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Buzz Break: A Slight Adjustment

Details of Conan’s Shocking TBS Deal Revealed

Your head is probably still spinning from today’s announcement that Conan O’B rien will topline a late night talk show on TBS in November, which is shocking because a) Conan and Fox had been dancing the negotiation tango for months and b) Conan O’B rien, former Tonight Show host, is going to TBS . The Time Warner-owned cable channel gave Conan an 11:00 PM position in front of Lopez Tonight (George Lopez has already dubbed the power comedy block “LO-CO”), but what was in the package deal that made it an offer he could not refuse? The LAT provides context :

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Details of Conan’s Shocking TBS Deal Revealed

The ‘Lost’ Diary — The Package

Filed under: TV , Lost Welcome back to another edition of The “Lost” Diary.For all you “Lost” Diary newbies, here’s how it goes: I gather with a group of friends watching “Lost,” writing what happens on the show as it happens, and throwing in my two cents along the way. I … Permalink

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Bette Midler Leg Show of the Day

I went to a Jewish wedding a few years ago becasue I thought there’d be free food. It was a pretty horrible experience before the woman’s daughter decided to start singing “The Wind Beneath My Wings” horribly and as an ignorant non-Jew all I could take from the experience is that Bette Midler is a god to these people.

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Bette Midler Leg Show of the Day

Baucus HCR proposal: Worth the Wait?

Senator Max Baucus of the Senate Finance Committee released his committee's health care reform proposal .Though it would meet most of President Obama's goals, it does not supply a government insurance option (as other Senate packages do) or an alternative to one. Originally, the proposal was supposed to be bi-partisan, however it seems only Olympia Snowe of Maine will support it. The proposal is under fire from Democrats, such as Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va), who believe the package is not strong enough.

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Baucus HCR proposal: Worth the Wait?