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Conan’s Ratings Drop In Half, But TBS Isn’t Worried. Yet.

Monkey 1 — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:35:12 +0000

As Conan settles in to his first week on the air at TBS, his ratings continue to settle ... down.

The comedian's trimphant return to late night Monday drew a healthy 4.2 million viewers, but by Thursday night that number was cut in half.

The good news: Conan continues to play well to the desirable 18-34 demographic, consistently drawing younger eyeballs to TBS than his competitors on the broadcast networks.

"Conan is a big hit among young viewers, with…

Letterman Apologizes To Rachael Ray For Hijacking Interview

Monkey 1 — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:40:18 +0000

David Letterman has had no shortage of run-ins with celebrities over the years, but his latest incident managed to startle the usually unflappable Rachael Ray. Viewers will have to tune into The Late Show Friday night to see exactly what Dave was talking about on his Tuesday show.

Letterman apologized Tuesday for his behavior during the pre-taping of the Late Show hour that will air on Friday. Ray was a guest, on to promote her latest project, when Letterman…

Conan O’Brien says goodnight the Tonight Show

Monkey 1 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:34:15 +0000

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Now I've never been a fan of Conan O'Brien or the Late Night talk shows but you'd have to have been living under a rock not to sense his place in the late night pecking order. So it is with much ambivalence that I pass along the news that the poofy-haired O'Brien has decided to part company with The "Tonight Show"

The "Tonight Show" host says very clearly that he does not want to…

Law & Order episode inspired by Letterman ‘Scandal’

Monkey 1 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:30:31 +0000

Alana De La Garza and some other cast members. But I'm not biased...;) Luv ya Alana!

I'll save the topic of how much of a scandal a celebrity's sexual dalliances really are for another post. OK, who am I kidding, it'd be a pretty short post.

For THIS post, I'll express the hope that Dick Wolf and Co. can make the biggest NON-story of the year even remotely more interesting than the real thing was. Shouldn't be…