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Fans of Craig Ferguson will point out that he shares the requisite doubting tone in his interviews， and also scores very high for sheer courage of conviction. And its true that to watch half a second of Fergusons show is to love him， from his googly-eyed knowing looks to his perverse but genius rambling asides. His self-effacing charms make his perhaps the most unpredictable and unruly of the late night shows. However enchantingly strange Fergusons monologues and interviews may be， they just dont stack up to Kimmels.

They also added the new comedy Glee (another great move) and the longtime summer show So You Think You Can Dance to their fall lineup on the same night. Since last fall there was a serious dearth of good new comedies and fun reality programming， and both Glee and SYTYCD fit the bill， its hard to see where this strategy fails. As loath as I am to admit it， lately Fox has been making pretty good decisions， as evidenced most dramatically by the very existence of Dollhouse and Glee. Keep hitting that bong， friends! Its working.

Leno himself got in a few relatively tame disses (With all the controversy going on here at NBC， actually， ratings have gone up. So... youre welcome!) at the top of the show before handing over the wheel to Kimmel， who appeared via satellite to do Lenos 10 at 10 segment.

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Like everybody， hed made a few jokes about the bloodbath. Hed even brazenly done an opening bit in Leno drag， big chin and all. But on January 14， he went above and beyond. Appearing via satellite on the 10 at 10 segment on Lenos own show， Kimmel defiantly， genially ripped the guy a new one. I have a lot of questions to ask you about this whole thing， he said cheerily， speaking for everybody at home. And it was more than just crazy chutzpah to then go on to tell Jay Leno -- and his audience -- that the best prank he ever pulled was that I told a guy that， five years from now， Im gonna give you my show. And then when the five years came， I gave it to him， and then I took it back almost instantly. It was utterly sane.

Lets start with schizophrenic NBC， the network that， on the one hand， has great taste (30 Rock， The Office) and can afford to stick by its past decisions but that also refuses to play by the rules， from announcing a few major decisions weeks before the Upfronts to arbitrarily deciding that Jay Leno should rule the known universe.

But instead of car chases and coughed up lungs and panic in the streets and lots of big， loud explosions， all we got was weak， grumbly Tony， revealing his secret plan， then crying his eyes out over stupid Michelle. Grow up， Tony， we wanted to say. Take a shower， shave， have a hot meal， and youll see that things arent nearly as bad as you make them out to be.

(Could you slide that grilled cheese sandwich in the crack there? Yes， I want to eat in the dark. No， thats all I need. Thank you.)

This is where the fans of Jimmy Fallon， who have been rallying lately to crown their contagiously giddy leader the supreme ruler of late night， really must admit defeat. While Fallons antics try our patience in all the right ways (Zach Galifianakis recent appearance， followed by a skit the very finest flavor of stupid， marked a recent high point)， Fallon is a pretty bland interviewer， sometimes resembling Chris Farleys guffawing yes-man talk show host of SNL legend. Nonetheless， Fallon is undoubtedly in the groove lately， with such sure-footed oddball gimmicks and quirky enthusiasm that it makes you wonder if The Chris Farley Show itself wouldnt have morphed into something deliciously strange， if given enough time. And lets face it， anyone who makes Helen Mirren play beer pong deserves at least an honorable mention， if not an Emmy.

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But dont take it from me， take it from Jimmy Kimmel who， as part of ABCs Upfront presentation last Tuesday， informed advertisers， Lets get real here. These new fall shows? Were going to cancel about 90 percent of them. Maybe more. Kimmel continued， Every year we lie to you and every year you come back for more. You dont need an upfront. You need therapy. We completely lie to you， and then you pass those lies on to your clients. Hmm. Now theres a new approach: total honesty. In the advertising world， thats sort of like buying a very expensive Winchester revolver， pointing it at your own head， and pulling the trigger.

At this weeks Upfronts， in which the five networks present their fall lineups to advertisers， network executives revealed very different approaches to these challenging cultural and economic times for televised entertainments. Some networks reinvented themselves， others sent out pot-smoke signals from the confines of their forts. Some networks meditated and consulted their gurus， while others got fall-down drunk on 40-ouncers of malt liquor and wandered off to sleep in the gutter.

But Kimmel should wake up feeling great every morning. After all， who wouldve thought that this guy would be the big winner of the late night debacle of 2010? When you flip from Conan to Leno to Letterman， or stay up for Carson Daly or Fallon or Ferguson， even though you might appreciate Fergusons bizarro self-deprecating digressions or Fallons raw enthusiasm， Kimmel is the only host who will make you laugh out loud more than a few times per episode. Hes got the sharpest monologue， the most interesting digressions and skits， and the best interviewing skills. Now that the dust has cleared， The Tonight Show doesnt look like a prize worth squabbling over， because， with or without the Cheesecake Factory backdrop， Jimmy Kimmel is the new Johnny Carson.

So much wasted potential! Tuesdays finale couldve been explosive， or at least vaguely distracting: Jack Bauer was dying， Kim Bauer was about to be held hostage (an old 24 standby)， Tony Almeida had a master plan that (of course) involved avenging Michelles death so many millions of moons ago. And the presidents daughter was about to be sent to her room without supper for having terrorist mastermind Jonas Hodges killed on the sneak!

And what next? A hijacked plane? An exploding van? No， Jack and the redheaded babe agent had a long talk and exchanged a warm embrace (yawn) and Jack and Kim had a weighty heart-to-heart and made up (snore). Sweet Jesus， could 24 really be ending with a series of interminable， sniffly confessions? What is this， The Tyra Banks Show?

Shots were fired， angry accusations flew， risky stands were taken， and gigantic egos were bruised -- but did anyone really win the late night wars? Since waging a valiant crusade against NBC and Jay Leno， Conan OBrien finally retreated to TBS， comforted by the rabid devotion of Team Coco members nationwide. But even as his ratings remain impressive， hes faced with one recurring question: How many self-deprecating basic cable jokes does it take to mask the defeat inherent in trading in a lifelong dream of hosting The Tonight Show for a spot in televisions hinterlands? Meanwhile， Jay Leno continues to play the clueless country uncle who came home from the state fair with a shiny new Corvette he won at the ring toss， gamely telling his ultra-sophisticated fat jokes and terrorist jokes and ugly-sister jokes on a set about as stylish and edgy as the lobby of the Cheesecake Factory. Snickering on the sidelines， as always， is David Letterman， who delighted at playing the bemused onlooker in this bloody conflict， but still never emerged as the clear ratings winner of the lot. Although he mustve taken some real satisfaction in demonstrating just how much pain and anguish NBC couldve spared itself by awarding him The Tonight Show gig almost two decades ago， Letterman has been doing the same incredulous snark routine for so long now (without many variations or imaginative twists)， that not even an awkward admission of infidelity could shake us out of our indifference.

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When hes interviewing guests， Kimmel is arguably better on his feet and more ready with unexpected quips than any other host. On a recent episode when Ben Affleck waxed sympathetic about hard economic times in America， Kimmel soon hinted that no one wants to hear a megastar fake emotion for the little people.

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Its this frank talk that sets Jimmy Kimmel apart from his peers. Throw in the sharpest and funniest opening monologue on late night， an incredible knack for improv， and liberal use of off-kilter gimmicks and skits， and its no wonder that Kimmel has risen to the rank of late night king. Whether hes launching a multitiered attack on Facebook idiocy with his National Unfriend Day， finding creative new ways to insult Matt Damon， or shooting an entire episode during a power outage using only his webcam， Kimmel has always had that combination of swagger and imagination that separates the good talk show hosts from the great ones. Like Johnny Carson and Letterman in his heyday， Kimmel has the bluster and the quick wit to make every moment watching him on the air feel dynamic and exciting.

Thats no small feat， of course， but its what real late night heroism demands. Kimmel tackles pop culture with more sharp wit and weirdo flair than any of the other late night hosts， whether hes addressing the new Spider-Man musical (Ive been working on a superhero show myself， its called Aquaman on Ice. Aquaman on skates， trying desperately to speak to his friends who are trapped under the layer of ice. Thats a musical!)， rumors that Snoop Dogg will play at Prince Williams bachelor party (Im excited for His Highness， and by His Highness， I mean both of them)， airline security pat-downs (We freak out if a TSA agent touches us on the outside of our pants， but Black Friday， we will hump each others heads to get at Walmart to save 8 bucks on a PSP)， or even the plans to have Lindsay Lohan appear on Dancing With the Stars (I would love to see her vomit on Len Goodman).

In much the same way that non-singer Jimmy Fallon stole the show when he and Justin Timberlake took a tour through the history of rap back in September -- and brought down the house with his Snoop Dogg -- theres something about the combination of a late night， a funny man or two， and a shameless willingness to belt one out in a voice that generally belongs strictly in the shower. San Francisco Giant Brian Wilson is scheduled for Leno Thursday night. And sure， he closed out the World freaking Series， but a Beach Boys tribute chorus or two of I Get Around would really rock our worlds.

Yes， clearly 24 jumped the shark a long time ago， but who knew it would stand around for so long afterward， having slow-moving， weighty conversations about how frightening and awful it was to jump the shark ... but really， it had no choice， cant you see that?

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Gods of late night comedy and off key singing; you have been too good to us this week. On Monday， you bestowed the odd little bonbon of Will Ferrell and boxer Manny Pacquiao dueting to the John Lennon classic Imagine on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Why， aside from the fact that Ferrell has a new movie to promote， did this happen， you ask. Why was Ferrell in a white suit? What does he have to do with Manny Pacquiao? And why did the whole bit employ every screen wipe in the big book of TV screen wipes? Because any way you serve it， two men singing about harmony with zero regard for the musical meaning of the word is awesome， thats why.

Well， if you were too busy quietly weeping and telling your dog you love him to catch Jimmy Kimmels Aloha to Lost with the cast and crew late Sunday night， you might have missed Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelofs revelation of their three alternate endings to the series. Far be it for us to spoil them -- well just say that were a little in love with the cast and Kimmel today for giving us a taste of the vastly different Lost that might have been.

Worst of all， the (stupidest) president (ever) acted mildly disappointed in her felon of a daughter and then， instead of dying of guilt on the spot for making the petulant brat her chief of staff in the first place， she turned the pouting ingrate over to the authorities while her (vaguely pathetic) first husband looked on disapprovingly. Thats all we get? And meanwhile， how completely frowned upon would it be for a secret service agent to leak news of administrative malfeasance outside the White House? Aaron Pierce wouldve shown up in Rock Creek Park with a bullet in his frontal lobe.

Kimmel eased in gently， sharing the secrets of doing a good Leno impression， and then became increasingly， hilariously brutal. Asked what the best prank he ever pulled was， he replied， I told a guy that， five years from now， Im gonna give you my show. And then when the five years came， I gave it to him， and then I took it back almost instantly. And it goes from there. Watching it， its hard to say which is more cruelly funny -- Kimmels digs or Lenos expression as he receives them.

Bosworth: (on her Korean co-star) He literally is the Brad Pitt of Korea. Its pretty wild.

And speaking of Greys， apparently some people respond to a foot-stomping diva on their cast (Katherine Heigl) by killing her off (Oh please， please!) and maybe even killing off her pouty sidekick (T.R. Knight) while theyre at it. Sweet lord， bestow your tender mercies upon us all and knock them both off the planet with one fell swoop!

And like Letterman， Kimmel carries the torch of bemoaning his network overlords， lameft local flash talkingnting the dumb stuff ABC makes him promote. The imbedded advertising -- Bud Light signs on the stage， Old Navy promotions at the start of the show， constant appearances by Dancing With the Stars contestants -- isnt all that easy to ignore， but Kimmel makes the best of it. Hes taken to calling himself the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to no-dancing hell， and after that shows big finale， he told his audience， I tell you something， I had a good morning. I woke up this morning， and for about three minutes， couldnt remember who won Dancing With the Stars this year. It felt great， it really did.

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When things in your life arent working， how do you respond? Do you make a fort out of couch cushions and hide in there with a loaded bong and some high-quality Swiss chocolate until the storm blows over? Or do you pledge to reinvent yourself from the ground up， taking on a brand-new regimen of diet， exercise， meditation and expensive closet organizers? Do you troubleshoot your problems， searching self-help books and consulting therapists for solutions to the major troubles that have plagued you? Or do you drink a four-pack of peach wine coolers， then take the phone off the hook and go back to bed?

Kimmel: Oprah hasnt been affected at all.

Not that were conspiracy theorists or anything， but we note NBCs clip of the whole fantastic contretemps (embedded below) cuts off after the first minute. The link on Hulu (which worked this morning!) says its currently unavailable. Its full， agonizing glory is， however， up now on Gawker.TV.

But then， when youre (sort of， almost) winning， you take a very different tone. At the start of CBSs Upfront presentation， Les Moonves reminded reporters， We are the only network that is up a single demographic. Nobody else is up in anything. With that， CBS promptly unveiled the repetitive， scaredy-cat tactics that got them there: Procedurals， procedurals， a few sitcoms， a new hospital drama and even more procedurals. Theres NCIS， NCIS: Los Angeles (a new spinoff)， Criminal Minds， Numb3ers， CSI， CSI: NY， The Mentalist， The Ghost Whisperer， and， since thats really not nearly enough procedurals， Medium. But dont forget， theres also some brand-new stuff! A new drama called The Good Wife， about the wife of a fallen politician， starring Julianna Margulies (her again?)， a new sitcom， Accidentally on Purpose， starring former Dharma & Greg star Jenna Elfman (her again?) and Three Rivers， a drama about organ transplants.

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Which approach would bring audiences back? Would bold， courageous (but risky) moves win us over， or would conservative， repetitive (and arguably safer) maneuvers attract more viewers? As usual， we wont know until the fall season (see also: until its way too late to correct course)， but that wont stop us from analyzing (see also: second-guessing) each networks strategy from the comfort of our own couch-cushion forts.

Hilton: (on her current boyfriend) Right now， Im just so happy. Hes my best friend.

The bloodbath shows no signs of abating -- and the breakout supporting star in the Leno-Conan war is shaping up to be Jimmy Kimmel. After doing a viciously dead-on Leno impersonation on his own late-night ABC show earlier this week， Kimmel appeared on Leno last night and really let rip.

Its one thing to make sport of the other guys on your own turf. But Kimmel， bless him， fired his missiles directly on Leno and his viewers on Lenos own show. This is the late-night equivalent of wearing a Yankees t-shirt in Fenway Park -- a feat of insane heroism.

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But this is what happens in times of great stress. Some people respond to a divorce by adopting a second child， some handle a personal budget crisis by redecorating the bathroom， and some greet the Second Coming of Our Lord in Gay Sheeps Clothing (Adam Lambert) by voting for the nice little hetero Disney prince instead， thereby insuring the survival of strummy， wussy GooGoo Dolls music to play during Greys Anatomy montages.

While he might be the best Neil Young impersonator on late night (or anywhere else)， Fallon has none of the subtle snideness that made Carson， Letterman and now Kimmel masters of the craft. Sure， the kind folks down at the local elementary schools bake sale might find such a tone distasteful， but the rest of us， whove been marinating in a toxic mix of The Love Boat， People magazine and celebreality shows for years now， need a healthy dollop of scorn to make the celebrity promotional appearance go down a little more smoothly.

While the old familiar faces of late night dont do much more than make us chuckle ourselves to sleep at night， one man has been calmly and quietly upping his game: Jimmy Kimmel. Despite his distance from the action， it was Kimmel who took some of the most direct shots at Leno during the late night wars. In addition to imitating Leno on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and then appearing on Lenos show and insulting him to his face， Kimmel has been more outspoken than Conan himself about Lenos sneaky strategy to take back The Tonight Show (although Bill Carters new book， The War for Late Night， seems to suggest that Leno wasnt quite so calculating as Kimmel and others seem to assume). When asked in an interview with GQ this month what he learned from the late night dust-up， Kimmel replied: The lesson is， it pays to be sneaky. I think thats the main thing I learned. That， and dont trust Jay Leno.

Other notable new ABC shows are Shark Tank (Mark Burnett-produced show with competing entrepreneurs)， Eastwick (dramedy based on John Updike novel and movie Witches of Eastwick)， Flash Forward (worldwide blackout gives people a glimpse of the future)， Cougar Town (dramedy with Courtney Cox as divorced single mother) and Hank (comedy with Kelsey Grammar as executive who loses his job).

But speaking of Fox and hitting the funny pipe， did anyone catch the two-hour finale of 24， and if so， did anyone stay awake through the second hour?

On another recent episode， Kimmel took an otherwise bland interview with Kate Bosworth and livened it up. (And lets face it， the real test of good late-night hosting lies in finding some way to spice up interviews with dull， self-involved young actors and actresses. In addition to Kimmel， only Letterman and Craig Ferguson manage it with any regularity.)

Kimmel: Really? Cause I was told I was the Brad Pitt of Korea. Thats disappointing. I feel like I was lied to. (pause) Hes the Brad Pitt of Korea. And so does that mean he adopts a whole bunch of white kids， or how does that work?

Kimmel: Wait a minute， now. I saw a television show in which you picked a best friend and he wasnt it. Are you telling me that was not your real BFF?

ABC， on the other hand， is taking the extreme makeover route. Theyre canceling Samantha Who? and The Unusuals while throwing money behind a slate of 11 new shows， seven to air in the fall. My favorite? A reinvention of the 1983 miniseries V (Remember the alien baby bursting out of the womans stomach?) in which aliens invade the world and their initially friendly intentions are eventually revealed to be nefarious. Now， admittedly， pretty much anything apocalyptic gets my vote， at least at the outset: Invasion， Jericho， Heroes， 24.” As long as the general populace is threatened， panicking and/or hiding out in bunkers， Im on board. That said， the clips for this one look awesome: Aliens arrive， but theyre totally friendly and cooperative! The world rejoices! Then， just as a journalist (played by Scott Wolf from Party of Five) is about to interview a friendly alien in human form， she menacingly (but politely) instructs， Just remember not to ask me anything that might portray us in a negative light. Ominous， but subtle. This is the kind of cheese that I eat until Im sick.

From the financial crisis to the specter of a global pandemic to the threat of even more neutered acoustic strumming， we all have to decide on our own response: Reinvent， redress， reinvest， reheat or return to bed?

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Thankfully， Fox is still taking healthy hits off the bong (as usual)， but instead of crouching in the couch fort， theyre blowing smoke all over the other networks faces. Fox execs have decided to stick behind Joss Whedons Dollhouse (great move!)， along with its new hits Lie to Me and Fringe.

Kimmels 10 at 10 appearance had none of the usual easy smarm that comes from simply making a crack in a monologue. This shows canceled， right? Nobodys watching this show， he quipped， right to Lenos face. Oh， but we did watch. How could we not， as Kimmel pleaded， Conan and I have children. All you have to take care of is cars. We have lives to lead here. For Gods sake， leave our shows alone! It was direct， it was pointed， it was brave， and most of all， it was funny as hell. And when the dust cleared， it turned out Kimmel was the guy who best demonstrated that he understands his job as an entertainer is toft local flaWhy you should be watching Jimmy Kimmel entertain us. Entertain he did， with a degree of wit and honesty that would ultimately prove the most graceful moment in one of televisions ugliest spats.

This year， NBC made some bold moves by keeping a few good but ratings-poor shows that it believed in (Friday Night Lights， Southland， “Parks and Recreation) while ditching some longtime favorites with better ratings (My Name Is Earl， Medium). Earl creator Greg Garcia bitterly likened getting dumped to being thrown off the Titanic， but expressed hopes that Fox might pick them up. Meanwhile， CBS is picking up Medium， which is， for NBC， sort of like dumping your wife， only to have her move in with the (richer， older) guy next door.

Dollhouse lives， Earl dies， and Leno joins the living dead! The networks announce their puzzling fall lineups.

Whats fascinating about this years Upfronts is that， instead of offering a generous range of brand-new shows from each genre like they usually do， most of the networks are producing just a handful of new series and holding onto critically acclaimed ones that are nonetheless struggling in the ratings. Unheard of， but somehow refreshing!

Later， when Hilton called her new perfume my tenth fragrance， Kimmel countered， That seems like too many fragrances to me.

It was sad to see 24 stoop so low， after we waited so very long for its triumphant return. Why did the producers of 24 respond to a long hiatus by killing its golden goose， then grinding it up to make gooseburgers?

The question is， will ABCs new regimen of diet， exercise and meditation work， or will it just become a neurotic， controlling version of its former frumpy self? Throwing a bunch of different shows at the wall to see what sticks seems like as good a call as any， but having watched some clips online (you can see a few of them here)， most of these shows seem to suffer from ABCs tendency to take vaguely interesting or dark concepts and render them chirpy and toothless -- think Brothers & Sisters， Private Practice. Everyone smiles and acts adorable; harmless， button-nosed women are cast in every role; sharp lines have no edge because the actors and the direction are tone-deaf. From what Ive seen， V doesnt seem to suffer from this curse， but at first glance Eastwick and Cougar Town look like otherwise decent concepts transformed into the same old bland， girly fluff.

In short， CBS， the Stuart Smalley of TV networks， has decided that CBS is awesome and CBS doesnt need to change a thing about CBS. CBS should consider taking a hint from the competitors on its own long-running show， Survivor: The second you start feeling safe (Hello， Tyson! Hello， Taj!)， thats when the ax is about to fall.

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Instead， Tony was dragged off screaming in high Scooby Doo style. OK， sure， it was cool when Jack was about to get his organs harvested and then repurposed as biological weapons. But they couldve at least cut him up a little， instead of just jabbing him with a needle. And wasnt it interesting how they paralyzed him， and after laying still for a minute， eyes bulging， he writhed and screamed in agony， then killed a whole roomful of able-bodied men with his bare hands? Did someone replace the paralysis-inducing serum they usually serve with superpowered assassin serum?

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Deep in the national nightmare of the notorious late-night wars of 2010， you couldnt wake up in the morning without a fresh dissection of what scathing remarks Conan OBrien had pulled off， what digs Jay Leno had gotten in， and what satisfied glee David Letterman had vented the night before. Yet despite all the gags， the whole spectacle sometimes felt as terrible and exhausting as a dysfunctional family gathering -- replete with emotional baggage and hurt feelings. So it came as a welcome surprise when Jimmy Kimmel， the low-key dude who made his name with The Man Show， emerged as the voice of clarity in the midst of the debacle.

He even managed to save an interview with Paris Hilton from the bowels of hell:

Personally， except for the death of Kings (the airing of which was a bold move in the first place)， I like NBCs choices， ratings be damned. What I do find unnerving is that NBC still plans to roll out The Jay Leno Show five nights a week at 10 p.m.， which is a little bit like polishing off a 2-liter bottle of Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull that you know you hate in the first place， then vomiting all over your brand-new shoes. Isnt it odd that the network with the most charming， funniest comedy on TV (30 Rock) would give five hours of prime-time real estate to the least charming， least funny man on TV (Jay Leno)?

Of course， that feel-good sentiment was appropriate for the world we lived in on Monday. By the day after the election， a different mood was prevailing in the land. And who but William Shatner should usher it in? Appearing on George Lopez， the star of the most almost-obscenely-named sitcom on television， $#! My Dad Says， announced， Were talking about words you cant say? Im going to say it! He then proceeded to do a bleeped out， quintessentially Shatner version of a song that was surely in the hearts of many Americans that night – Cee Lo Greens infectious， bitter， and incredibly foulmouthed anthem Fuck You. (In deference to his sitcom， he did change a scatological lyric to Aint that some stuff?)

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