Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-08 Thread Steve Rhodes
Video is embedded here http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/video-conan-takes-nbc-leno-during-monologue-12715 "Trust me, that's an appealing proposition" He seemed to have missed: Zucker finally gets fired. -- Steve Rhodes http://flickr.com/photos/ari/ photos http://twitter.com/tigerbeat --

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-08 Thread Joseph Nebus
On Jan 9, 2010, at 3:50 AM, Rose Ellen Auerbach wrote: Nikki Finke's been following the blow-by-blow over at Deadline Hollywood. It's getting ugly. I don't think anyone's going to be happy with the final outcome, whatever it is. And, ahem, my overview (shameless plug alert): http://www.red

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-08 Thread Jim O'Connell
Who is writing Leno's show? It's absolutely unwatchable. Just awful.-Original Message- From: Richard de Give Sent: Jan 8, 2010 4:03 PM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien Just my theory: Moving Leno back to 11:35 is going to backfire

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-08 Thread Richard de Give
with ... two weeks of luge in prime time! Rich --- On Fri, 1/8/10, damonb...@gmail.com wrote: From: damonb...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, January 8, 2010, 12:12 PM If there's a better living example of someone risi

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-08 Thread Jim O'Connell
The daily refrain at my station: "How is it possible Zucker still has a job???"  It's one of the great mysteries of life.-Original Message- From: damonb...@gmail.com Sent: Jan 8, 2010 3:12 PM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-08 Thread damonbeau
If there's a better living example of someone rising to the level of his incompetence than Jeff Zucker, I don't know who it is. == AIM/Gmail Chat: damonbeau www.facebook.com/damonbeau www.twitter.com/damonbeau On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 14:50, Rose Ellen Auerbach wrote: > Nikki Finke's been fol

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-08 Thread Rose Ellen Auerbach
Nikki Finke's been following the blow-by-blow over at Deadline Hollywood. It's getting ugly. I don't think anyone's going to be happy with the final outcome, whatever it is. And, ahem, my overview (shameless plug alert): http://www.redcarpetcrash.com/2010/01/07/leno-back-to-late-night-maybe/ --Ro

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-08 Thread damonbeau
I've also become a Fallon fan, probably for the same reasons I got on board with Conan 16 or 17 years ago... if everyone thinks it's funny, then it's not funny. Letterman knows this, of course, and I can always go back to watching him at 1135p. I guess I was just hoping for a world with two go

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-08 Thread Steven Otte
I have full confidence in NBC's ability to pull another 5 hours a week of "The Biggest Loser" out of its collective peacock asses. Or maybe "Nervous Humming," a version of "The Sing Off" for people who don't know the words. -- Steven Otte steveno...@att.net - Original Message - From

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-08 Thread Jim O'Connell
ubject: Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien I'm with you damonbeau...I love Conan, he brings a great sense of humor to late night...better than Letterman. From: "damonb...@gmail.com" To: wnndl@googlegroups.comSent: Thu, January 7, 2010 6:28:15 PMSubject: Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bounc

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-07 Thread Glenda Collins
I'm with you damonbeau...I love Conan, he brings a great sense of humor to late night...better than Letterman. From: "damonb...@gmail.com" To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 6:28:15 PM Subject: Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC b

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-07 Thread Rose Ellen Auerbach
NBC ordered 18 pilots for the fall season. They're ramping up. --Rose On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Joseph Nebus wrote: > > On Jan 8, 2010, at 5:46 AM, kbrab...@aol.com wrote: > > I like Conan, but I saw this coming from the beginning, if true. >> >> http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/07/jay-leno-nb

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-07 Thread Joseph Nebus
On Jan 8, 2010, at 5:46 AM, kbrab...@aol.com wrote: I like Conan, but I saw this coming from the beginning, if true. http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/07/jay-leno-nbc-conan-obrien-tonight-show/ I don't really buy it, in no small part because NBC hasn't got *anything* to put at 10 pm and that's t

RE: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-07 Thread Kevin G. Barkes
> This is making me madder by the minute. Leno is the failure here. I > can't believe he could be rewarded for it. NBC is the worst ever at > everything. Breaking News Alert The New York Times Thu, January 07, 2010 -- 8:08 PM ET - NBC Plan Would Move Leno to Late Nights Pressed by affilia

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-07 Thread damonbeau
This is making me madder by the minute. Leno is the failure here. I can't believe he could be rewarded for it. NBC is the worst ever at everything. == AIM/Gmail Chat: damonbeau www.facebook.com/damonbeau www.twitter.com/damonbeau On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 19:17, Kevin G. Barkes wrote: > An

RE: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-07 Thread Kevin G. Barkes
And from Bill Carter at the Times, who's usually pretty on-target: NBC May Be Considering Reinstating Leno on 'Tonight Show' By BILL CARTER NBC executives held discussions with both Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien Thursday about the future of the network's late-night lineup. And while executives said

RE: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-07 Thread Kevin G. Barkes
>From the marginally more reputable Wall Street Journal. The big question: if NBC drops or moves Leno, where is it going to get an additional five hours of programming that could provide equal or better ratings without shifting existing shows and wreaking havoc with their schedule? ==

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
kbrab...@aol.com wrote: > I like Conan, but I saw this coming from the beginning, if true. > > http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/07/jay-leno-nbc-conan-obrien-tonight-show/ And just when they'd FINALLY started having Andy Richter sit on the couch for all the guest interviews! -- Jim Ellwanger

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-07 Thread damonbeau
Unsophisticated Midwesterners* 1, people with detectable senses of humor 0. Dammit. *I'm from the Midwest so I can say this. To tell the truth, despite watching Conan almost nightly at 1235pm, I haven't watched him much at all at 1135pm, because the show is trying to be funny to people who us

Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-07 Thread Michael King
So does that mean that Conan goes to the NBC Blue Network to replace Jimmy Kimmel? On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 4:46 PM, wrote: > I like Conan, but I saw this coming from the beginning, if true. > > http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/07/jay-leno-nbc-conan-obrien-tonight-show/ > > > -- > You received this mess

[Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien

2010-01-07 Thread kbrabant
I like Conan, but I saw this coming from the beginning, if true. http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/07/jay-leno-nbc-conan-obrien-tonight-show/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wn