New York magazine’s Joe Hagan files an impressively reported story on the trials and tribulations of NBC’s “Today” for this week’s cover. The PDF of the story was forwarded throughout the NBC News offices, studios and newsrooms yesterday in advance of its release online. “It hit like a ton of bricks,” one NBC News staffer […]
Read moreJay Leno is being coy about his future on “The Tonight Show,” although he did seem to give his stamp of approval to Jimmy Fallon, his likely replacement while joking around with a cameraman on Sunday. The comedian was asked by “Extra” whether he planned to stay with the show after his contract ends, to […]
Read moreSeth Meyers is reportedly the frontrunner to take over “Late Night” if Jimmy Fallon replaces Jay Leno as host of “The Tonight Show” next year. It’s expected that Fallon will make the jump to 11:30 p.m. in 2014, in which case “Late Night” will need its fourth host, following David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, and Fallon. […]
Read moreFor the fourth night in a row, Tonight Show host Jay Leno made an NBC-related joke, this time finally addressing the reports that the late night show will move to New York before fall 2014 and replace him with new host Jimmy Fallon. “Are you all excited about March Madness? Are you all into March […]
Read moreOn Thursday’s episode of Jake Tapper‘s new CNN show The Lead, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel weighs in on the big late night news brewing over at NBC. In an excerpt released ahead of this afternoon’s interview, Kimmel half-jokes that he hopes he’s the reason NBC is speeding up Jay Leno‘s departure and bringing in Jimmy Fallon […]
Read moreWhile Jay Leno took his third potshot in a row at his NBC bosses during his Tonight Show monologue last night, Jimmy Fallon took a notably lighter approach to addressing the all-but-confirmed rumors that he will be taking over the 11:30pm slot by next year. Fallon opened his Late Night monologue by saying, “Before we […]
Read moreAfter more than four decades on the west coast, the Tonight Show may be coming back to New York City by next year, with Jimmy Fallon succeeding Jay Leno as host. The New York Times‘ Bill Carter is reporting that while no formal deal is set, NBC has “made a commitment” to Fallon that he […]
Read moreJake Davidson, the high school senior whose YouTube video asking Kate Upton to be his prom date went viral, appeared on Wednesday’s “Today Show” — and got a surprise. Hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb were interviewing Davidson via satellite when they revealed that Upton herself was on the phone and wanted to talk to […]
Read moreNBC put out the word recently that it wants to retire Leno at the end of the 2014 season and replace him with the younger Jimmy Fallon. Leno is an ace game player and knows exactly what he’s doing. When the Fallon story became absolutely huge ten days ago, he did not respond right away […]
Read moreSelena Gomez appears on Monday’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” where the Spring Breakers star disses her ex Justin Bieber over their recent split. Letterman introduces the topic by noting that she and the teen heartthrob are no longer together, which Gomez confirms. “I’m single,” says Gomez. “I’m so good.” Letterman then goes on to […]
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