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Sep 13, 2009 11:10 AM CDT

Leno's Back: 'Prepare for War'

Comedian's return comes at sensitive time for O'Brien, scripted drama

(Newser) - The premiere of the much-ballyhooed Jay Leno Show tomorrow night could revolutionize network television, thrilling Hollywood publicists and advertisers—or produce a stunning commercial embarrassment for NBC. Either way, "prepare for war," Guy Adams writes in the Independent. Leno’s rather noisy return to American television comes at...

Letterman, Not
Leno, 'Gets'
Real America

GLOSSIES

Sep 7, 2009 11:23 AM CDT

Letterman, Not Leno, 'Gets' Real America

(Newser) - David Letterman is handily beating his new late-night rival, Conan O’Brien, in the ratings—just not in some of the key, younger demographics. And that’s due to his singular, quirky charms, writes Peter W. Kaplan in New York, calling Letterman the “last grown-up on network television.”...

Letterman
Goes Easy On
Poisoned Piven

Sep 2, 2009 7:42 AM CDT

Letterman Goes Easy On Poisoned Piven

Actor says he could have had heart attack

(Newser) - Jeremy Piven and his terrible case of sushi-related mercury poisoning got off easy during last night's Late Show appearance. David Letterman skipped questions prepared by the National Fisheries Institute—such as "why is it that people in Japan eat far more fish than you, yet don't complain about mercury...

Conan vs. Dave? Nightline's Beating Them Both

Aug 31, 2009 7:04 AM CDT

Conan vs. Dave? Nightline's Beating Them Both

ABC launches ad campaign to tout its victory

(Newser) - ABC is trying to remind America that it has a show on at 11:35, too. The network is launching a campaign touting Nightline's ratings, which, since Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show takeover, have averaged 3.459 million viewers a night. That puts it on top of both David...

On Letterman, Wintour Does Her Best 'Hannibal Lecter'

Aug 24, 2009 8:00 PM CDT

On Letterman, Wintour Does Her Best 'Hannibal Lecter'

(Newser) - Sources at today’s taping of The Late Show With David Letterman tell Gawker that Anna Wintour—the Vogue editor portrayed by Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada—“was like Hannibal Lecter.” In her first-ever appearance on the show, Wintour ditched her trademark shades, the source adds,...

Don't Count
Conan Out
. . . Yet

OPINION

Aug 24, 2009 6:02 PM CDT

Don't Count Conan Out . . . Yet

(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,...

World Hates Prejean
Cuz She's Hot: Trump

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Aug 19, 2009 12:23 PM CDT

World Hates Prejean Cuz She's Hot: Trump

Plus, first Survivor gets dragged back to jail, and more

(Newser) - Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is only controversial “because she’s so beautiful,” Donald Trump told David Letterman last night. “She said that a man should marry a woman, and it became very controversial for whatever reason, but I always said it was really because of her...

Bikini-Clad Britney
Reads Dave's Top 10 List

Aug 18, 2009 7:19 PM CDT

Bikini-Clad Britney Reads Dave's Top 10 List

(Newser) - Britney Spears reads Letterman's top 10 list on tonight's show, ticking off the ways the world would be different if she were president, reports People. "We'd only invade fun places, like Cabo," she says in the pre-taped segment, in which she's clad in a black bikini. Other samples:...

Phelps
Crashed
in 'Tranny
Hooker District'

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Aug 14, 2009 10:52 AM CDT

Phelps Crashed in 'Tranny Hooker District'

Plus, Edwards might finally cop to love child

(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...

Letterman Beats
Conan Again

Aug 7, 2009 12:41 PM CDT

Letterman Beats Conan Again

(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 point...

Desperate NBC May Move Leno to 10:30: BBC Exec

Jul 30, 2009 1:56 PM CDT

Desperate NBC May Move Leno to 10:30: BBC Exec

(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...

Dave Trounces Conan
(With a Little Help From Paul)

Jul 17, 2009 11:07 AM CDT

Dave Trounces Conan (With a Little Help From Paul)

(Newser) - Things are not going well lately for Conan O’Brien. The Tonight Show’s fall to the bottom of its timeslot ratings was punctuated Wednesday when David Letterman pulled in 4.4 million viewers while Conan drew just 2.5 million, the Baltimore Sun reports. That’s the worst number...

Palin KO'd by Political
Backlash, Personal Strains

Jul 13, 2009 7:40 AM CDT

Palin KO'd by Political Backlash, Personal Strains

(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s return to Alaska from the national stage was not a pretty one, the New York Times reports in a look at the series of personal problems and political missteps that led to her surprise resignation as governor. Beset by a suddenly hostile legislature, ethics investigations, and strains...

Cohen: 'Bruno'
Interviewed a Real Terrorist

Jul 8, 2009 9:16 AM CDT

Cohen: 'Bruno' Interviewed a Real Terrorist

Comedian appears as himself for once to discuss film

(Newser) - Sacha Baron Cohen made a rare appearance as himself last night on the Late Show, telling David Letterman about Bruno’s interview with a real terrorist, the Huffington Post reports. “When we were making this film, we thought, what could people see that they’ve never seen before on...

'Fire Dave!,' Chant Protesters

Jun 16, 2009 9:30 PM CDT

'Fire Dave!,' Chant Protesters

(Newser) - It wasn't exactly a throng, but a group of protesters showed up outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York today to urge CBS to dump David Letterman, reports the Daily News. "Fire Dave! Fire Dave!," chanted the group, which numbered about 50 at its max. Letterman, who...

Palin to
Letterman:
Thanks,
Now Evolve

Jun 16, 2009 9:49 AM CDT

Palin to Letterman: Thanks, Now Evolve

(Newser) - Sarah Palin today accepted David Letterman’s apology, but not without getting another dig in on him. She said she accepted “on behalf of young women like my daughter, who hope men who ‘joke’ about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve.” And then...

Letterman Apologizes to Palin, Bristol, Willow

UPDATED

Jun 15, 2009 6:47 PM CDT

Letterman Apologizes to Palin, Bristol, Willow

(Newser) - David Letterman has apologized to Sarah Palin, daughters Bristol and Willow, "and everybody else who was outraged" by his joke last week about Alex Rodriguez impregnating the Alaska governor's daughter, TV Week reports. At this afternoon's taping of tonight's show, Letterman expanded on the apology he offered last week,...

Dear Dave: Shut Up About Palin

OPINION

Jun 15, 2009 4:41 PM CDT

Dear Dave: Shut Up About Palin

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is "glowingly happy to be in the national spotlight again and doesn't want to give it up any time soon," Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly observes in the course of offering David Letterman unsolicited advice: "Clam up." The Late Night host returns tonight after...

Palin Ignored Leno's Crack
on Bristol

Jun 14, 2009 11:45 AM CDT

Palin Ignored Leno's Crack on Bristol

Comic joked that John Edwards was babydaddy; no ruckus

(Newser) - A late-night comic cracking a joke about an adult man getting an underage Palin daughter pregnant? Sounds like perfect fodder for the former vice-presidential candidate's outrage... except there was no outcry, points out Alan Colmes' Liberaland. Back in September, Jay Leno joked that the philandering John Edwards had something to...

Palin May Give
Letterman an
Accidental Boost

Jun 14, 2009 9:33 AM CDT

Palin May Give Letterman an Accidental Boost

Is Palin to Letterman what Hugh Grant was to Leno?

(Newser) - David Letterman's recent skirmish with Sarah Palin might be just what the late night host needs, reports the AP. Just as a repentant Hugh Grant, post-prostitution bust, launched Jay Leno into the ratings stratosphere in 1995, so might the Palin flap put Letterman back on top. And her timing is...