29th December, 2008
Hollywood to upgrade more celebrities to A-List status to meet demands of NBC talkshows
With Jay Leno getting his own primetime show starting next fall on NBC and Conan O'Brien taking over "The Tonight Show," there will be a fierce battle for booking top notch Hollywood star guests on the same network talkshows.
"The bottom line is that there are not enough A-Listers out there to satisfy Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien, and not to mention David Letterman," says a SAG spokesperson. "I know the focus should be on the possible work stoppage, but this Leno deal is extremely important and we want to start the upgrades right away."
SAG is going through its records of B-List stars to see which ones can get an upgrade to appear on the Conan O'Brien show.
"Leno, of course, will get all the current A-Listers because it's a prime-time show," says the SAG spokesperson. "O'Brien will get the upgrades, the new A-Listers, which some people may or may not accept as true A-Listers. But that's all we can do at this point."
Already getting upgrades are Jack Osbourne, Jason "Wee-Man" Acuna ("Jackass"), Erik Estrada and David Faustino (Bud Bundy/"Married with Children.")
As for Jimmy Fallon who will be taking over the "Late Night" show on NBC, it will be slim pickings. NBC is telling Fallon he will have first dibs on rejected guests from The Bonnie Hunt Show.
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29th December, 2008
Jimmy Fallon has created world’s funniest webisode
Jimmy Fallon has broken new comedy ground. His first ever webisode is going super viral. His webisode has overshadowed the news that Jay Leno is getting a primetime show.
Fallon is getting ready for his new late night gig as soon-to-be-host of NBC's "Late Night" and posted his first video blog. Fallon will be doing a live nightly 5-minute Web tidbit at 12:30 Eastern until his show premieres on NBC next year. His premiere webisode last night was one word: incredible. It was only 96 seconds long, but it was jam-packed with hilarious comedy. Why isn't Jimmy getting his own primetime show? Seriously. Jimmy and his writers have basically reinvented the comedy wheel.
"What's amazing about his new brand of comedy is that it's so subtle, but so damn hilarious," says Ben Silverman, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment.
Here are just a couple of lines from Fallon's webisode.
"Right now we're here at Studio 6 B, our new home. Take a look. Look at this place. We're so lucky to get it because local NBC News is moving out."
"And that's where the internet comes in. That's where you come in...send me a video. Send me an e-mail."
Silverman is so right. His humor is subtle but incredibly funny. We can't wait for tonight's second webisode.
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