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musical anchor chairs


 John King 
 Will Replace 
 Lou Dobbs  

Anchor of CNN's 'State of the Union' 'thrilled' with primetime slot

Nov 12, 09 11:09 AM CST
(Newser) - CNN political reporter and State of the Union host John King will replace the abruptly departed Lou Dobbs in CNN's 7pm weekday slot starting early next year. Aside from hosting the network's Sunday political gabfest, King is known for using a touch-screen “magic map” to illustrate his election analysis.... More »

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television • CNN • primetime TV • Lou Dobbs • cable news • election coverage • political coverage • Sunday morning talk shows • John King • State of the Union

 Debate Rages 
 Over Leno 
 Move 

Is talk show helping NBC, or destroying it?

Oct 12, 09 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Leno’s primetime takeover has sparked furious debate in the TV business, as its ripple effects begin to be felt. Shows that thrived at 10pm, like Law & Order SVU, are dying in other slots; at least one, Southland, has been canceled outright. Anonymously, producers are calling the move... More »

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NBC • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • primetime TV • Southland • The Jay Leno Show

10PM FALLOUT

 Jay Leno Kills Southland 

Cop drama left homeless without 10pm time slot

Oct 9, 09 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - NBC’s cop drama Southland was critically acclaimed and had great ratings, but the network has stopped production on the series and canned the episodes it already completed. The explanation: The show is too dark and gritty for 9pm. Why not just air it in its original time... More »

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television • NBC • Jay Leno • late night host • primetime TV • Southland • The Jay Leno Show


 Leno's 
 Ratings 
 Tumble 

Real prime-time shows beat talk show every night

Oct 7, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Here’s one headline Jay Leno won’t want to read. Ever since the fall TV season began in earnest Sept. 21, the former king of late night has been getting his keister kicked in primetime. He’s finished in last place every single night, with his numbers falling steadily... More »

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NBC • Nielsen Ratings • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • TV ratings • primetime TV • The Jay Leno Show

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

ANALYSIS

 Get Ready for 
 Massive Leno PR Blitz 

Get ready for Leno to be everywhere you look

Aug 5, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Get ready for Jay—lots and lots of Jay. Though nearly 80% of viewers are aware that the Jay Leno Show is on the horizon, NBC is going to beat you over the head until you're drooling for its 10pm venture, the New York Times reports. A 24-hour webcam has... More »

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entertainment • NBC • advertising • comedy • celebrity • promotion • Jay Leno • late night host • publicity • public relations • primetime TV • The Jay Leno Show

OPINION

 Leno Website 
 Previews 
 'Terrible 
 Jokes' 

Staffers are dour, jokes are just plain bad

Jul 23, 09 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The days of thejaylenoshow.com being a funny site—back when it was owned by a stubborn realtor refusing “to budge in the face of increasingly desperate corporate pressure” from NBC—are over. Sadly, the URL now belongs to The Jay Leno Show, writes Seth Abramovitch for Movieline. Though... More »

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entertainment • NBC • NBC Universal • comedy • celebrity • Jay Leno • primetime TV • comedian • The Jay Leno Show

 Boyle Bumps Obama Presser 


Jul 22, 09 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle may have lost in the final of Britain's Got Talent, but the Scottish spinster prevailed in an even bigger battle—with Barack Obama. When the White House told TV networks it was scheduling the president's news conference for 9pm Eastern time, NBC refused on the grounds that it... More »

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Barack Obama • press conference • primetime TV • network television • public schedules • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • America's Got Talent

(Newser) - Reality shows throw anyone who signs a waiver onto TV. Some have higher aspirations, but most rest solidly in "How low can they go?" territory. Annie Barrett of Entertainment Weekly looks at 35 of the most appalling reality TV shows.
  • Jail:  A new low from the
... More »

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Anna Nicole Smith • reality TV • Paris Hilton • OJ Simpson • TV shows • Nicole Richie • The Simple Life • Big Brother • primetime TV • Jerry Springer • Paula Abdul • live television • Cops

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

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Who Gave Guy a Shiner? 

Plus, credit crunch hits Cleese's divorce, and more

Mar 23, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Uh-oh. Guy Ritchie showed up with a black eye after a night out in London, the Sun reports. No word on where the mystery shiner came from… could this have anything to do with his less-than-flattering nickname for tough ex-wife Madonna? More gossip:
  • The recession has hit celebrity divorces.
... More »

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television • Roseanne Barr • Katie Holmes • Victoria Beckham • celebrity • gossip • Amy Winehouse • sitcom • primetime TV • Madonna • divorce settlement • TV series • album • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • John Cleese

Butt Out of Primetime, Prez: Networks 

Execs complain Obama's addresses cost them money

Mar 19, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is addressing the nation during primetime—again—and networks aren’t happy about it, notes the Hollywood Reporter. When Obama hits the airwaves Tuesday, he’ll bump American Idol's results show to Thursday, causing it to compete with the NCAA finals, and force the Big Four to cancel... More »

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television • Barack Obama • American Idol • TV networks • primetime TV • speech • President Obama

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Brit's Dancers 
 Fired for Drugs 

Also: Jamie Lynn goes country, more

Mar 10, 09 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sean “Diddy” Combs tells the Huffington Post that, yes, that is the sound of the Notorious BIG receiving—ahem—oral sex during his Ready to Die track. “I think Big would be alright with it,” Combs said of his admission. Elsewhere:
  • Britney Spears’ “beyond strict”
... More »

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television • Britney Spears • drugs • celebrity • country music • Diddy • primetime TV • Jamie Lynn Spears • Notorious B.I.G. • Michael J. Fox • Lil' Kim • Hayden Panettiere • Jade Goody

Mixed Martial Arts Coming
to Network TV

CBS takes plunge, with first two-hour special slated for April 26

Feb 28, 08 7:33 PM CST
(Newser) - CBS is juicing up its Saturday night prime-time programming with mixed martial arts, Variety reports. ProElite, a company that has worked with CBS cable sister Showtime, will produce the show, with a first airing aimed for April 26. With the coveted 18-to-34-year-old male demographic in its crosshairs, CBS plans to... More »

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television • CBS • Showtime • primetime TV • mixed martial arts • ProElite

'Heroes' Can't Save NBC From Ad Refunds

Dismal fall ratings, writers' strike prompt unusual move

Dec 12, 07 12:49 PM CST
(Newser) - With a lack of fall blockbusters keeping its ratings down and the writers' strike jeopardizing current and future offerings, NBC is giving money back to advertisers for prime time underperformers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Typically, networks give advertisers additional spots—“make goods"—when shows fail to draw.... More »

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Heroes • advertising • NBC Universal • TV networks • primetime TV • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Bionic Woman • Chuck • Life

NBC Keeps on Truckin' With Innovative Reality Package

Network buys prime time block of action shows - with no staff writers

Dec 3, 07 4:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Writers? Who needs writers? NBC is about to buy a two- or three-hour block of prime time programming featuring unscripted documentary style action shows from the producers of “Ice Road Truckers" and the "Deadliest Catch." The programs don't need staff writers, cost a fraction of standard television... More »

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NBC • Jeff Zucker • primetime TV • Ice Road Truckers • Deadliest Catch • Thom Beers • network television

Rosie Won't Gab on MSNBC

Money issues sink negotiations for prime-time cable gig

Nov 8, 07 5:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Talks between MSNBC and Rosie O'Donnell, the outspoken ex-host of ABC's "The View," about a potential prime-time talk show have broken down, the Los Angeles Times reports. The main point of contention was money, with O'Donnell demanding network-TV coin from the cable news station. O'Donnell confirmed that the... More »

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The View • Rosie O'Donnell • MSNBC • talk show • primetime TV

Rosie in Talks
to Host
MSNBC Show

Outspoken comedian could battle Larry King in prime-time slot

Nov 6, 07 3:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Rosie O'Donnell and MSNBC are close to inking a deal to give the outspoken comedian her own prime-time talk show, reports the New York Times. Just six months after she left "The View" in a cloud of controversy, the loquacious lefty could be battling CNN's "Larry King Live"... More »

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television • The View • Rosie O'Donnell • MSNBC • Larry King • Keith Olbermann • talk show • Sean Hannity • primetime TV • Alan Colmes • Hannity and Colmes • Dan Abrams

Writers' Strike Might Keep
 You out of
 'The Office'

Prime-time could get real if negotiations fail

Oct 16, 07 5:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Get ready for what might be a big dose of reality. Contract negotiations between Hollywood and writers aren't going well, and a strike could mean prime-time schedules would soon be dominated by such unscripted series as "American Idol." The sides remain divided on issues like splitting revenue from... More »

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reality TV • Hollywood • David Letterman • primetime TV • Writers Guild of America

Oprah Tops List of TV's Biggest Earners—Again

She collected cool $260m; second-place Seinfeld nabbed $60m

Sep 28, 07 3:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Talk show diva Oprah Winfrey continues her reign as the Queen of  Media, topping Forbes' list of 2007's 20 highest earning TV stars with a whopping $260 million. Jerry Seinfeld came in a distant second with $60 million—mostly from residuals. They were followed by Simon Cowell ($45 million), David... More »

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entertainment • television • reality TV • 24 • Donald Trump • Simon Cowell • news • Jerry Seinfeld • list • money • Oprah Winfrey • celebrity • Jay Leno • late night talk show • David Letterman • daytime talk show • primetime TV • Forbes • Kiefer Sutherland • Judy Sheindlin • George Lopez • Dr Phil

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