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Name Your Law &amp; Order Dream Team
 Name Your 
 Law & Order 
 Dream Team 


fans cope with cancellation
May 14, 2010 6:00 PM CDT

Name Your Law & Order Dream Team

Mix and match detectives and prosecutors: blogger

(Newser) - The ax fell on Law & Order today after 20 seasons, leaving fans bereft—for exactly as long as it took them to realize it's going to air in syndication pretty much forever. In the aftermath, Alan Sepinwall of Hitfix proposes a fun game: "If you could go back...

Fuming Matt Lauer: My Marriage Is Solid

'Today' anchor, wife angrily deny breakup rumors

(Newser) - Matt Lauer and his wife, Annette, are angrily denying a report that they've split. "I have never moved out. I am not moving out. There is no truth to that," Matt Lauer tells People from Cannes, where he's covering the film festival for the Today show. "I...

Law &amp; Order Facing Judgment Day
 Law & Order 
 Canceled, 
 Cast Is Told 
Just short of record run
May 14, 2010 6:13 AM CDT

Law & Order Canceled, Cast Is Told

Cancellation rumors surround long-running NBC drama

(Newser) - Law & Order may be axed one year short of a record-breaking 21-year run. The cast and crew of the NBC drama have been told it has been canceled, reports E! Online , although no official announcement has been and other sources say talks are continuing. A 21st season would have...

Singing Granny Goes Viral

 Singing 
 Granny 
 Goes 
 Viral 
Susan Boyle Who?
May 10, 2010 12:24 PM CDT

Singing Granny Goes Viral

Britain's Got Talent finds another diamond in the rough: Janey Culter

(Newser) - In an almost eerie rerun of the Susan Boyle incident, Britain's Got Talent has found yet another unlikely star: angel-voiced 81-year-old Janey Cutler. The video of Cutler's "spine-tingling" performance of Edith Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" has racked up 407,000 views on YouTube, and, according to...

Betty White + SNL = Ratings Bonanza

Octogenarian's hosting stint tops Ben Affleck's November 2008 effort

(Newser) - With Betty White hosting , Saturday Night Live drew its best ratings of the season and the largest audience since Nov. 1, 2008, when John McCain appeared with the Tina Fey version of then-running mate Sarah Palin. The broadcast thrashed not just its time-slot competitors but also every primetime show, reports...

Jimmy Fallon Lands Emmy Hosting Gig

'Late Night' host beats out team of Justin Timberlake and Amdy Samberg

(Newser) - Jimmy Fallon will host the Aug. 29 Emmy Awards telecast, which not coincidentally will air on NBC. The announcement is no surprise—predecessor Conan O'Brien did the honors in 2002 and 2006—but the identity of the runners-up for the gig may be, the Los Angeles Times reports. Justin Timberlake...

NBC's Next Barbara Walters: Piers Morgan?

Yep, if the network has its way

(Newser) - Can the man with the No. 1 talk show in England fill Barbara Walters' formidable high heels? That's what NBC is banking on. America's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan is "pretty close" to sealing a deal with the network to host a periodic primetime interview program. "I do...

NBC's Eco-Love Could Make You Green
 NBC's Eco-Love 
 Could Make 
 You Green 
'BEHAVIOR PLACEMENT'
Apr 7, 2010 11:57 AM CDT

NBC's Eco-Love Could Make You Green

'Behavior placement' goes beyond product placement

(Newser) - Tune into NBC Universal the week of April 19th and you'll see characters recycling, reducing their carbon footprints, and eating organic food. This semi-annual week of 100 hours of eco-friendly programming is part of the network's "behavior placement" strategy, which drives ad sales by inserting a feel-good theme into...

Conan O'Brien's Next Big Move: Movie Star

Tour documentary is under discussion

(Newser) - Since getting the boot from NBC, Conan O’Brien keeps getting more popular—and soon he might be a movie star. His upcoming Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour may get its own documentary—apparently, O’Brien is not legally prohibited from being funny on the big screen....

Time's Up for Jack Bauer, 24

Unless he tortures a network exec, Jack Bauer is canceled

(Newser) - Ask not for whom the digital clock beeps, Jack Bauer, it beeps for thee—Fox will cancel 24 after this season, sources tell The Wrap . Though it's not official yet, the network has hinted it might drop the expensive thriller in August, with one executive saying, “It’s going...

Zach Galifianakis Spices Up SNL
 Zach Galifianakis Spices Up SNL
tv review
Mar 7, 2010 4:07 PM CST

Zach Galifianakis Spices Up SNL

Star of 'The Hangover' proves a good fit for late night

(Newser) - Zach Galifianakis provided a bright spot in an up-and-down season of Saturday Night Live, critics agree. The star of The Hangover brought his stoner demeanor and—for most of last night's episode—bounteous beard to Studio 8H. Some reactions:
  • The opening monologue "was pretty much just Galifianakis doing his
...

Barred From TV, Conan Launches Live Tour

Former Tonight host will announce dates next week

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien will do a live show in Phoenix next month, part of the long-rumored tour that allows him to continue performing without violating his NBC exit deal. Tickets for the April 30 show go on sale Monday. Conan will announce further dates next week on his Twitter page . A...

Leno Offers Same-Old in Tepid Return

Critics left cold by victorious host's Tonight Show return

(Newser) - Jay Leno made his triumphant return to the helm of the Tonight Show last night. Critics say it was like he never left, although they're split on whether that's a good thing:
  • The back-to-the future Tonight Show had "neither pop, nor sizzle, nor surprise, and no amount of cheerleading
...

Leno: 'It's Good to Be Home'
 Leno: 'It's Good to Be Home' 
Mar 1, 2010 9:19 PM CST

Leno: 'It's Good to Be Home'

Host returns to Tonight seat warmed 9 months by Conan

(Newser) - Jay Leno had been absent from the nation's TV screens for less than a month, but he returned tonight with renewed purpose. "It's good to be home," he told his Tonight Show audience as he began his monologue (per NBC transcript). "I'm Jay Leno, your host. At...

What Jay Should Say Tonight
 What Jay Should Say Tonight 
Mar 1, 2010 1:17 PM CST

What Jay Should Say Tonight

Is there any joke that can save the big-chinned one?

(Newser) - The public has largely branded Jay Leno the villain in the Conan debacle, but if there’s anything that can repair the damage it’s a good joke right? So New York magazine asked a bunch of local comedians how The Chin should open tonight’s show. Their suggestions:
  • “
...

Parenthood Has Room to Grow
 Parenthood Has Room to Grow 
TV Review
Mar 1, 2010 10:07 AM CST

Parenthood Has Room to Grow

Series has potential, but there's a lot going on

(Newser) - Can the new Parenthood, a remake of the Ron Howard flick of the same name, help repair NBC’s 10pm timeslot? Maybe, critics say, but it’s got some problems. Here’s what they’re saying about the show, which premieres tomorrow:
  • It’s a “credible dramedy with the
...

Marriage Ref a 'Heinous' Mess
 Marriage Ref a 'Heinous' Mess 
TV REVIEW
Mar 1, 2010 7:54 AM CST

Marriage Ref a 'Heinous' Mess

Jerry returns to NBC, but critics aren't wowed

(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld returned to NBC last night with the highly anticipated debut of his reality/game show The Marriage Ref, but critics were largely unimpressed. A sampling of reviews:
  • “The Marriage Ref is a mess,” concludes Adrian Chen on Gawker . It “falls into the reality show trap of
...

NBC's Olympics Better on Mute
 NBC's Olympics 
 Better on Mute 
OPINION
Feb 25, 2010 9:26 AM CST

NBC's Olympics Better on Mute

Commentators are ruining the games

(Newser) - The Olympics are supposed to be about the grand human drama of sports, entire lives culminating in this one shot at glory. So “why do we insist, like a bunch of preschoolers, on talking all the way through them?” demands LA Times TV critic Mary McNamara. NBC’s commentary...

NBC's Rah-Rah Coverage of Team USA Nauseates
NBC's Rah-Rah Coverage of Team USA Nauseates 
OPINION
Feb 22, 2010 11:40 AM CST

NBC's Rah-Rah Coverage of Team USA Nauseates

As anchors fawn, foreign athletes described with 'hoary cliches'

(Newser) - Shaun White may be introducing new tricks during these Games, but NBC’s coverage of him, and Team USA in general, remains an unchanged lesson in "network heavy breathing," writes Alessandra Stanley. “Hyped-up commentators” explain the action “often incomprehensibly,” but once the race is over...

Minorities Finally Get Lead Roles in TV Dramas

This year's network pilots include four with non-white stars

(Newser) - The upcoming crop of pilots for network TV offers hope that the industry taboo against minority leads in dramas can finally be put to rest. Four of the most high-profile projects in the works feature non-white actors, notes the Hollywood Reporter , including Forest Whitaker in a spinoff of Criminal Minds...

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