http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dnhollywood RSS Feed for DN Ellen Gray in Hollywood en-us Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:52:17 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dnhollywood/Big_numbers_for_Lenos_first_night.html Monday's edition of "The Jay Leno Show" averaged more than 17.65 million viewers, according to the preliminary Nielsens, a number that should have NBC executives slapping one another on the back today. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dnhollywood/Jays_first_night.html Well, at least we didn't have to stay up late. NBC's "The Jay Leno Show," billed as a weeknight show with topical comedy, kicked off in prime time tonight with a collection of jokes Leno's clearly been itching to tell for days, weeks, even months. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dnhollywood/ABC_News_Sawyer_to_replace_retiring_Gibson.html Come January, there'll be yet another new news anchor at ABC's "World News." ABC News announced this morning that Charles Gibson, its main news anchor since May 2006, plans to retire, and that Diane Sawyer will replace him in January. "Diane Sawyer is the right person to succeed Charlie and build on what he has accomplished," ABC News president David Westin said in a statement. "She has an outstanding and varied career in television journalism, beginning with her role as a State Department correspondent and continuing at '60 Minutes,' 'Primetime Live,' and most recently 'Good Morning America.'" That Sawyer will become the second woman to be named solo anchor of a network newscast -- CBS' Katie Couric being the first -- probably won't attract as much attention as the fact that barring any further developments, two of the Big Three anchors will be women. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dnhollywood/Ted_Kennedy_coverage_goes_prime_time_too.html Broadcast and cable networks are juggling their prime-time schedules today to cover the death of Ted Kennedy. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dnhollywood/HBO_showcases_Philly_artist_.html "In a Dream," a documentary about artist Isaiah Zagar, who's covered 50,000 square feet of South Philadelphia with his tile-and-mirror mosaics, will premiere on HBO2 Aug. 19. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dnhollywood/HBO_renews_True_Blood_Hung_and_Entourage.html HBO 's announced the renewal of "True Blood," "Hung" and "Entourage" for next season, but are still talking about the future of "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency," which stars Philadelphia's Jill Scott as a "traditionally built" detective in Botswana. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dnhollywood/Jon__Kate_Separate_but_equal.html TLC president Eileen O'Neill's worried enough about "Jon & Kate Plus 8" questions interfering with sessions she's doing -- including, one, a wedding show called "Masters of Reception," produced by Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos -- so she reads a short statement about her channel's high-rated train wreck. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dnhollywood/Guiliana__Bill_Tempting_fate.html http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dnhollywood/Intervention_MTV-style.html Drug abusers in MTV's target demo will soon have a new place to turn beyond A&E's "Intervention": an MTV show hosted by recovering addict Adam Goldstein -- a k a DJ AM --called "Gone Too Far" that will feature interventions and follow the subjects into rehab and beyond. Goldstein, a Philly native who claims, among other things, to have been the world's only fat cocaine addict, at one point weighing more than 300 pounds, is slim and sober now, but describes his condition as having "an allergic reaction to drugs and alcohol -- I break out in handcuffs." http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dnhollywood/On_Dobbs_the_facts_and_the_flaps.html CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein's tap-dancing as fast as he can as he attempts to explain why Lou Dobbs is devoting so much time to questions about President Obama's birth certificate. "There are the facts and there are the flaps," says Klein. "There is no doubt" that Obama was born in Hawaii [and is thus a native-born citizen], but there are also people who don't believe it.