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Daily Archives : Mar 17, 2014

With Jimmy Fallon’s Ratings On Fire, David Letterman Is Reportedly Trying to Get a Killer Guest — Jay Leno

"Jay Leno to the rescue … of David Letterman? "In a bid to keep up with lovable new ‘The Tonight Show’ host Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman is working diligently to pull off the ultimate coup: getting the lantern-jawed comic to…

One of Johnny Carson’s Favorite ‘Tonight Show’ Guests, Comic David Brenner, Dies at 78. He Guest-Hosted for Carson 75 Times

"David Brenner, 78, the gangly, toothy-grinned ‘Tonight Show’ favorite whose brand of observational comedy became a staple for other standups, died Saturday [March 15, 2014]," reports the Associated Press. The story continues, "Brenner, who had been fighting cancer, died peacefully…

Oprah Sells Harpo Studios in Chicago for More Than $30 Million. For Many Years It Was the Home of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’

"Oprah Winfrey, who put an obscure stretch of [Chicago’s] Near West Side on the map when she moved her television show there in 1990, is set to sell Harpo Studios for around $32 million to a Chicago developer…" reports Crains…