UncategorizedScenes from a television warThe Conan-Leno fight is clearly a generational one. I have yet to hear anyone in my online social network declare for "Team...
Uncategorized"Well, NBC Just Lost Another Affiliate" -- Groucho MarxThat’s a quote from an episode of You Bet Your Life , and it popped into my head when I saw this L.A. Times article on Jay Leno’s...
UncategorizedNBC Is Not a Real Network, Take 3Please read Linda Holmes’s piece on NBC’s decision to cancel Southland after ordering, and then not airing, a second season. The...
UncategorizedThe Living Embodiment of "Pluggers"Speaking of Jay Leno, Time has posted James Poniewozik’s excellent cover story on NBC’s experiment/gamble/cost-cutting measure...
UncategorizedStanding Up For JayThe Jay Leno Show approacheth (September 14, for those of you into calendar-marking), and with it, a lot of confusion as to the...
CultureDid you hear the one about Obama?From 2009: When Barack Obama first became presidents, TV comics gave him an easy ride.
CultureConan better keep Jay on the teamO’Brien may deliver the right demographic, but mass audiences prefer the unhip Leno
CultureThe Tonight Show, now with more smart stupid humourWill Jay Leno fans be jarred by Conan O’Brien’s outsider schtick?
UncategorizedEverybody Loves a Good Manufactured OutrageLast night President Obama was on Jay Leno, normal enough for a candidate but unusual (if not unprecedented) for a President, and...