PASADENA, Calif.—Rosie O’Donnell put herself squarely in the Team Conan camp Thursday, ripping Jay Leno for—as she sees it–forcing his way back into NBC’s Tonight Show timeslot.“I think he’s forgotten his roots, who he is and what stand-up comedy is about,” she told critics following this afternoon’s HBO press tour session.Earlier, O’Donnell lashed out at
American Idol dropped a million viewers in Canada in one night, clocking in at 2,080,000 Wednesday on CTV. The half hour time shift away from the Fox simulcast doesn’t appear to the be the culprit; Buffalo Fox affiliate WUTV at 8 drew just 16,000 overnight, estimated viewers, according to BBM Canada, compared to CFTO’s 382,000
PASADEMA, Calif.–Critics went ape this morning at the Discovery Network sessions at press tour.Hot off yesterday’s heady PBS sessions, the first day of cable brought the usual collection of freak shows and reality junk. Two dudes who pick up rocks in the dessert were promoted as Meteor Men. An urban farming show called The Fabulous
Here it is, Press Tour 2010, the radio version. I give CHML’s Scott Thompson the scoop on all this NBC nonsense straight off the floor of Pasadena’s Langham Hotel. Will Conan O’Brien finish the week as host of The Tonight Show? Will he host the show again in the Year 3000? You can listen in
The Kids in the Hall managed to survive a crowded night, drawing over a million viewers for the premiere of their kooky new CBC comedy miniseries, Death Comes To Town.The big draw Tuesday night, of course, was American Idol, pulling 3,167,000 for the ninth season premiere on CTV. That’s a jump of about a million
On with Donna Skelly and Lawrence Diskin tonight on CHCH’s Live@5:30. The topic? What else, the whole crazy Conan O’Brien saga and the fallout in late night television. I’m still down in Pasadena on the press tour, here another week, so doing this over the phone while they hopefully put up a photo of someone
PASADENA, Calif.–This press tour has been so hijacked by the Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno saga even PBS can’t escape it.Other network stars are starting to realize this is the only way to grab our attention down here. “Children of Earth,” went the release this morning from embattled PBS kiddie star Dora the Explorer. “I will not
PASADENA, Calif.–Is passing out handguns to critics really a good idea? With news exploding to the left and to the right, Fox set up a truck outside the press tour hotel Monday just so critics could fire off guns.Reporters weren’t the only one’s taking part in the fun. McG, executive producer of the new Fox