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At the TV critics press tour earlier this month, NBC walked back its quick declaration of Conan O’Brien as “The New King of Late Night.” And you can see why. Last week, David Letterman beat Conan O’Brien in total viewers. Wait, let me elaborate: a week of Letterman reruns beat a week of O’Brien originals.
NBC will argue, and not …
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More Jay Leno Show news: Jay-Z will perform on Leno’s first show Sept. 14, together with Kanye West and Rihanna.
Ironically, Leno has been saying the new show will probably have fewer musical guests and more comedy than The Tonight Show. Reason: musical guests get the studio audiences pumped up, but they don’t actually draw (or retain) …
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It is probably not in the spirit of writerly solidarity to say it, but Conan O’Brien doing “Blue Moon of Kentucky” on Friday’s Late Night was most awesome thing I’ve seen in late night since the strike, and for that matter since a long time before that.
Three nights into the late shows’ return, I have to say the unscripted Late Night is …
