The Late Night Drama that started nearly a year ago has come as full circle as it's going to, with Conan O'Brien back on television as a host. He returned with self-mockery, and high ratings last night—drawing more viewers than both Jay Leno and David Letterman. more ›

Tonight Conan O'Brien returns to your television set, with his new show premiering on TBS at 11 p.m. EST. So if you joined Team Coco way back at the beginning of the year, now's your chance to make good on your loyalty (even if he didn't come back to NYC). He's got a website set up, and he's been Tweeting in anticipation. His last time hosting a show was in January, when he had quite a send-off from The Tonight Show. more ›

Conan O'Brien kicked off his tour last night in Oregon just hours after announcing his return to late night. His new show will begin airing in November at 11 p.m. on TBS, and his arrival will push George Lopez's show to the midnight slot. But Conan wasn't pulling a Leno—word is that he originally told the cable channel, "You guys already have an 11 p.m. show. We’re not putting ourselves in the position of shoving somebody out of his show." more ›

Conan O'Brien just Tweeted some big news, announcing: "The good news: I will be doing a show on TBS starting in November! The bad news: I'll be playing Rudy on the all new Cosby Show." more ›

TBS proved a point Saturday, there is something worse than having to listen to Chip Carey cover the playoffs and that is not being able to listen to him at all. Thanks to a “router failure” TBS was unable to put Game 6 of the ALCS on the air until the middle of the first inning, seven batters into the game, Saturday night. The technical glitch just highlights a dismal postseason effort by baseball and its TV partners. more ›

A look at some of this week's noteworthy television: more ›

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a water rescue off West St. at Battery Place in Manhattan, missing children on Grimsby St. on Staten Island, and a DOA floater in the Harlem River off Manhattan.
• New Yorkers may have just seen their water bill rates hiked 11.5% three months ago, but officials are now saying property owners can expect a rate increase of another 18% as early as the start of next year.
• Idle speculation at Eater about the future of the Brooklyn Inn in Boerum Hill is not appreciated by the bar's manager. [Caution: strong language]
• Mayor Bloomberg worked out a tentative new contract with the NYPD detectives union that promises a 20% pay raise over the next four years via higher salaries. A first grade detective with more than 20 years on the force will be able to earn more than $118,000 a annually.
• Fare Wars II: The Taxi Strike's Back. NYC cab drivers will have another go at striking in protest of GPS devices in their cars this Wednesday.
• Newark Mayor Cory Booker has a special vested interested in improving living conditions for young people in his city. He serves as a Big Brother to three teen-aged young men, attempting to mentor them towards the straight and narrow.
• The Daily Intelligencer locates a rather large TBS billboard that will be salt in the wounds of disappointed Mets fans.
• A man was shot to death by the man he was playing dice with outside a building on West 131st St. in Manhattan this morning.

Fancy yourself a Seinfeld expert? TBS has a montage up which will test your knowledge of the show and little references from episodes. If after nearly ten years you can get more than half of these then we suspect the network has been doing their job in showing the show ad nauseam in syndication. We're not complaining though, and we especially like the "www.master" sign in the montage! more ›

VINYL SALE: If you're looking for some rare vinyl, you might want to check out this monthly event: Shakey's Record Fair. A meatpacking district locale seems...a little off, but as FreeNYC points out, if you're "looking for that super rare old school funktified 7"...Shakey's Record Fair is probably the only place you'll find it." more ›

Oy. As the debate about Michael Richards, aka Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld, and his racist rant at comedy club hecklers continues, it now turns out that he may have had a run-in with comedy club patrons - and went off in an anti-Semitic rant at that time! TMZ.com spoke to a couple who says Richards went berserk while, yes,being heckled at LA's The Improv. Carol Oschin said, "Michael Richards said, 'You're a f---ing Jew.' Your people are the cause of Jesus dying." more ›

- Fingers' refusal to type with proper spelling and gramar more ›

We know there HAS to be some hipster in Williamsburg planning a strike party. C'mon, speak up! If not, you have pretty much the same options as you had yesterday (just more localized to where you live) Stay In or Go Out... more ›

So, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are dating. Or "dating." They are "something." Surely, this is an upgrade for Katie, whose former fiance was Chris "Rollerball" Klein and whose alleged recent NYC street smooching partner was Josh "Bedhead" Hartnett, but how much an upgrade, we're not so sure. And who knew that former stars of The WB could travel in such lofty circles? For Cruise, it's almost like he's veering into yucky old man territory: Think Kevin Costner and Don Johnson with their much younger ladies (he may be Tom Cruise, but he's no Jack Nicholson or Warren Beatty). Was Katie worried about her post-Dawson's career - like, did her manager fritter away all his money? Did she feel the need to trump Michelle William's pregnancy? Did Tom's manager say, "Next time you date, date an American"? Questions questions questions! Expect this relationship to last at least through the premieres of War of the Worlds and Batman Begins. more ›

Sara Schaefer (is Obsessed With You) more ›

Sony Pictures's Seinfeld site. more ›

Gothamist likes the idea of the Kramer Reality Bus Tour...but the Sex and the City bus tour? Just like Sex and the City on TBS, we're not sold. Here's what it promises for your $33: more ›

For those of you out there (like Gothamist) who are living a TiVO-less existence, here's a little help finding weather-related programming on TV this week. more ›