Seth Meyers is reportedly the frontrunner to take over “Late Night” if Jimmy Fallon replaces Jay Leno as host of “The Tonight Show” next year. It’s expected that Fallon will make the jump to 11:30 p.m. in 2014, in which case “Late Night” will need its fourth host, following David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, and Fallon. […]
Read moreOn Thursday’s episode of Jake Tapper‘s new CNN show The Lead, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel weighs in on the big late night news brewing over at NBC. In an excerpt released ahead of this afternoon’s interview, Kimmel half-jokes that he hopes he’s the reason NBC is speeding up Jay Leno‘s departure and bringing in Jimmy Fallon […]
Read moreAfter more than four decades on the west coast, the Tonight Show may be coming back to New York City by next year, with Jimmy Fallon succeeding Jay Leno as host. The New York Times‘ Bill Carter is reporting that while no formal deal is set, NBC has “made a commitment” to Fallon that he […]
Read moreNBC put out the word recently that it wants to retire Leno at the end of the 2014 season and replace him with the younger Jimmy Fallon. Leno is an ace game player and knows exactly what he’s doing. When the Fallon story became absolutely huge ten days ago, he did not respond right away […]
Read moreThe New York Post is reporting that it’s pretty much over for Elisabeth Hasselbeck as a host of The View even after Barbara Walters said a week ago that such talk was nonsense. Hasselbeck’s departure, according to the Post’s source, has been in the works for quite some time and immediately follows the ouster of […]
Read moreMSNBC’s Ed Schultz used the final moments of his final weekday primetime show to address his move to weekend afternoons and welcome his replacement Chris Hayes with open arms. Schultz’s farewell message was mostly positive, though he did work in an ornery dig at POLITICO writer Dylan Byers, who wrote that Schultz’s new time slot […]
Read moreYesterday, Ed Schultz announced that his MSNBC show is moving from the weekday 8 p.m. slot to the weekend — leaving an opening in the network’s primetime lineup. Naturally, this led to much speculation about who would replace him. On Thursday, MSNBC announced Chris Hayes as Schultz’s replacement. The move makes Hayes, 34, the youngest […]
Read moreA Florida bartender who secretly recorded GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is going to reveal his identity to Ed Schultz on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” tonight, the channel says. The video went public in September, with the general press noting Romney’s comments about “the 47%,” while we noted Romney’s analysis of the media. It dominated […]
Read moreOn tomorrow’s edition of “Katie,” Katie Couric talks to her longtime friend Wendy Walker, who was also Larry King‘s producer at CNN. As it happens, the former CNN host decided to make a surprise visit to Couric’s show, where the two discussed the heavily disputed date they went on. Yes, that date. Couric: “I even […]
Read moreMatt Lauer is finally breaking his silence about Ann Curry’s departure from the “Today Show” and the NBC morning show’s declining ratings. The host — who is not leaving his post, despite wrong rumors — admits in a new interview with The Daily Beast that Curry’s ouster from her co-anchor position last June should have, […]
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