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Review: Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

by Tony Sheppard Capitol Weekly Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop Directed by Rodman Flender Last summer, Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium was one of the venues for Conan O’Brien’s “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour.” That tour is now the focus of the behind the scenes documentary “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” – a somewhat unflinching look at an attempt to make show business lemonade from a deluge of unwanted lemons (or perhaps, in some opinions, a single unwanted Leno). For those who live in caves, go to bed at 9pm, or go to bed at 9pm in caves, last year saw messy contract negotiations over late night programming at NBC. Years earlier, O’Brien had been promised the holy

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FOX40 To Extend Job Offer To Conan O'Brien Wednesday

Late night talk show host Conan O'Brien's career dilemma following his role as "Tonight Show" presenter at NBC may soon be solved -- with a job opportunity at KTXL FOX40. On the Wednesday edition of the morning news program "FOX40 Live," hosts Natalie Bomke, Joe Orlando, Rosemary Orozco and Paul Robins will extend a formal job offer to the former host of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and current host of NBC's "The Tonight Show." "We're totally serious," said FOX40 news director Brandon Mercer. "We're hiring producers anyway, and he's one of the most creative guys in the business." "We are always looking for the best available talent," FOX40 general manager Bob Ramsey said. "There has

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NBC's "Dateline" to Feature Mayor Johnson on Sunday

NBC's prime time news show, "Dateline," http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032600/, will feature a profile on Mayor Kevin Johnson on Sunday. It will air locally on KCRA, Channel 3, beginning at 7 p.m. The show's crew was here two weeks ago, filming Johnson during his daily routine at City Hall and in community meetings. They also interviewed him at the Forty Acres Gallery in Oak Park. His mother, known as "Mother Rose" was interviewed, and film crews also spent some time with neighbors in the area. "Dateline" is the latest television crew to film the Mayor. He says the national exposure will help boost the city's visibility on the national scene and hopefully attract additional economic develo

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