PASADENA, Calif.–Several sources are reporting that an exit deal between Conan O’Brien and NBC has been hammered out and will be announced Saturday.Bill Carter of the New York Times, who usually has this stuff first, lays it all out here. Basically O’Brien gets at least $30 million to be okay with having The Tonight Show
The third season finale of CBC’s The Border did 506,000 Thursday night. That won’t be enough to stem speculation that the show is a toss up to return for a fourth season.As it has been all season since being switched to Thursday nights, the homeland security series, starring James McGowan (above) as major Mike Kessler,
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
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