Jay Leno managed to get some of the spotlight from Conan O'Brien, who has recently kept relevant the only ways he can (until September): via Twitter and an untelevised stage show. Leno seems to be playing the victim; according to the Daily News he recently told Joy Behar that he got screwed just as much as Conan did (video). He added, "I don't quite get why I get beat up over it. I know people don’t really understand sort of how this business works. It's all numbers. You know, the affiliates wanted us back, so we came back. Conan got screwed and I got screwed." more ›

With less than 48 hours left before the election, John McCain stopping into Saturday Night Live to perform in a couple of sketches seems like it should be huge news. But with so much attention being showered on the show this year throughout the campaign season, somehow it just felt par for course at this point in a period that Tina Fey for one calls "the weirdest time in my life." more ›

While Sarah Palin made it through her big interview last night, John McCain had a harder time on The View. The Daily News reports Barbara Walters went after him, "noting that Palin had gobbled up earmarks for her state" and that the Alaska governor also sold the governor's plane on eBay at a loss. Joy Behar said the McCain-Palin camp's recent ads were "lies," "You've changed, you've become more in lockstep [with Bush]...because you want to get elected." And Gawker caught the moment where Whoopi Goldberg asked McCain if she should worry about slavery being reinstated. Anyway, you can keep all the mis-sayings straight by checking out FactCheck.org. more ›

Barry Manilow, who is out promoting his Greatest Songs of the Seventies, has refused to share a stage with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who was barely walking in the 70s. The crooner left a little message on his website yesterday for his fans letting them know he wouldn't be on The View today, saying "I had made a request that I be interviewed by Joy, Barbara or Whoopi, but not Elisabeth Hasselback. Unfortunately, the show was not willing to accommodate this simple request so I bowed out. It’s really too bad because I've always been a big supporter of the show, but I cannot compromise my beliefs." more ›

Barbara Walters may not have the controversy-ratings dervish Rosie O'Donnell on the roster of The View anymore, but what she does have is her reputation as the go-to interview for many celebrities. Last week, it was announced that Paris Hilton would be giving her first post-jailhouse interviewed with Babs. One release and re-jailing later, Hilton called Walters collect. more ›

It looks like Rosie O'Donnell is leaving daytime television yet again. No, it's not because of her attempts to speak Chinese, but because of contract issues. How mundane. TMZ first reported last night that O'Donnell, the co-host and moderator of ABC's morning talk-show, was set to announce her departure from the show. This morning, ABC News confirms the story in an "exclusive" (side note - shouldn't ABC break news about its own show before TMZ?). more ›

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