Late Night

NBC Sunday announced that Seth Meyers will replace Jimmy Fallon who is moving up to the "Tonight Show" in 2014. It's a great choice. Meyers is a huge talent. NBC is going to be much better off once Jay Leno is gone. Here's the release: NBC names the versatile Emmy-winning writer/performer Seth Meyers as the new host of "Late Night" when Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show" in 2014.  Lorne Michaels will executive produce “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and Michael Shoemaker will remain with the franchise as producer.  “Late Night with Seth Meyers” will originate from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York.

NBC Sunday announced that Seth Meyers will replace Jimmy Fallon who is moving up to the "Tonight Show" in 2014. It's a great choice. Meyers is a huge talent. NBC is going to be much better off once Jay Leno is gone. Here's the release: NBC names the versatile Emmy-winning writer/performer Seth Meyers as the new host of "Late Night" when Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show" in 2014.  Lorne Michaels will executive produce “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and Michael Shoemaker will remain with the franchise as producer.  “Late Night with Seth Meyers” will originate from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York.

Arsenio Hall is returning to late-night TV starting next fall, CBS Television Distribution announced Monday. While no buyer has yet been found in Baltimore for the syndicated show, it is schedule to air in D.C. on WDCW-Channel 50. The show has already been sold in 17 or the Top 20 markets, according to the distributors. Here's the release from CBS and its production partner, Tribune Broadcasting: CBS Television Distribution has signed actor/comedian Arsenio Hall to develop a syndicated late-night talk show for Fall 2013, it was announced today by John Nogawski, President of CTD. With Tribune Broadcasting partnering in the production of the show, the new strip is set to launch on 17 Tribune stations, including in the three largest markets on WPIX, New York, at 11 p.m.; KTLA, Los Angeles, at 11 p.m.; and WGN, Chicago, at 10 p.m. The late-night show is sold in all top 10 markets and 17 of the top 20 markets.

It's going to be dueling Ravens in late night Thursday with Jacoby Jones on Jimmy Kimmel and John Harbaugh on David Letterman . Both shows air at 11:35 p.m. -- Kimmel on ABC and Letterman on CBS. Talk about TV suddenly paying national attention to the Ravens in the wake of their Super Bowl victory Sunday. For years, no one had them on the national shows. Now they are being counterprogrammed against each other. Monday night, Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco , did an impressive turn on Letterman , who came calling for more with the Harbaugh booking.

Conan O'Brien's name didn't ring any bells Monday night when he was picked to replace David Letterman as host of its "Late Night" show. But phones were buzzing on both coasts yesterday morning as information and opinions were sought on this 30-year-old unknown comedy writer taking over one of the most coveted spots on late-night television."

When did being host of a late-night talk show become brain surgery?First, the Chevy Chase debacle on Fox last week. And, now, Conan O'Brien's opening night Monday as David Letterman's replacement on NBC, which was almost as bad.Nervous and jittery to the point where it's painful to watch, he plied guests with questions that ran the gamut from "So, what's up?" to "So, how's it going?" Then he was too distracted by nerves and cues from his director to listen to the answers.Even considering opening-night jitters, O'Brien shows very little promise of ever being able to deliver a monologue or engage the audience in any kind of conversation.

Los Angeles -- When NBC picked unknown Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman as host of its "Late Night" show, most people thought it made about as much sense as the San Francisco Giants asking the team's water boy to take over in center field after Willie Mays left.As it turns out, even Mr. O'Brien admits there are times when he asks himself, "What the hell have I done? Am I going to be able to do this?"Yet, starting tonight, the 30-year-old writer-turned-performer will be host of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," following in the steps of a show-business legend who made the time slot a gold mine for NBC.The network took its lumps for putting so much faith in a young man whose only real performing work has been in the Los Angeles comedy ensemble known as The Groundlings.

America, it's time to request a mercy killing.The question America asked last September: Why Conan O'Brien?Now, five months and 102 shows later, the question is: Why Conan O'Brien?OK, you probably don't care. You're tired of the Talk Show Wars, and you don't stay up late anyway. Or, you don't stay up that late anymore.You might have watched the debut of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" Sept. 13. It was awkward and amateurish. But, hey, Mr. O'Brien had been a writer-producer of "The Simpsons," the hippest series on network television, so you harbored some expectations.

Jay Leno will step down as host of The Tonight Show in 2009, NBC announced yesterday, and turn over the most prestigious job in late-night television to Conan O'Brien, the goofy host of Late Night who has brought insult-spewing puppet dogs, among other innovations, to the small screen. O'Brien, who has been the host of the 12:35 a.m. Late Night show for 11 years, has been itching for an earlier time slot, and another network was likely to give it to him. NBC realized the only way to keep O'Brien, one of late night's most original talents, was to guarantee him the Tonight Show job. In April, Leno signed a five-year contract extension that will pay him more than $16 million a year and extend his run as host to 17 years.

It was Conan and the barbarians here last night.When Conan O'Brien, the unknown picked to replace David Letterman as NBC's late-night talk show host, walked into the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center for a news conference, a pack of about 30 photographers rushed forward, surrounded him and spent the next five minutes jostling, shooting and shouting "Conan, Conan, look this way. Conan, Conan, smile."Among them was renowned photographer Annie Leibowitz. That's the kind of attention the 30-year-old O'Brien has been getting since NBC announced last week that he would take over the late-night spot in August when Letterman leaves for CBS."

Joe Flacco must have been a strong enough draw Monday night to leave David Letterman wanting more Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl mojo. The "Late Show with David Letterman" Wednesday announced that Ravens coach John Harbaugh will be on Thursday night. Here's the release from CBS: John Harbaugh, head coach of the Super Bowl XLVII champion Baltimore Ravens, will visit the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN Thursday, Feb. 7 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  John Harbaugh and his younger brother Jim Harbaugh, head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, became the first pair of brothers to serve as head coaches in the NFL back in 2011 and made more headlines this year when they became the first brothers in NFL history to face each other in a Super Bowl, one which quickly became dubbed the “Harbaugh Bowl.”  The Ravens went on to defeat the 49ers Sunday in Super Bowl XLVII by a score of 34-31, giving the Ravens their second championship title in franchise history.

For all the years that they did battle in the clubhouse or the sports pages or on the dais of some charity roast, Jim Palmer knew how Earl Weaver really felt about him. That's why he had to hold back tears Saturday when he related his favorite memory of the Earl of Baltimore - a memory made more poignant because it also involved his late teammate Mike Flanagan. It was way back, on one of those balmy spring training days in Miami, when the Orioles were always one of the best teams in baseball and Palmer was their pitching ace. Flanagan, still figuring things out in his early 20s, was sitting on the bench next to Weaver.

A man was shot in the leg and another remains in a hospital with serious head lacerations in separate incidents Wednesday that police continue to investigate. Police do not know the name or age of a man found near the Seton Business Park at about 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The man, found in the 5800 block of Wabash Avenue, suffered severe lacerations and trauma to his head and hasn't been able to be interviewed while he is being treated at an area hospital, Baltimore police Sgt. Anthony Smith said.

A fight in downtown Towson early Sunday morning ended when five shots were fired from a handgun into a crowd of people near the Charles Village Pub, one striking a man in the hand, according to Baltimore County police. Francis Minsung Kang, 26, of the first block of Brook Farm Court in Cockeysville was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder and other offenses in the shooting — the third in the county seat and the second in its downtown bar district in recent months.

A burglary at Marie Branch's breakfast restaurant in Canton spooked her enough that she scrapped her popular late-night hours. But it wasn't enough to get police to write a report of the incident. The break-in occurred June 30 at Branch's restaurant, Simply Marie's, and gained notice this week when Orioles center fielder Adam Jones tweeted about it, calling it "disrespectful. " Branch said in an interview that she saw a man with a knife cutting through the screen of a back door, and called police, who she said searched a nearby park for a possible suspect.

Marie Branch's home-cooked Southern-style breakfast place in Canton has been pulling in a solid late-night crowd since she opened about two years ago near O'Donnell Square. She counts Orioles centerfielder Adam Jones among her regulars.  But Branch is scaling back the hours at Simply Marie's after being shaken by a recent burglary attempt.  "Me and my family are scared," Branch said. "It's not worth being open all night and putting my life in jeopardy for some dollars and some biscuits.

Late night with the Ravens 11 p.m. [MASN] Can't sleep? You can try counting sheep as they hurdle Colts tacklers or you can check out a late-night stretch of programming: "Game Plan" at 11 p.m., "1 Winning Drive" at 11:30 p.m. and "The John Harbaugh Show" at midnight.

So, it's time for another big farewell on NBC. Carson, Cosby, "Cheers" and now Letterman.At 12:35 a.m. on WMAR (Channel 2) it's the final "Late Night With David Letterman" on NBC.Of course, there's not the same sense of loss for viewers with tonight's farewell as there was with the others. Letterman is, after all, merely changing networks. The wise guy with the wire-rim glasses and the big cigar is leaving NBC to start the "Late Show With David Letterman" on Aug. 30 on CBS."It's just goodbye to NBC," said Peter Lassaly, the executive producer of "Late Night" who is making the move with Letterman.

Police are searching for a man suspected in a string of attempted sexual assaults this summer in Ocean City. Ocean City Police said the suspect is a white male, approximately 5'10", about 170 pounds, and in his mid-20s to early 30s. The alleged assaults have taken place in dimly lit, semi-secluded areas near local bars. In each incident, a woman was under the influence of alcohol and walking home alone when the suspect started up a conversation, police said. Once he begins talking to the victim, the man then forces her to the ground and attempts to sexually assault her. The most recent attempt occurred July 28. Police are warning visitors and residents to avoid excessive alcohol use and to be aware of their surroundings.

The complaints about NBC not showing marquee events like swimming have not abated, but the network is claiming another night of record viewing Sunday night, based on preliminary overnights. Meanwhile WBAL, the network's Baltimore affiliate, is boasting of its Friday night audience for the opening ceremonies. The Hearst-owned station has been treating tape-delayed events as "spoilers," reporting on them only as a graphic flashed on the screen during the sports portion of its early evening newscasts -- and warning viewers to look away if they don't want to know.