Jimmy Kimmel tells the real story behind his Leno "sucker punch"
Jay Leno never wanted to discuss the late-night war when he invited Kimmel to do his "Ten @ Ten" segment, Kimmel revealed in his monologue Thursday nightas he responded to Leno's assertion to Oprah that he had been "sucker punched" by Kimmel. Turns out that Kimmel was pre-interviewed for the segment, but none of the questions even broached the subject of Conan O'Brien. Leno's producer told Kimmel he didn't want to beat the subject to death. "But what he didn't understand is, I did want to beat it to death," said Kimmel. "I like beating things to death. And so I did."
Kimmel mocks Leno's Oprah interview with REM's "Everybody Hurts"
Watch Oprah debate the "Tonight" contoversy on her after show
Conan had his biggest week ever last week — and his biggest night with finale
NBC will pit "Biggest Loser" vs. "Lost" premiere
A two-hour "Loser" will go head to head with "Lost" on Tuesday.
Jon Hamm scats with Michael Buble
Watch his latest "SNL" promo.
Fox will launch "Past Life" with 4 new episodes in 10 days
Two of the episodes will air after "American Idol."
"Ugly Betty" stars are in hot demand
Eric Mabius and Becki Newton have been inundated with offers for TV pilots, but America Ferrera might leave TV acting all together.
VH1 orders self-help shows "Undateable" and "Transform Me"
Also on tap: "Famous Crime Scene," which chronicles pop culture's most shocking deaths.
Russell Crowe to make "Emergency Sex" for HBO
Crowe is teaming up with "Slumdog Millionaire" writer Simon Beaufoy and Maria Bellow on the project about members of a UN peacekeeping mission.
Harris, who took over co-hosting duties for Lisa Canning after Season 1, says she's departing to concentrate on her work at "The Insider" and "Entertainment Tonight Weekend." "I loved every single second of it and I’ve made lifelong friends at the show," she says. Conrad Green, "Dancing's" producer, says a search for her replacement will commence. “She’s done an incredible job. Some of the most memorable moments on the show have been facilitated by Samantha," he says.
Jay Leno told Oprah Winfrey he never wanted to give up "The Tonight Show," but in 2004 NBC asked him to leave and he "told a little white lie" to go along with the plan that left him 
Tonight's CBS special, says Hank Stuever, "winds up being one of the skeeviest and most exploitative things on television since . . . well, not that long, because television finds so many ways to skeeve and exploit in the name of 'reality." He adds: "Hammering viewers over the head with its empty platitudes ('Life is what you make it" and "If you want something bad enough, just go for it'), this show is a bathetic example of the misguided charity that defines a modern culture obsessed with conspicuous acts of altruism." PLUS: Probst manages to 
Harris, says Jim Cantiello, "was quick-witted and charming. (He critiqued a contestant's sign for not leaving enough space for her last name. That is hilar … wait for it … ious.) But he also avoided the usual condescension that comes with the judge's panel, particularly around contestants with medical issues. (See NPH's straightforward, 'I think you’re crazy brave' reaction to Dave Pittman, the white boy with soul who can suppress his Tourette's syndrome when he sings. Yep, that really happened.)"
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