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Conan Trades Up to Tonight But Can't Shake Leno

As 'Late Night' winds down, the landscape of network television moves as well

(Newser) - As Conan O'Brien gets ready to move from Late Night to the Tonight Show—tomorrow is his last post-midnight show before he decamps for LA—the value of the coveted 11pm slot has been seriously undercut. With current Tonight host Jay Leno heading not into the sunset but into the...

NBC Denies Channeling $1M to Octuplet Mom

NBC denies any money was exchanged

(Newser) - When octuplet mom Nadya Suleman's reps named the price for footage of the birth—$1.2 million—NBC was the only outlet to indicate interest. The network denies paying for her exclusive sit-down with Ann Curry, but an insider tells the New York Post NBC used an intermediary to deliver...

Some Stations Go Digital Next Week

Hundreds of stations switch despite delay

(Newser) - Nearly 700 local TV stations across America plan to switch from analog to digital signals next week despite a new law delaying the transition deadline until June, CNET reports. Congress is worried that 20 million consumers, mostly poor, elderly, or living in rural areas, still don't have the conversion equipment...

Local TV Stations Could Go Off the Air

Networks consider jumping straight to cable

(Newser) - For decades, local TV stations ruled the airwaves and were treated with deference by the likes of ABC, CBS, and NBC, which needed them to reach their audiences. But as the recession has pummeled advertising revenue, most have been forced to make drastic cuts, and the networks are contemplating doing...

Hulu Solves Online Video Puzzle, Cashes In
Hulu Solves Online Video Puzzle, Cashes In
ANALYSIS
Feb 6, 2009 2:45 PM CST

Hulu Solves Online Video Puzzle, Cashes In

Site has settled many questions of what works in online video

(Newser) - YouTube established online video as a phenomenon almost instantly. But its user-generated content and lack of quality control made advertisers reluctant to embrace it. How then, to monetize online video? Do users want to stream or download, view through web browsers or special applications? Hulu, the video site run by...

Ads Were Not So Super
 Ads Were Not So Super 
SUPER BOWL
Feb 2, 2009 6:11 AM CST

Ads Were Not So Super

Nice tries but no touchdowns as advertisers stick to the familiar

(Newser) - Given the $3 million, 30-second opportunity to speak to the biggest audience of the year, advertisers reached deep into their bag of tricks last night and pulled out the same old formulas, Stuart Elliot writes in the New York Times. Slapstick, celebrities, sex, nostalgia, and plenty of animals filled the...

Madden Has Lots of Fans, If Not All the Facts
Madden Has Lots of Fans, If Not All the Facts
super bowl
Jan 30, 2009 1:46 PM CST

Madden Has Lots of Fans, If Not All the Facts

Aging voice of the NFL still flashes brilliance along with slip-ups

(Newser) - John Madden's on-air analysis isn't always right—zealous fact-checkers will attest to that—but the elder statesman of NFL commentators is usually on the money, writes Matthew Futterman in the Wall Street Journal. "I know there's talk he's lost a step," his former boss acknowledges, but the onetime...

ABC May Move Kimmel to 11:35

(Newser) - ABC is exploring the idea of moving Jimmy Kimmel's show to 11:35 later this year, in place of Nightline, so he can compete directly with Conan O'Brien, the New York Times reports. ABC denies it, and the speculation all comes from anonymous sources. But those sources say that ABC ...

NBC Bans PETA Veggie Porn During Super Bowl

Ad featuring lingerie model grinding with pumpkin too sexual for network censors

(Newser) - PETA’s latest TV ad reaches a whole new level of extreme—and has been nixed by NBC from Sunday's Super Bowl telecast, the New York Post reports. The ad—taglined “Vegetarians Have Better Sex”—features models in their skivvies getting down with vegetables. According to PETA, reasons...

Dr. Ross Heads Back to ER

Clooney joining cast for final season

(Newser) - George Clooney is returning for the final season of ER, the show that made him a star, reports People.  It's not clear how many shows ER's most famous alum will appear in to reprsie his role as soulful babe hound Dr. Doug Ross. The show's creator, John Wells, has...

NBC Renews 30 Rock, The Office

(Newser) - NBC today made official what everyone expected: The network renewed 30 Rock and The Office for the 2009-10 TV season. The Biggest Loser also got picked up for another run, though the fates of fan favorites such as Heroes, Chuck, Lipstick Jungle, Friday Night Lights, and Life are on shakier...

Bird-Flipping Globes Could Cost NBC With Feds

Wrestler director Aronofsky's on-air gesture may be worst violation

(Newser) - The decency police are on NBC’s tail for Sunday’s obscenity-speckled Golden Globes. The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the program after receiving 18 complaints, the Los Angeles Times reports. The most flagrant violation was probably when The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky jokingly flipped off actor Mickey Rourke as...

Passengers Subdue Wacko Who Said He Had Bomb

Hip hop musician among heroes

(Newser) - A delusional airline passenger who claimed to have a bomb was subdued by other passengers as their Delta jet landed yesterday in Los Angeles. Among the heroes, the Los Angeles Times reports, was guitarist Chris Llewellyn, who performs with rapper Asher Roth. The 45-year-old passenger allegedly assaulted a flight attendant...

Watch Out, Today— Coulter's Torqued

Author slams show for bumping her

(Newser) - Ann Coulter has resumed her rightful place on the warpath, reports TVNewser, and this time hell hath no fury like the conservative pundit NBC scorned. Bumped from promoting her book on NBC's Today show, Coulter promptly went on Hannity & Colmes to denounce the diss as “a set-up...

Brit, Aussie Actors Find US Success

(Newser) - British and Australian actors are flocking to the US in search of work and finding great success in roles that challenge their mimicry skills, the Chicago Tribune reports. Whether it’s Hugh Laurie on House, Anna Friel on Pushing Daisies, or Simon Baker on The Mentalist, the thespians have found...

Thanks for the Memories, Bob, 'Cuz 2008 TV Stunk

The golden age of TV may have died this year

(Newser) - Today's golden age of TV lost a little shine this year, Heather Havrilesky writes on Salon. Twelve quick months gobbled up all of the momentum and promise from years past, leaving “a haze of crappy, unoriginal new programming, lackluster sophomore shows, flaccid sitcoms and pointless cable comedies.” Old...

Leno Doesn't Know When You Go to Bed
Leno Doesn't Know When
You Go to Bed
Dec 17, 2008 12:28 PM CST

Leno Doesn't Know When You Go to Bed

Sorry Jay, Americans aren't turning in earlier —quite the opposite

(Newser) - Despite what Jay Leno may think, Americans aren't going to bed earlier, the blog TV by the Numbers reports. Nielsen ratings confirm that more people watch TV at 10pm than later on, but that's nothing new. "What the data shows is a decreasing trend of viewership between 10 and...

Leno Looking Forward to Earlier Nights

NBC aims to snag viewers in prime-time experiment

(Newser) - Jay Leno isn't losing any sleep over his upcoming exit from the late-night world, he tells the New York Times. The announcement by the Tonight Show host that he's moving to the 10 pm spot at NBC stunned many who expected him to switch to ABC. Leno's excited about the...

Paterson Furious About SNL Skit

Governor outraged by SNL sketch

(Newser) - New York Gov. David Paterson is furious about a Saturday Night Live sketch that mocked his blindness, reports the New York Post. The sketch featured Fred Armisen mimicking Paterson's gravelly voice, brusque demeanor, and wandering sightless eye. Neither Paterson, who has been legally blind since childhood, nor advocates for the...

The Chin Is In: Leno Will Stay at NBC

Tonight Show host will get new gig at 10 pm: report

(Newser) - NBC will keep Jay Leno and give him a new talk show in its 10pm slot, sources tell Deadline Hollywood Daily. Leno had said he was "done" with NBC and regularly skewered network chief Jeff Zucker on the Tonight Show, fueling speculation that Leno would move to ABC....

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