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Jay Leno made it a fifth night in a row on Friday telling jokes about and jabbing at NBC. Leno is in a tug of war for the third time in his career with NBC over who should host the Tonight show even though... Read More

The real winner of this ugly mess at NBC over the late night talk shows would be Lorne Michaels. So says a keen NBC inside observer who prefers to remain nameless. I agree however. For a long time Michaels... Read More

How to cover a screening and party where the whole cast and crew is tight lipped and the creator of the show asks 600 people to keep their mouths shut. “And they did it,” Matt Weiner, the geniu... Read More

“American Idol” was down 8 percent last night from last Wednesday in the overnight ratings. A 3.5 in the key demo was a marked departure from 3.8 last week. “Idol” still won the nig... Read More

UPDATE Real war broke out this afternoon between NBC and Jay Leno–and for the third time. Yes, it’s World War III. On the “Tonight” show Leno went after NBC for the third night in a... Read More

Don’t believe these new stories about Jay Leno v. NBC being about criticism of his network jokes. Last night Leno called NBC executives “Snakes” in his monologue (see video). And it wasn&... Read More

The HBO “Phil Spector” premiere was pretty cool and lavish, with A list guests like Keith Richards and Patti Hansen mixing it up with star Al Pacino, producer Barry Levinson, Christine Baranski... Read More

So much in the TNT reboot of “Dallas” Monday night: as Larry Hagman has passed away, J. R. Ewing died for real in mysterious circumstances in Mexico. Sue Ellen fell off the wagon after 20 or mo... Read More

Susan Lucci is still MIA. But “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” have set their online premiere date: April 29th. “AMC” has been off the air since September 2011, ... Read More