As Tiger Woods slowly reemerges from hiding and Team-Tiger Damage Control goes full throttle, there is an interesting parallel to be made between the Tiger/Elin Woods drama and the NBC/Conan O’Brien drama (which cost all of us a few months out of our lives). Imagine…
People really need to stop listening to this woman. I said it back in November when she made her crazy comments then, and I say it now. Even though I know she would love to take credit for the Wall Street panic this week, nothing…
The Conan exit deal is done – probably the largest payout in television history for someone averaging a 2.5 rating. It is presumed he will go to Fox and get a 2.0 rating at 11:00 (my guess is reruns of The Simpsons on local affiliates…
OK. So Conan is gone. Jay is back at 11:35. What’s next? Damage control. Over the next few weeks, we can expect to see NBC Universal’s ‘A Team’ of publicists begin the seemingly impossible task of resuscitating the images of Jay Leno, The Tonight Show…
Done deal. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 11:35 – 12:35. Conan O’Brien: SOL. Jill Kennedy – OnMedea
So… the top brass at NBC Universal just waited and waited just to see how things would play out – and now the shareholders of GE and Comcast (of which I am one) have a major Zucker problem on their hands. There is really only…
The Jay Leno Show cancellation announcement by Jeff Gaspin – Chairman NBC Entertainment – was handled in just about the worst way possible. It should have so simple: Announce the news; admit it was mistake and talk about the exciting changes to come. That’s it….
OK, Jeff, it’s time for you to man-up, nut-up, suck-it-up, eat-it (all those things) and fix this late night issue before it becomes even more of a train wreck. It’s very simple: Fire Conan O’Brien and give him all the compensation he is owed as…
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message The Jay…
Meredith Whitney has been right in the past. Meredith Whitney has been wrong in the past. Meredith Whitney will be right about some things in the future. And Meredith Whitney will be very wrong about some things the future. The point? Meredith Whitney doesn’t know…