Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Conan No More




You may have heard that NBC canceled The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. You may also be aware that a mural of NBC stars at 30 Rock was recently altered, replacing Conan's face with that of Jay Leno. What you may not know, however, is that NBC has been busy rewriting. The network is in the process of erasing all Internet video evidence that the Conan version of Tonight ever existed. Website All Things Digital today reported that NBC has removed every episode of the show’s seven-month run from its NBC.com site, as well as from Hulu and, apparently, YouTube. In fact, if you search for "Conan" on NBC.com, you get zero results, other than incidentals like SNL mentioning him. That's kinda mean.

Michael Jackson’s Doctor Sued



Michael Jackson’s Doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray was charged with involuntary
manslaughter yesterday in the death of Michael. He pleaded not guilty. The charge carries a maximum sentence of four years behind bars. Dr. Murray Murray was released on $75,000 bail. There's a condition on that bail, though: The doctor can't possess or administer anesthetics, especially Propofol (the drug that killed Michael). The judge even told him, quote, "I do not want you sedating people." Dr. Murray can still practice medicine however, which the California Medical Board wasn’t happy with. They wanted the court to ban him from practicing medicine immediately because they can’t do that right away.