Future of Emmys depends on the number of broadcast network wins
Another year of cable dominance may lead to ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox giving up on sharing the annual trophy show. As Lisa de Moraes explains, "Remember how Scarlett O'Hara spent the better part of "Gone With the Wind" chasing that moody pest Ashley Wilkes and figured out only in the final minutes that Ashley was all wet and her husband, Rhett Butler, was her Mr. Right — except it was too late because Rhett had decided he'd had enough and told her so snappily as he headed out the door? It's kind of like that. The broadcast networks find themselves in a Rhett-like position."
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Jimmy Fallon planning to tell NBC-Conan-Leno jokes at Emmys … with Conan?
"They haven’t restricted me in any way," Fallon says of the Peacock. "If it's funny, they don't care. And they’ve always been that way. No one’s telling me anything like, don't go here, don’t talk about Conan (O'Brien). We'll touch on the stuff the network's gone through. We’ll probably have a couple of jokes in there about all of the late-night stuff. You can’t not talk about it. And we have a couple of ideas with Conan…" PLUS: Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and Ricky Gervais will assist Fallon in Emmys skits.
2 guys and a girl: Are these the 3 new "SNL"-ers?
Sports Action Team's Paul Brittain, Second City's Vanessa Bayer are expected to join "Scrubs: Interns" star Taran Killan — the fiance of "HIMYM's" Cobie Smulders — as "Saturday Night Live" featured players next season.
Super Bowl could make Presidents' Day weekend a permanent home
The NFL wants to take over February as part of its new proposed 18-game schedule, and according to the LA Times, the likely result is a Super Bowl in late February.
Margaret Cho is poised to go "Dancing"
The comedienne is the latest reported "star" to join the "Dancing with the Stars" cast.
Homer Simpson offers his Top 10 Emmy Awards tips
No. 1: "Emmys are sharp. If you steal one, don't put it in your pants."
"Mad Men" actors must "get their mouth around a lot of words"
Laura Schiff and Carrie Audino, who just won Emmys for their "Mad Men" casting, say they are looking for realism in the audition process. "I think a lot of people are surprised by the level of naturalism we’re looking for," says Schiff. PLUS: What happens when "Mad Men" promos get applied to "The Simpsons," "Curb Your Enthusiasm"…
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