Category Archives: Last show

Disney to close Zemeckis studio, lay off 450

By doris | Published: March 13, 2010

Now a days money troubles have hit every one. But everyone just keep spending to get into trouble and now everyone is paying for it. It is to bad they have to close the studio.Full Story at news.yahoo.com LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Walt Disney Co plans to close director Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers Digital facility [...]

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Judgment day nears for some TV series

By doris | Published: February 21, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com It’s getting down to the wire for “Smallville,” “Community” and a slew of other network series stuck in Nielsen purgatory — with just weeks left to go before final verdicts on their fates are handed down. For shows “on the bubble,” these are the times that try showrunners’ souls. Every week [...]

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Expect more late-night talk show drama

By doris | Published: January 27, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Magnanimous in defeat, which could turn into victory, Conan O’Brien bequeathed “The Tonight Show” back to Jay Leno Friday after first thanking NBC for at least putting him on the map. “This company has been my home for most of my adult life,” he told viewers. “I am enormously [...]

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‘All My Children’ actor James Mitchell dies

By doris | Published: January 26, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — James Mitchell, the stage actor and dancer who was best known for portraying wealthy patriarch Palmer Cortlandt on the soap opera “All My Children” for nearly 30 years, died Friday at age 89. Mitchell died of pneumonia contracted after a years-long battle with pulmonary disease, according to a statement [...]

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Conan O’Brien quips about next career move: nudity

By doris | Published: January 24, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com PEOPLE.com) — After an ugly shakeup at NBC over the late-night lineup, Conan O’Brien hosted the “Tonight Show” for the last time Friday. “We’ve a had a lot of fun being here these last seven months, but like everything in life, the fun has to come to an end a decade [...]

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O’Brien seals $45 million deal to quit ‘Tonight’

By doris | Published: January 22, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – NBC said Thursday it has reached a $45 million deal with Conan O’Brien for his exit from the “Tonight Show,” allowing Jay Leno to return to the late-night program he hosted for 17 years. Under the deal, which came less than eight months after O’Brien took the reins [...]

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NBC ending Leno’s nightly prime-time show

By doris | Published: January 11, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com PASADENA, Calif. – NBC said Sunday it decided to pull the plug on the Jay Leno experiment when some affiliate stations considered dropping the nightly prime-time show, and the network is waiting to hear if Leno and “Tonight” host Conan O’Brien accept its new late-night TV plans. NBC Universal Television Entertainment [...]

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Brother: Simon Cowell to Leave “Idol”

By doris | Published: December 27, 2009

Full Story at CBS News.com (AP) Simon Cowell’s brother says the next season of “American Idol” will be the judge’s last. Tony Cowell said in his weekly podcast, “The Cowell Factor,” that a statement was being prepared that would certify that the acerbic British judge was leaving the popular Fox signing competition at the end [...]

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Diane Sawyer leaves ‘Good Morning America’

By doris | Published: December 12, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — There was more laughter than tears on Friday as “Good Morning America” bid farewell to the anchor who has helmed the morning news show’s desk for the past ten years. Within the span of that decade, Diane Sawyer covered Hurricane Katrina, Mideast disruptions and interviewed Washington political figures including [...]

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Jon and Kate close out ‘Plus Eight’

By doris | Published: November 25, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Jon and Kate Gosselin closed out their “Plus Eight” series Monday night with more of a whimper than a bang and plenty of whining, bitterness and blame. The series finale opened with a shot of a sign posted on the couple’s property declaring, “No film crew or production staff [...]

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