The Definitive Guide to Comedy
So I take one day off, and what happens? The Tribune Co. declares bankruptcy, NBC gives away the 10 p.m. weeknight primetime slot to Jay Leno in a desperation move, and oh, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon debuts online. In just a couple of minutes, we see Fallon is moving …
NBC officially unveiled the timeline it plans for shuffling Jimmy Fallon into late-late night and Conan O’Brien into Jay Leno’s Tonight Show slot, which left Leno playing a cartoon version of a TV critic in disguise (pictured!) at the TV Critics Association tour yesterday. That timeline?Jimmy Fallon begins not on …
You heard it here first-thousandth! Everyone is reporting that Jimmy Fallon has inked a deal with NBC to take over Late Night in 2009 when Conan O’Brien takes over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno. (THR, Variety)
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everybody. How are you celebrating? Are you going to be appearing on a late-night TV talk show? No? Well, then, who will? (Note: Listings subject to change) David Letterman…Monday: Rainn Wilson; Tuesday: Al Franken; Wednesday: Seth Meyers; Thursday: Vince Vaughn; Friday: Al Lubel Conan O’Brien…Monday: Lance …
The late-night TV talkers are back in action this week, so let’s take a look at which comedians and comedic actors will be making the rounds, shall we? David Letterman…Monday: Jim Carrey; Wednesday: Lewis Black; Friday: Brian Regan Conan O’Brien…Thursday: Harland Williams Jay Leno…Tuesday: Bob Saget; Wednesday: Bill Cosby; Thursday: …
Time again to check in with comedians and comedic actors making the late-night TV rounds… David Letterman (in repeats) — Thursday: Don Rickles Conan O’Brien (in repeats) — Monday: Howie Mandel Jay Leno (in repeats) — Wednesday: Larry the Cable Guy; Friday: Will Ferrell Jimmy Kimmel — Tuesday: Jackie Mason; …
Time once again to check the late-night TV talk show listings to see which comedians and comedic actors will be making the rounds. Note: Some show listings still TBA. David Letterman…Monday: Will Ferrell; Friday: Tommy Tiernan Jay Leno…Monday: Catherine O’Hara; Tuesday: David Koechner; Thursday: Wanda Sykes Conan O’Brien…Monday: Will Arnett; …
Time out? Time in! OK. Back to blogwork. Noticed NBC ads that "the guests are back on Leno!" so who-ray, right? Will Ferrell guests tonight and likely will regale Jay Leno with all sorts of Semi-Pro mischief. Saw a making-of featurette for Semi-Pro the other night on HBO and feel …
Jay Leno is back, with a monologue written by Writers Guild members, still a wreck. He flubs an early joke saying Osama instead of Obama. Just great, Jay. Just great. So he blames it on the writers. Where is the improvement? "Are you sure the writers came back?" he cracks. …
The good folks at New York magazine’s Vulture blog kindly deconstructed Jay Leno’s mind-boggling strike-breaking 10:18 monlogue from last night’s Tonight Show, which of course, you can relive on the Internet. Leno really must’ve wanted to show those writers a little what’s what, eh? In related news, Larry the Cable …