Just when you think the seemingly never-ending late night talk show wars were winding down, along comes Monday night to flare them back up again. So what happened last night? Letterman admitted that he’s “really enjoying” making relentless fun of Leno, Leno said all of this is the network’s fault and Jeff Zucker praised himself. Read more »
Last night Letterman continued his all-out assault on NBC and Jay Leno for the current late night fiasco over there, this time placing fathead NBC CEO Jeff Zucker in his sights. It’s sort of overdue that Zucker be identified as public enemy number one in this whole mess, which is essentially what Letterman did last night. Here’s his Top Ten messages left on Zucker’s voicemail. Read more »
After releasing a public statement in which he basically told NBC to go fuck itself, some wondered whether or not Conan O’Brien, who broke down into tears when reading his letter to his staff, would take to the air again for NBC as host of the Tonight Show. Read more »
Last night all of the late night talk show hosts devoted portions of their shows to discussing/making jokes about the trainwreck currently taking place at NBC. But of all the jokes and commentary offered, the five minutes of “advice” that Letterman offered to NBC was by far the best, thanks mainly to his hilarious Leno impression. Read more »
Each year around the holidays comedian Jay Thomas appears on Letterman’s show to tell the story of a run-in he had with The Lone Ranger back when Thomas was a radio disc jockey. Even if you’ve heard Thomas tell the story previously, it’s worth hearing again because it’s just so damn funny. Read more »
So Dave must finally be catching on to this whole Twitter thing, which was invented by Jimmy Fallon apparently, which he last night used to tweet about what he smelled in the studio. Usually any comedy derived from old people using technology isn’t funny, but this kinda was.
In the weeks that have passed since the Letterman sex scandal thingie hit the press, ratings for the show have continued to climb, up 13% in total viewership from the same time last year. |Hollywood Reporter|
Nell Scovell, a female former member of David Letterman’s writing staff when he was doing Late Night with David Letterman on NBC, published a piece today on Vanity Fair’s website about her time working for him and the sexism that she believes exists across the board on late night television talk shows. Her piece provides some great insights into the atmosphere in comedy writing rooms and why women have had a difficult time getting/keeping those sort of jobs in the past. Read more »
Okay, I’m pulling myself away from the riveting Balloon Boy story captivating the nation…for now. So did you see Tina Fey on Letterman last night? She said that she was a virgin until she was 24! Obviously, she didn’t intern for Letterman…Ba-Dum-Bum! Read more »
Sources tell the New York Post that people working at both 48 Hours and the Late Show are angered that Armen Keteyian from the CBS Evening News has been digging around for stories on the scandal. It’s probably bad enough that they’re being harassed by every tabloid under the sun and now members of their own team are digging for dirt? Geez. Read more »
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