Conan vs. Jimmy: Whose New Show Is Off to the Best Start?


Updated 07/17/09 4:45 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 13 comments

Conan vs. Jimmy: Whose New Show Is Off to the Best Start?

These past few months have been like late-night musical chairs over at NBC: First, Jimmy Fallon took over Conan O'Brien's old Late Night gig. Then, Conan slid into Jay Leno's Tonight Show seat. (Leno will be back in September with a new primetime show.) Settling into a new late-night show can take some time, so how do you think these two are doing? Do you think Fallon's gotten more comfortable Read more

Will You Give Jimmy Fallon's Late Night a Chance?


Updated 03/03/09 8:37 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 17 comments

Jimmy Fallon's First Show as Host of Late Night on NBC

NBC's long-planned late night transition really gets underway tonight, when Jimmy Fallon takes the Late Night reigns from Conan O'Brien. Since December, Fallon's been doing regular video blogs online, and he's already gotten some buzz for a couple of things, including hiring The Roots as his house band and "Jack McBrayer's response to the Internet response to the Republican response to the Read more

Buzz In: Who Should Have His or Her Own Talk Show?


Updated 01/07/09 2:22 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 17 comments

Buzz In: Who Should Have His or Her Own Talk Show?

With all the Jay Leno news and Jimmy Fallon buzz lately, it was interesting to read this story suggesting that Joel McHale of The Soup would be a good candidate for a late-night talk show of his own. According to the story, McHale wouldn't want the job anyway (he'd rather do movies), but I think it's a great idea. From everything I've seen, he's definitely funny enough to hold down a weeknight Read more

Jay Leno's Not Going Anywhere: NBC Gives Him a New Show


Updated 12/08/08 5:59 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 14 comments

NBC Gives Jay Leno a New Show at 10 p.m. on Weeknights

Whoa! Here's some breaking news from the late-night TV world: TV Week is reporting that Jay Leno's going to get a new show at 10 p.m. every weeknight starting in the Fall of 2009, leading into Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show and Jimmy Fallon's Late Night. That's certainly a new twist in NBC's late-night plans, which we were just talking about earlier today. According to this story, the plan will be Read more

Whose Strike Beard Is Better?


Updated 01/06/08 11:48 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 31 comments

Whose Strike Beard Is Better: David Letterman's or Conan O'Brien's?

So the late-night hosts returned to TV on Wednesday — some with their writers, some without — for the first time since the start of the writers' strike two months ago. There were a bunch of questions: Would David Letterman and Craig Ferguson get better guests since their shows aren't being picketed? And would people be more likely to watch the shows with writers or the ones without? (So far, Read more

Are You More Likely to Watch Letterman and Ferguson Tonight?


Updated 01/03/08 1:47 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 14 comments

Are You More Likely to Watch Letterman and Ferguson Tonight?

All of the major late-night hosts — Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien, and Craig Ferguson — return to the air tonight with new episodes for the first time since the Hollywood writers' strike began in November. Leno, Kimmel, and O'Brien will be winging it without their writers (and with picketing writers demonstrating outside their shows' studios). Letterman and Read more

All Late-Night Hosts Might Return Jan. 2


Updated 12/20/07 8:11 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 3 comments

All Late-Night Hosts Might Return Jan. 2

We already knew that Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien would be returning to host their late-night shows on Jan. 2, and now it looks like all the other major talk show hosts might be ready to join them. Jimmy Kimmel will definitely be back on the air then. He issued a statement on Tuesday saying "Though it makes me sick to do so without my writers, there are more than a hundred people whose financial Read more

Late-Night Hosts Could Return in January


Updated 12/15/07 4:29 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 23 comments

Late-Night Hosts Could Return in January

Late-night hosts have been off the air for almost six weeks now, since the Hollywood writers' strike began and the hosts refused to cross their writers' picket lines. But now there's a new report that the hosts could return in early January. Sources told Variety that since late-night ratings are plunging and an end to the strike seems so far off, the hosts are thinking it's time to come back on Read more

Should the Late-Night Shows Bring In Guest Hosts?


Updated 11/14/07 7:24 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 23 comments

Should the Late-Night Shows Bring In Guest Hosts?

Boy, I wouldn't want to solve this dilemma for Jay Leno: If he continues supporting the Hollywood writers' strike by staying away from The Tonight Show, his whole crew will be laid off. But if he comes back to work, he has to cross picket lines. Other late-night hosts are in similar jams this week, as their shows enter a second week of repeats and the networks start to get antsy. There may be a Read more

Should Leno or Conan Host The Tonight Show?


Updated 10/17/07 3:30 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 46 comments

Should Leno or Conan Host The Tonight Show?

The groundwork has been in place for years for Conan O'Brien to take over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno in 2009. But now there's a new twist to the story: Leno doesn't want to leave. Some in the industry are also wondering if Conan's irreverent humor will work in an earlier time slot. Which comedian do you think is more fit to host The Tonight Show? Photos courtesy of NBC Should Leno or Read more