After seven years of watching the Peacock Network mishandle, not to mention unceremoniously cancel our beloved SCRUBS, creator Bill Lawrence knows a thing or two about bumbling NBC executives. Which is probably why he summed up his reaction to Conan O’Brien’s current situation in a media scrum following the “Comedy Showrunners Panel” at the Television [...]
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Exclusive: SCRUBS and COUGAR TOWN Showrunner Bill Lawrence Weighs in on NBC’s Late Night Woes
By theTVaddict on January 12th, 2010 at January 12th, 2010
Breaking: Conan O’Brien Releases a Statement, Rejects Proposed 12:05AM Timeslot
By theTVaddict on January 12th, 2010 at January 12th, 2010
This just in: An end to the speculation, with Conan O’Brien releasing the following statement with regards to whether or not he would accept NBC’s proposal to move his show to 12:05 following Jay Leno: People of Earth: In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to [...]
Question of the Day
By theTVaddict on June 12th, 2009 at June 12th, 2009
Is NBC robbing peter to pay paul in an effort to attract eyeballs to their new one-two combo of THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN and LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON? That’s the question this TV Addict is left asking after waking up for the fifth consecutive morning in a row to a deluge of [...]
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
By theTVaddict on June 2nd, 2009 at June 2nd, 2009
The Good: Not that we really had any doubts, but last night Conan O’Brien assured fans and critics alike that the franchise Johnny built and Jay kept running smoothly over the past seventeen years will be in good hands for, oh say, the next seventeen. From the solid opening that had O’Brien pulling a Forrest [...]
Our Summer Survival Guide Day 1: TV
By theTVaddict on May 26th, 2009 at May 26th, 2009
If you’re anything like this TV Addict (read: hopelessly addicted to television), you may have found yourself with an alarming amount of free time on your hands since last Thursday — the day our beloved television season officially came to a close. Deep breath, don’t panic, September is just around the corner. Or so we [...]
Good, Bad and Ugly News for TV Fans
By theTVaddict on January 29th, 2008 at January 29th, 2008
Good News: ONE TREE HILL got some serious media exposure in today’s NY Times. Bad News: For glamorizing teen pregnancy and being wildly unrealistic. Ugly News: Thanks to a never-ending WGA Strike, we’re still watching! [see link] Good News: CBS has teamed up with Canada’s CTV to shoot 13 episodes of a cop show titled [...]
You Be the Critic: The Return of Late Night TV
By theTVaddict on January 3rd, 2008 at January 3rd, 2008
After two months off the air in support of the WGA strike, LENO, CONAN, LETTERMAN, FERGUSON and KIMMEL all returned to the airwaves with brand new episodes. Which begs the obvious questions: Am I the only TV Addict who thought LENO was the most entertaining host of the night? Was anyone else incredibly disappointed my [...]
Conan Takes on STUDIO 60
By theTVaddict on April 16th, 2007 at April 16th, 2007
Check out LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O’BRIEN’S take on Aaron Sorkin’s STUDIO 60 “Aaron Sorkin: Studio 6A on the 6th Floor of Rockefeller Plaza”. Not only is the clip hilarious, it hopefully will remind the suits at NBC that they have yet to broadcast the second half of STUDIO 60′s season. Yes NBC, we haven’t [...]



