Woohoo! It only took 500k fans on Facebook and massive media coverage to make Lorne Michaels and the folks at SNL approach Betty White to host the show in April. According to Michael Ausiello at EW that there is a deal in the works to get Betty White to host the late night program. But, [...]
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When Saturday Night Live is on, its on and the past two weeks have been pretty darn near classic episodes. Last week Jon Hamm visited and helped make one of the funniest episodes in years, with his skit as newly inaugurated Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown and in a perfect Digital Short with him as a [...]
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Sadly, tonight marked Conan O’Brien’s last night behind the desk of “The Tonight Show” and I’m not going to lie, I got teary eyed. After all the nonsense and all the snark going around the past couple of weeks regarding NBC’s Late Night Wars 2.0, there is something to be said about the goodbye O’Brien [...]
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Well its finally official. Like signed on the dotted line official. Conan O’Brien and NBC will no longer be working together. O’Brien has signed a $45 Million deal to vacate “The Tonight Show”, along with his 200 staffers. O’Brien’s last show will be this Friday night, with guests Tom Hanks, Will Ferrell (who might have [...]
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Lord, its hard out there for a host. This drama going on over at NBC is really reaching a new level. Late yesterday, we heard that Jay Leno has negotiated a deal with NBC to take back “The Tonight Show” at 11:35PM. The deal is allegedly still in the works, as Conan O’Brien declared [...]
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Well this seems to be the trend for late night hosts ever since the the NBC late night debacle became public knowledge. David Letterman, who had his own nasty battle with both NBC and Jay Leno during his bid for the hosting gig of “The Tonight Show” back in 1992, seemed gleeful when discussing the [...]
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Just after I finally finished my long post all about the debacle going on at NBC, Conan O’Brien released a heartfelt statement, which outlines his next steps. O’Brien explained that he knew about the possible switch since last Thursday and that if NBC does indeed move “The Jay Leno Show” to 11:35PM, he will no [...]
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If you have been living under a rock, you might have missed the hot mess that is the battle for NBC Late Night programming. As we reported last week, NBC has “canceled” Jay Leno’s 10PM show and the rumors began swirling that the chinanator would be returning to the 11:35 PM time slot, currently occupied [...]
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UPDATED: According to TMZ, who apparently now rules the Hollywood rumor mill, NBC has given a choice to Conan O’Brien about his fate at the “Tonight Show”. O’Brien can either allow Leno’s show to make the move to 11:35PM, making him the lead in to their late night and start his show at 12:05, or [...]
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Woohoo! Joseph Gordon-Levitt, one of my new celebrity crushes, will be killing it on ‘Saturday Night Live’ tonight. Of course, I am just assuming this, but I think his perfect timing and ability to mock himself will be a huge asset to him as a host. Sadly, this season has been weak, but thats [...]
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