Conan n' Jay
The Jay Leno vs. Conan O’Brien show time battle has ended!
The battle ended with a $45 Million settlement for Conan O’Brien to leave his early spot, and to give it back to Jay Leno.
Do you think $45 Million is enough severance pay to sew Conan’s heart back together? Can the money make Conan happy after what has happened? What will Conan do?
Another crappy thing is that Conan can’t work on any other show until SEPTEMBER! The NBC statement said he would be free to work elsewhere “as soon as September”.
I’d say Conan will be doing some major vacationing soon! Good for him. He needs some R&R after this B.S.! Cya in Maui Conan!
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David Letterman
Tonight, on the David Letterman Late Show, David read a rude story in the NY Times newspaper that quoted this about him:
“David Letterman and Conan O’Brien are chicken-hearted and gutless”, said NBC Universal Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol, defending Jay Leno from the non-stop jokes that keep coming from David and Conan.
David’s hilarious response to the silly quote was:
“I can’t speak for Conan…but I do it because it’s fun. I’m enjoying making fun of Leno”.
Poor Conan! Wrapped in the middle of the the chaos! Dave is funny though, we love him here at ThecounT!
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The Hoff
NBC is plucking more peacock feathers!
NBC announced Sunday that they are letting go of judge David Hasselhoff on the show “America’s Got Talent”. David is being replaced by “Don’t Touch Me!” Howie Mandel.
!Listen up! remaining judges Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan: Don’t touch Howie, don’t breathe on him… just wear a latex bodysuit dipped in sanitizer. That should do it! 
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Ya think?
I was against it from the start, removing 5 great prime time TV shows in exchange for one nightly variety show and now it seems the masses have spoken in the most effective way they can, by not choosing to tune-in to the Jay Leno Show.
NBC brass, who callously tossed out all the great Crime Time productions in a scramble to same money and Leno, have in fact shot themselves in the collective foot.
And it’s not just a matter of the the public not choosing to tune-in to Leno, arrogant NBC would simply scoff at bad ratings, touting that “they know what’s best” for the viewing audience and it’s up to “the little people” to come to their collective senses and fall in love with a prime time Leno. Now NBC has a bigger problem on their hands that they have to pay attention to, the local affiliates.
The all-important local stations, who bring us our local newscasts, usually airing it after the prime time hour have apparently hit the boiling point, demanding NBC “do something” about the dismal ratings Leno has generated, which in-turn effects the people who are present or in this case “not present” to lead in to their ultra-important money generating newscasts.
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Well The Jay Leno Show sure started with a bang last night. Aside from the news made by the Kanye West interview, the show debuted with an estimate 18.4 million viewers. That’s pretty great, even for a show airing at 10 PM.
The other news is the show assisted The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, in a way. You see, Conan’s audience was up 22% last night, to 4.3 million. However, the audience that increased the most was the over 55 crowd, which was up by 51%. The audience that Conan most craves, the 18-34 range, was actually down by 5%. Dang.
I thought The Jay Leno Show was okay. It was enjoyable enough I suppose but nothing to write home about. Also, we’ll have to wait awhile before we know if the show is an actual hit. As for Conan, just keep on doing what you’re doing! The Tonight Show is way better under you and the audience will find you eventually. As for your true fans, like myself, we’ll loyal and will stick with you.
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IF it were up to Jay Leno, we would see a 24 hour version of The Jay Leno Show on all channels seven days a week, as it stands, I will have to turn the channel five nights a week at 10 p.m. (instead of 11:30 p.m.) thanks to NBC’s decision to kick scripted television to the curb and air a bloated primetime version of the late night variety show hosted by Jay Leno.
While NBC spots advertising Leno’s new show (and they are endless,) tout Leno as an alternative to “crimetime” there is nothing funny about folks in the entertainment industry, in front and behind the camera, hammering tears over the amount of jobs that have dried up as a direct result of Leno’s new primetime monster.
With actors and studios avoiding Leno like the black lung, he is in serious trouble booking his new show with anyone meaningful and thus has resorted to calling in all favors from the likes of the bulletproof Jerry Seinfeld, who is to be Leno’s first guest.
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The other day, news came that Saturday Night Live had hired two new female cast members for the upcoming season. Now word comes today that the show has also fired two female cast members. Therefore, these new additions were actually replacements.
Michaela Watkins and Casey Wilson, two cast member who joined the show in the last season, are no longer a part of the cast. Both had some memorable moments on the show, Watkins as the Bitchpleeze! blogger and Wilson as…well, I don’t remember a lot of Wilson’s parts but I know she was there. As usual, Lorne Michaels hasn’t given a definite reason why the girls were let go. He’s sneaky like that.
Watkins released this statement to The Comic’s Comic:
I will say to you now, though, that I had a GREAT time there. Met some of the most truly talented and fantastic people, had the most exciting job and I honestly can say I don’t have any regrets I can think of right now. Although it seems kinda crazy right now, this may shake out to make sense to everyone. Lorne isn’t known for indulging in any lip-service and I feel very encouraged by his words last week. I’m working on something I’m very excited about now, so… the journey continues, and I feel so lucky I got to stop off at 30 Rock. It was awesome.
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I don’t watch America’s Got Talent but I’ll be tempted tonight when my hero Kermit the Frog and his longtime girlfriend Miss Piggy will perform on the show. Also appearing will be Statler and Waldorf, those grumpy old men who seem to dislike everything the Muppets do. Before Simon Cowell, before Piers Morgan, there was Statler and Waldorf. Those guys are old school.
This is the 40-year anniversary of the Muppets. Personally, I owe a lot of my childhood to the Muppets and I’m glad to see them being celebrated.
The show airs tonight at 9 PM. Make sure to catch it if you’re a fan of the Muppets. Or, you know, talented Americans.
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Watching “America’s Got Talent” tonight, I was thinking how much the production was missing Springer, so it was nice to get this story off the wire.
Springer will return to AGT for a live version of the show to take place in Las Vegas.
Springer served as host for the popular TV talent contest for two seasons, before leaving to do Broadway, appearing in “Chicago.”
This incarnation of AGT will begin a 10-week run at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino kicking off in October.
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Jenna Hager, daughter of George W. Bush
Former President George W. Bush’s daughter, Jenna, has been hired as a correspondent for The Today Show, a show producer has said. Jenna Hager will contribute stories about topics such as education about once a month to the morning talk show.
Jim Bell, producer of the show, said he got the idea after watching some of Hager’s old appearances on the show, back when she was promoting her childrens’ book. Bell said she has a natural television presence and thinks she’ll add a lot to the show. I think it’ll prove to be very interesting. Maybe she can even invite her dad on from time to time. Who better to talk about education than a shining example of it, George W. Bush!
Just in case you were wondering, no, she won’t be talking about politics on the show. That’s probably for the best.
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