Ed Martin: NBC and Jay Leno Put Broadcast Television in Play
 If nothing else, NBC’s announcement this week that it will in September 2009 turn over one third of its Monday-Friday primetime schedule to Tonight Show host Jay Leno has put broadcast television as we know it into play. Nobody can say what the impact of this first of its kind programming strategy will be in the long run, but it will certainly mark the biggest change to the primetime broadcast landscape since 1971, when CBS, NBC and ABC were made by the FCC to surrender a collective nine hours o

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Hard Times Force Golden Globe Parties to Go On With Recycled Diamonds [Awards]
The collective shrug over a possible SAG strike gathered a few more shoulders today, with representatives for Hollywood's influential Party Planning Mafia acknowledging that no labor impasse (or recession, for that matter) will prevent it from restoring the Golden Globes afterparties to their long-dormant luster. To wit: Press conferences are out, and "plasma screen-outfitted water walls" are in! And that's just for starters.Elsewhere at the NBC Universal party, expect jewels shipped in from sponsor Cartier

Sean Combs on Jay Leno (Hilarious)
Talks about his new cologne, his role in ARITS and his fear of feet?

CBS boss Les Moonves challenges Jay Leno to ratings duel with 'CSI'
NEW YORK - CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves challenged Jay Leno to a ratings duel when the late-night talk show host moves his NBC show to a prime-time slot of 10 p.m. next fall. "I will bet anybody who would like to bet that 'CSI: Miami' on Monday night at 10 o'clock will beat Jay by a lot. Remember that. By a lot," Moonves said Wednesday at an investor conference hosted by UBS. Moonves said CBS was winning the ratings war in four of the five weeknights in the 10 p.m. time slot, wit

Is Jay Leno the saviour of NBC?
It seems like almost everyone loves Jay Leno, right? NBC certainly seem to think so and are piling on the pressure hoping that Jay will be the answer to their ratings woe. They are touting the new tentatively titled ‘The Jay Leno Show’ as their big show in the 10pm weeknights slot. Leno has spoken about how he’s planning to keep the best parts of his ‘Tonight Show’ such as the monologue, Jaywalking and guests. With a bigger budget however, Leno is likely to go all

Moonves: The Model Ain't Broken
Days after rival NBC Chief Executive Jeff Zucker bemoaned the broadcast television model and gave five prime-time hours over to Tonight Show host Jay Leno, CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves arrives with another story. "I'm here to tell you the model ain't broken," he said to a room full of investors at UBS'

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Ellen talks Proposition 8 and gay marriage on Jay Leno
As though we needed any more reason to love this woman, last night Ellen DeGeneres took the opportunity while guesting on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to urge the audience to vote against Proposition 8, which would take away the right of gay Californians (like her and new wife Portia) to marry. And Jay chimed in, noting that there's been gay marriage in his home state for a while and nothing terrible has happened, and asks if we don't have more important things to focus on right now as a country aside fro

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Lisa Snowdon's Got Sweet Cleavage [Hollywood Tuna] This Did Not Work At All [WWTDD] So Long, Mr. Clean [Dlisted] Amy Smart Nude Video From Mirrors [Egotastic] Mario Lopez Loses His Shirt For 'Nip/Tuck' [Pink is the New Blog] Audrina Goes to Lauren's, More Hills Dramz Underway? [Bauer-Griffin Online] Ellen DeGeneres and Jay Leno Discuss Proposition 8, Same-Sex Marriage [Towleroad] Moose Knuckle Safari [Cityrag] Dita Von Teese Celebrates Sonia Rykiel [JustJared] Khloe Kardashian is not smart [Celebs

`Nightline' producer doesn't feel saved
It's possible that Jay Leno's decision to stay at NBC might have saved ABC's "Nightline" from being axed, but the show's producer doesn't think so. If Leno hadn't decided to stay at NBC for a nightly prime-time show, it was a good bet that he'd head to another network. ABC, and the late-night time slot held by "Nightline," would have been a strong possibility, given its attempt to lure David Letterman six years ago. James Goldston, executive producer of "Nightline," says it wasn't a certaint

Moonves: CBS to gain from Leno move to prime time
CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves challenged Jay Leno to a ratings duel when the late-night talk show host moves his NBC show to a prime-time slot of 10 p.m. next fall. "I will bet anybody who would like to bet that 'CSI: Miami' on Monday night at 10 o'clock will beat Jay by a lot. Remember that. By a lot," Moonves said Wednesday at an investor conference hosted by UBS. Moonves said CBS was winning the ratings war in four of the five weeknights in the 10 p.m. time slot with its shows such

Moonves: CBS to gain from Leno move to prime time
CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves challenged Jay Leno to a ratings duel when the late-night talk show host moves his NBC show to a prime-time slot of 10 p.m. next fall. "I will bet anybody who would like to bet that 'CSI: Miami' on Monday night at 10 o'clock will beat Jay by a lot. Remember that. By a lot," Moonves said Wednesday at an investor conference hosted by UBS. Moonves said CBS was winning the ratings war in four of the five weeknights in the 10 p.m. time slot with its shows such

Leno 1, NBC 0
Jay Leno put a gun to his head and told NBC, “Give me a show or I’ll fire.” The network blinked first, says MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman. Related Posts: ShowBiz Minute: Leno, Madonna, Ruffalo NBC Expected to Give 10 P.M. Show to Jay Leno

Sepinwall on TV: NBC has nothing but Leno left to lose
Jay Leno and NBC CEO Jeff Zucker.Midway through the press conference yesterday to announce that Jay Leno would stay at NBC and take over the 10 p.m. timeslot Monday through Friday, I asked NBC boss Ben Silverman what sort of domino effect devoting five hours a week to Leno would have on the rest of primetime.

Jay Leno Made Wanda Sykes Gay
Oh, cute. Wanda Sykes is just recently out of the closet (to the public anyway) and like all newbie gays, she's got herself plastered in Pride paraphernalia. Truth is we never associated "Wanda Sykes" with "heartwarming", but in this clip of her appearance last night on The Tonight Show, we want to sign her up for the Teddy Bear a Day Club or something. There's never a wrong way to choose to come out, but we think that Sykes decision to speak up at the National Day

Moonves: CBS to gain from Leno move to prime time
NEW YORK - CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves challenged Jay Leno to a ratings duel when the late-night talk show host moves his NBC show to a prime-time slot of 10 p.m. next fall. "I will bet anybody who would like to bet that 'CSI: Miami' on Monday night at 10 o'clock will beat Jay by a lot. Remember that. By a lot," Moonves said Wednesday at an investor conference hosted by UBS.Moonves said CBS was winning the ratings wa

Will the Last Person to Watch a Broadcast Network Please Turn Off the Set?
Why, you wonder, is NBC turning over a third of its weeknight programming to Jay Leno? There are specific reasons having to do with the in-the-toiletness of NBC at present, but there are also, as they say, systemic causes. Namely, no one is watching broadcast-network TV.  Well, not no one. But a new study has found viewership sharply down for the big networks this season, even as it has risen for cable. (The study, I must note, come from Turner Networks, which is part of Time Warner like Time

A Chanticleer Christmas: A holiday tradition
(From the last 12 hours)Results: California companies planning layoffsNobel winner from Lawrence Berkeley lab picked as energy secretaryYahoo slashes 1,500 jobsBiz break: Another Yahoo investor seeks Microsoft search dealSchwarzenegger: State heading to 'financial ArmageddonBarney: Jay Leno's prime-time move just another uninspired NBC idea(From the last 12 hours)East Side Union chief to propose a budget that eliminates all sportsUC gets $4 million from Gates foundation for new global health sch

NBC: The incredible shrinking network
Brian Lowry: Will the Leno shift benefit the broadcaster? -- With its plans to bring Jay Leno to primetime five nights a week, NBC has taken a major step toward no longer qualifying as a major broadcaster -- becoming the Big Three web that ISN'T, as in Incredible Shrinking Network TV.

CBS boss challenges Leno to ratings duel
NEW YORK - CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves challenged Jay Leno to a ratings duel when the late-night talk show host moves his NBC show to a prime-time slot of 10 p.m. next fall. "I will bet anybody who would like to bet that 'CSI: Miami' on Monday night at 10 o'clock will beat Jay by a lot. Remember that. By a lot," Moonves said Wednesday at an investor conference hosted by UBS. Moonves said CBS was winning the ratings war in four of the five weeknights in the 10 p.m

Report: NBC unveils “The Jay Leno Show”…
Since the shocking announcement that Jay Leno is staying put on NBC, the peacock station just revealed more details on the new show. The name of the show is simply titled “The Jay Leno Show”. Like I said in a post before, the show will be basically the same thing as “The Tonight Show”. Making jokes about current news, two celebrity interviews and a musical guest. Guitarist Kevin Eubanks and the rest of the “Tonight Show” band will stick with Leno as well. Re

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TYRA, OPRAH, TYLER AMONG TV’S “SMARTEST PEOPLE”
Whoopi Goldberg, Tyra Banks, Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry appear on Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Smartest People in TV, a list of small-screen titans who are driving today’s sharpest shows and deals. Winfrey came in 6th on the tally because “her talk show still rules daytime, her first foray into reality (’Oprah’s Big Give’) averaged 11.6 million viewers, and she’ll launch her own network — appropriately named OWN — in 2009,” said Entertainment

Les Moonves Confident 'CSI' Will Crush Leno: 'By A Lot' [Les Moonves]
As Jeff Zucker foists his last hopes for NBC on Jay Leno and his arsenal of funny little newspaper-clipping typos, his arch nemesis—future galactic despot Les Moonves—couldn't help but hijack the opportunity to engage in a favorite pastime: an old-fashioned, TV honcho dick-measuring contest! Talking today at the same New York media conference where Zucker dropped jaws with his plan to scale back on programming hours, Moonves temporarily blinded the audience with a smile, before pledging that it