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  • ABC Wants Abdul to Come Dancing

    ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson says he would “absolutely love” if she joined the network’s “Dancing With the Stars.”

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    Josef Adalian

  • Top FX Showrunners Slam NBC for Leno Move

    Some of the top drama showrunners in TV took aim at NBC Friday, dissing the network for its decision to replace five hours of scripted programming with "The Jay Leno Show." "I feel like they should take down the American flag from in front of the building and put up a white flag," said Peter…

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  • Jay Gets Jay-Z for First Show

    A day after Jay Leno downplayed the impact of musical acts to his new series, NBC has announced a superstar trio of musicians will appear on Leno’s first show. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West will perform their new single "We Run This Town" on the Sept. 14 bow of "The Jay Leno Show." The song…

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  • Jay Leno Ready for Primetime Battle

    “If we go down in flames, we’ll be laughing on the way down.”

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  • NBC: We Shouldn’t Have Called Conan King

    NBC latenight chief Rick Ludwin is admitting the network messed up when it declared Conan O’Brien the king of late night after one week of ratings.   "I think it was premature," Ludwin said of NBC’s press release crowning O’Brien king. "We were very proud of the show (and its ratings). And there were those…

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  • Tight Late-Night Race Not Fazing NBC

    “A major change like this happens only once in 17 years. There are going to be shifts that go on.”

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    Daniel Frankel
    Tight Late-Night Race Not Fazing NBC

  • Ad Buyers to TV Execs: We Have The Upper Hand

    Two months after the upfront presentations, no advertising deals have been made.

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    Daniel Frankel
    Ad Buyers to TV Execs: We Have The Upper Hand

  • NBC Announces Fall Premiere Dates

    Jay Leno’s new talkshow kicks things off on Sept. 14.

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    Daniel Frankel

  • Week 1 Verdict: Conan’s No Leno

    After a long “Tonight Show” reign, late-night’s neck-and-neck now, with some giving Letterman a slight edge.

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    Daniel Frankel
    Week 1 Verdict: Conan’s No Leno

  • Now That Jay Leno’s Headed to Primetime, Some Advice For NBC

    And so it’s ended. Last Friday, Jay Leno made his last joke, welcomed his successor and signed off from latenight television. And so it begins. Come September, Leno hosts the first broadcast network primetime show in recent memory to air every weeknight at 10 — “stripped” scheduling in TV-speak. NBC’s hinted about what the show…

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  • TV Upfronts Selling an Industry in Decline

    Networks, advertisers look outside traditional paths in order to survive.

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    Daniel Frankel
    TV Upfronts Selling an Industry in Decline

  • Leno on Letterman, Fame … and Kimmel vs. Conan

    On the eve of his final “Tonight Show,” Jay gives a candid, personal interview.

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    Lauren Horwitch
    Leno on Letterman, Fame … and Kimmel vs. Conan

  • Boston TV Wants Leno After All

    NBC affiliate WHDH-TV has done an about-face and plans to broadcast Jay Leno’s new 10 p.m. show.

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    Wrap Staff

  • Leno Controversy Still Simmering in Boston

    Dropping Jay Leno’s new show is a risky move for WHDH-TV; it will pull in more ad revenue, but may cause the loss of its NBC affiliation.

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    Amy Kaufman

  • Barack Obama and Presidential Private Thoughts

    If the Presidency of Richard Nixon taught us anything it is that the most powerful man in the world should be very careful what he says into a microphone. With the growing fallout from his crack on “The Tonight Show” about the Special Olympics, Barack Obama, like Nixon, like Ronald Reagan, like Bill Clinton, and…

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    Dominic Patten