"Golden Girl" Rue McClanahan suffers a stroke
Her rep tells "ET": "She's doing amazingly well … She's walking and talking and entertaining the staff with her feisty personality. She's rehabbing and is expected home in about two weeks."
People: Jan. 22 is likely Conan's last day as "Tonight Show" host
"Conan does not currently plan on doing any more new shows after next week," a source tells the magazine.
Conan supporters seem to forget that TV is a business
"The demonizing of Mr. Leno and corresponding beatification of Mr. O’Brien," says Mike Hale, "seem to be based on some weird notion of noblesse oblige: that ceding the stage to Mr. O’Brien would be the proper thing to do. This ignores the obvious facts that (1) television is a business and (2) it’s NBC’s money. Mr. Leno, his predictably dismal prime-time ratings aside, is the reigning king of late night; NBC wouldn’t be at this pass if it didn’t think that he could immediately return to 11:35 and outperform Mr. O’Brien." PLUS: NBC is confident it didn't breach Conan's contract.
Watch the trailer for HBO's "Boardwalk Empire"
The pilot has the Martin Scorsese touch.
NBC announces post-Leno schedule — "Friday Night Lights" returns April 30
"Parenthood" and "The Marriage Ref" will air at 10 o'clock on Tuesdays and Thursdays, respectively, while the rest of the vacated Leno spots will be taken up by "SVU," "Law & Order" and "Dateline."
Letterman celebrates the 10th anniversary of his heart surgery
It was a decade ago today that David Letterman went under the knife. To celebrate, he'll have his heart surgeon on as a guest on tonight's show.
Steven Spielberg to make a World Trade Center documentary
"Rebuilding Ground Zero" will be shown on the Science Channel in 2011.
"Men of a Certain Age" renewed for Season 2
TNT has ordered 10 episodes for next season.
Hasbro and Discovery name their new kid's channel "The Hub"
The new channel will target the 6-12 demo.
Fired "Bachelor" producer: Check out his photo
His name is Ryan Callahan, and he's apparently attractive enough to get bachelorette Rozlyn Papa to break the show's rules.
HBO will launch "The Pacific on March 14, "Treme" will debut in April
Meanwhile, HBO has announced plans for a follow-up to Spike Lee's “When the Levees Broke" for this summer. Meanwhile, "Treme" will run 10 episodes.
NBC planning 835 hours of Winter Olympic coverage — the most ever
NBC itself will host more than 193 hours from the Vancouver games.
