Although he may soon be out of a job, Conan O'Brien is finally giving NBC what they've always wanted: big ratings. According to preliminary numbers from the Wrap, Tuesday's episode of 'The Tonight Show' saw a huge upturn among adults 18-49, earning a staggering 1.7 rating. Compared to Monday night's 1.2 rating, that's up a whopping 42 percent.
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there are a couple of points people keep missing here:
1. Late night is a long haul.
2. This isn't just about the host.
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Smigel not only was the first head writer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien. he and Stamatopoulos talk a little bit about that -- Dino was Smigel's first hire -- as well as their humble beginnings in comedy. Also, how they came up with the word "crunk" before it became popular for something else. I
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From his opening line, when Letterman deadpanned that once again, he had been passed up for The Tonight Show, through the monologue, then to the desk for a full history lesson on NBC's late-night history, it seemed, to his advice suggesting that Jay and Conan share hosting duties so Jay can "tell his little jokes" and still have time to tinker on his old truck or whatever.
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The dance between the Fox network and NBC's disaffected late-night host, Conan O'Brien, got livelier Monday when Kevin Reilly, the president of Fox Entertainment, spelled out in some detail how interested Fox would be in starting a late-night show starring Mr. O'Brien — provided he found a way to extricate himself from his NBC contract.
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Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson gathered in the atrium of the CBC building in Toronto for a Q&A moderated by Jian Ghomeshi. Well, more of a Q & A & A & tangent & talk-over-each-other marathon of silliness.
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Want to sit in a real-live television studio to have your laughter recorded for eventual re-broadcast to a television audience? Come to a live taping of Important Things with Demetri Martin in San Francisco this February.
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Bruce McCulloch is executive producer, and the show is his brainchild. He recently spoke with Canwest News Service about wearing a fat suit, the appeal of Death as a character, and how the Kids are all grown up.
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