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Critic's Notebook: Leno, Lauer are now not-so-gracious hosts
You can say what you want about the labyrinthine nature of the Vatican, but when Pope Benedict XVI decided it was time to go, he announced he was leaving and then he went. A few weeks and a few puffs of smoke later, voila — a new pope. If only the...
Tags: Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Today (tv program), Seth Meyers
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'Tonight's' forecast calls for scattered viewership
Jimmy Fallon has been crowned the next king of late-night television, but the empire he will inherit has seen better days. "Late Night" host Fallon, who will succeed Jay Leno in "The Tonight Show" chair in 2014, is charged with trying to reenergize a...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Television, Primetime Emmy Awards, Marketing, David Letterman
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'Tonight Show' leaving Burbank; mayor threatens hunger strike?
L.A. NOWBurbank is not just sitting back and letting NBC move its signature tourist attraction back to New York City after 40 years. It’s fighting back. “I am going on a hunger strike,” Burbank Mayor Dave Golonski said this afternoon. “I... -
Chelsea Handler, Conan O'Brien fight in the shower — nude
Conan O'Brien is airing his grievances to Chelsea Handler ... in the shower. In a Wednesday sketch on Handler's "Chelsea Lately" to celebrate her 1,081st episode, O'Brien sneaks into the "Lately" staff showers to reclaim what was his: his parking spot...
Tags: Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Lately (tv program), Jimmy Fallon, ABC (tv network), Sandra Bullock
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Hey, Jimmy Fallon -- Burbank isn't good enough for you?
L.A. NOWIt may be the end of an era, but does anyone really care whether “The Tonight Show” stays in Burbank? According to the Times’ Joe Flint, after Jay Leno retires sometime in the next couple of years, his planned successor,...... -
NBC confirms Jimmy Fallon will replace Jay Leno in 2014
Ending weeks of gossip and speculation, NBC confirmed that Jimmy Fallon will succeed Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show" in the spring of 2014. Although Leno is still the most-watched late-night television host, NBC is making the move because it...
Tags: Jimmy Fallon, ABC (tv network), Seth Meyers, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live! (tv program)
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PASSINGS: Peter Meyerson, Fran Warren, Max Jakobson
Peter Meyerson TV writer, producer worked on 'The Monkees' and 'Welcome Back, Kotter' Peter Meyerson, 81, a TV writer and producer who co-wrote the debut episodes of sitcom classics "The Monkees" and "Welcome Back, Kotter," died March 11 at Hoag...
Tags: Steve Allen, ABC (tv network), Television, United Nations, The Bob Newhart Show (tv program)
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Could a move to New York revitalize 'The Tonight Show'?
If the rumors are true and “The Tonight Show” is set to return to its ancestral home at 30 Rockefeller Plaza with Jimmy Fallon as host, the move would be a boon for New York City – and maybe even the aging late-night genre itself. A...
Tags: Sid Caesar, Steve Allen, Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman
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'Beautiful downtown Burbank' creator wants 'Tonight Show' to stay
The man who came up with the phrase "beautiful downtown Burbank" is not happy that NBC is considering moving "The Tonight Show" back to New York City. "Burbank is a great little place," said Gary Owens, who coined the phrase from his radio days then...
Tags: Radio, The Tonight Show (tv program), Entertainment
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Change of coasts for 'Tonight' could mean a big shift
For more than 40 years, a studio at the corner of Olive and Alameda avenues in Burbank has been churning out a show that keeps viewers up late. But with NBC's "Tonight Show" poised to migrate back to New York, Southern California is in danger of losing...
Tags: Steve Allen, Sid Caesar, Jimmy Fallon, Television, Paul Krekorian
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'Wizard of Oz' Cowardly Lion costume could be yours (for a price)
For sale: one used lion costume. But we're not talking just any lion costume. Archivist James Comisar owns one of the largest archives of television artifacts, with about 10,000 individual objects. Now he's looking for a new home for the iconic...
Tags: Auction Service, Arts and Culture, Superman (fictional character), Museums, George Reeves
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Gripping 'Cowsills Story' documentary coming to Showtime
The new documentary “Family Band: The Cowsills Story,” premiering tonight on Showtime, opens with a compelling scene showing musician Bob Cowsill setting up single-handed for another thankless gig in the corner of a restaurant-bar of an Indian...
Tags: Television, Music Industry, ABC (tv network), Concerts, The Monkees (music group)
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