Topic: Conan O'Brien
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The 20 best TV sitcoms of all time – readers' choice
What did Monitor readers choose as the best sitcom in the history of television?
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The 20 best TV sitcoms of all time – readers' choice
What did Monitor readers choose as the best sitcom in the history of television?
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Seth Meyers replaces Fallon on 'Late Night'
Seth Meyers replaces Fallon: Seth Myers has been tabbed to replace Jimmy Fallon as 'Late Night' show host starting next year. As Seth Meyers replaces Fallon, current 'Late Night' host Fallon will be taking Jay Leno's spot as host of the 'Tonight' show.
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Decoder Wire Obama bangs: With jokes like this, who needs Conan O'Brien? (+video)
Obama bangs joke at the White House correspondents' dinner Saturday night shows how, with professional help, presidents are now just as funny as the comedian hosts.
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Palin: 'Nerd prom' slam targets White House press dinner (+video)
Palin: 'Nerd prom' denigrates the White House Correspondent's dinner, where President Obama joked Saturday. Sara Palin wasn't invited, and according to The Atlantic, she wasn't the first to label the event a 'nerd prom.'
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Jay Leno leaving 'Tonight,' has NBC learned transition lessons?
Jay Leno leaving: NBC's hand was forced, to its perspective, by ABC when that network put Jimmy Kimmel in the time slot shared by Leno and CBS' David Letterman earlier this year.
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The Vote White House correspondents' dinner: Conan O'Brien too safe for 'nerd prom'? (+video)
The White House correspondents' dinner is about the hippest thing going, by D.C. standards. The host is always a big deal. So what does Conan O'Brien bring to the table?
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'30 Rock': The 10 best episodes
The NBC series '30 Rock,' created by Tina Fey, airs its final installment tonight. Check out our picks for the 10 best of its episodes.
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Decoder Wire Ann Romney on Jay Leno: How did she do?
Ann Romney appeared on 'The Tonight Show,' and while she wasn't polished, she humanized Mitt quite well. The question is: Why wasn't she doing this in July? Now, it might be too late.
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Is the end of late-night TV as we've known it near?
Two staples of late-night TV – 'The Tonight Show' and 'Nightline' – received bad news this month, suggesting that a recasting of the late-night order might not be far off.
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Horizons Conan wades into Apple, Samsung imbroglio
Apple has sued Samsung for violating several key patents. Billions of dollars are at stake. But that doesn't mean the whole mess isn't worth a laugh or two.
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Will Ferrell announces Ron Burgundy's return in 'Anchorman' sequel
Ferrell made a surprise, in-character appearance on 'Conan' to regale the audience with a flute solo and declare a deal with Paramount Pictures.
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Vox News President Obama on 'The Tonight Show': A good move?
President Obama will appear on 'The Tonight Show' Tuesday for the fourth time. The show will give the president a wider audience but might have limited benefits, experts say.
10/25/2011 07:50 pm -
Horizons Droid Bionic review roundup
The Droid Bionic reviews have begun to trickle in. Let's take a look at the score cards.
09/10/2011 01:34 am -
Culture Cafe Anne Hathaway raps, really (video)
Anne Hathaway shows off her nascent skills as a rapper on the Conan O'Brien Show. There have been rappers who prove that they can act, but not so much for actors turning to rap.
08/18/2011 05:41 pm -
Culture Cafe Conan O'Brien Can't Stop: Blogger movie review
'Conan O'Brien Can't Stop' is a fascinating true story of catharsis through comedy and the journey across America of one man trying to overcome his anger.
07/14/2011 12:31 pm -
Conan O'Brien to Dartmouth grads: Failure is freeing
Conan O'Brien recieved an honorary doctorate of arts at Dartmouth. He praised the 1,700 graduates for earning their degrees, then boasted that "Dartmouth is giving me the same degree for interviewing the fourth lead in 'Twilight.'"
06/13/2011 10:29 am -
Jay Leno: Hasty Pudding Man of the Year? Really?
Jay Leno: The comedian was named to be Harvard University's Hasty Pudding 2011 Man of the Year. Why was he chosen?
01/25/2011 12:09 pm -
Betty White voted AP entertainer of the year for 2010
Betty White: After a year remarkable for a star of any age, White has been voted the Entertainer of the Year by members of The Associated Press.
12/20/2010 03:42 pm -
A tepid return for Conan O'Brien: Time to rethink late-night talk?
The first two episodes of the highly anticipated Conan O'Brien show on TBS have been called conventional. The late-night talk show genre is in trouble, media-watchers say.
11/10/2010 07:54 pm -
Horizons Lady Gaga tops Twitter charts
Lady Gaga temporarily replaces Britney Spears as the most-followed person on Twitter.
08/23/2010 08:42 pm -
Conan O'Brien and Steve Martin play rock stars at Bonnaroo
Conan O'Brien, Jack Black, and Steve Martin are living out their rock star dreams at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
06/12/2010 01:08 pm -
Conan O'Brien goes from hosting 'The Tonight Show' to making a rockabilly record
'I'm going back in time,' he joked. 'Next week I'll be playing vaudeville and then I'm going to be a steamboat captain.'
06/11/2010 12:39 pm -
TBS touts Conan O'Brien for an Emmy -- for his work on NBC
TBS has started an Emmy campaign for Conan O'Brien in Variety magazine. But the ads are stumping for an NBC show – the defunct 'The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.'
06/08/2010 07:53 pm -
Horizons Did George W. Bush really join Twitter?
Earlier this week, several top news organizations reported that former US President George W. Bush had joined Twitter. But the George W. Bush Twitter feed is a fake, according to a Bush spokesman.
06/03/2010 06:27 pm -
Conan O'Brien says comedy tour was antidote for Tonight Show fiasco
Conan O'Brien told 60 Minutes Sunday that he started feeling better "almost immediately" once he started touring after the Tonight show mess.
05/03/2010 09:29 am
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