The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien went out the same way it came in seven months ago–with class, delight and plenty of laughs.O’Brien has been on fire the last few weeks, seizing his final shows and driving The Tonight Show to a “Must See” level NBC hasn’t seen in years.O’Brien opened his Friday finale by
This is beyond brilliant: Jimmy Kimmel’s take on the Conan/Leno war as seen through the eyes of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Thank you, Jeff Zucker, for this golden age of late night comedy. From Thursday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, an ABC series that airs in the Toronto market at midnight on Sun TV.When the dust
Wednesday is proving to be a crowded night to bust out of for the Republic of Doyle. The new CBC P.I. drama, starring Allan Hawco and Sean McGinley, left), is in tough up against a powerful night of established hits on CTV.Republic of Doyle arrested an overnight, estimated 685,000 viewers Wednesday night, down from 715,000
Finally, it all makes sense thanks to this hilarious Hong Kong News animated interpretation of NBC’s screw up in late night. O’Brien jumped all over this on Tuesday night’s show, another outstanding hour as O’Brien continues to go out in a blaze of glory. “Hello, I’m Conan O’Brien,” he began Tuesday’s show, “and I’m just
Want to get a snapshot of media today hot off the critics’ press tour? The Broadcast Research Council of Canada has asked me to speak Thursday at their mid-season TV review. I’ll be sharing stories of all the Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno/NBC intrigue which dominated the 10 day press tour, which concluded Monday with Hollywood set
PASADENA, Calif.—The word of the day was “fun” as a posse of press tour critics got out of Dodge for a little side trip down to Pee-wee land.A live, theatrical run of The Pee-wee Herman Show is currently running at Club Nokia, part of the downtown LA Live entertainment complex right next to the Staples
PASADENA, Calif.—Critics gathered in a meeting room at the press tour hotel Sunday night to live blog the Golden Globes awards (hosted by Ricky Gervais, right). While all awards shows bore me to tears, it is fun to sit in with other journalists who are stuck filing on all this nonsense just for all the
PASADENA, Calif.–Press tours have many moments, some ridiculous, some sweet, some profound. For me, the defining moment of this tour–despite all the Conan and Cowell nonsense–will be Friday’s session with boxing legends Smokin’ Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes.The two former heavyweight champions were in the house to promote Facing Ali, a documentary by Derik Murray,