Leno back to late night, Conan and Fallon, who knows

In what should be described as one of the biggest cluster messes in a long time, NBC has left themselves in a big pile of mess, with the announcement that Jay Leno is going back to late night. It has been widely reported last week that NBC was looking to shakeup things by moving Mr. Leno back to his original 11:30 slot, while moving current "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien to 12:00, and moving "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon to 1:00. Today such a move was announced by the peacock network.

"The Jay Leno Show" will end on February 11th, just before the Winter Olympics start. This will give two weeks for the Leno team to pull together his new/old 11:30 time slot. It will also give Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon time to put together their shows as well.

The big question in all of this is one thing. Out of the three talents, who is going to be sticking around? During a press event in Los Angeles Jeff Gaspin, chairman of NBC Universal Television and Entertainment acknowledged that none of the three host had signed onto the proposed idea. Mr. Gaspin stated, “My goal right now is to keep Jay, Conan and Jimmy as part of our late-night lineup. As much as I’d like to tell you we have a done deal, we know that’s not true.”

"Talks are ongoing," Gaspin added.

Gaspin said that talks with the three host will continue on Monday.

The main reason for this move was dude to the fact that the Leno show was a very poor lead-in for local affilates, which in turn was a poor lead-in for the current "Tonight Show" with Conan O'Brien.

Related: Jay Leno makes light of impending cancellation

Mcdonalds customers are an interesting bunch

In what can be considered not an isolated incident, a woman at a Kansas City, Missouri Mcdonalds was upset about her meal order not being correct, according to NBC News 2, out of Florida.

The woman became irate and began throwing dirty mop water, knocking over computers, and other wild actions. Fortunately there were no reported injuries to customers or the Mcdonalds employees. The reported damage by the woman was around $3,000. It's not clear what the woman ordered, what was messed up on her order, or if it was a case of her not getting enough of something she requested. The video is below from MSNBC.com:

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This however is not an isolated incident. Back in December the Salt Lake Tribute reported that a Salt Lake City, Utah Mcdonalds a customer shot up a drive-through, after the customer wanted to order from the lunch menu at 2am. The customer was told that they had shifted from lunch/dinner menu to breakfast. The customer who was described as a 6 feet 1 inch Polynesian man, was with another man. The polynesian man was said to be the shooter, who pulled out a sawed-off shotgun and fired off several shots at the drive-through window. There were no reported injuries to the workers, the police were still looking for the suspects.

The first of many to drop

In what will surely be one of the many to come, global consulting firm Accenture has dropped golfer Tiger Woods has a spokesman for their company. The move comes after Woods announced on his website late Friday that he was taking an "indefinite break from professional golf." The announcement comes after two weeks of what can be described as a parade of women all coming out and saying they had extramarital affairs with the golfer.

The statement from the company said that Woods is, "no longer the right representative" after the "circumstances of the last two weeks." The relationship between the golfer and the company were very lucrative. Accenture wasn't a well known firm, but in 2003, when they began to sponsor Woods, it brought the company out of obscurity, and boosted their name.

Along with Accenture parting ways with Mr. Woods. This weekend men's grooming company Gillette announced they wouldn't air ads or include him in public appearances for an unspecified amount of time. The companies slogan of "The best a man can get", used him in ads since 2007 for their Gillette Power razors, along with other professional athletics.

It's not clear what company will be the next to drop Woods, but it is clear Nike and video game maker Electronic Arts, and their EA Sports division will not be. Today (Sunday) they said, "We respect that this is a very difficult, and private, situation for Tiger and his family. At this time, the strategy for our Tiger Woods PGA TOUR business remains unchanged."

Nike Inc. on late Friday said they supported Woods' time off decision.

We are coming back, with a major boom!

Well, its been about 11 months, since I last wrote on this blog, and a lot has gone on. In any case, one thing is still true, someone has to report the things that others may have missed. This time, our focus will be across a lot of different spectrums. Not only will you be able to find reports on the news of the day, but on industry news, and whatever else we feel is necessary for you all to know.

Keep an eye out, because we have a lot of good news to report.

2009 keeps on rockin, Mayor Sheila Dixon indicted

2009 is definitely getting off to a great start for politicians.  If Roland Burris and Gov. Rod weren't keeping newsers busy.  Well, at least in the state of Maryland, and more locally the city of Baltimore, there is real news happening for journalist to keep up with.  Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon was indicted today on 12-counts.  The 12-count indictment includes; 4 counts of perjury and 2 counts of theft over $500.  Dixon who was a city council member before being appointed as mayor post by now Governor Martin O'Malley, has been under investigation for the last 3 years.  Video link from WBAL-TV in Baltimore is below with Jayne Miller and David Collins, who go over the indictment, as well as what it means to the city of Baltimore.

This of course is not the first mayoral indictment in recent months.  Former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of Detroit, Michigan, was indicted and now servicing time for being part of a scandal that rocked the city of Detroit.  It is not clear how this indictment will effect the city of Baltimore, but as it can be seen in the state of Illinois, any scandal is not good for a government.

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Gregory to Moderate "Meet the Press"

Breaking News:  NBC News Chief White House correspondent David Gregory will be the new moderator of NBC's Meet the Press.  The announcement was made this morning by the departing interim-moderator Tom Brokaw, who took over the job as moderator after the untimely death of NBC's Washington Bureau Chief and long time moderator Tim Russert.  

Mr. Gregory will have a high standard to live up to in the coming months, if not years.  Russerts style and his ability to reinvent the Sunday morning public affairs show made him one of the true power players in Washington, DC.  Gregory who came to NBC News in 2000, currently is NBC's Chief White House correspondent, and host of MSNBC's daily show 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  Gregory while Brokaw was interim-moderator was the only other guest moderator.  Earlier reports said NBC was looking NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd, there Chief Foreign affairs policy correspondent Andrea Mitchell, and PBS's Gwen Ifill, but Gregory was tapped.  The announcement was made by Mr. Brokaw and is in the clip below.

Truly living without a heart

Yahoo News reported on the story of soon to be 15 year old D'Zhana Simmons, who lived 4 months without a real beating heart.  The article describes the advances in medicine for children.  Simmons underwent two heart transplants, with the most recent one being in October.  She will have to continue take heart medicine for the rest of her life.  Her doctors do believe that she may need another transplant before she turns 30.  A great read.  Click continued below to read the full article.

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