The following is an oldie, but goodie, from some NBC show called Life that I’ve never heard off and am betting isn’t even on the air anymore. But instead of another MMO being used, cuz that’s where rapists and child pedophiles get their victims, you know, the center of it all is a relatively old Price of Persia game for the Xbox 1.

Of course it’s for an out of date system… But like CSI, Law & Order, and every other crime drama before them, there’s a case that needs to be cracked, but the vital clue is hidden in some fancy play thing for children, and it’s up to the resident nerd in the Life crew to crack it open…

… Not sure about anyone else, but when they showed the girl, messing around with an invisible controller, I was absolutely certain that she had hacked into the game and was assuming the role of the enemy, to prevent the nerd from beating the game and solving the case. With an actual invisible controller. Since that stuff already exists in Japan, naturally.

I also wonder how much Ubisoft got paid for such a nice chuck of the prime time spotlight? Anyhow, a bonus vid, which I only stumbled across since it pop up after the one above stopped playing. Dexter playing Counterstrike…

NBC has retained television rights for the Olympic games through 2020 according to the AP. NBC was bidding against Fox and ESPN but appears to have won it with a $4 billion dollar price tag.

It will have exclusive rights to the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the 2018 Winter Games and 2020 Olympics, whose sites have not yet been chosen.

NBC has broadcast every Summer Olympics since 1988 and every Winter Games since 2002.

This will also be the first time NBC broadcasts the Olympics in quite some time without long time head honcho Dick Ebersol, who abruptly resigned two weeks ago.

Swanson loves breakfast foods and woodworking — as it turns out, so does Nick — and he’s got a slew of endearing qualities that endear him to fans of the show.

We wanted to find out how Nick ended up on the show, what it’s like working with his wife while she’s playing his wife on the show (Tammy 2), just how talented Michael Schur really is, and much woodworking he actually does in real life.

We also checked with him about a promotion he’s doing with Budweiser where they’re urging men to not shave so that way we can save five gallons of water instead of flushing it down the drain along with tiny little hairs every morning. (Seriously: save the planet and don’t shave. That sounds swell.)

And, of course, in advance of my impending nuptials, I had to ask both Ron AND Nick for some marital advice.

I don’t know what to love more, that the other celebrities keep calling him “Meat” as a nickname or that, somehow, Gary Busey appears to be the more sane of the two warring celebrities. Any time your reply to someone saying, “Thank you very much” is “SHUT THE FUCK UP,” you might have some emotional problems. Or be my mom at the dinner table after a few too many brandy snifters. Definitely one of the two.

I can understand why they had to make Gervais’s cameo so brief. He was in something of a rush since he’d heard from a person in the lobby there there had been a rape upstairs. SOMEWHAT OBSCURE REFERENCES!

Ep 714: Michael’s New Friend [NBC.com]

In a weird, but not all that surprising move, NBC has started a campaign called “Fan It” for fans of the network that enjoy discussing its shows over different social media outlets. While it isn’t quite clear exactly what the prizes will be, one fan of the show Chuck won the prize of having his photo used in one of the flashback scenes that the main character of the show has a few times an episode.

The points can be redeemed for rewards including sneak previews of shows, NBC merchandise and entry into a sweepstakes to win big-ticket items such as attendance at the finale of “The Biggest Loser” or a prop from “The Office,” the network said.

Really? That’s it? So NBC is basically giving away nothing to try and get what’s left of their audience to try and sell the rest of us on the network’s programming? I understand that social media is starting to become the go-to form of advertising for some television networks, but let’s hope they can give fans a little more than a NBC mug for shamelessly plugging the struggling network. Like maybe a date with Yvonne Strahovski?

I will tweet “I love Chuck” for the next 24 hours if they could make that happen. Although it’s funny that NBC has decided to use this type of marketing when just a few months ago their company suffered a backlash of bad press from Twitter and Facebook because of the whole Conan vs. Leno debacle. May have been a better idea to keep Conan in place and let his ravenous fans do exactly what they are trying to do now, which is building a fan base for a show through social media, rather than tossing him out due to lower than expected ratings. Is it too little, too late for the struggling network? That remains to be seen. NBC better just hope that Leno doesn’t decide he wants to advertise his show through a letter writing campaign.

NBC seeks to fan enthusiasm with social networks [AP]

Enter Oprah Winfrey.

Now, Drew Brees’ has been on Tv a few hundred times in his life. You’d think his birthmark is on the same lines as Cindy Crawford’s mole or Gorbachev’s head. Nope! Oprah tried to wipe it off thinking it was lipstick

While Michael J. Fox is indeed Canadian and has a debilitating disease, he is in fact, very alive. Someone should probably inform NBC host Meredith Vieira that Michael J. Fox and Terry Fox are two different people

Video: Oprah Tries To Clean Birthmark Off Drew Brees {Fanhouse}
NBC Confuses Michael J. Fox For Terry Fox {Fork Party}

Rarely do I do a post on a celebrity that doesn’t sport anything less than a 32C, but when Conan O’Brien basically tells NBC to shove it up their a$$ I have to break in with the news.

Says Conan…

People of Earth:

In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky. That said, I’ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision.

Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.

But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule.

Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn’t the Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.

So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more.

There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.

Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it’s always been that way.

Yours,
Conan

Good luck, Jay Leno. You’re going to need it. A ton of it. D-bag…