The NYGMen Podcast: Thanksgiving Special

Dan Weiner, 11.25.2009

Lawyer and Giants fan

In this Week 11/12 THANKSGIVING SPECIAL, we add even more to your feast by giving you a healthy DOUBLE-SERVING of "The NYGMen Podcast."

The Potential of Blackmailing Other TV Hosts

Carolita Johnson, 10.07.2009

cartoonista, etc.

Letterman's ratings have gone through the roof since his blackmail scandal. Why don't other talk show hosts jump on the bandwagon?

Celebrate Saturday Night Live's 35th Season With 35 Great SNL News Spoofs

Glynnis MacNicol, 11.26.2009

Senior Editor, Mediaite.com

Long before The Daily Show, long before The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live was making fun of the news in a way that no one had ever seen before.

Jimmy Fallon's Valued Online Audience Returns Little Value

Danny Groner, 11.09.2009

Video Editor/Online Assistant Editor at TheWeek.com

In the past few months since Fallon debuted, he's led regular and occasional features targeting, among others, an online audience that doesn't stay up for Fallon.

Letterman's Running Gag About Crashing Obama/Oprah Dinner on Martha's Vineyard: Hasn't Dave Heard Teddy Kennedy Died?

Michael Russnow, 09.27.2009

Screenwriter, former Member Writers Guild West Board of Directors

David Letterman continued joking about not being invited to dinner with Oprah and Obama in Martha's Vineyard even after he knew the president was delivering a eulogy for Ted Kennedy on Saturday.

Letterman Should Call Himself Letterperson from Now On

Catie Lazarus, 09.25.2009

www.doctorlazarus.com

Sarah, how creepy is it that NOW is jumping on your bandwagon? Trying to be friends with the alpha popular princess by sweeping abortion, pay parity, stem cell research under the rug!

The Webby Award Speech: the original Twitter

Ariston Anderson, 07.10.2009

Culture Writer

Last night Seth Myers hosted the 13th Annual Webby Awards at the Wall Street Cipriani, a location that symbolized one more example of how new media is...

Google's Android to Run on Acer Netbooks

Shelly Palmer, 07.04.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Acer is set to be the first PC manufacturer to package its netbooks with Google's Android operating system. One of the finest selling points about Google's OS is that its free.

Congratulations, Sorry and Thank You to the Most Popular (and Lucky) College Graduate, Jimmy Fallon!

Jamie Frevele, 06.11.2009

Your biggest fan

Jimmy Fallon's newly obtained college degree may not seem like a big deal to many people besides Jimmy and his close friends and family. But you know what? I was pretty psyched about it.

The Late Night Wars: Craig Ferguson

Susan Braudy, 05.26.2009

Here's my issue: I'm a Craig Ferguson junkie--and Ferguson and Fallon are now late-night talk show rivals at 12:30. I love his brain. He and his boss Dave Letterman are TV's smartest guys.

On Susan Boyle

Amitava Kumar, 05.24.2009

Author of "Husband of a Fanatic" and professor at Vassar

At a time of losses worldwide, banks failing, jobs gone, success has become sweet and natural again.

Maddie Spohr: Tragic Death Inspires Web Community

Michelle Lamar, 05.14.2009

President Lamar Digital Group. Online marketing and media development. Geek.

Since Maddie passed, almost $24,000 has been raised for the March of Dimes.

What NBC Can Learn From Baseball About Their Primetime Fiasco

Lee Stranahan, 04.23.2009

Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer

Maybe it's time for NBC to start using it's strengths in cable to build a great primetime lineup. When a show on an NBC cable property hits, give them a shot at the big leagues.

The New York Times is the Paper of Record, Funny.

Catie Lazarus, 09.25.2009

www.doctorlazarus.com

Gosh, the New York Times investigative reporter critic Alessandra Stanley has her finger on comedy's pulse.

Why Are All the Talk-Show Hosts White Guys?

Brandt Goldstein, 03.27.2009

Visting Professor at New York Law School and Author, Storming the Court (Scribner 2005)

Given that Conan O'Brien just took his last bow on NBC's Late Night, let 's have a frank conversation: Why are evening talk-show hosts almost all white guys?

Obama's Plan Kick Starts Green IT

Jean Jerome Baudry, 03.01.2009

Virtualization not only cuts down on your energy bill but takes up less space in your datacentre. So as your business and your storage needs grow, your datacenter presence doesn't.

Been Rejected Recently? The Rejection Show's Jon Friedman Helps You Cope

Rachel Kramer Bussel, 02.27.2009

Author/editor/blogger/reading series host, www.rachelkramerbussel.com

Comedian Jon Friedman knows from rejection. He faced so many of them that he decided to turn them into something productive: The Rejection Show.

Fred Armisen: Ultimate Aphrodisiac

Andrea Chalupa, 01.15.2009

Editor at Walletpop

Critics say he needs to go, but Armisen has finally secured my vote for playing Obama, and has he ever!

NBC and Jay Leno Put Broadcast Television in Play

Ed Martin, 01.11.2009

JackMyers.com Television Critic

If Jay Leno is a hit in primetime, its success may finally lay to rest the broadcast networks' fears of showcasing "old" people as stars of their shows.

The VMAs Need To Call It A Day

Jason Notte, 10.10.2008

Editor-turned-freelance writer

Sadly, with the advent of antidepressants and the rise of Disney on the Billboard charts, Kid Rock and Tommy Lee's slap fight last year may have provided the show's last unscripted punch.

Network TV Upfront Week 2008: Not So Bad After All

Ed Martin, 05.30.2008

JackMyers.com Television Critic

We had been led to expect networks to roll over and play dead in the wake of the WGA strike and amid the recession -- but almost all the networks rallied in grand style for Upfronts 2008.