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Jay Leno on His Late Show Super Bowl Promo: 'A Good Joke Is a Good Joke'
Adrian Chen · 02/08/10 10:24PMcityfile · 02/08/10 04:45PM
• Super Bowl XLIV made history last night: It's now the most-watched TV program in U.S. history, having bypassed the finale of M*A*S*H in 1983. [THR]
• Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have filed suit against the Rupert Murdoch's News of the World for reporting the couple was separating. [Guardian]
• Talks between Fox and Conan O'Brien seem to be moving ahead. As for the Super Bowl ad featuring Letterman and Leno, Letterman was reportedly interested in having Conan appear as well, although it didn't pan out.
• Ellen DeGeneres makes her debut on American Idol tomorrow. Meanwhile, talks to have Howard Stern replace Simon Cowell next season are progressing.
• Mixed news for the magazine business: newsstand sales fell in the second half of 2009, although the situation was even worse a year ago. [NYT, AdAge]
• Sarah Palin won't have to fly to NYC to tape her appearances on Fox News: The network is building its new "contributor" a TV set in her living room. [NYT]
• After dominating the box office for seven weeks, Avatar was dethroned by Dear John this weekend, although it remained No. 1 internationally. [MTV]
• Ads for Snickers, Doritos, and Google were big winners with Super Bowl viewers this year. As for the Motorola spot starring Megan Fox, she may be the first person in history to have had a "thumb double." [Reuters, NYT, NYM]
David Letterman Resorted to Extreme Measures to Land Jay Leno for His Super Bowl Gag
Brian Moylan · 02/08/10 10:27AMYou think it's easy getting Oprah Winfrey, Jay Leno, and David Letterman in a room together to tape a 15-second gag for the Super Bowl? Then you're wrong! This thing took private jets, corporate rescheduling, even espionage!
David Letterman, Jay Leno, Google Win Super Bowl: Best Moments from Last Night
Adrian Chen · 02/07/10 09:15PMSuper Bowl Shocker: Letterman, Oprah and Leno Appear Together in Late Show Ad
Matt Cherette · 02/07/10 07:35PMNBC's Revisionist History of Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show: It Never Existed!
Foster Kamer · 02/06/10 03:00PMWanda Sykes Reacts to NBC's Offensive Black History Month Menu
Whitney Jefferson · 02/05/10 12:14PMJimmy Fallon Does His Best to Make Jay Leno Seem Likable
Matt Cherette · 02/04/10 12:05AMNBC Claims Another Victim
cityfile · 02/03/10 03:22PMLeno Also Replaces Conan on NBC's 30 Rock Mural
Ryan Tate · 02/02/10 04:47PMConan Explains Why He Didn't Leave NBC in 2004 on Charlie Rose
Mike Byhoff · 02/02/10 11:02AMHoward Stern Refuses to Stop Despising Jay Leno
Mike Byhoff · 02/01/10 06:14PMTeam Leno, Revealed
Matt Cherette · 01/29/10 10:25PMHave you seen a "Whose side are you on?" poll related to the Late Night Wars recently? Did you notice the small number that reflected support for Jay Leno and wonder, "Who are those people?" Well, wonder no longer.
Jay Leno's Natural Successor Has Emerged
cityfile · 01/29/10 12:36PMKimmel Reacts to Leno's Cries of Being "Sucker-Punched" on His Own Show
Robyn Caplan · 01/29/10 10:53AMIs Scott Brown the Most Normal Man in America?
Adrian Chen · 01/28/10 10:48PMCaller Gets Sassy with "Narcissistic" Larry King
Matt Cherette · 01/28/10 10:25PMcityfile · 01/28/10 05:20PM
• It's the end of the line for Miramax. The studio that Harvey and Bob Weinstein founded in 1979, sold to Disney in 1993, and departed in 2005, was officially shuttered today, and 80 people were let go. [Wrap, NYT, Guardian]
• Jay Leno went on Oprah today to try and redeem himself. He acted like a cry-baby and flat-out lied (and may have gotten away with it anyway). In related news, Conan's final week on the air turned out to be his biggest, not surprisingly. And there are some signs the late-night debacle may have Comcast's bosses thinking about showing NBC chief Jeff Zucker the door.
• 48 million people tuned in to the State of the Union address last night. [NYT]
• Only 35 people have signed up for a subscription to Newsday.com since the paper set up a pay wall a few months back. But it's all going according to plan and Newsday management couldn't be happier, the paper claims. [Crain's]
• This is a bit awkward: The Wall Street Journal is rolling out a local edition this spring that it hopes will compete with the New York Times. But it may actually need the Times' help printing the papers to make it happen. [NYT]
• A growing number of Time Inc. staffers are defecting to Bloomberg. [NYP]
• Samantha Harris is bidding goodbye to Dancing with the Stars. [People]
• Is Fox News reporter Major Garrett a fan of hookers? Maybe! [Gawker]
Jay Leno Tries to Set the Record Straight on Oprah, Comes Off as a Lying, Victimized Cry-Baby
Mike Byhoff · 01/28/10 04:37PMUh-oh, Jay Leno is playing the victim again. He was on Oprah today to set the record straight, and by set the record straight, we mean throw himself a pity party while Oprah gives him a shoulder to cry on.