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 Shatner Reads the Real Levi 

Conan O'Brien sorry for fake Tweets, but not too sorry

Nov 6, 09 7:29 AM CST
(Newser) - The Tonight Show got the last laugh on Levi Johnston. The soon-to-be Playgirl model threatened to sue if Conan O’Brien didn’t retract Wednesday’s poetry session, featuring William Shatner dramatically reading Levi’s supposed Tweets. So O'Brien admitted they were actually written by “a clever impostor posing... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • lawsuit • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • William Shatner • Sarah Palin • Twitter • Levi Johnston

WATCH THE VIDEO

 Shatner 
 Poeticizes 
 Levi's Tweets 

William Shatner back on Conan for dramatic reading of Johnston's posts

Nov 5, 09 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Only a dramatic reading by William Shatner can give Levi Johnston’s tweets the gravity they truly deserve. Shatner visited The Tonight Show yesterday to poeticize Twitter gems such as, “Maybe I’m a genius and not even know it. Maybe I don’t exist and it only seems... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • William Shatner • Sarah Palin • Twitter • Levi Johnston

SURPRISE, SURPRISE

 Letterman Scandal 
 Is Ratings Gold 

That and Leno's exit make erstwhile underdog late night winner

Nov 2, 09 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - David Letterman’s scandalous admission of intraoffice sex and his role in a blackmail scheme appear to have titillated audiences. CBS’ Late Show is up 13% in total viewership for the season over last year. Sure, Dave is off 8% in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, but that’s nothing... More »

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entertainment • television • CBS • sex scandal • blackmail • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • TV ratings • Tonight Show • Late Show

LETTERMAN ROUNDUP


 At First 
 Blush, Fans 
 Forgive Dave 

Scandal-tainted David Letterman rules in ratings and with devotees

Oct 2, 09 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Letterman’s fans—at least the handful surveyed by the Daily News—agree: All is forgiven. In fact, his extortionist is the one who should be ashamed of himself. “We love Letterman no matter what he does. He brings us joy,” said a would-be audience member outside... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • blackmail • extortion • affair • late night talk show • David Letterman • TV ratings • Tonight Show • Late Show • Robert Halderman

Newark Mayor Bars Conan From NJ in Playful Feud

Booker fires back after O'Brien's Newark joke

Oct 1, 09 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conan O’Brien and Newark Mayor Cory Booker have been lobbing insults back and forth—O’Brien on the Tonight Show, Booker via YouTube—for the past week. It started when Conan made a joke about Booker’s drive to improve Newark's health care—it "consists of a bus... More »

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 ABC, CBS 
 Urge Stars 
 to Boycott 
 Leno 

The Jay Leno Show performing well, but many still want it to fail

Oct 1, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Leno touched off a firestorm of industry backlash as he launched his primetime show, and it’s not over yet: Rival networks ABC and CBS are encouraging their stars to boycott The Jay Leno Show since it competes with their own 10pm series, the Los Angeles Times ... More »

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entertainment • NBC • CBS • ABC • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • TV ratings • Tonight Show

 Conan: I Hit My 
 Head So Hard 
 I Understood 
 Lost 

Tonight host returns, makes light of Friday mishap

Sep 28, 09 9:56 PM CDT
(AP) - Conan O'Brien was back at work today on the Tonight Show, and joking about a stunt accident Friday that gave him what he calls a slight concussion. According to an NBC transcript of tonight's monologue, O'Brien says he hit his head so hard that for five seconds he understood the... More »

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entertainment • NBC • Lost • Conan O'Brien • concussions • Tonight Show • Teri Hatcher

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien is home from the hospital after whacking his head during a Tonight Show stunt. "Conan is resting comfortably," said an NBC statement. "He is expected to return to work on Monday." Guest Teri Hatcher spilled details on the accident, which reportedly happened while the... More »

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(AP) - He's taken his lumps in the ratings, but yesterday Conan O'Brien hit his head during a stunt for the Tonight Show, and ended up at the hospital. The accident halted production, and a Tonight rerun with guest Jeremy Piven was aired. The scheduled show was to include Teri Hatcher... More »

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television • NBC • Jay Leno • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • stunts

REVIEW ROUND-UP

 New Leno Show 
 Numbingly 
 (or Pleasantly) 
 Familiar 

It's pretty much the Tonight Show in a new time slot

Sep 15, 09 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Jay Leno Show won't disappoint Leno fans looking for more of the same, say critics, but the only thing new or ground-breaking about it is the 10pm time slot.
  • James Poniewozik, Time: Leno and NBC aren't "out to win over critics who liked Letterman better. Instead, they're
... More »

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NBC • Jerry Seinfeld • Kanye West • Jay Leno • talk show • Tonight Show • prime time • The Jay Leno Show

TV PREVIEW

 Jay Leno Show: 
 More of the Same 

Primetime debut likely won't stray far from late night formula

Sep 11, 09 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two writers for Comedy.com who infiltrated a test taping of the new Jay Leno Show found it “muddled and confusing,” and they say Leno continues to “be a big ladle serving us more imitation comedy gruel.” Some insights:
  • The studio: "Basically the
... More »

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OPINION


 Don't Count 
 Conan Out 
 . . . Yet  


Aug 24, 09 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conan O'Brien's well-documented struggles to find his way as the host of the Tonight Show may be cause for alarm, but it's hardly time to punch the panic button, writes Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales. O'Brien "is to be congratulated for the way the show has been going,... More »

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GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Phelps 
 Crashed 
 in 'Tranny 
 Hooker District' 

Plus, Edwards might finally cop to love child

Aug 14, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - After analyzing the location of Michael Phelps’ car accident, a Gawker tipster reveals that the Olympic legend “may have been leaving the tranny hooker district” of Baltimore at the time, leading blogger the Cajun Boy to wonder, “Was Michael Phelps trolling for a tranny? It's highly doubtful, but... More »

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entertainment • John Edwards • Elton John • Michael Phelps • celebrity • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • TV ratings • Tonight Show • Olympic Games • love child • Rielle Hunter • Late Show • Joel Schumacher • Alice in Chains • Frances Quinn Hunter

(Newser) - Dave beat Conan in the ratings again this week, garnering 3.38 million viewers to the Tonight Show’s 2.63 million, the New York Daily News reports. That makes four straight weeks Letterman’s come out on top, his longest streak since 1995. But NBC is quick to... More »

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GOSSIP ROUNDUP


 Leno Spills Details 
 on New Show 

Plus, Kate Major is still talking...

Aug 6, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Jay Leno Show will bear few similarities to Leno’s tenure on the Tonight Show—for one, he won’t have a desk until the end of the fast-paced hour, if at all—but it will still feature celebrity guests (two max) and signature Leno comedy bits,... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Jay Leno • Marilyn Monroe • Tonight Show • primetime TV • Family Guy • Jon Gosselin • Kate Major • The Jay Leno Show

(Newser) - After months of promoting Jay Leno's move to 10pm, NBC may shake up its prime-time schedule again, moving its late local news to 10 and Leno to 10:30, the network's onetime programming head speculates. Garth Ancier, now chief of BBC America, shared his speculation with critics at the summer... More »

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entertainment • television • NBC • CBS • programming • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show • comedian • television personality • Late Show • The Jay Leno Show

 Shatner Graces 
 Conan With 
 More Palin 'Poetry' 

This time, drawn from her Twitter feed

Jul 30, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - After realizing Sarah Palin’s incoherent resignation address was not actually a speech but rather poetry, Conan O’Brien started investigating her Twitter feed. “Some people have found her tweets to be a little rambling, confusing, and off-topic,” O’Brien said on last night’s Tonight Show,... More »

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(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s farewell speech may have sounded like random meandering gibberish, but it was actually random meandering performance poetry, Conan O’Brien explained last night on NBC's Tonight Show. To celebrate her obvious gifts, he enlisted William Shatner for a Beat-style reading—and yes, it's as amazing as you... More »

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late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • poetry • Tonight Show • William Shatner • Sarah Palin

(Newser) - The right might complain that television networks are in thrall to Barack Obama, but they have a good reason to be: the president is good for business. As Politico reports, Obama-related programs send ratings spiking—when he appeared on the Tonight Show, it had its best Friday night in 17... More »

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Barack Obama • Nielsen Ratings • TV ratings • Tonight Show • network television • George W. Bush • President Obama

Conan Woos Far Younger
Tonight Show Crowd

O'Brien lowers median age of Tonight viewers by 10 years

Jul 6, 09 1:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - In just one month, Conan O’Brien has lowered the median age of the Tonight Show audience by 10 years, from 55 to 45, the New York Times reports. Conan has radically reshaped the demographics of the program by drawing an unprecedented number of new viewers aged 18 to 34—... More »

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