Leno Leaves On A High Note, Then Ruins It With An Encore And Coda

With Stephen Colbert gone, the future of late-night talk show TV looks bleak. But Jay Leno once went out in the best way. No not that time, the first time.  It had been announced in the mid-2000s that Leno would leave with Conan O’Brien taking over as host of The Tonight Show.  For a weekContinue reading “Leno Leaves On A High Note, Then Ruins It With An Encore And Coda”

‘Saturday Night’ Is Dead Air

Back in the early 1990s, late comic/actor Garry Shandling made TV paydirt with The Larry Sanders Show. This was back when HBO was still considered a hack premium pay cable network that’s only success in original programming was the 1st and 10 and Real Sex. The TV show was about a satire of Hollywood andContinue reading “‘Saturday Night’ Is Dead Air”

Marlena Was Possessed 30 Years Ago

Just before Christmas weekend in 1994, viewers turned into The Days of Our Lives to watch their “stories” only to discover Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) would actually be possessed by the Devil. What a festive way to begin the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ! And I know some people can say that ChristmasContinue reading “Marlena Was Possessed 30 Years Ago”