Turner Broadcasting channels TBS and TNT pitched their new lineup to advertisers and the press this morning in New York. The big story is that TBS and TNT will be streaming their linear channels online and on new iPhone and iPad apps, becoming the first national entertainment channels to do so (sister channel CNN started […]

When Bill Maher wasn’t humiliating Jay Leno to his face on last night’s Tonight Show he was taking on his other favorite target: Donald Trump. Leno asked Maher about their long standing feud and the Real Time host explained that it all comes down to Trump being an “insufferable racist.” “Look, I don’t even want […]

Jay Leno may have the show, but Conan has the Emmy nomination. “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” — and not “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” — is among the nominees for the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Primetime Emmy. TBS, which will air Conan’s new show beginning in the fall, began a […]

Bill Maher’s Emmy curse is legendary: he has been nominated 22 times — 11 for “Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher,” nine for “Real Time with Bill Maher,” and twice for comedy specials — but he’s never won. And he thinks it has something to do with his views on religion. In an interview with The […]