ADVISORY/TV Alert!--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)-- WHO: Conan O'Brien Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963)[1] is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer and television personality best known as host of NBC's late-night talk/variety show Late Night with Conan O'Brien. , Jay Leno Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. Biography Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York. , Janeane Garofalo Janeane Garofalo (born September 28 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, political activist, writer and former co-host on Air America Radio's The Majority Report. , David Duchovny, Robin Williams and others. WHAT: Bravo Profiles : The Entertainment Business (6-Part Series) Part II - "Late Night Talk" WHEN: Premiering Monday, October 5 at 8:00PM/ET & 9:00PM/PT Last night, Bravo trailed Hollywood's paparazzi pa·pa·raz·zo n. pl. pa·pa·raz·zi A freelance photographer who doggedly pursues celebrities to take candid pictures for sale to magazines and newspapers. through some pretty nasty encounters... Tonight, Janeane Garofolo takes us on a back-stage tour of Late Night Talk. To put it one way, "they're cash cows," says Conan O'Brien says about the business. "To plant a shopping suggestion into the mind of a consumer about to drift off to sleep is an advertiser's dream. Add to that the shows' relative cheapness to produce, and you've got a winning combination." Bravo Profiles looks at how the networks try to make their winning combination the most-watched. In addition to O'Brien, the program talks to "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno, as well as talk-show guests Janeane Garofalo, Kate Capshaw, Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. Early life Weaver is the daughter of late NBC television executive Pat Weaver (d. 2002) and Elizabeth Inglis, a former British actress (d. , David Duchovny, Wesley Snipes Snipes (Diminutive for Snipers) is a text-mode networked computer game that was created in 1983 by SuperSet software. Snipes is officially credited as being the original inspiration for Novell NetWare. , Robin Williams and many other veterans who've traveled the circuit. Bravo cameras follow Garofalo as she travels in her limo to the taping of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an Emmy Award-winning American late night talk show that is syndicated worldwide. The show, hosted by Conan O'Brien, features varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and stand-up comedy performances. ," greets autograph seekers outside the NBC studios, and enters the backstage chaos of a talk show. ("It's a madhouse back there," Snipes says.) Garofalo goes over the "spontaneous" host-guest conversation with a producer ("You rehearse it in some strange way," says Duchovny), and waits in her dressing room for her cue (there are "500 people in and out of your dressing room," says Capshaw.) Amazingly, the audience does get to see spontaneity that night, as O'Brien's and Garofalo's signals get crossed, and the rehearsed conversation goes awry. Stay tuned for PART III: DAYTIME TALK, where emotions are entertaining...Tuesday, October 6 at 8:00 PM/ET. |
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