomfortable during the riff

(Newser) - Jay Leno may have thought Wanda Sykes wanted to talk about her injured foot and her 9-month-old twins, but she made it clear last night on his show , "I'm here for that delicious Black History Month menu that NBC is serving in their cafeteria." Leno seemed clueless, and...

NBC Serves Fried Chicken to Honor Black History Month

A move that doesn't go over well once it hits Twitter

(Newser) - The NBC commissary at 30 Rock is catching plenty of flak after an employee snapped a photo of the day's special—fried chicken, collard greens, and black-eyed peas "in honor of Black History Month"—then shared it with his 1.2 million Twitter followers. Questlove, the drummer for...

Newest TV Trend: Indian-Themed Shows

 Newest TV Trend: 
 Indian-Themed Shows 
thanks to slumdog
Feb 1, 2010 11:43 AM CST

Newest TV Trend: Indian-Themed Shows

Popularity of Slumdog Millionaire made way for successors on TV

(Newser) - Bollywood is coming to Hollywood, with more Indian actors and TV shows about Indians and Indian Americans coming to the small screen. The interest in all things Indian “was boiling, hovering there, with the increasing popularity of Indian clothing, food, and Bollywood movies”—and then Slumdog Millionaire came...

Jon Hamm Returns to SNL, Goes Shirtless

'Saturday Night Live' guest host can't live up to debut but fits in well

(Newser) - Jon Hamm's Saturday Night Live debut was an instant classic, which meant hopes were high—perhaps unrealistically so—for last night's second effort. The Mad Men star has no trouble taking off his shirt and "obviously enjoys doing comedy, and so was game for a few silly bits,"...

NBC Buys Pilot From Conan O'Brien
NBC Buys Pilot From Conan O'Brien
Jan 27, 2010 8:07 AM CST

NBC Buys Pilot From Conan O'Brien

Picks up new hour-long legal show, ironically named Justice

(Newser) - NBC and Conan O’Brien are already doing business again; the network has picked up the pilot for Justice, an hour-long legal drama from O’Brien’s production company, Conaco. O’Brien will serve as executive producer, along with Jeff Ross and pilot writer John Eisendrath. The show, which follows...

NBC Is Chamberlain, Conan Is Czechoslovakia, So Leno Is...

Ousting Conan was only the first step; Jimmy Fallon is next!

(Newser) - If you think about it, isn’t Jay Leno a lot like Hitler? After all, he's “a master of making secret demands for foreign territory and then acting like the wronged party,” reasons Joe Queenan, writing for the Wall Street Journal . Leno pretended he wanted only the first...

Obama Must Avenge Conan, Fire NBC's CEO


 Obama Must 
 Avenge Conan, 
 Fire NBC's CEO 
Simon Dumenco
Jan 25, 2010 12:57 PM CST

Obama Must Avenge Conan, Fire NBC's CEO

Treat Jeff Zucker like the head of GM, and do it now

(Newser) - If President Obama can fire GM’s CEO, why not Jeff Zucker, the bonehead who ousted Conan O’Brien? The Tonight Show fiasco was just the latest masterstroke of the “blindingly incompetent” NBC boss, but it looks as though he’s safe until Comcast finishes acquiring the floundering broadcaster,...

Let the Conan Backlash Begin

Face it, O'Brien's ratings weren't great

(Newser) - Conan O’Brien joins the ranks of the unemployed today, so the ousted Tonight Show host now has plenty of time to track the backlash and second-guessing about the TV shell game. Jay Leno remains the villain of the piece, but the hard truth is that O’Brien never drew...

'I Do Not Regret a Second': Conan

O'Brien thanks fans, NBC, for allowing him to live Tonight dream

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien said on his final Tonight show that walking away is the hardest thing he's ever had to do. Before ending a seven-month run at the franchise NBC is giving back to Jay Leno, O'Brien thanked his fans, the viewers—and even the network he's so famously blasted recently....

NBC's Next Challenge: Fixing Prime Time
NBC's Next Challenge: Fixing Prime Time
analysis
Jan 22, 2010 2:55 PM CST

NBC's Next Challenge: Fixing Prime Time

Network to produce 20 pilots next season

(Newser) - Now that NBC is nearly past the Jay Leno-Conan O'Brien fiasco, the network is refocusing on the job at hand: correcting a 5-year slide in ratings. The Leno gambit, which CEO Jeff Zucker described as an experiment in the "economics" of network television, represented the network's hope that Leno...

NBC Complains to White House About ABC's Access

Source says NBC wants more Obama interviews; network denies it

(Newser) - NBC has filed a formal complaint with the White House, saying ABC is getting a disproportionate number of interviews with President Obama. The network cites recent sit-downs with George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson, and alleges that Stephanopoulos’ friendship with Rahm Emanuel is helping the network land the face time, according...

'Anarchic' Conan Perfect for Treasury Secretary

Obama could use O'Brien-like bile to hammer big banks

(Newser) - The idiot circus that is NBC’s late-night merry-go-round resembles nothing so much as the US financial crisis, so what better next stop for Conan O’Brien than the Treasury? That’s what Leslie Savan would like to see, given that Secretary Tim Geithner completely lacks the O’Brien-like “...

Conan Seals $44M Exit Deal


 Conan Seals 
 $44M Exit Deal 
Jan 21, 2010 6:40 AM CST

Conan Seals $44M Exit Deal

Agreement includes $32M for him, rest for staff

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien and NBC have finally made it official. The late-night host signed an exit agreement that includes $32 million for O'Brien and $12 million for his staff. The deal is also believed to bar both sides from publicly disparaging each other, and to temporarily ban O'Brien from appearing on...

NBC Fiasco Gets Animated, Hong Kong-Style

Video explains what's up with Conan and Jay...in Mandarin

(Newser) - Everything's better in Chinese...and that includes the Conan O'Brien-Jay Leno fracas. Hong Kong's NMA-TV has created a video animation of the debacle, as it did for Tiger Woods , complete with a plug-pulling Jeff Zucker and Jay and Conan dressed as superheros. Watch the video for a lively explanation of...

Conan Bashes NBC en Español

O'Brien contract talks delayed; late night trashing continues

(Newser) - As the late night hosts’ jabs at each other and NBC go on…and on…and on, the severance deal between Conan O’Brien and NBC continues to be delayed. TMZ reports the hold-up is over how long O’Brien will be barred from slamming the network—which he did...

Conan Slams 'Incompetent Morons' at NBC

 Conan Slams 
 'Incompetent 
 Morons' 
 at NBC 
PLUS: $32.5M PAYOUT
Jan 19, 2010 8:17 AM CST

Conan Slams 'Incompetent Morons' at NBC

'Tonight Show' deal appears close for O'Brien

(Newser) - Conan O’Brien came out swinging on last night’s Tonight Show , saying that while it's rumored he's “legally prohibited” from saying anything negative about NBC, "luckily they're not saying I can't sing anything." He then, naturally, took to song, crooning about the network’s “incompetent...

Leno: Conan's Been a Gent
 Leno: Conan's Been a Gent 
Jan 19, 2010 5:21 AM CST

Leno: Conan's Been a Gent

Blames NBC for fiasco, saying he never liked 10pm idea

(Newser) - Jay Leno turned peacemaker in the late-night wars last night, insisting that he bears Conan O'Brien no ill-will and blaming the mess on NBC's original decision to replace him on the Tonight Show. He never did like the idea of the 10pm show, he said, but NBC wouldn't let him...

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