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Lorne Michaels not leaving 'SNL' yet, (briefly) talks Jimmy Fallon
Lorne Michaels may soon assume responsibilities as executive producer of "The Tonight Show" when Jimmy Fallon takes over as host next year, but don't expect him to abandon his baby just yet. Michaels addressed the question floating around Hollywood at a...
Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Television, Jimmy Fallon, Entertainment, Carson Daly
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'Saturday Night Live' on Yahoo!: Where to start?
Beginning in September, Yahoo! will become the exclusive online home of "Saturday Night Live's" massive 38-year archive of shows. That's roughly 742 episodes, not including the promised additions of behind-the-scenes clips, rehearsal video and selected...
Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Arrested Development (tv program) , Theater, Sarah Palin, Primetime Emmy Awards
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TV networks look to pilots to help them ascend in ratings
There are monsters and vampires, science fiction, trips back and forward through time, supernatural themes and other out-of-this-world scenarios in the television pilots vying for space on the networks' fall schedules. The five major networks,...
Tags: John Corbett, Sex and the City (tv program), House (tv program), Advertising, Chuck Lorre
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Academy rehires Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to produce 2014 Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has hired Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for an encore performance as Oscar producers, retaining them for the 2014 broadcast after this year's show garnered solid ratings. The move is unusual because the job...
Tags: Jimmy Fallon, Gil Cates, Eddie Murphy, Adam Shankman, Regional Authority
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Aereo fight is about money. MTV yanks 'Buckwild.' Lynton re-ups.
After the coffee. Before emptying the cat box (well, you wanted to know). The Skinny: I stuffed myself silly at the premiere party for HBO's "Veep" last night so I'm feeling a little bloated this morning. Yes, it's a tough life. Wednesday's headlines...
Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), General Electric Company, Sony Corp., Buckwild (tv program), Veep (tv program)
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Melissa McCarthy as an abusive coach is a slam dunk for 'SNL'
Comic actress Melissa McCarthy is known for her physical game (last night's "Saturday Night Live" had her falling in heels and dancing about ham), so it was fitting that as the NCAA tournament is winding down, the highlight from this week's episode was...
Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), College Sports, Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Rutgers Scarlet Knights
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Late-night moves give Lorne Michaels even more power at NBC
Jimmy Fallon may have been crowned the new king of late-night TV this week, but he owes a lot to the man behind the throne: Lorne Michaels. Fans of "Saturday Night Live" will recognize Michaels, the show's creator, as the grumpy paterfamilias lurking in...
Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Television, Bill Hader, Jimmy Fallon, Rockefeller Center
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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: Jimmy Fallon, Mick Jagger, Coca-Cola Co., Johnny Carson, Advertising
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Kendra Wilkinson quits 'Splash' reality show over high-dive
Kendra Wilkinson is off the ABC diving competition show, "Splash," but not the way most celebrities get cut from these shows. Rather than be eliminated, she quit. The former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner and star of the reality series "The Girls Next Door"...
Tags: Jimmy Fallon, Hugh Hefner, Kendra Wilkinson, The Voice (tv program), Television Industry
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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: Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman, Steve Allen, Jon Stewart, Johnny Carson
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Netflix goes sci-fi with the Wachowskis
Netflix is going big with its next original series. After tapping the talents of David Fincher and Eli Roth for previous productions, the online outfit is getting Andy and Lana Wachowski, creators of "The Matrix" series, who will work with J. Michael...
Tags: Arrested Development (tv program) , Doctor Who (tv program), Channing Tatum, Lana Wachowski, The Matrix (movie)
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'Downton Abbey's' Jessica Brown Findlay has topless scene regret
Topless scene regret? Jessica Brown Findlay has a few. The former "Downton Abbey" star recently opened up to Radio Times about her first-ever topless scene, in the 2011 film, "Albatross." The film was the 23-year-old actress' first starring role,...
Tags: Two and a Half Men (tv program), Television, Russell Crowe, Mary-Louise Parker, Downton Abbey (tv program)
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