‘American Idol’ bandleader Rickey Minor heads to ‘The Tonight Show’

“American Idol” music director Rickey Minor is moving over to “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” taking over as bandleader from the departing Kevin Eubanks.

Minor is scheduled to begin his “Tonight Show” gig on Monday, June 7, 10 days after Eubanks’ May 28 departure (with, presumably, a week of reruns in between). “Idol” ends its [...]

Conan O’Brien on tour: He will survive

Conan O’Brien kicked off his “Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour” Monday night, and the initial reaction suggests that fans who have tickets to see him over the next two months won’t be disappointed.

The tour — featuring sidekick Andy Richter, his “Late Night”/”Tonight Show” band (minus drummer/bandleader Max Weinberg) and a cameo by [...]

George Lopez welcomes Conan into his ‘deep, loving embrace’

Conan O’Brien made a triumphant return to late-night TV Monday — in a manner of speaking.
George Lopez, whom Conan will bump from 11 p.m. to midnight come November, welcomed O’Brien to the TBS fold by opening “Lopez Tonight” with shots from Conan’s running-across-the-country “Tonight Show” opening, intercut with shots of Lopez running through L.A. and [...]

Conan O’Brien on TBS: Why it makes sense

Conan O’Brien and TBS shocked the TV world Monday (April 12) with the announcement that O’Brien would host a late-night show on cable starting in November.
It was a surprise, yes. But it’s also a deal that makes a lot of sense for everyone involved. O’Brien will almost surely get to do whatever kind of show [...]

TBS Announces Conan O’Brien Acquisition and Video Teaser

Assumptions of Conan O’Brien going to FOX turned out to be dead wrong. Conan is, in fact, going to TBS – and this is not an extremely late April Fool’s joke. TBS has released a press release describing Conan O’Brien’s upcoming show, along with a brief video teaser. Check out both below.

Conan Picks a Home [...]

Conan O’Brien heads to TBS

No late-night FOX deal for Conan O’Brien after all. The talk show host will instead be heading to TBS.
TBS has announced that the comedian will join the basic cable network to host a late-night show expected to debut in November.
“In three months I’ve gone from network television to
Twitter to performing live in theater, and now [...]

‘Castle’ preview: Showbiz will kill you

The late-night debacle that went down at NBC earlier this season could fairly be called a bloody mess. “Castle” takes that idea literally in its next episode.
The ABC murder mystery will take on the cutthroat world of talk-show hosts Monday (April 12) when Castle (Nathan Fillion) is a guest on a show hosted by late-night [...]

‘Chuck,’ ‘Heroes,’ ‘Parenthood’: Keep ‘em or kill ‘em?

Bubblewatch 2010 stops at NBC, which has had a season unlike any network has had in recent memory — and not in a good way.
First came the Jay Leno prime-time experiment, which tanked. Then came the Great Late-Night Shakeout of 2010, which led to the departure of Conan O’Brien and the return of Leno to [...]

‘Castle’ creator Andrew Marlowe on romantic tension, dead TV hosts and Season 3

“Castle” creator Andrew Marlowe was feeling good about his show’s chances for next season, but he’s understandably very happy that ABC gave an official pickup to the show on Tuesday (March 30).
“It’s very helpful to have the information that we’re coming back and that we don’t have to do any sort of quick, last-minute crazy [...]

Report: Conan O’Brien turned down Tonys hosting gig

Conan O’Brien is still in high demand. Too bad he can’t accept the jobs.
The comedian’s latest job offer was hosting the Tony Awards on June 13, says Deadline.com, but he had to turn it down because of NBC’s restrictions that he can’t appear on TV until September.
There’s a lot of back and forth over [...]

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