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OBITUARY

 Impressionist 
 Travalena Dead at 66 


Jun 29, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Travalena, a master impressionist whose catalog of voices ranged from US presidents to Frank Sinatra doing Boy George, has died at 66 of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the Los Angeles Times reports. The actor-singer-mimic, known as the "Man of a Thousand Faces," opened for the likes of... More »

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cancer • entertainment • television • Las Vegas • obituary • comedy • Johnny Carson • Wayne Newton • Tonight Show • impression • Fred Travalena • impressionist • mimic • non-Hodgkin's lymphoma • Shirley Maclaine

obituary

 Iconic Sidekick 
 Ed McMahon 
 Dead at 86 

Former Tonight Show sidekick fought cancer

Jun 23, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ed McMahon died last night in Los Angeles. The former Johnny Carson sidekick, 86, had long fought cancer and was recently admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, WAPT reports. Besides his Tonight Show role, McMahon was known for hosting Star Search and appearing on commercials handing giant checks to American... More »

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television • NBC • obituary • late night host • Johnny Carson • Tonight Show • Ed McMahon • American Family Publishers

Letterman Overtakes Conan's Tonight in Ratings Game

NBC ratings slip under new host

Jun 10, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just over a week after Conan O’Brien took over NBC’s Tonight Show, CBS rival David Letterman has overtaken him in the ratings, the Hollywood Reporter notes. The Late Show is up 13% from last week and 17% from last year; NBC’s ratings have been slipping under O’... More »

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entertainment • NBC • CBS • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • TV ratings • Tonight Show • Late Show

TV Review

 This Ain't 
 Your Dad's 
 Tonight Show 


Jun 2, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - It certainly wasn’t the same old Tonight Show that came on at 11:35 last night. Here’s what the critics are saying:
  • From the hilarious open on, Conan announced he “is not as interested in filling Jay's shoes as in buying a much newer pair,
... More »

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late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • television review

OPINION

 Crap, Now Who Do We Watch? 


Jun 1, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Late-night TV stops making sense tonight. Letterman and Leno were such opposites that nobody had trouble deciding which to watch. If you’re like Gawker's Cajun Boy, you watched Letterman at 11:35 and Conan at 12:37. Now they’re going head-to-head, leaving him conflicted. “This is like... More »

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late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show

 Leno Takes Final Bow 
 on Tonight Show 

Torch passed to Conan O'Brien after 17-year run

May 30, 09 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Leno said goodnight to the Tonight Show last night with a low-key farewell that included a look back at the host’s 17-year run, Variety reports. "When we started the show, my hair was black and the president was white," he quipped. The grand finale was an... More »

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NBC • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show

opinion

 Leno's Leaving, 
 and Nobody Cares 

He's all over the news, but no one seems too sad about it

May 29, 09 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Why is no one crying as Jay Leno leaves the Tonight Show, wonders the Cajun Boy on Gawker. Is it “because he's liked by the olds and people who live in red states”? No, it’s because Leno is nice. He's like “a lover that you just... More »

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entertainment • NBC • celebrity • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Tonight Show • primetime TV

GLOSSIES

 Conan Ready for Hollywood 


May 21, 09 8:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conan O’Brien moves to the slot once occupied by his hero Johnny Carson next month, raising the question of whether his shtick will play to a wider—and presumably more mainstream—audience. “The biggest mistake would be to alter my signal to make sure that I reach all... More »

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television • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • Late Night • Jay-ZTV

 Leno's Last Guest: Conan 

Star-studded lineup for final week

May 14, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conan O’Brien is sneaking onto the Tonight Show a little early. He and James Taylor are the guests for Jay Leno’s final episode, to air May 29, Acesss Hollywood reports. Leno’s lineup for that week includes Mel Gibson, Lyle Lovett, and Billy Crystal. “I really do... More »

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NBC • comedy • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • Billy Crystal • James Taylor • Jay-ZTV • Lyle Lovett

 Paris Is, Like, a Total Workaholic 

Heiress defends herself against lawsuit, reveals total ignorance of what exec producer does

May 6, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paris Hilton is a workaholic who hasn’t taken a day off in years, she and her handlers insisted in a Miami deposition. The heiress is being sued for not sufficiently promoting the DVD of her 2006 film Pledge This, the AP reports. But the truth is, “like I... More »

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entertainment • film • celebrity trials • Paris Hilton • celebrity • lawsuit • Jay Leno • late night talk show • David Letterman • Tonight Show • Late Night

 Freelance 
 Jokesters Pen 
 Late-Night 
 Laughs 

WGA miffed by non-union writers

May 4, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Late-night hosts don’t get all their gags in-house—scores of wannabe comedy writers bombard the likes of Jay and Dave with their one-liners, the Los Angeles Times reports, then anxiously wait for the show to air "to find out if you got a joke on or not,”... More »

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Saturday Night Live • union • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Jon Stewart • freelance • writer • David Letterman • Tonight Show • Writers Guild of America • jokes • Late Show

Just Not Funny:
Obama Is Comedy Poison 

Why Bill Maher gets boos when he tries to razz the prez

May 4, 09 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Comedians have a big beef with President Obama: he's a humor-killer, writes the LA Times. It's not just that this president lacks a defining target for humor (funny accent, balance problem, wandering eye), but also that the American public may just not be in the mood to make fun of... More »

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comedy • stereotypes • Jay Leno • Tonight Show • comedian • President Obama

(Newser) - Jay Leno has revealed the mystery illness that sidelined him last week: exhaustion. He blamed the The Tonight Show, his tough stand-up schedule, and writing jobs—he writes three columns too—for his first sick days in 17 years. It was still "embarrassing," he told People.... More »

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entertainment • Jay Leno • Tonight Show • exhaustion • fatigue • hospitalization

 It Must Have Been 
 the Pork: Leno 

Host spoofs hospitalization upon return

Apr 28, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Leno was back in form last night, joking on The Tonight Show that his hospital stay started when he “ate a raw pig a friend brought back from Mexico,” People reports. The host didn’t reveal the real cause of his illness, but found time to joke... More »

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celebrity • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Tonight Show • hospitalization

(Newser) - Jay Leno remained hospitalized today but is expected to be back at work on Monday, reports Access Hollywood. He's rumored to be suffering from food poisoning, but there's  still no official word. Leno reportedly has been joking with his doctors and the hospital staff since checking himself in yesterday. NBC... More »

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television • NBC • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • hospital • Tonight Show

(Newser) - Tonight Show host Jay Leno was hospitalized today, KTLA-TV reports, forcing the cancellation of this evening’s gabfest. Leno, who was feeling poorly, checked himself into the hospital, but his ailment is not serious—a spokeswoman said he was in “good spirits” and penning jests from his bed—and... More »

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television • Los Angeles • Jay Leno • late night host • Tonight Show • hospitalization • sickness

(Newser) - Jamie Foxx has apologized for telling 16-year-old Miley Cyrus to “make a sex tape and grow up” and “get like Britney Spears and do some heroin” on his weekend satellite radio show, OK! reports. “You guys know that whatever I say, I don't mean any... More »

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entertainment • television • radio • Jay Leno • late night talk show • apology • Tonight Show • Jamie Foxx • Miley Cyrus

Apologetic Obama Invites Special Olympic Athletes

He reaches out after gaffe on Leno

Mar 20, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of the Special Olympics said today that Barack Obama called to apologize for his cringe-inducing gaffe on the Tonight Show, even before the episode aired last night, the AP reports. "He apologized in a way that was very moving," Tim Shriver told ABC. "He expressed... More »

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Barack Obama • Tonight Show • Kennedy family • Special Olympics • Tim Shriver

 Prez Trips Up 
 With Special 
 Olympics Gaffe 

Major flak expected for Tonight Show quip on his clutzy bowling

Mar 20, 09 2:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is expected to be zinged by critics today after a quip he made about his bad bowling and the Special Olympics during the taping of yesterday's Tonight Show appearance, ABC News reports. "I scored a 129," the president said when Jay Leno asked him if the... More »

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Barack Obama • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Tonight Show • gaffe • Special Olympics • President Obama

(Newser) - President Obama played the role of talk-show guest tonight with Jay Leno, mixing in jokes about his bowling game (up to 129) and Final Four picks (all from swing states) with a lengthy discussion of fiscal policy, the New York Times reports. He professed himself "stunned" by the AIG... More »

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Jay Leno • late night talk show • Tonight Show • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

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