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Thu March 18, 2010
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(TMZ) Amusing Conan fanboys: "the ratings were good enough... He'll be a star on Fox". Fox Affiliates: "Conan? No thanks, we'd rather run reruns of other shows, like The Office. Yes, the crappy US version"  (tmz.com) (68)
(Daily Mail) Obvious Cartoon Network beats MSNBC, CNN, probably because its characters are more believable  (blogs.dailymail.com) (49)
(Examiner) Followup NBC making some big changes to the casting of "Parks and Rec" and "The Office", which you'd be concerned about if you actually watched either of those shows  (examiner.com) (113)

Wed March 17, 2010
(Huffington Post) Obvious Hey NBC affiliates, I've got good news and bad news. The good news: Your ratings are up 45% at 10pm now that Leno's moved. The bad news: You're still in fourth  (huffingtonpost.com) (33)

Sun March 14, 2010
(ESPN) Dumbass NHL Game of the week: Ovechkin and Caps at powerful Chicago. Ovechkin is thrown out midway through the first period. It just keeps coming up roses for NBC  (scores.espn.go.com) (144)

Sat March 13, 2010
(TMZ) Amusing Not News: Guy has picture taken with Jay Leno. FARK: He has "COCO FTW" written on his palm  (tmz.com) (90)
(TMZ) Hero Conan's salary from his half assed tour = $0, all proceeds go to staff  (tmz.com) (85)
(Some Peacock) Followup NBC approaches Fox about picking up 24, because it's clear NBC is RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS  (digitalspy.com) (29)

Wed March 10, 2010
(The New York Times) Amusing On Monday night, Jay Leno barely defeated David Letterman in total viewership, but Letterman beat Leno in the two most important age demographics. Jeff Zucker, you are a genius  (mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com) (58)

Tue March 09, 2010
(Some Hockey Guy) Obvious Still basking in the glow of the U.S./Canada gold medal game, NBC's tilt between the Blackhawks and Red Wings is a ratings juggernaut. Just kidding, the ratings suck even worse than before  (lastangryfan.com) (50)

Sat March 06, 2010
(Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica) Cool NBC renews some of its best shows, including Chuck, 30 Rock, and Community. Oh, and The Office, which even at its worst, it's still better than the other version. Now, where the word on Parks & Rec?  (digitalspy.com) (90)

Fri March 05, 2010
(Daily Kos) Followup NBC adds a laugh track to Sarah Palin's Tonight Show appearance. Turns out Palin is about as funny as Jay Leno after all  (dailykos.com) (90)

Tue March 02, 2010
(USA Today) Obvious "Anyone who thought Leno might have learned any great lesson from his prime-time debacle The Jay Leno Show ... was quickly disabused of that notion"  (usatoday.com) (133)

Mon March 01, 2010
(The New York Times) Dumbass A rundown of the Olympic Closing Ceremony, including everything NBC thought was less important than the Marriage Ref  (vancouver2010.blogs.nytimes.com) (63)
(NJ.com) Obvious Alan Sepinwall on Jerry Seinfeld's new show The Marriage Ref, the harshest review of any TV show ever: "I would almost rather have The Jay Leno Show back"  (sepinwall.blogspot.com) (91)
(Bitten and Bound) Interesting The Olympics are history and now the REAL games begin: Leno vs Letterman, Round Two  (bittenandbound.com) (95)

Sun February 28, 2010
(Yahoo) Unlikely You're going to miss NBC's Olympic coverage when it's gone  (sports.yahoo.com) (70)

Sat February 27, 2010
(Columbus Dispatch) Stupid NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics reaches the apex of WTFdom, dedicating a full half-hour to a filmed piece about how a small Newfoundland town took in thousands of stranded air travelers on 9/11. NBC, your Olympics network  (dispatch.com) (102)
(MSNBC) Dumbass MSNBC decides to go full retard  (msnbc.msn.com) (185)

Wed February 24, 2010
(Washington Post) Interesting NBC's Olympics coverage is a microcosm of the USA's cultural narcissism: We are so convinced of our own superiority that, when we lose, NBC doesn't even bother to show the gold medalist on screen  (newsweek.washingtonpost.com) (171)

Thu February 18, 2010
(Gawker) Dumbass NBC reporter asks Gold medal winning Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer who he is, and he gives her the response she deserves {video awesomeness]  (tv.gawker.com) (152)
(Yahoo) Stupid F*cking a**holes at NBC think that their f*cking viewers are such f*cking p***ies that they can't stand to hear a few goddamn f*cking curse words between Olympic snowboarder Shaun White and his coach celebrating his gold f*cking medal  (sports.yahoo.com) (227)

Tue February 16, 2010
(SB Nation) Obvious NBC's crappy Olympics coverage has reached a point where sports fans are beginning to personally hate the network with the blazing agony of rectal herpes  T-Shirt  (sbnation.com) (163)

Mon February 15, 2010
(Yahoo) Fail According to Meredith Vieira and NBC, Michael J. Fox died of cancer while attempting to run across Canada  (sports.yahoo.com) (88)

Sun February 14, 2010
(ESPN) Interesting Still confused about why NBC doesn't want to air Olympic hockey? Canada's 18-0 victory of Slovakia might give you a clue as to why  (espn.go.com) (133)

Sat February 13, 2010
(Reuters) Unlikely The latest in network affiliate complaining comes from ABC affiliates, angry over all the high profile sporting events getting moved over to ESPN. NBC affiliates respond "here, have Jay Leno"  (reuters.com) (30)

Fri February 12, 2010
(Yahoo) Obvious NBC explains its decision to show ice dancing over U.S./Canada hockey. "This is just another case of why the NHL will never be as popular as its fan base either believes it is or wants it to be."  (sports.yahoo.com) (143)

Wed February 10, 2010
(The Hollywood Reporter) Followup Details of Conan's "Tonight Show" contract exposed, revealing a morass of a quagmire of a mess of legalese that neither he nor NBC lawyers wanted to test in court  (thresq.com) (48)

Sat February 06, 2010
(Gawker) Stupid NBC wants you to forget that Conan O'Brien ever hosted the Tonight Show, so it has deleted all content related to "conan o'brien" from its website. CLASSY  (gawker.com) (90)
(AOL) Fail NBC cafeteria attempts to honor Black History Month. They fail so hard even Wanda Sykes is offended  (insidetv.aol.com) (81)
(The Consumerist) Video Sen. Al Franken calls BS on CEO regarding Comcast/NBC mergepocalypse and rips him a new one  (consumerist.com) (67)

Mon February 01, 2010
(Soviet Canuckistan) Fail "...one cannot look through the list of President Obama's strange and demented policy czars without spotting so many Holden Caulfields, nor escape their ever-presence among the talking heads of MSNBC..."  (ottawacitizen.com) (114)

Sat January 30, 2010
(NewsBusters) Dumbass CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera gets Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-etard) to agree that Obama is sabotaging Toyota because he owns General Motors. At least she has nice tits  (newsbusters.org) (38)

Thu January 28, 2010
(Huffington Post) Video Jay Leno on Oprah: "Conan's ratings were already destructive to the franchise." Jay Leno in August '09: "Conan's ratings are the exact same thing i went through."  (huffingtonpost.com) (148)

Wed January 27, 2010
(The New York Times) Fail NBC didn't think Conan O'Brien's feelings would be hurt from being fired from "The Tonight Show," proving yet again that NBC is run by Lizard People from the Planet Facepalm  (mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com) (83)

Tue January 26, 2010
(Some Guy) Silly Apparently we have Pee-Wee Herman to thank for Will Ferrell's career  (ifc.com) (28)

Mon January 25, 2010
(Orlando Sentinel) Interesting Jay Leno was America's number one TV personality. Now he's third. Oprah is first. Bill O'Reilly is tenth, and would be second if not for a vast left-wing conspiracy against him  (blogs.orlandosentinel.com) (67)

Sat January 23, 2010
(Some Guy) Obvious It just might be possible, maybe even plausible, that CoCo acted in his own best interest  (thrfeed.com) (72)

Fri January 22, 2010
(Variety) Obvious NBC Universal's earnings have dropped 30%. But don't worry Comcast, they're moving Jay Leno back to the Tonight Show  (variety.com) (34)
(The Hollywood Reporter) Obvious Conan's Thursday night Tonight Show gets astonishing 2.6 rating, over 1 point higher than Leno's primetime show. Looks like NBC finally found themselves a late-night ho-- whoops, it seems they didn't  (thrfeed.com) (212)
(NYPost) Stupid NBC paid Conan $32 million to leave. But that's better than the $150 million it would have cost to dump Leno. Who the hell is negotiating contracts over there, the Pants on the Ground Guy?  (nypost.com) (77)
(Gawker) Amusing The second to last night of the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien features Pee Wee Herman, a Kentucky Derby winner and Robin Williams. It's your next-to-last late night wrap-up thread  (tv.gawker.com) (142)

Thu January 21, 2010
(The New York Times) Amusing NBC names Monday, March 1 as its "Welcome Back, Jay Leno" episode of Tonight Show, hopes you'll happily greet return of an old friend who has the same old comedic bits he's always entertained you with  (mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com) (277)
(MSNBC) Asinine MSNBC tech gurus: don't buy an external hard drive--they're COMPLETELY obsolete for 2010. After all, there are online data storage alternatives that barely exist now and cost much much more  (articles.moneycentral.msn.com) (225)
(Gawker) Ironic The only person who seems unable to make a good joke about the Tonight Show situation is Jay Leno. Here's Wednesday Late Night video recap thread  (tv.gawker.com) (324)

Tue January 19, 2010
(Entertainment Weekly) Obvious David Letterman: Relentlessly mocking Jay Leno is 'just fun'  (popwatch.ew.com) (69)
(Gawker) Followup Jay Leno says Conan's show "wasn't doing well". Maybe that's because his lead-in sucked, Jay  (tv.gawker.com) (231)

Mon January 18, 2010
(The Hollywood Reporter) Spiffy Canadian TV makes its decision on what to air in Leno's old primetime slot, chooses "Chuck," "Parenthood," "Ugly Betty," and some CanCon crap you've never heard of. Your move, America  (hollywoodreporter.com) (67)
(MSNBC) Asinine MsNBC wants you to know Conan's resignation letter was a dick move  (msnbc.msn.com) (139)
(Washington Times) Obvious MSNBC host advocates voter fraud in Massachusetts to keep Democrat seat  (washingtontimes.com) (245)

Sun January 17, 2010
(Starpulse) Ironic Conan O'Brien's ratings have been through the roof since the NBC farkover  (starpulse.com) (145)
(Gawker) Followup Video of SNL's take on the Late Night Wars: a "Larry King Live" parody and an anti-NBC rant by Seth Meyers that compared the network to a polygamist wife killer. Ouch  (tv.gawker.com) (84)

Sat January 16, 2010
(Some Guy) Followup Free to a good home: one eight-foot grizzly with compulsive self-pleasure habit, one automated pimp, and one sharp-tongued miniature Pinscher  (thrfeed.com) (93)
(Gawker) Followup Late Night Wars Friday edition: Conan slays NBC yet again, and Jay takes a swipe at Dave... at this point let's just say "chin" instead of "douche" or "wentz"  (tv.gawker.com) (169)
(Hot Air) Dumbass MSNBC hosts picks Lincoln as her favorite founding father after laughing at Sarah Palin for picking all of them  (hotair.com) (373)

Fri January 15, 2010
(Variety) Asinine Remake of Hawaii Five-O is in the works at CBS. And here I thought NBC was desperate for something to replace the void left by Leno's unfunniness  (variety.com) (50)
(National Post) Followup NBC says good bye to Conan and $30 million dollars  (network.nationalpost.com) (171)
(Some Guy) Ironic Leno in 1992 when he was almost replaced: "I feel like a guy who has bought a car from somebody, painted it, fixed it up and made it look nice and then the guy comes back and says he promised to sell the car to his brother-in-law"  (animalnewyork.com) (58)
(MSNBC) Followup NBC exec weighs in on the late night brouhaha, saying Conan is "chicken-hearted and gutless to blame a guy you couldn't beat in the ratings"  (msnbc.msn.com) (359)

Thu January 14, 2010
(The New York Times) Ironic In 1992, amidst declining "Tonight Show" ratings, Jay Leno said he'd leave NBC if they moved his show to 12:30 or gave his job to somebody else  (nytimes.com) (74)
(TMZ) Sad We can shut up about the Jay/Conan thing now. The deal is done  (tmz.com) (438)
(Deadline Hollywood) Asinine Nothing like kicking the crap out of a nice guy who did nothing wrong: If Conan O'Brien doesn't play ball, NBC threatens to keep him off the air for more than 3 years  (deadline.com) (134)
(Gawker) Amusing Day 2 of the Leno Wars - rundown (in video clips) of all the late night hosts chiming in  (tv.gawker.com) (134)

Wed January 13, 2010
(The Hollywood Reporter) Cool Farker quoted for ripping into NBC: "The show 'was performing at acceptable levels for the network' but 'did not meet our affiliates' needs,' If that's not an admission of incompetence, I'm not sure what is"  (thrfeed.com) (10)
(Some Guy) Fail NBC may have run off Leno too. SNAFU  (popeater.com) (191)
(Gawker) Amusing Noteworthy clips from all the late night talk shows from last night. Includes Conan, Kimmel, Leno, Ferguson and Letterman  (tv.gawker.com) (140)

Tue January 12, 2010
(YouTube) Video David Letterman gives us a preview of NBC's new show, "Law and Order: Leno Victims Unit"  (youtube.com) (33)
(The New York Times) News Conan O'Brien releases statement saying he will not take any lip from Leno's chin  T-Shirt  (mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com) (865)

Mon January 11, 2010
(NPR) Interesting Brian Williams says Jon Stewart is good for news, since he and NBC Nightly News reporters are motivated not to do Romero-esque stories that would be lampooned on next day's "Daily Show"  (npr.org) (33)
(Fox News) Followup Source says Conan O'Brien is ready to leave NBC, has already spoken to FOX about a new show  (foxnews.com) (106)
(Some Guy) Ironic Now that Leno in prime time is history, NBC tries to shock the creaking "Law and Order" franchise into life for a new series, "Law and Order: LA"  (ifmagazine.com) (141)
(Canada.com) Interesting Forget Leno, O'Brien and Letterman: where are the women on late night?  (communities.canada.com) (122)

Sun January 10, 2010
(Entertainment Weekly) Obvious In worst kept secret of the new year, NBC will no longer take it on the chin during primetime and will move Jay Leno back to late slot  (hollywoodinsider.ew.com) (140)

Sat January 09, 2010
(LA Times) Amusing 10 biggest disasters of TV now with Leno goodness, and slideshow badness  (latimes.com) (131)
(Some Rematch Guy) Cool Can the Bengals show a rookie QB why he can't make the playoffs? Can Dallas hand Philly yet another loss? Here's you wildcard Saturday playoff thread (starts 4:30pm ET, both games NBC)  (nfl.com) (3282)
(Examiner) Video Side-by-side comparison of Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno dealing with their awkward situation in monolgue form on the left. Farkers arguing over who's funnier on the right  (examiner.com) (90)

Fri January 08, 2010
(Seattle Times) Asinine Excited about watching the Winter Olympics? Well suck it Americans, NBC to broadcast events on tape delay  (seattletimes.nwsource.com) (135)

Thu January 07, 2010
(TMZ) Sad NBC screws over Conan  (tmz.com) (359)
(People Magazine) Cool David Hasselhoff leaving America's Got Talent to spend more time with his cheeseburgers  (tvwatch.people.com) (28)

Tue January 05, 2010
(The Hollywood Reporter) Stupid There is a God, and he hates us with the burning passion of anal herpes: Adam Carolla gets a sitcom pilot at NBC  (hollywoodreporter.com) (87)
(Aint-It-Cool-News) Interesting In show business, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the execs who renewed "Law & Order" for a record-breaking 21st season and the viewers who say, "That show is still on?"  (aintitcool.com) (183)

Mon January 04, 2010
(ABC News) Stupid NBC set to air a reality show starring Rod Blagojevich, Bret Michaels, Darryl Strawberry, Sharon Osbourne, and Cyndi Lauper. You know why your ratings are bad?  (abcnews.go.com) (44)

Sat January 02, 2010
(TMZ) Sad Famous NFL player, sportscaster, and florist-guy Merlin Olsen, 69, sues NBC and everyone else in world, alleging asbestos exposure leading to mesothelioma  (tmz.com) (38)

Fri January 01, 2010
(MSNBC) Obvious MSNBC doesn't quite know what a meme is  (msnbc.msn.com) (73)
(Punchline Magazine) Cool NBC finally makes a smart decision  (punchlinemagazine.com) (56)

Mon December 28, 2009
(CBS News) Obvious CBS: MSNBC sucks at breaking news off-hours  (cbsnews.com) (109)

Mon December 14, 2009
(Breitbart.com) Weird In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime and the batshiat insane district attorney that sees French Liberalism ruining Law & Order  (bighollywood.breitbart.com) (51)

Sat December 12, 2009
(io9) Unlikely "Heroes" actress Dawn Olivieri says that the show is in no danger of cancellation because "this show makes so much money for NBC."  (io9.com) (85)

Wed December 09, 2009
(Bitten and Bound) Cool The winner of Biggest Loser season 8 was transformed from morbidly obese to handsome and hot...in a young Paul Newman sorta way. (pics, vid)  (bittenandbound.com) (133)

Fri December 04, 2009
(NYPost) Scary Comcast may kill NBC, but cable will never kill Tom Brokaw  (nypost.com) (45)
(PC Magazine) Obvious Comcast: "We really like what NBC has done with Hulu." Translation: "We're killing that biatch as soon as we can"  (pcmag.com) (48)

Wed December 02, 2009
(MSNBC) Interesting GE decides to focus on making products people want, will spin off NBC  T-Shirt  (msnbc.msn.com) (40)

Fri November 27, 2009
(MSNBC) Obvious MSNBC now has a Department of the Obvious  (msnbc.msn.com) (19)

Thu November 26, 2009
(Variety) Obvious "CNN wants to be the media equivalent of Switzerland," which means MSNBC is France, Fox News is Germany and Fox Business is Sweden  (variety.com) (171)

Wed November 25, 2009
(MSNBC) Unlikely MSNBC ponders "Is Black Friday really worth the effort?" Ohhh, MSNBC, you're gonna piss off Walmart, careful now  (msnbc.msn.com) (96)

Mon November 23, 2009
(USA Today) Cool 58-year old Chesley "Sully" Sullenburger says that his heroic landing of a jet in the Hudson river brought him "rock star sex" with his wife  (usatoday.com) (145)

Sun November 22, 2009
(Financial Times) Unlikely Old and busted: MSNBC. New hotness: MSFOX  (ft.com) (36)

Sat November 21, 2009
(CNN) Misc The Office, which used to be about a shiatty place to work, is now about a shiatty place to try to not get laid off from. Although as anyone with a clue can tell you, the British recession is way better than the American one  (cnn.com) (96)

Fri November 20, 2009
(Newsweek) Interesting NBC anchor Brian Willams says "The Daily Show" has become indespensible to the mainstream news media. Which is really, really sad  (2010.newsweek.com) (100)

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